The Men's 800 meters has been included in all Summer Olympics since the inaugural games of 1896. Throughout Olympic history, athletes from the United States have won the most medals in this event, with eight golds and 21 overall medals. Great Britain have won six golds in this event, but the last came in 1932.
Since 1988, Kenya has emerged as the most successful nation in this event, winning six golds in this time, while U.S. athletes have won just two bronze medals since then. Several athletes have won two golds in this event, including the record holder, David Rudisha of Kenya. No athletes have ever been stripped of a medal won in this event.
Medal count by country in the Men's 800m at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020
This data was collected using the official Olympic.org site, as well as a spreadsheet from the Guardian that includes data from 1896-2008 (available here), 2012 and 2016 data was compared with that from Encyclopaedia Britannica, and several news outlets were used to update the table when medals were reassigned (i.e. for doping offenses).
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olympic.org, & The Guardian. (August 5, 2021). Medal count by country in the Men's 800m at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117645/olympics-mens-800m-medal-table-since-1896/?session=97aa1b8ec3b2bbed56ab60679d2a7893
olympic.org, und The Guardian. "Medal count by country in the Men's 800m at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020." Chart. August 5, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117645/olympics-mens-800m-medal-table-since-1896/?session=97aa1b8ec3b2bbed56ab60679d2a7893
olympic.org, The Guardian. (2021). Medal count by country in the Men's 800m at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117645/olympics-mens-800m-medal-table-since-1896/?session=97aa1b8ec3b2bbed56ab60679d2a7893
olympic.org, and The Guardian. "Medal Count by Country in The Men's 800m at The Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117645/olympics-mens-800m-medal-table-since-1896/?session=97aa1b8ec3b2bbed56ab60679d2a7893
olympic.org & The Guardian, Medal count by country in the Men's 800m at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117645/olympics-mens-800m-medal-table-since-1896/?session=97aa1b8ec3b2bbed56ab60679d2a7893 (last visited July 18, 2024)
Medal count by country in the Men's 800m at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020 [Graph], olympic.org, & The Guardian, August 5, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117645/olympics-mens-800m-medal-table-since-1896/?session=97aa1b8ec3b2bbed56ab60679d2a7893
