Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres
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Men's 800 metres at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 23 July 1976 (heats) 24 July 1976 (semi-finals) 25 July 1976 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 42 from 31 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:43.5 WR | |||||||||
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The men's 800 metres event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on July 23, 1976, July 24, 1976, and on July 25, 1976.[1] Forty-two athletes from 31 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Alberto Juantorena of Cuba, the nation's first medal in the event; Juantorena would later complete an unusual double in winning the 400 metres as well. Ivo van Damme's silver was Belgium's first medal in the event since 1960, matching the 1960 silver for best result for the nation.