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800 metres, Men

Date	23 – 26 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	70 from 53 countries

The favorite was Morocco’s Saïd Aouita, who had been world ranked #1 over 10,000 metres in 1986, demonstrating his unparalleled range as a middle-distance and distance runner. The defending champion was Brazil’s Joaquim Cruz, who was back trying to win a second gold medal. Nixon Kiprotich (KEN) led the final for the first 300 metres in a suicidal 36.4, when Brazil’s José Luíz Barbosa took over and injected some sanity into the pace, pasing the bell in 49.5. At 600 metres Briton’s Peter Elliott took a brief lead before being passed by Cruz. Kenya’s Paul Ereng was seventh entering the final curve, but moved up to fourth at the homestretch. But he was full of run still and caught Cruz 50 metres from the line, winning pulling away, with Aouita getting the bronze medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	651	Paul Ereng	KEN	1:46.14 (1 h8)	1:46.38 (2 h1)	1:44.55 (1 h1)	1:43.45 (1)	Gold
2	115	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	1:47.16 (1 h9)	1:46.10 (1 h1)	1:44.75 (2 h1)	1:43.90 (2)	Silver
3	733	Saïd Aouita	MAR	1:49.67 (1 h5)	1:45.24 (1 h3)	1:44.79 (2 h2)	1:44.06 (3)	Bronze
4	418	Peter Elliott	GBR	1:46.83 (1 h7)	1:46.61 (2 h4)	1:44.94 (4 h1)	1:44.12 (4)
5	1093	Johnny Gray	USA	1:48.83 (1 h3)	1:45.96 (1 h2)	1:45.04 (4 h2)	1:44.80 (5)
6	112	Zequinha Barbosa	BRA	1:46.32 (2 h8)	1:46.20 (3 h2)	1:44.99 (3 h2)	1:46.39 (6)
7	601	Donato Sabia	ITA	1:47.84 (3 h2)	1:46.58 (1 h4)	1:44.90 (3 h1)	1:48.03 (7)
8	656	Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	1:48.68 (2 h1)	1:45.68 (4 h3)	1:44.71 (1 h2)	1:49.55 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	907	Babacar Niang	SEN	1:47.65 (1 h2)	1:45.38 (3 h3)	1:45.09 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	875	Álvaro Silva	POR	1:49.09 (3 h4)	1:46.65 (3 h4)	1:45.12 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	1160	Slobodan Popović	YUG	1:46.49 (3 h8)	1:45.30 (2 h3)	1:45.11 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	899	Cheikh Tidiane Boye	SEN	1:49.89 (3 h5)	1:46.62 (3 h1)	1:45.93 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	157	Simon Hoogewerf	CAN	1:49.76 (2 h5)	1:45.99 (2 h2)	1:47.30 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	1	Réda Abdenouz	ALG	1:47.67 (4 h9)	1:46.97 (4 h1)	1:45.95 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	361	Peter Braun	FRG	1:47.32 (1 h6)	1:46.86 (4 h4)	1:47.43 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	932	Ibrahim Okash	SOM	1:48.97 (3 h3)	1:46.55 (4 h2)	1:46.62 (8 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	1037	Vladimir Graudyn	URS	1:48.90 (1 h4)	1:47.07 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	511	Rob Druppers	NED	1:47.48 (2 h6)	1:46.91 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	193	Pablo Squella	CHI	1:48.99 (2 h4)	1:46.45 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	2	Ahmed Bel Kessam	ALG	1:47.96 (5 h7)	1:46.93 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	174	Paul Osland	CAN	1:47.16 (5 h8)	1:48.02 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	663	Juma Ndiwa	KEN	1:47.11 (3 h7)	1:47.27 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	415	Steve Cram	GBR	1:47.77 (2 h2)	1:46.47 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	851	Ryszard Ostrowski	POL	1:49.04 (3 h1)	1:47.72 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	607	Tonino Viali	ITA	1:47.74 (3 h6)	1:50.85 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	736	Faouzi Lahbi	MAR	1:47.82 (1 h1)	1:47.32 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	517	Robin van Helden	NED	1:46.99 (2 h7)	1:46.61 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	288	Colomán Trabado	ESP	1:46.76 (4 h8)	1:48.12 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	287	Tomás de Teresa	ESP	1:47.32 (4 h7)	1:48.01 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	1172	Melford Homela	ZIM	1:47.36 (3 h9)	1:49.62 (8 h4)	–	–
