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

GoldSilverBronze
Alfred Kirwa Yego
 Kenya
Gary Reed
 Canada
Yuriy Borzakovskiy
 Russia

Records

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

Date Time Round
August 30, 200719:40Heats
August 31, 200720:05Semifinals
September 2, 200719:55Final

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified WRWorld record ARArea record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
16Yusuf Saad Kamel Bahrain1:45.25Q
24Alfred Kirwa Yego Kenya1:45.52Q, SB
33Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa1:45.56Q
45Mohammed Al-Salhi Saudi Arabia1:45.58Q
53Rashid Ramzi Bahrain1:45.64Q, SB
63Dmitriy Bogdanov Russia1:45.66Q
64Michael Rimmer United Kingdom1:45.66Q
86Abraham Chepkirwok Uganda1:45.68Q
94Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Latvia1:45.72Q
103Fabiano Peçanha Brazil1:45.77q
114Khadevis Robinson United States1:45.78q
125Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia1:45.79Q
135Wilfred Bungei Kenya1:45.79Q
146Mohammad Al-Azemi Kuwait1:45.85Q
154Manuel Olmedo Spain1:45.90q
155Yassine Bensghir Morocco1:45.90q, SB
171Amine Laâlou Morocco1:46.00Q
172Gary Reed Canada1:46.00Q
192Nabil Madi Algeria1:46.02Q
202Justus Koech Kenya1:46.08Q
211Nick Symmonds United States1:46.16Q
216Mouhssin Chehibi Morocco1:46.16q
231Kléberson Davide Brazil1:46.17Q
245Abdoulaye Wagne Senegal1:46.20q
256Samwel Mwera Tanzania1:46.24SB
263Yeimer López Cuba1:46.28
274Eduard Villanueva Venezuela1:46.33PB
281Belal Mansoor Ali Bahrain1:46.34
292Antonio Manuel Reina Spain1:46.35
305Abubaker Kaki Khamis Sudan1:46.38
313Mattias Claesson Sweden1:46.43PB
324David Campbell Ireland1:46.47
336Jozef Repcìk Slovakia1:46.53
343Eugenio Barrios Spain1:46.62
351Achraf Tadili Canada1:46.73
361Sajjad Moradi Iran1:46.75
373Bram Som Netherlands1:46.81
385Masato Yokota Japan1:47.16PB
392Arnoud Okken Netherlands1:47.23
402Jeffrey Riseley Australia1:47.44
412Aunese Curreen Samoa1:47.72NR
424Fadrique Iglesias Bolivia1:48.42
436Duane Solomon United States1:48.95
445Mahamoud Farah Djibouti1:49.06
456Souleymane Ould Chebal Mauritania1:56.45SB
461Mohammed Ahmed Al-Yafaee Yemen1:56.55
1Ismail Ahmed Ismail SudanDNF
2Ivan Heshko UkraineDNS

Semifinals

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Alfred Kirwa Yego Kenya1:44.54Q, SB
21Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa1:44.71Q
31Abraham Chepkirwok Uganda1:44.84q
42Gary Reed Canada1:44.92Q
52Amine Laâlou Morocco1:45.11Q
63Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia1:45.12Q
73Wilfred Bungei Kenya1:45.20Q
83Mohammed Al-Salhi Saudi Arabia1:45.23q
93Yusuf Saad Kamel Bahrain1:45.31
102Dmitriy Bogdanov Russia1:45.36SB
111Khadevis Robinson United States1:45.45
122Nabil Madi Algeria1:45.59
132Manuel Olmedo Spain1:45.61
141Fabiano Peçanha Brazil1:45.95
151Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Latvia1:46.27
162Nick Symmonds United States1:46.41
173Kléberson Davide Brazil1:46.45
181Abdoulaye Wagne Senegal1:46.49
192Justus Koech Kenya1:46.86
203Michael Rimmer United Kingdom1:47.39
212Rashid Ramzi Bahrain1:47.76
223Yassine Bensghir Morocco1:48.04
233Mohammad Al-Azemi Kuwait1:50.28
241Mouhssin Chehibi Morocco1:51.31

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Alfred Kirwa Yego Kenya1:47.09
Gary Reed Canada1:47.10
Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia1:47.39
4Abraham Chepkirwok Uganda1:47.41
5Wilfred Bungei Kenya1:47.42
6Amine Laâlou Morocco1:47.45
7Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa1:47.52
8Mohammed Al-Salhi Saudi Arabia1:47.58

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