Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres
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Men's 800 metres at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 12 August 2016 (heats) 13 August 2016 (semifinals) 15 August 2016 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 58 from 39 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:42.15 | ||||||||||||
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The men's 800 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12–15 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1] Fifty-eight athletes from 39 nations competed.[2] The event was won by David Rudisha of Kenya, the fourth man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the 800 metres. Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria took silver, the first medal for the nation in the 800 metres since 2000. The United States had an even longer medal-less streak broken, as Clayton Murphy's bronze was their first since 1992.