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Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games:
Men's 800 metres Quarter-Finals
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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Date Started: September 24, 1988
Date Finished: September 24, 1988
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: |  Paul Ereng |
| Silver: |  Joaquim Cruz |
| Bronze: |  Saïd Aouita |
Quarter-Finals Heat One
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joaquim Cruz | 25 | Brazil | BRA | 1:46.10 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Paul Ereng | 21 | Kenya | KEN | 1:46.38 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Cheikh Tidiane Boye | 27 | Senegal | SEN | 1:46.62 | 7 | QU |
| 4 | Réda Abdenouz | 19 | Algeria | ALG | 1:46.97 | 3 | QU |
| 5 | Vladimir Graudyn | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 1:47.07 | 1 | |
| 6 | Paul Osland | 24 | Canada | CAN | 1:48.02 | 6 | |
| 7 | Tonino Viali | 28 | Italy | ITA | 1:50.85 | 8 | |
| AC | Ari Suhonen | 22 | Finland | FIN | 2 | DNF |
Quarter-Finals Heat Two
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Gray | 28 | United States | USA | 1:45.96 | 1 | QU |
| 2 | Simon Hoogewerf | 25 | Canada | CAN | 1:45.99 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | José Luíz Barbosa | 27 | Brazil | BRA | 1:46.20 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Ibrahim Okash | 23 | Somalia | SOM | 1:46.55 | 4 | QU |
| 5 | Rob Druppers | 26 | Netherlands | NED | 1:46.91 | 2 | |
| 6 | Juma Ndiwa | 27 | Kenya | KEN | 1:47.27 | 3 | |
| 7 | Faouzi Lahbi | 28 | Morocco | MAR | 1:47.32 | 6 | |
| AC [4] | Tom McKean | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | [1:46.40] | 8 | QU |
Quarter-Finals Heat Three
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saïd Aouita | 28 | Morocco | MAR | 1:45.24 | 1 | QU |
| 2 | Slobodan Popović | 25 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 1:45.30 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Babacar Niang | 30 | Senegal | SEN | 1:45.38 | 3 | QU |
| 4 | Nixon Kiprotich | 25 | Kenya | KEN | 1:45.68 | 2 | QU |
| 5 | Pablo Squella | 25 | Chile | CHI | 1:46.45 | 8 | |
| 6 | Steve Cram | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:46.47 | 7 | |
| 7 | Robin van Helden | 23 | Netherlands | NED | 1:46.61 | 6 | |
| 8 | Tomás de Teresa | 20 | Spain | ESP | 1:48.01 | 5 |
Quarter-Finals Heat Four
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donato Sabia | 25 | Italy | ITA | 1:46.58 | 8 | QU |
| 2 | Peter Elliott | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:46.61 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Álvaro Silva | 23 | Portugal | POR | 1:46.65 | 7 | QU |
| 4 | Peter Braun | 26 | West Germany | FRG | 1:46.86 | 6 | QU |
| 5 | Ahmed Bel Kessam | 26 | Algeria | ALG | 1:46.93 | 1 | |
| 6 | Ryszard Ostrowski | 27 | Poland | POL | 1:47.72 | 2 | |
| 7 | Colomán Trabado | 30 | Spain | ESP | 1:48.12 | 4 | |
| 8 | Melford Homela | 18 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 1:49.62 | 5 |
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