Canada’s Marco Arop has claimed Olympic silver in the men’s 800-metres on Saturday at Stade de France after being edged at the finish line by Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi.
The 25-year-old hailing from Edmonton stopped the clock in a Canadian-record time of one minute 41.20 seconds.
Wanyonyi held on for gold, beating Arop by one-hundredth of a second in 1:41.19.
Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati, who entered the race unbeaten this year, took bronze in 1:41.50.
Arop entered the Olympics as the reigning world champion in the event and also claimed bronze at the 2022 world championships.
Marco Arop of Edmonton claims the silver medal in the men’s 800-metre final at Paris 2024 with a Canadian record time of 1:41.20. With that result, Canada extends their record for total medals at a non-boycotted Summer Games with 26.
He is the second Canadian to medal in the men’s 800 at a world championship alongside Gary Reed’s silver in 2007.
Arop’s Olympic medal is Canada’s first in the event since Bill Crothers earned silver at the 1964 Tokyo Games, and fifth ever.
The Canadian women’s 4x400m relay team is competing in the event’s final at 3:14 p.m. ET. The team has placed fourth in each of the past two Olympics and World Athletics Championships.
Thomas Fafard of Repentigny, Que., is also attempting to make the podium when he takes part in the men’s 5,000m final at 1:50 p.m. ET.