| Men's 800 metres at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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Paul Ereng |
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Joaquim Cruz |
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Saïd Aouita |
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The men's 800 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 70 competitors, with nine qualifying heats (70), four second-round races (32) and two semi-finals (16), before the final (8) took off on Monday September 26, 1988.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.