Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres
Men's 800 metres at the Games of the V Olympiad
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The finish with Ted Meredith setting a new world record.
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Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 6 (heats) July 7 (semifinals) July 8 (final) |
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Competitors | 48 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics ![]() |
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | |
200 m | men | |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | |
4×400 m relay | men | |
3000 m team race | men | |
10 km walk | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | |
Pole vault | men | |
Standing long jump | men | |
Standing high jump | men | |
Shot put | men | |
Discus throw | men | |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | |
2-hand shot put | men | |
2-hand discus | men | |
2-hand javelin | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | men | |
Decathlon | men | |
Cross-country events | ||
Individual | men | |
Team | men |
The men's 800 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held from Saturday, July 6, 1912 to Monday, July 8, 1912.
Forty-eight runners from 16 nations competed. Including all three medalists from 1908, Olympic champion Mel Sheppard, the silver medalists Emilio Lunghi, and the bronze medalist Hanns Braun.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 1:52.8(*) | ![]() |
London (GBR) | July 21, 1908 |
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1:52.1(**) | ![]() |
Montreal (CAN) | September 15, 1909 | |
Olympic Record | 1:52.8(***) | ![]() |
London (GBR) | July 21, 1908 |
(*) unofficial
(**) 880 yards (= 804.68 m)
(***) This track was 536.45 metres=1⁄3 mile in circumference.
The world record of 1:52.8, which had seemed fairly safe through the first two rounds of competition, was broken by all three medalists and tied by the fourth-place runner in the final. Mel Sheppard, the previous record-holder, and Ira Davenport beat the old record by .8 seconds at 1:52.0, taking silver and bronze behind Ted Meredith and his new record of 1:51.9. This record became the first official world record for the 800 metres.
Results
Heats
All heats were held on Saturday, July 6, 1912.
Heat 1
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() |
1:58.6 | QS |
2 | ![]() |
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3 | ![]() |
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4 | ![]() |
2:01.5 | |
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Heat 2
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() |
1:56.0 | QS |
2 | ![]() |
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3 | ![]() |
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DNF | ![]() |
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Heat 3
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() |
2:01.8 | QS |
2 | ![]() |
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3 | ![]() |
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Heat 4
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() |
1:56.5 | QS |
2 | 22x20px John Tait (CAN) | QS | |
3 | ![]() |
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4 | ![]() |
2:02.0 | |
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DNF |
Heat 5
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() |
1:59.0 | QS |
2 | ![]() |
QS | |
3 | ![]() |
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4 | ![]() |
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5 | 22x20px Dmitri Nazarov (RUS) | ||
— | 22x20px Zdeněk Městecký (BOH) | DNF | |
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DNF |
Heat 6
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() |
1:58.1 | QS |
2 | ![]() |
QS | |
3 | ![]() |
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4 | ![]() |
2:01.2 | |
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22x20px Aleksandr Elizarov (RUS) | |||
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— | ![]() |
DNF |
Heat 7
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() |
2:00.4 | QS |
2 | ![]() |
QS | |
3 | ![]() |
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— | ![]() |
DNF | |
22x20px Johannes Leopold Villemson (RUS) | DNS |
Heat 8
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 22x20px Mel Brock (CAN) | 1:57.0 | QS |
2 | ![]() |
QS | |
3 | 22x20px John Victor (RSA) | ||
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DNF |
Heat 9
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() |
1:57.6 | QS |
2 | ![]() |
QS | |
3 | ![]() |
1:59.2 | |
4 | ![]() |
1:59.2 | |
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DNF | |
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DNF |
Semifinals
Both semi-finals were held on Sunday, July 7, 1912.
Semifinal 1
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | ![]() |
1:54.4 | QF |
2 | ![]() |
1:54.6 | QF |
3 | ![]() |
1:54.8 | QF |
4 | ![]() |
1:55.0 | QF |
5 | 22x20px John Tait (CAN) | ||
6 | ![]() |
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DNF | |
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DNF | ||
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DNS |
Semifinal 2
Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
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1 | 22x20px Mel Brock (CAN) | 1:55.7 | QF |
2 | ![]() |
1:55.8 | QF |
3 | ![]() |
1:55.9 | QF |
4 | ![]() |
1:55.9 | QF |
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Final
The final took place on Monday, July 8, 1912.
Place | Athlete | Time |
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1 | ![]() |
1:51.9 WR |
2 | ![]() |
1:52.0 |
3 | ![]() |
1:52.0 |
4 | ![]() |
1:52.8 |
5 | 22x20px Mel Brock (CAN) | 1:53.0 |
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1:53.0 |
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References
- sports-reference.com
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