2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30, 31 August and 2 September.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Alfred Kirwa Yego Kenya | Gary Reed Canada | Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia |
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World record | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:41.11 | Cologne, Germany | 24 August 1997 |
Championship record | Billy Konchellah (KEN) | 1:43.06 | Rome, Italy | 1 September 1987 |
World leading | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA) | 1:43.74 | Monaco | 25 July 2007 |
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Round |
---|---|---|
August 30, 2007 | 19:40 | Heats |
August 31, 2007 | 20:05 | Semifinals |
September 2, 2007 | 19:55 | Final |
Results
[edit]KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | WR | World record | AR | Area record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
[edit]Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.
Semifinals
[edit]Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Kenya | 1:44.54 | Q, SB |
2 | 1 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:44.71 | Q |
3 | 1 | Abraham Chepkirwok | Uganda | 1:44.84 | q |
4 | 2 | Gary Reed | Canada | 1:44.92 | Q |
5 | 2 | Amine Laâlou | Morocco | 1:45.11 | Q |
6 | 3 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:45.12 | Q |
7 | 3 | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:45.20 | Q |
8 | 3 | Mohammed Al-Salhi | Saudi Arabia | 1:45.23 | q |
9 | 3 | Yusuf Saad Kamel | Bahrain | 1:45.31 | |
10 | 2 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 1:45.36 | SB |
11 | 1 | Khadevis Robinson | United States | 1:45.45 | |
12 | 2 | Nabil Madi | Algeria | 1:45.59 | |
13 | 2 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 1:45.61 | |
14 | 1 | Fabiano Peçanha | Brazil | 1:45.95 | |
15 | 1 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1:46.27 | |
16 | 2 | Nick Symmonds | United States | 1:46.41 | |
17 | 3 | Kléberson Davide | Brazil | 1:46.45 | |
18 | 1 | Abdoulaye Wagne | Senegal | 1:46.49 | |
19 | 2 | Justus Koech | Kenya | 1:46.86 | |
20 | 3 | Michael Rimmer | United Kingdom | 1:47.39 | |
21 | 2 | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 1:47.76 | |
22 | 3 | Yassine Bensghir | Morocco | 1:48.04 | |
23 | 3 | Mohammad Al-Azemi | Kuwait | 1:50.28 | |
24 | 1 | Mouhssin Chehibi | Morocco | 1:51.31 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alfred Kirwa Yego | Kenya | 1:47.09 | ||
Gary Reed | Canada | 1:47.10 | ||
Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:47.39 | ||
4 | Abraham Chepkirwok | Uganda | 1:47.41 | |
5 | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:47.42 | |
6 | Amine Laâlou | Morocco | 1:47.45 | |
7 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:47.52 | |
8 | Mohammed Al-Salhi | Saudi Arabia | 1:47.58 |
References
[edit]- General