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

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Gold Silver Bronze
Alfred Kirwa Yego
 Kenya
Gary Reed
 Canada
Yuriy Borzakovskiy
 Russia

Records

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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

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Date Time Round
August 30, 2007 19:40 Heats
August 31, 2007 20:05 Semifinals
September 2, 2007 19:55 Final

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified WR World record AR Area record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Yusuf Saad Kamel  Bahrain 1:45.25 Q
2 4 Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya 1:45.52 Q, SB
3 3 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi  South Africa 1:45.56 Q
4 5 Mohammed Al-Salhi  Saudi Arabia 1:45.58 Q
5 3 Rashid Ramzi  Bahrain 1:45.64 Q, SB
6 3 Dmitriy Bogdanov  Russia 1:45.66 Q
6 4 Michael Rimmer  United Kingdom 1:45.66 Q
8 6 Abraham Chepkirwok  Uganda 1:45.68 Q
9 4 Dmitrijs Miļkevičs  Latvia 1:45.72 Q
10 3 Fabiano Peçanha  Brazil 1:45.77 q
11 4 Khadevis Robinson  United States 1:45.78 q
12 5 Yuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia 1:45.79 Q
13 5 Wilfred Bungei  Kenya 1:45.79 Q
14 6 Mohammad Al-Azemi  Kuwait 1:45.85 Q
15 4 Manuel Olmedo  Spain 1:45.90 q
15 5 Yassine Bensghir  Morocco 1:45.90 q, SB
17 1 Amine Laâlou  Morocco 1:46.00 Q
17 2 Gary Reed  Canada 1:46.00 Q
19 2 Nabil Madi  Algeria 1:46.02 Q
20 2 Justus Koech  Kenya 1:46.08 Q
21 1 Nick Symmonds  United States 1:46.16 Q
21 6 Mouhssin Chehibi  Morocco 1:46.16 q
23 1 Kléberson Davide  Brazil 1:46.17 Q
24 5 Abdoulaye Wagne  Senegal 1:46.20 q
25 6 Samwel Mwera  Tanzania 1:46.24 SB
26 3 Yeimer López  Cuba 1:46.28
27 4 Eduard Villanueva  Venezuela 1:46.33 PB
28 1 Belal Mansoor Ali  Bahrain 1:46.34
29 2 Antonio Manuel Reina  Spain 1:46.35
30 5 Abubaker Kaki Khamis  Sudan 1:46.38
31 3 Mattias Claesson  Sweden 1:46.43 PB
32 4 David Campbell  Ireland 1:46.47
33 6 Jozef Repcìk  Slovakia 1:46.53
34 3 Eugenio Barrios  Spain 1:46.62
35 1 Achraf Tadili  Canada 1:46.73
36 1 Sajjad Moradi  Iran 1:46.75
37 3 Bram Som  Netherlands 1:46.81
38 5 Masato Yokota  Japan 1:47.16 PB
39 2 Arnoud Okken  Netherlands 1:47.23
40 2 Jeffrey Riseley  Australia 1:47.44
41 2 Aunese Curreen  Samoa 1:47.72 NR
42 4 Fadrique Iglesias  Bolivia 1:48.42
43 6 Duane Solomon  United States 1:48.95
44 5 Mahamoud Farah  Djibouti 1:49.06
45 6 Souleymane Ould Chebal  Mauritania 1:56.45 SB
46 1 Mohammed Ahmed Al-Yafaee  Yemen 1:56.55
1 Ismail Ahmed Ismail  Sudan DNF
2 Ivan Heshko  Ukraine DNS

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya 1:47.09
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gary Reed  Canada 1:47.10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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General