Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 27 - October 28
Competitors	16 from 12 nations
Medalists
Andy González   Cuba   Kleberson Davide   Brazil   Raidel Acea   Cuba
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The men's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place between the 27 and 28 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Yeimer López of Cuba.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	David Rudisha (KEN)	1:41.01	Rieti, Italy	August 29, 2010
Pan American Games record	Yeimer López (CUB)	1:44.58	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 28, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one athlete regardless if they had met the qualification standard. To enter two entrants both athletes had to have met the minimum standard (1:49.0) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 27, 2011	16:45	Semifinals
October 28, 2011	16:10	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Semifinals

Held on October 27. The first three in each heat and the next two fastest advanced to the finals.^[3][4]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Andy González	Cuba	1:48.21	Q
2	1	Mark Wieczorek	United States	1:48.31	Q
3	1	Lutimar Paes	Brazil	1:48.37	Q
4	1	Rafith Rodríguez	Colombia	1:48.41	q
5	1	Moise Joseph	Haiti	1:49.12	q
6	1	Nico Herrera	Venezuela	1:49.29
7	2	Tyler Mulder	United States	1:49.65	Q
8	2	Kleberson Davide	Brazil	1:49.65	Q
9	2	Raidel Acea	Cuba	1:50.04	Q
10	2	Jamaal James	Trinidad and Tobago	1:50.14
11	1	Jose Esparza	Mexico	1:50.65
12	2	Jenner Pelico	Guatemala	1:51.12
13	2	Juan Vega	Argentina	1:52.60
14	2	Edgard Cortez	Nicaragua	1:59.02
15	1	Jon Rankin	Cayman Islands	2:21.36	ADV
	2	Eduar Villanueva	Venezuela	DNS

Jon Rankin was advanced to the final due to interference.

Final

Held on October 28.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time[5]	Notes
	Andy González	Cuba	1:45.58	SB
	Kleberson Davide	Brazil	1:45.75
	Raidel Acea	Cuba	1:46.23
4	Tyler Mulder	United States	1:46.46
5	Mark Wieczorek	United States	1:47.75
6	Lutimar Paes	Brazil	1:47.76
7	Jon Rankin	Cayman Islands	1:52.72
8	Moise Joseph	Haiti	1:54.88
9	Rafith Rodríguez	Colombia	1:58.27

References

1. "Guadalajara 2011 Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
2. "Athlete's Qualification Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
3. "Men's 800m Semifinal 1/2". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.^{[dead link‍]}
4. "Men's 800m Semifinal 2/2". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.^{[dead link‍]}
5. "Men's 800m Final". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 31, 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.