AC h1 r2/4	313	Ari Suhonen	FIN	1:48.90 (2 h3)	– (DNF h1)	–	–
AC h2 r2/4	440	Tom McKean	GBR	1:47.24 (2 h9)	[1:46.40] (DQ h2)	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	903	Moussa Fall	SEN	1:49.14 (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	892	Mohamed Ismail Youssef	QAT	1:48.20 (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	855	António Abrantes	POR	1:49.01 (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	1089	Mark Everett	USA	1:49.86 (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	1071	Tracy Baskin	USA	1:50.38 (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	106	Bobby Gaseitsiwe	BOT	1:48.08 (4 h6)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	230	Spyros Spyrou	CYP	1:49.84 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	700	Yu Tae-Gyeong	KOR	1:48.61 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	763	Mauricio Hernández	MEX	1:49.03 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	97	Mike Watson	BER	1:50.16 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	795	Ado Maude	NGR	1:50.48 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	117	Agberto Guimarães	BRA	1:48.49 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	23	Dale Jones	ANT	1:49.31 (5 h9)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	840	Porfirio Méndez	PAR	1:50.72 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	1145	Eversley Linley	VIN	1:51.71 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	741	Kenneth Dzekedzeke	MAW	1:50.60 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	832	Syed Meshaq Rizvi	PAK	1:51.58 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	895	Eulucane Ndagijimana	RWA	1:52.08 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	1179	Fahmi Abdul Wahab	YAR	1:55.24 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	200	Duan Xiuquan	CHN	1:52.17 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	71	Mohamed Hossain Milzer	BAN	1:51.16 (6 h8)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	17	João N'Tyamba	ANG	1:53.23 (6 h9)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	822	Mansour Al-Baloushi	OMA	1:51.03 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	294	Lui Muavesi	FIJ	1:54.48 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	1006	Lin Kuang-Liang	TPE	1:52.95 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	924	Manlio Molinari	SMR	1:52.35 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	727	Maher Abbas	LBN	1:53.76 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	400	Momodou Bello N'Jie	GAM	1:55.57 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h8 r1/4	12	Josep Graells	AND	1:53.34 (7 h8)	–	–	–
7 h9 r1/4	504	Oslen Barr	GUY	1:55.95 (7 h9)	–	–	–
8 h1 r1/4	188	Yussuf Moli Yesky	CHA	1:57.97 (8 h1)	–	–	–
8 h4 r1/4	807	John Siguria	PNG	1:56.12 (8 h4)	–	–	–
8 h5 r1/4	914	David Sawyerr	SLE	1:57.88 (8 h5)	–	–	–
8 h6 r1/4	1193	Nimley Twegbe	LBR	1:58.43 (8 h6)	–	–	–
8 h9 r1/4	221	William Taramai	COK	1:58.80 (8 h9)	–	–	–
AC h2 r1/4	709	Haji Bakr Al-Qahtani	KSA	– (DQ h2)	–	–	–
AC h7 r1/4	948	Kazanga Makok	COD	– (DQ h7)	–	–	–
AC h7 r1/4	1165	Tommy Asinga	SUR	– (DQ h7)	–	–	–

