Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Games:	2023
Venue:	Julio Martínez National Stadium
Dates:	November 3 – November 4
Competitors:	18
Nations:	11
Win Value:	1:45.69
Gold:	José Maita
Goldnoc:	VEN
Silver:	Jesús López
Silvernoc:	MEX
Bronze:	Navasky Anderson
Bronzenoc:	JAM
Prev:	2019
Next:	2027

The men's 800 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on November 3–4 at the Julio Martínez National Stadium of Santiago, Chile.^[1]

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 9, 2012
Pan American Games record		1:44.25	Lima, Peru	August 10, 2019

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
November 3, 2023	19:45	Semifinal
November 4, 2023	19:10	Final

Results

Semifinal

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	align=left	Navasky Anderson	align=left		1:47.51
2	3	align=left	Ryan Sánchez	align=left		1:47.59
3	8	align=left	Abraham Alvarado	align=left		1:47.72
4	5	align=left	Stephen Evans	align=left		1:48.98
5	7	align=left	Marco Vilca	align=left		1:49.55
6	4	align=left	Luis Peralta	align=left		1:55.74

^[3]

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	align=left	Jesús López	align=left		1:48.65
2	4	align=left	José Maita	align=left		1:49.12
3	5	align=left	Leandro Alves	align=left		1:49.47
4	3	align=left	Zakary Mama-Yari	align=left		1:49.71
5	8	align=left	Rafael Muñoz	align=left		1:49.96
6	7	align=left	Dennick Luke	align=left		1:50.17

^[4]

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	8	align=left	Chamar Chambers	align=left		1:46.99	,
2	3	align=left	Ryan López	align=left		1:47.22	,
3	6	align=left	John Rivera Jr	align=left		1:47.42
4	5	align=left	Ferdy Agramonte	align=left		1:47.55
5	7	align=left	Eduardo Ribeiro	align=left		1:48.37
6	4	align=left	Derek Holdsworth	align=left		1:48.41

^[5]

Final

The results were as follows^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			1:45.69
	6			1:46.04
	4			1:46.40
4	7			1:46.73
5	5			1:47.07
6	8			1:47.84
7	2			1:48.06
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Notes and References

1. Web site: Sport Calendar Pan American Games. 29 July 2022. www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 29 October 2023.
2. Web site: Men's 800m - Semifinals . November 10, 2023 .
3. Web site: Men's 800m - Semi-Final 1/3 results . Panam 23 . 10 August 2024 . 3 November 2023.
4. Web site: Men's 800m - Semi-Final 2/3 results . Panam 23 . 10 August 2024 . 3 November 2023.
5. Web site: Men's 800m - Semi-Final 3/3 results . Panam 23 . 10 August 2024 . 3 November 2023.
6. Web site: Men's 800m - Final . November 10, 2023.