2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue	Oregon Convention Center
Dates	March 18 (heats) March 19 (final)
Competitors	15 from 12 nations
Winning time	1:45.83
Medalists
Boris Berian    United States   Antoine Gakeme    Burundi   Erik Sowinski    United States
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2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men
Exhibition events
Masters 800 m	men	women
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The men's 800 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18 and 19, 2016.^[1][2]

In the final, Boris Berian went out fast 23.92 for the first lap and 49.73, on the indoor level that is equivalent with taking the race into the Gray zone. The rest of the field chose not to go with him, giving up seven meters by the half way point, expecting to pick up the pieces when Berian slowed. At the end of the third lap, he had maintained the gap but looked tired. Through the next 100 metres Antoine Gakeme and Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla closed down the gap to three metres. Balla stumbled and lost ground. Through the final turn Gakeme couldn't gain any further and on the final straightaway Berian pulled away for a clear 5 metre victory. As Balla regained his form, Erik Sowinski pulled onto his shoulder and executed a perfect pass to take the bronze.

Qualification: The winner of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla	Qatar	1:47.61	Q
2	3	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	1:48.02	q
3	2	Antoine Gakeme	Burundi	1:48.09	Q SB
4	3	Erik Sowinski	United States	1:48.11	q
5	2	Boris Berian	United States	1:48.55	q
6	2	Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai	Kenya	1:48.70
7	2	Andreas Kramer	Sweden	1:49.46
8	2	Daniel Andújar	Spain	1:49.49
9	3	Theofanis Michaelas	Cyprus	1:51.36
10	1	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1:52.16	Q
11	3	Brice Etes	Monaco	1:52.23	SB
12	1	Edward Kibet Kemboi	Kenya	1:52.39
13	1	Álvaro de Arriba	Spain	1:52.60
14	1	Pol Moya	Andorra	1:54.19
15	1	Wais Ibrahim Khairandesh	Afghanistan	1:57.36	NR

The race was started on March 19 at 18:35.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Boris Berian	United States	1:45.83	SB
	Antoine Gakeme	Burundi	1:46.65	SB
	Erik Sowinski	United States	1:47.22
4	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	1:47.97
5	Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla	Qatar	1:48.31
6	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1:52.32