The men's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place between the 22 and 23 of July at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion is Andy González of Cuba.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record1:41.01Rieti, ItalyAugust 29, 2010Pan American Games record1:44.58Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 28, 2007
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (1.50.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).
Schedule Date Time RoundJuly 22, 2015 11:35 SemifinalsJuly 23, 2015 18:40 Final
Results All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified
Semifinals Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Clayton Murphy 1:48.88 Q 2 2 Ryan Martin 1:48.99 Q 3 1 Rafith Rodríguez 1:49.06 Q 4 1 Ricardo Cunningham 1:49.22 Q 4 2 Jowayne Hibbert 1:49.22 Q 6 1 Aaron Evans 1:49.30 q 7 2 Cleiton Abrao 1:49.32 Q 8 2 Andrés Arroyo 1:49.36 q 9 2 Brandon McBride 1:49.65 10 2 James Eichberger 1:49.68 11 1 Lutimar Paes 1:49.76 12 2 Lucirio Antonio Garrido 1:49.84 13 1 Andy Gonzalez 1:51.14 14 2 Shaquille Dill 1:52.25 15 1 Anthony Romaniw 1:56.55
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Clayton Murphy 1:47.19 Rafith Rodríguez 1:47.23 Ryan Martin 1:47.73 4 Ricardo Cunningham 1:48.65 5 Cleiton Abrao 1:48.82 6 Aaron Evans 1:49.07 7 Andrés Arroyo 1:49.08 8Jowayne Hibbert 1:49.24
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