Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	August 1 and August 2
Medalists
Tommy Hampson  Great Britain Alex Wilson 23x15px Canada Phil Edwards 23x15px Canada

Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeple		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 800 metres middle distance event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 1 and August 2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Results

Heats

Three heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Eddie Genung	United States	1:54.8
2	Phil Edwards	23x15px Canada	1:55.1
3	Jack Powell	Great Britain	1:55.6
4	Cyril Evans	New Zealand	1:56.6
5	Paul Martin	Switzerland	1:58.4
6	Nestor Gomes	Brazil	2:00.5
-	Jean Keller	France	DNF

Heat Two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chuck Hornbostel	United States	1:52.4
2	Alex Wilson	23x15px Canada	1:52.5
3	Otto Peltzer	Germany	1:53.6
4	Hjalle Johannesen	Norway	1:54.3
5	Hermenegildo del Rosso	Argentina	1:54.9
6	René Morel	France	1:55.2
7	José Lucílo Iturbe	23x15px Mexico	1:55.6

Heat Three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tommy Hampson	Great Britain	1:53.0
2	Séra Martin	France	1:53.2
3	Edwin Turner	United States	1:54.0
4	Eddie King	23x15px Canada	1:54.4
5	Max Danz	Germany	1:58.9
6	Domingos Puglisi	Brazil	1:59.4
-	Miguel Vasconcelos	23x15px Mexico	2:00.0

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tommy Hampson	Great Britain	1:49.7	WR
	Alex Wilson	23x15px Canada	1:49.9
	Phil Edwards	23x15px Canada	1:51.5
4	Eddie Genung	United States	1:51.7
5	Edwin Turner	United States	1:52.5
6	Chuck Hornbostel	United States	1:52.7
7	Jack Powell	Great Britain	1:53.0
8	Séra Martin	France	1:53.6
9	Otto Peltzer	Germany	1:55.0

Key: WR = world record; DNF = did not finish

References

• 1932 Summer Olympics results: Men's 800 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; Retrieved 2010-07-15