Athletics Men's 800 metres Medalists

Events:

Games: 28 games in 19 countries
First Held: 1896 Summer Games
Last Held: 2012 Summer Games

Participants: 1041 from 170 countries
Top Athlete Medalist(s): 11 athletes with 2 medals
Top Country Medalist(s): United States (22 medals)

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012	David Rudisha	Nijel Amos	Timothy Kitum
2008	Wilfred Bungei	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Alfred Kirwa Yego
2004	Yury Borzakovsky	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	Wilson Kipketer
2000	Nils Schumann	Wilson Kipketer	Djabir Saïd-Guerni
1996	Vebjørn Rodal	Hezekiel Sepeng	Fred Onyancha
1992	William Tanui	Nixon Kiprotich	Johnny Gray
1988	Paul Ereng	Joaquim Cruz	Saïd Aouita
1984	Joaquim Cruz	Seb Coe	Earl Jones
1980	Steve Ovett	Seb Coe	Nikolay Kirov
1976	Alberto Juantorena	Ivo Van Damme	Rick Wohlhuter
1972	Dave Wottle	Yevhen Arzhanov	Mike Boit
1968	Ralph Doubell	Wilson Kiprugut	Tom Farrell
1964	Peter Snell	Bill Crothers	Wilson Kiprugut
1960	Peter Snell	Roger Moens	George Kerr
1956	Tom Courtney	Derek Johnson	Audun Boysen
1952	Mal Whitfield	Arthur Wint	Heinz Ulzheimer
1948	Mal Whitfield	Arthur Wint	Marcel Hansenne
1936	John Woodruff	Mario Lanzi	Phil Edwards
1932	Tommy Hampson	Alex Wilson	Phil Edwards
1928	Douglas Lowe	Erik Byléhn	Hermann Engelhard
1924	Douglas Lowe	Paul Martin	Sky Enck
1920	Albert Hill	Earl Eby	Bevil Rudd
1912	Ted Meredith	Mel Sheppard	Ira Davenport
1908	Mel Sheppard	Emilio Lunghi	Hanns Braun
1906	Paul Pilgrim	Jim Lightbody	Wyndham Halswelle
1904	Jim Lightbody	Howard Valentine	Emil Breitkreutz
1900	Alfred Tysoe	John Cregan	Dave Hall
1896	Teddy Flack	Nándor Dáni	Dimitrios Golemis

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