Round One

Date	23 September 1988
Format	Top three in each heat and next five fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	651	Paul Ereng	KEN	1:46.14	Q
2	112	Zequinha Barbosa	BRA	1:46.32	Q
3	1160	Slobodan Popović	YUG	1:46.49	Q
4	288	Colomán Trabado	ESP	1:46.76	q
5	418	Peter Elliott	GBR	1:46.83	Q
6	517	Robin van Helden	NED	1:46.99	Q
7	663	Juma Ndiwa	KEN	1:47.11	Q
=8	174	Paul Osland	CAN	1:47.16	q
=8	115	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	1:47.16	Q
10	440	Tom McKean	GBR	1:47.24	Q
=11	361	Peter Braun	FRG	1:47.32	Q
=11	287	Tomás de Teresa	ESP	1:47.32	q
13	1172	Melford Homela	ZIM	1:47.36	Q
14	511	Rob Druppers	NED	1:47.48	Q
15	907	Babacar Niang	SEN	1:47.65	Q
16	1	Réda Abdenouz	ALG	1:47.67	q
17	607	Tonino Viali	ITA	1:47.74	Q
18	415	Steve Cram	GBR	1:47.77	Q
19	736	Faouzi Lahbi	MAR	1:47.82	Q
20	601	Donato Sabia	ITA	1:47.84	Q
21	2	Ahmed Bel Kessam	ALG	1:47.96	q
22	106	Bobby Gaseitsiwe	BOT	1:48.08
23	892	Mohamed Ismail Youssef	QAT	1:48.20
24	117	Agberto Guimarães	BRA	1:48.49
25	700	Yu Tae-Gyeong	KOR	1:48.61
26	656	Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	1:48.68	Q
27	1093	Johnny Gray	USA	1:48.83	Q
=28	313	Ari Suhonen	FIN	1:48.90	Q
=28	1037	Vladimir Graudyn	URS	1:48.90	Q
30	932	Ibrahim Okash	SOM	1:48.97	Q
31	193	Pablo Squella	CHI	1:48.99	Q
32	855	António Abrantes	POR	1:49.01
33	763	Mauricio Hernández	MEX	1:49.03
34	851	Ryszard Ostrowski	POL	1:49.04	Q
35	875	Álvaro Silva	POR	1:49.09	Q
36	903	Moussa Fall	SEN	1:49.14
37	23	Dale Jones	ANT	1:49.31
38	733	Saïd Aouita	MAR	1:49.67	Q
39	157	Simon Hoogewerf	CAN	1:49.76	Q
40	230	Spyros Spyrou	CYP	1:49.84
41	1089	Mark Everett	USA	1:49.86
42	899	Cheikh Tidiane Boye	SEN	1:49.89	Q
43	97	Mike Watson	BER	1:50.16
44	1071	Tracy Baskin	USA	1:50.38
45	795	Ado Maude	NGR	1:50.48
46	741	Kenneth Dzekedzeke	MAW	1:50.60
47	840	Porfirio Méndez	PAR	1:50.72
48	822	Mansour Al-Baloushi	OMA	1:51.03
49	71	Mohamed Hossain Milzer	BAN	1:51.16
50	832	Syed Meshaq Rizvi	PAK	1:51.58
51	1145	Eversley Linley	VIN	1:51.71
52	895	Eulucane Ndagijimana	RWA	1:52.08
53	200	Duan Xiuquan	CHN	1:52.17
54	924	Manlio Molinari	SMR	1:52.35
55	1006	Lin Kuang-Liang	TPE	1:52.95
56	17	João N'Tyamba	ANG	1:53.23
57	12	Josep Graells	AND	1:53.34
58	727	Maher Abbas	LBN	1:53.76
59	294	Lui Muavesi	FIJ	1:54.48
60	1179	Fahmi Abdul Wahab	YAR	1:55.24
61	400	Momodou Bello N'Jie	GAM	1:55.57
62	504	Oslen Barr	GUY	1:55.95
63	807	John Siguria	PNG	1:56.12
64	914	David Sawyerr	SLE	1:57.88
65	188	Yussuf Moli Yesky	CHA	1:57.97
66	1193	Nimley Twegbe	LBR	1:58.43
67	221	William Taramai	COK	1:58.80
DQ	709	Haji Bakr Al-Qahtani	KSA	–
DQ	948	Kazanga Makok	COD	–
DQ	1165	Tommy Asinga	SUR	–

Heat #1

Time	14:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	736	Faouzi Lahbi	MAR	1:47.82	Q
2	656	Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	1:48.68	Q
3	851	Ryszard Ostrowski	POL	1:49.04	Q
4	903	Moussa Fall	SEN	1:49.14
5	230	Spyros Spyrou	CYP	1:49.84
6	840	Porfirio Méndez	PAR	1:50.72
7	822	Mansour Al-Baloushi	OMA	1:51.03
8	188	Yussuf Moli Yesky	CHA	1:57.97

Heat #2

Time	14:05

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	907	Babacar Niang	SEN	1:47.65	Q
2	415	Steve Cram	GBR	1:47.77	Q
3	601	Donato Sabia	ITA	1:47.84	Q
4	892	Mohamed Ismail Youssef	QAT	1:48.20
5	700	Yu Tae-Gyeong	KOR	1:48.61
6	1145	Eversley Linley	VIN	1:51.71
7	294	Lui Muavesi	FIJ	1:54.48
DQ	709	Haji Bakr Al-Qahtani	KSA	–

Heat #3

Time	14:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1093	Johnny Gray	USA	1:48.83	Q
2	313	Ari Suhonen	FIN	1:48.90	Q
3	932	Ibrahim Okash	SOM	1:48.97	Q
4	855	António Abrantes	POR	1:49.01
5	763	Mauricio Hernández	MEX	1:49.03
6	741	Kenneth Dzekedzeke	MAW	1:50.60
7	1006	Lin Kuang-Liang	TPE	1:52.95

Heat #4

Time	14:15

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1037	Vladimir Graudyn	URS	1:48.90	Q
2	193	Pablo Squella	CHI	1:48.99	Q
3	875	Álvaro Silva	POR	1:49.09	Q
4	1089	Mark Everett	USA	1:49.86
5	97	Mike Watson	BER	1:50.16
6	832	Syed Meshaq Rizvi	PAK	1:51.58
7	924	Manlio Molinari	SMR	1:52.35
8	807	John Siguria	PNG	1:56.12

