 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Charlie Oliver akanga ane makore 29 panguva yeLos Angeles Olympics, uyewo achiita kuoneka kwake bedzi kweOlympic. Musi waAugust 3, munhangemutange yokutanga yemamita 800 evarume, akakwezvwa kupinda muvharo sere. Akapedza nhangemutange yacho muminiti 1 nemasekondi 53.22, kuti agare pachinhanho chechitanhatu kubva pavanhu vasere mumakwikwi ake, asi vatatu chete vepamusoro kubva kumakwikwi uye vashanu vanotevera vanokurumidza kukurumidza vanogona kufambira mberi. Oliver akabviswa; nguva inononoka yekukodzera yaive 1 miniti nemasekondi 48.09. Joaquim Cruz wokuBrazil akahwina ndarama muminiti 1 nemasekonzi 43, nepo Sebastian Coe wokuGreat Britain akahwina sirivha uye Earl Jones wokuUnited States akahwina ndarira. 