Athletics Olympic Games 1948 at London (gbr) Men: 800 m August 2: Final: 1. Mal Whitfield (usa) 1:49.2 2. Arthur Wint (jam) 1:49.5 3. Marcel Hansenne (fra) 1:49.8 4. Herb Barten (usa) 1:50.1 5. Ingvar Bengtsson (swe) 1:50.5 6. Bob Chambers (usa) 1:52.1 7. Robert Chef d'Hôtel (fra) 1:53.0 8. Niels Holst-Sørensen (den) 1:53.4