Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Games:	2019
Venue:	Athletics Stadium
Dates:	August 9 – August 10
Competitors:	13
Nations:	10
Win Value:	1:44.25
Gold:	Marco Arop
Goldnoc:	CAN
Silver:	Wesley Vázquez
Silvernoc:	PUR
Bronze:	Ryan Sánchez
Bronzenoc:	PUR
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023

The men's 800 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place between the 9 and 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion before the 2019 Games was Clayton Murphy from the United States.

Records

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

World record		1:40.91	London, United Kingdom	August 09, 2012
Pan American Games record		1:44.58	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 28, 2007

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 9, 2019	15:50	Semifinal
August 10, 2019	14:55	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Semifinal

The heats took place on 9 August at 15:50. The results were as follows:^[1]
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:48.04	Q
2	1			1:48.38	Q
3	2			1:48.62	Q
4	1			1:48.71	Q
5	2			1:49.49	Q
6	2			1:49.51	q
7	1			1:49.51	Q
8	1			1:49.99	q
9	2			1:50.03
10	1			1:50.38
11	2			1:50.47
12	1			1:50.68
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Final

The final took place on 10 August at 14:55. The results were as follows:^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:44.25	GR
			1:44.48
			1:45.19
4			1:47.48
5			1:47.65	PB
6			1:47.98

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's 800 metres − Semifinal − Results Summary. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 10 Aug 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811065831/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/ATH/PAG2019_ATH_C74A_ATHM800M--------------SFNL--------.pdf. 11 August 2019. dead.
2. Web site: Men's 800 metres − Final − Results. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 10 Aug 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190811065832/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/PAG2019/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/ATH/PAG2019_ATH_C73G_ATHM800M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf. 11 August 2019. dead.