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Athletics at the 1960 Roma Summer Games:
Men's 800 metres Quarter-Finals
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Host City: Roma, Italy
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Roma
Date Started: August 31, 1960
Date Finished: August 31, 1960
Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: |  Peter Snell |
| Silver: |  Roger Moens |
| Bronze: |  George Kerr |
Quarter-Finals Heat One
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Murphy | 24 | United States | USA | 1:48.0 | 1:48.12 | QU |
| 2 | Christian Wägli | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | 1:48.0 | 1:48.15 | QU |
| 3 | Manfred Matuschewski | 20 | Germany | GER | 1:48.1 | 1:48.24 | QU |
| 4 | Donal Smith | 26 | New Zealand | NZL | 1:48.4 | 1:48.52 | |
| 5 | Terry Sullivan | 24 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 1:49.9 | 1:50.01 |
Quarter-Finals Heat Two
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Schmidt | 29 | Germany | GER | 1:51.2 | 1:51.38 | QU |
| 2 | Abram Kryvosheiev | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:51.2 | 1:51.40 | QU |
| 3 | Jerry Siebert | 21 | United States | USA | 1:51.3 | 1:51.53 | QU |
| 4 | Zbigniew Makomaski | 29 | Poland | POL | 1:51.6 | 1:51.72 | |
| 5 | Ralph Gomes | 23 | Guyana | GUY | 1:52.3 | 1:52.47 | |
| 6 | Lajos Kovács | 24 | Hungary | HUN | 1:52.4 | 1:52.55 | |
| 7 | Per Knuts | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 1:52.8 | 1:52.91 |
Quarter-Finals Heat Three
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Kerr | 22 | West Indies Federation | WIF | 1:49.4 | 1:49.58 | QU |
| 2 | Ernie Cunliffe | 22 | United States | USA | 1:49.7 | 1:49.83 | QU |
| 3 | Tony Blue | 24 | Australia | AUS | 1:49.9 | 1:50.05 | QU |
| 4 | John Wenk | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:50.0 | 1:50.13 | |
| 5 | Valery Bulyshev | 21 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:50.6 | 1:50.74 | |
| 6 | Ronnie Delany | 25 | Ireland | IRL | 1:51.1 | 1:51.42 |
Quarter-Finals Heat Four
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Moens | 30 | Belgium | BEL | 1:48.5 | 1:48.69 | QU |
| 2 | Peter Snell | 21 | New Zealand | NZL | 1:48.6 | 1:48.84 | QU |
| 3 | Jörg Balke | 24 | Germany | GER | 1:48.8 | 1:48.98 | QU |
| 4 | Rudolf Klaban | 22 | Austria | AUT | 1:50.2 | 1:50.32 | |
| 5 | Tom Farrell | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:50.7 | 1:50.84 | |
| 6 | Ergas Leps | 21 | Canada | CAN | 1:52.0 | 1:52.13 | |
| 7 | Ekrem Koçak | 29 | Turkey | TUR | 1:52.5 | 1:52.66 |
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