International sporting event
Men's 800 metres at the Pan American Games |
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International sporting event
The final of the Men's 800 metres event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on Wednesday August 6, 2003, with the heats staged a day earlier. The Moroccan-born Canadian Achraf Tadili ran a very quick finish to win in a record time of 1:45.05, faster than the previous Pan Am Record (1:45.38) set by USA’s Johnny Gray four years earlier in Winnipeg. Brazil’s Osmar dos Santos (1:45.64) could not respond to his rival’s late surge and finished second, ahead of his compatriot Fabiano Peçanha (1:46.39).
Medalists
Records
World Record | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:41.11 | August 24, 1997 | Cologne, Germany |
Pan Am Record | Johnny Gray (USA) | 1:45.38 | July 25, 1999 | Winnipeg, Canada |
Results
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