| Final 16:20 | time | L | | 1. Douglas Lowe |  Great Britain | 1:51.8 OR | 2 | | 2. Erik Byléhn |  Sweden | 1:52.8e | 4 | | 3. Hermann Engelhard |  Germany | 1:53.2e | 6 | | 4. Phil Edwards |  Canada | 1:54.0e | 8 | | 5. Lloyd Hahn |  United States | 1:54.2e | 7 | | 6. Séra Martin |  France | 1:54.6e | 9 | | 7. Earl Fuller | United States | 1:55.0e | 1 | | 8. Jean Keller | France | 1:57.0e | 3 | | 9. Ray Watson | United States | 2:03.0e | 5 |
400m: Lloyd Hahn (USA) 55.2s
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| | | Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 31,600. | | 49 competitors from 24 nations. |
| World Record: Séra Martin, France 1:50.6 Paris, France 14 July 1928 | | Olympic Record: Ted Meredith, United States 1:51.9 Stockholm, Sweden 8 July 1912 |
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Between Paris and Amsterdam the best 800m man was Otto Peltzer
(GER), but he was notably inconsistent and France and the USA
seemed to provide the best candidates for gold. Lloyd Hahn had run
1:51.4y indoors, and the young French star Séra Martin (22) who ran a
world record of 1:50.6 two weeks before the Games.
Hahn was the fastest in both preliminary rounds - 1:56.8 and 1:52.6.
The 20 year-old Phil Edwards, a British Guianan-born Canadian, ran
1:52.8 behind Hahn and ahead of Séra Martin. Lowe, who had been
more cautious in the early rounds, went into the lead from the gun to
control the final, but Hahn soon took over and led at the bell (55.2) with
Lowe and Edwards on his shoulder. Lowe kicked sharply as the runners
came off the last turn and effectively demolished the opposition. He
finished nearly 7m clear of Byléhn, who sped by Hahn and Edwards in
the finishing straight, pulling Engelhard with him.
Times previously shown have been updated after reference to film of
the race, and Watson is shown in his correct position of eighth.
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Semi-Finals - Monday, 30th July 15:25 | | 3 Semis with 24 athletes. Best 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | L | | 1. Earl Fuller | United States | 1:55.6 | Q | 4 | | 2. Douglas Lowe | Great Britain | 1:55.8 | Q | 6 | | 3. Jean Keller | France | 1:56.0 | Q | 3 | | 4. Barsi László |  Hungary | 1:56.2 | | 7 | | 5. Otto Peltzer | Germany | 1:56.3 | | 2 | | 6. Alex Wilson | Canada | 1:57.1 | | 1 | | 7. Vilém Šindler |  Czechoslovakia | Unknown | | 5 | | -. Norman McEachern |  Ireland | DNF | | 8 |
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| Semi 2 | time | | L | | 1. Erik Blyéhn | Sweden | 1:55.6s | Q | 1 | | 2. Ray Watson | United States | 1:56.8s | Q | 3 | | 3. Hermann Engelhard | Germany | 1:56.8s | Q | 5 | | 4. Brant Little | Canada | 1:57.6 | | 2 | | 5. Ralph Starr | Great Britain | Unknown | | 8 | | 6. Guido Cominotto |  Italy | Unknown | | 7 | | 7. Serafín Dengra |  Argentina | Unknown | | 6 | | -. Georges Baraton | France | DNS | | 4 |
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| Semi 3 | time | | L | | 1. Lloyd Hahn | United States | 1:52.6 | Q | 5 | | 2. Phil Edwards | Canada | 1:52.8 | Q | 8 | | 3. Séra Martin | France | 1:53.0 | Q | 7 | | 4. Paul Martin |  Switzerland | 1:53.3 | | 3 | | 5. John Sittig | United States | 1:53.4 | | 1 | | 6. Fredy Müller | Germany | 1:53.8 | | 6 | | 7. Wilfrid Tatham | Great Britain | Unknown | | 2 | | 8. Olaf Strand |  Norway | 1:59.9 | | 4 |