Heat #5

Time	14:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	733	Saïd Aouita	MAR	1:49.67	Q
2	157	Simon Hoogewerf	CAN	1:49.76	Q
3	899	Cheikh Tidiane Boye	SEN	1:49.89	Q
4	1071	Tracy Baskin	USA	1:50.38
5	795	Ado Maude	NGR	1:50.48
6	895	Eulucane Ndagijimana	RWA	1:52.08
7	727	Maher Abbas	LBN	1:53.76
8	914	David Sawyerr	SLE	1:57.88

Heat #6

Time	14:25

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	361	Peter Braun	FRG	1:47.32	Q
2	511	Rob Druppers	NED	1:47.48	Q
3	607	Tonino Viali	ITA	1:47.74	Q
4	106	Bobby Gaseitsiwe	BOT	1:48.08
5	117	Agberto Guimarães	BRA	1:48.49
6	1179	Fahmi Abdul Wahab	YAR	1:55.24
7	400	Momodou Bello N'Jie	GAM	1:55.57
8	1193	Nimley Twegbe	LBR	1:58.43

Heat #7

Time	14:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	418	Peter Elliott	GBR	1:46.83	Q
2	517	Robin van Helden	NED	1:46.99	Q
3	663	Juma Ndiwa	KEN	1:47.11	Q
4	287	Tomás de Teresa	ESP	1:47.32	q
5	2	Ahmed Bel Kessam	ALG	1:47.96	q
6	200	Duan Xiuquan	CHN	1:52.17
DQ	948	Kazanga Makok	COD	–
DQ	1165	Tommy Asinga	SUR	–

Heat #8

Time	14:35

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	651	Paul Ereng	KEN	1:46.14	Q
2	112	Zequinha Barbosa	BRA	1:46.32	Q
3	1160	Slobodan Popović	YUG	1:46.49	Q
4	288	Colomán Trabado	ESP	1:46.76	q
5	174	Paul Osland	CAN	1:47.16	q
6	71	Mohamed Hossain Milzer	BAN	1:51.16
7	12	Josep Graells	AND	1:53.34

Heat #9

Time	14:40

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	115	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	1:47.16	Q
2	440	Tom McKean	GBR	1:47.24	Q
3	1172	Melford Homela	ZIM	1:47.36	Q
4	1	Réda Abdenouz	ALG	1:47.67	q
5	23	Dale Jones	ANT	1:49.31
6	17	João N'Tyamba	ANG	1:53.23
7	504	Oslen Barr	GUY	1:55.95
8	221	William Taramai	COK	1:58.80

Quarter-Finals

Date	24 September 1988
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	733	Saïd Aouita	MAR	1:45.24
2	1160	Slobodan Popović	YUG	1:45.30	Q
3	907	Babacar Niang	SEN	1:45.38	Q
4	656	Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	1:45.68	Q
5	1093	Johnny Gray	USA	1:45.96	Q
6	157	Simon Hoogewerf	CAN	1:45.99	Q
7	115	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	1:46.10	Q
8	112	Zequinha Barbosa	BRA	1:46.20	Q
9	651	Paul Ereng	KEN	1:46.38	Q
10	193	Pablo Squella	CHI	1:46.45
11	415	Steve Cram	GBR	1:46.47
12	932	Ibrahim Okash	SOM	1:46.55	Q
13	601	Donato Sabia	ITA	1:46.58	Q
=14	517	Robin van Helden	NED	1:46.61
=14	418	Peter Elliott	GBR	1:46.61	Q
16	899	Cheikh Tidiane Boye	SEN	1:46.62	Q
17	875	Álvaro Silva	POR	1:46.65	Q
18	361	Peter Braun	FRG	1:46.86	Q
19	511	Rob Druppers	NED	1:46.91
20	2	Ahmed Bel Kessam	ALG	1:46.93
21	1	Réda Abdenouz	ALG	1:46.97	Q
22	1037	Vladimir Graudyn	URS	1:47.07
23	663	Juma Ndiwa	KEN	1:47.27
24	736	Faouzi Lahbi	MAR	1:47.32
25	851	Ryszard Ostrowski	POL	1:47.72
26	287	Tomás de Teresa	ESP	1:48.01
27	174	Paul Osland	CAN	1:48.02
28	288	Colomán Trabado	ESP	1:48.12
29	1172	Melford Homela	ZIM	1:49.62
30	607	Tonino Viali	ITA	1:50.85
DNF	313	Ari Suhonen	FIN	–
DQ	440	Tom McKean	GBR	[1:46.40]		1

