Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Games:	2011
Venue:	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates:	October 27 - October 28
Competitors:	16
Nations:	12
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Andy González
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Kleberson Davide
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Raidel Acea
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	2007
Next:	2015

The men's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 27 and 28 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Yeimer López of Cuba.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		1:41.01	Rieti, Italy	August 29, 2010
Pan American Games record		1:44.58	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 28, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one athlete regardless if they had met the qualification standard. To enter two entrants both athletes had to have met the minimum standard (1:49.0) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 27, 2011	16:45	Semifinals
October 28, 2011	16:10	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

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q

Fastest non-qualifiers

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Semifinals

Held on October 27. The first three in each heat and the next two fastest advanced to the finals.^{[3] [4]}

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:48.21	Q
2	1			1:48.31	Q
3	1			1:48.37	Q
4	1			1:48.41	q
5	1			1:49.12	q
6	1			1:49.29
7	2			1:49.65	Q
8	2			1:49.65	Q
9	2			1:50.04	Q
10	2			1:50.14
11	1			1:50.65
12	2			1:51.12
13	2			1:52.60
14	2			1:59.02
15	1			2:21.36	ADV
	2			DNS

Jon Rankin was advanced to the final due to interference.

Final

Held on October 28.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time^[5]	Notes
			1:45.58	SB
			1:45.75
			1:46.23
4			1:46.46
5			1:47.75
6			1:47.76
7			1:52.72
8			1:54.88
9			1:58.27

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guadalajara 2011 Sessions . Guadalajara 2011 . 29 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110626223053/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/boletaje/lista-de-sesiones.pdf . 26 June 2011 .
2. Web site: Athlete's Qualification Manual . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327083541/http://www.mayaguez2010.com/results/pdf/odecabe/odecabe3.pdf . usurped . 27 March 2012 . Guadalajara 2011 . 29 October 2011 .
3. Web site: Men's 800m Semifinal 1/2 . Guadalajara 2011 . 29 October 2011 .
4. Web site: Men's 800m Semifinal 2/2 . Guadalajara 2011 . 29 October 2011 .
5. Web site: Men's 800m Final . https://web.archive.org/web/20111031081447/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATM00800850000001ENG.htm . dead . October 31, 2011 . Guadalajara 2011 . 29 October 2011 .