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Heats - Sunday, 29th July 16:15 | | 8 Heats with 49 athletes. Best 3 from each Heat advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | time | | L | | 1. Alex Wilson | Canada | 1:59.2 | Q | 7 | | 2. Erik Byléhn | Sweden | 1:59.8 | Q | 5 | | 3. John Sittig | United States | 2:00.6 | Q | 8 | | 4. Guus Zeegers |  Netherlands | Unknown | | 3 | | 5. Bertheloot Gérald |  Belgium | Unknown | | 1 | | 6. Vasilios Stavrinos |  Greece | Unknown | | 2 | | 7. Louis Schmit |  Luxembourg | Unknown | | 4 | | -. António Dias |  Portugal | DNS | | 6 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | L | | 1. Otto Peltzer | Germany | 1:57.4 | Q | 2 | | 2. Brant Little | Canada | 1:57.8 | Q | 6 | | 3. Wilfred Tatham | Great Britain | 1:58.2 | Q | 7 | | 4. Adriaan Paulen | Netherlands | Unknown | | 4 | | 5. William Whyte |  Australia | Unknown | | 3 | | 6. Albert Larsen |  Denmark | Unknown | | 5 | | -. József Marton |  Hungary | DNS | | 1 |
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| Heat 3 | time | | L | | 1. Jean Keller | France | 1:59.0 | Q | 1 | | 2. Paul Martin | Switzerland | 1:59.4 | Q | 6 | | 3. Ray Watson | United States | 1:59.6 | Q | 8 | | 4. Max Tarnogrocki | Germany | 1:59.9 | | 2 | | 5. Alfonso García |  Mexico | Unknown | | 7 | | 6. Andries Hoogerwerf | Netherlands | Unknown | | 5 | | 7. Antonios Mangos | Greece | Unknown | | 3 | | -. Harri Larva |  Finland | DNS | | 4 |
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| Heat 4 | time | | L | | 1. Georges Baraton | France | 2:03.4 | Q | 1 | | 2. Earl Fuller | United States | 2:03.8 | Q | 7 | | 3. Olaf Strand | Norway | 2:03.8 | Q | 4 | | 4. Ettore Tavernari |  Italy | Unknown | | 5 | | 5. Philippe Coenjaerts | Belgium | Unknown | | 2 | | 6. Harry Houghton | Great Britain | Unknown | | 6 | | -. Danie Jacobs |  South Africa | DNS | | 3 |
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| Heat 5 | time | | L | | 1. Lloyd Hahn | United States | 1:56.8 | Q | 8 | | 2. Hermann Englehard | Germany | 1:57.0 | Q | 2 | | 3. Vilém Šindler | Czechoslovakia | 1:57.0 | Q | 3 | | 4. René Féger | France | Unknown | | 1 | | 5. Jack Walter | Canada | Unknown | | 7 | | 6. Charles Stuart | Australia | Unknown | | 6 | | -. Grigorios Georgakopoulos | Greece | DNS | | 4 | | -. Matti Korpela | Finland | DNS | | 5 |
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| Heat 6 | time | | L | | 1. Serafín Dengra | Argentina | 2:01.2 | Q | 4 | | 2. Douglas Lowe | Great Britain | 2:02.2 | Q | 7 | | 3. Guido Cominotto | Italy | 2:02.4 | Q | 6 | | 4. Besim Koşalay Ömer |  Turkey | Unknown | | 2 | | -. Arnoldy G. | Luxembourg | DNS | | 1 | | -. Frej Liewendahl | Finland | DNS | | 5 | | -. Magdics László | Hungary | DNS | | 3 |
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| Heat 7 | time | | L | | 1. Séra Martin | France | 1:58.8s | Q | 1 | | 2. Barsi László | Hungary | 1:59.0s | Q | 2 | | 3. Fredy Müller | Germany | 1:59.4s | Q | 3 | | 4. Adolf Kittel | Czechoslovakia | 1:59.6 | | 4 | | 5. Feliks Malanowski |  Poland | 1:59.8 | | 8 | | 6. Gerry Coughlan | Ireland | Unknown | | 7 | | 7. Murphy J. |  India | Unknown | | 5 | | -. Eino Purje | Finland | DNS | | 6 |
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| Heat 8 | time | | L | | 1. Phil Edwards | Canada | 1:59.4 | Q | 6 | | 2. Ralph Starr | Great Britain | 1:59.8 | Q | 7 | | 3. Norman McEachern | Ireland | 1:59.8 | Q | 5 | | 4. Leopoldo Ledesma | Argentina | Unknown | | 3 | | 5. José Lucílo Iturbe | Mexico | Unknown | | 8 | | 6. Joaquín Miquel |  Spain | 2:03.2 | | 1 | | -. L. Passy | Greece | DNS | | 2 | | -. Ivan Rittig |  Yugoslavia | DNS | | 4 |
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