Heat #1

Time	15:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	115	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	1:46.10	Q
2	651	Paul Ereng	KEN	1:46.38	Q
3	899	Cheikh Tidiane Boye	SEN	1:46.62	Q
4	1	Réda Abdenouz	ALG	1:46.97	Q
5	1037	Vladimir Graudyn	URS	1:47.07
6	174	Paul Osland	CAN	1:48.02
7	607	Tonino Viali	ITA	1:50.85
DNF	313	Ari Suhonen	FIN	–

Heat #2

Time	15:15

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1093	Johnny Gray	USA	1:45.96	Q
2	157	Simon Hoogewerf	CAN	1:45.99	Q
3	112	Zequinha Barbosa	BRA	1:46.20	Q
4	932	Ibrahim Okash	SOM	1:46.55	Q
5	511	Rob Druppers	NED	1:46.91
6	663	Juma Ndiwa	KEN	1:47.27
7	736	Faouzi Lahbi	MAR	1:47.32
DQ	440	Tom McKean	GBR	[1:46.40]		2

Heat #3

Time	15:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	733	Saïd Aouita	MAR	1:45.24
2	1160	Slobodan Popović	YUG	1:45.30	Q
3	907	Babacar Niang	SEN	1:45.38	Q
4	656	Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	1:45.68	Q
5	193	Pablo Squella	CHI	1:46.45
6	415	Steve Cram	GBR	1:46.47
7	517	Robin van Helden	NED	1:46.61
8	287	Tomás de Teresa	ESP	1:48.01

Heat #4

Time	15:25

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	601	Donato Sabia	ITA	1:46.58	Q
2	418	Peter Elliott	GBR	1:46.61	Q
3	875	Álvaro Silva	POR	1:46.65	Q
4	361	Peter Braun	FRG	1:46.86	Q
5	2	Ahmed Bel Kessam	ALG	1:46.93
6	851	Ryszard Ostrowski	POL	1:47.72
7	288	Colomán Trabado	ESP	1:48.12
8	1172	Melford Homela	ZIM	1:49.62

Semi-Finals

Date	25 September 1988
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	651	Paul Ereng	KEN	1:44.55	Q
2	656	Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	1:44.71	Q
3	115	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	1:44.75	Q
4	733	Saïd Aouita	MAR	1:44.79	Q
5	601	Donato Sabia	ITA	1:44.90	Q
6	418	Peter Elliott	GBR	1:44.94	Q
7	112	Zequinha Barbosa	BRA	1:44.99	Q
8	1093	Johnny Gray	USA	1:45.04	Q
9	907	Babacar Niang	SEN	1:45.09
10	1160	Slobodan Popović	YUG	1:45.11
11	875	Álvaro Silva	POR	1:45.12
12	899	Cheikh Tidiane Boye	SEN	1:45.93
13	1	Réda Abdenouz	ALG	1:45.95
14	932	Ibrahim Okash	SOM	1:46.62
15	157	Simon Hoogewerf	CAN	1:47.30
16	361	Peter Braun	FRG	1:47.43

Heat #1

Time	14:50

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	651	Paul Ereng	KEN	1:44.55	Q
2	115	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	1:44.75	Q
3	601	Donato Sabia	ITA	1:44.90	Q
4	418	Peter Elliott	GBR	1:44.94	Q
5	907	Babacar Niang	SEN	1:45.09
6	1160	Slobodan Popović	YUG	1:45.11
7	157	Simon Hoogewerf	CAN	1:47.30
8	361	Peter Braun	FRG	1:47.43

Heat #2

Time	14:55

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	656	Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	1:44.71	Q
2	733	Saïd Aouita	MAR	1:44.79	Q
3	112	Zequinha Barbosa	BRA	1:44.99	Q
4	1093	Johnny Gray	USA	1:45.04	Q
5	875	Álvaro Silva	POR	1:45.12
6	899	Cheikh Tidiane Boye	SEN	1:45.93
7	1	Réda Abdenouz	ALG	1:45.95
8	932	Ibrahim Okash	SOM	1:46.62

Final Round

Date	26 September 1988 — 13:40

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	651	Paul Ereng	KEN	1:43.45
2	115	Joaquim Cruz	BRA	1:43.90
3	733	Saïd Aouita	MAR	1:44.06
4	418	Peter Elliott	GBR	1:44.12
5	1093	Johnny Gray	USA	1:44.80
6	112	Zequinha Barbosa	BRA	1:46.39
7	601	Donato Sabia	ITA	1:48.03
8	656	Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	1:49.55

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Zequinha Barbosa		49.5