800 m M - Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London

Men's 800 m - Athletics
London 1948 Summer Olympics


Facts Results History

Men's 800 m 1948



Final

	Malvin Whitfield	USA	1.49,2	OR


	Arthur Wint	JAM	1.49,5


	Marcel Hansenne	FRA	1.49,8


4.	Herbert Barten	USA	1.50,1


5.	Ingvar Bengtsson	SWE	1.50,5


6.	Robert Chambers	USA	1.52,1


7.	Robert Chef d'Hotel	FRA	1.53,0


8.	Niels Holst-Sørensen	DEN	1.53,4


9.	Harold Parlett	GBR




Semifinal

1.	Marcel Hansenne	FRA	1.50,5	Q


2.	Malvin Whitfield	USA	1.50,7	Q


3.	Harold Parlett	GBR	1.50,9	Q


4.	John Hutchins	CAN	1.52,6


5.	Joseph Brys	BEL	1.53,2


6.	Josef Barthel	LUX	1.54,6


7.	Bjørn Vade	NOR


	Karl Volkmer	SUI	dnf



Semifinal

1.	Ingvar Bengtsson	SWE	1.51,1	Q


2.	Arthur Wint	JAM	1.52,7	Q


3.	Robert Chambers	USA	1.52,9	Q


4.	Gaston Mayordome	FRA	1.54,3


5.	John William Ramsay	AUS	1.54,9


6.	Vaclav Winter	TCH	1.57,7


	Doug Harris	NZL	dnf


	Harry Tarraway	GBR	dnf



Semifinal

1.	Herbert Barten	USA	1.51,7	Q


2.	Robert Chef d'Hotel	FRA	1.52,0	Q


3.	Niels Holst-Sørensen	DEN	1.52,4	Q


4.	Olle Ljunggren	SWE	1.52,5


5.	Thomas White	GBR	1.53,0


6.	Frits de Ruyter	NED	1.54,6


7.	Raymond Rosier	BEL


	Hans Streuli	SUI	dnf




Round 1

1.	Marcel Hansenne	FRA	1.54,6	Q


2.	Harold Parlett	GBR	1.55,0	Q


3.	John William Ramsay	AUS	1.55,0	Q


4.	Karl Volkmer	SUI	1.55,3	Q


5.	Adan Torres	ARG	1.56,7


6.	Lee Yun-seok	KOR	2.01,4


7.	Rashid Khadr	EGY



Round 1

1.	Herbert Barten	USA	1.55,6	Q


2.	Doug Harris	NZL	1.56,6	Q


3.	Thomas White	GBR	1.56,6	Q


4.	Raymond Rosier	BEL	1.56,7	Q


5.	Vasilios Mavroidis	GRE	1.57,4


6.	Antero Mongrut Munoz	PER	1.58,7


7.	Cahit Önel	TUR


	Herluf Christensen	DEN	dnf



Round 1

1.	Niels Holst-Sørensen	DEN	1.54,2	Q


2.	Bjørn Vade	NOR	1.54,2	Q


3.	Robert Chambers	USA	1.54,3	Q


4.	Joseph Brys	BEL	1.55,4	Q


5.	Oskar Jonsson	ISL	1.55,4


6.	William Parnell	CAN	1.55,7


7.	Juan Adarraga Elizaran	ESP



Round 1

1.	Arthur Wint	JAM	1.53,9	Q


2.	Frits de Ruyter	NED	1.54,4	Q


3.	Josef Barthel	LUX	1.54,8	Q


4.	Vaclav Winter	TCH	1.55,1	Q


5.	Ezra Henniger	CAN	1.55,4


6.	Wilfred Tull	TTO	1.55,7


7.	Seydi Dincturk	TUR



Round 1

1.	Olle Ljunggren	SWE	1.56,1	Q


2.	Robert Chef d'Hotel	FRA	1.56,2	Q


3.	Hans Streuli	SUI	1.56,5	Q


4.	Harry Tarraway	GBR	1.56,6	Q


5.	Guillermo Avalos	ARG	1.56,6


6.	Riza Isman	TUR	2.01,1


7.	Georgios Karageorgos	GRE



Round 1

1.	Malvin Whitfield	USA	1.52,8	Q


2.	Ingvar Bengtsson	SWE	1.52,9	Q


3.	John Hutchins	CAN	1.55,5	Q


4.	Gaston Mayordome	FRA	1.55,7	Q


5.	Stylianos Stratakos	GRE	2.02,2

Men's 800 m - Athletics - London 1948 Summer Olympics

Event Format: Athletes competed in preliminary heats, semifinals and final. The best athletes from each heat (Q) advanced to the next level. The winner of the final was the Gold Medal winner.

Event facts: Men's 800 m competition was held at the Wembley Stadium and 41 athletes participated in the event.

These results for Men's 800 m - London 1948 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database





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