Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres
Rank HEAT 3 Time
1 Andreas Busse ( GDR ) 1:47.4
2 Anatoliy Reshetnyak ( URS ) 1:47.9
3 Agberto Guimarães ( BRA ) 1:48.2
4 William Wuycke ( VEN ) 1:48.5
5 Derradji Harek ( ALG ) 1:49.9
6 Tisbite Rakotoarisoa ( MAD ) 1:50.5
7 Khaled Hussain ( KUW ) 1:54.6
Results -- Qualifying Heats
Held on Thursday 1980-07-24 Rank HEAT 1 Time 1 . Steve Ovett ( GBR ) 1:49.4 2 . Antonio Páez ( ESP ) 1:49.5 3 . Philippe Dupont ( FRA ) 1:49.6 4 . Sri Ram Singh ( IND ) 1:49.8 5 . Abebe Zerihun ( ETH ) 1:50.3 6 . Langa Mudongo ( BOT ) 1:52.5 7 . Kenneth Hlasa ( LES ) 1:56.1  Rank HEAT 2 Time 1 . Detlef Wagenknecht ( GDR ) 1:47.5 2 . Nikolay Kirov ( URS ) 1:47.5 3 . András Paróczai ( HUN ) 1:47.5 4 . Colomán Trabado ( ESP ) 1:47.9 5 . Musa Luliga ( TAN ) 1:49.6 6 . Jón Didriksson ( ISL ) 1:51.1 7 . George Branche ( SLE ) 1:54.6
These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, three semifinals and the final held on Saturday July 26, 1980.