Kenya's Wilfred Bungei won the Olympic gold medal in the men's 800m race on Saturday.
![Kenya's Wilfred Bungei won the Olympic gold medal in the men's 800m race on Saturday. Kenya's Wilfred Bungei won the Olympic gold medal in the men's 800m race on Saturday.](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080823/001aa0ba6dbd0a1a3efe0d.jpg)
Bungei finished the two-lap race in a fastest time of 1 minute 44.65 seconds.
Ismail Ahmed Ismail of Sudan took silver in 1:44.70, and Bungei's compatriot Alfred Kirwa Yego earned bronze in 1:44.82.
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(Xinhua News Agency August 23, 2008)