Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres
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The men's 800 metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles took place between 3 and 6 August.[1] Sixty-nine athletes from 55 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by 0.64 seconds by Joaquim Cruz of Brazil, the nation's first medal in the men's 800 metres. Sebastian Coe of Great Britain repeated his silver-medal performance from 1980, the eighth man to win two medals in the event.
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Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |||||||||
Dates | 3 August 1984 (heats) 4 August 1984 (quarter-finals) 5 August 1984 (semi-finals) 6 August 1984 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 69 from 55 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:43.00 OR | |||||||||
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