Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 30 September – 1 October.

Men's 800 metres
at the 2014 Asian Games
VenueIncheon Asiad Main Stadium
Dates30 September – 1 October
Competitors23 from 17 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Iraq
silver medal    China
bronze medal    Qatar
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Schedule edit

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Tuesday, 30 September 2014 20:40 Round 1
Wednesday, 1 October 2014 19:20 Final

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record   David Rudisha (KEN) 1:40.91 London, United Kingdom 9 August 2012
Asian Record   Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN) 1:42.79 Monaco 29 July 2008
Games Record   Sajjad Moradi (IRI) 1:45.45 Guangzhou, China 25 November 2010

Results edit

Legend
  • DNF — Did not finish
  • DNS — Did not start
  • DSQ — Disqualified

Round 1 edit

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

Heat 1 edit

Rank Athlete Time Notes
1   Abdulaziz Ladan (KSA) 1:48.85 Q
2   Jamal Hairane (QAT) 1:48.91 Q
3   Adnan Taess (IRQ) 1:49.03 q
4   Dương Văn Thái (VIE) 1:50.66
5   Kim Jun-young (KOR) 1:51.81
6   Gal-Erdenegiin Odkhüü (MGL) 1:53.69
7   Ahmed Hassan (MDV) 1:56.46
  Sajjad Moradi (IRI) DNS

Heat 2 edit

Rank Athlete Time Notes
1   Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT) 1:49.50 Q
2   Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN) 1:49.56 Q
3   Sajeesh Joseph (IND) 1:49.90 q
4   Choi Hyeon-gi (KOR) 1:50.15
5   Farkhod Kuralov (TJK) 1:50.55
6   Asyeikhany Akhyt (MGL) 1:55.49
7   Nurgazy Asankulov (KGZ) 1:57.40

Heat 3 edit

Rank Athlete Time Notes
1   Abraham Rotich (BRN) 1:47.95 Q
2   Teng Haining (CHN) 1:48.82 Q
3   Mohammad Al-Azemi (KUW) 1:51.63
4   Sho Kawamoto (JPN) 1:53.24
5   Mukti Bahadur Khadka (NEP) 1:55.20
6   Almazbek Kazibekov (KGZ) 1:55.90
7   Shifaz Mohamed (MDV) 2:02.58
  Wesam Al-Massri (PLE) DNS

Final edit

Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Adnan Taess (IRQ) 1:47.48
    Teng Haining (CHN) 1:47.81
    Jamal Hairane (QAT) 1:48.25
4   Sajeesh Joseph (IND) 1:49.59
  Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN) DNF
  Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT) DSQ
  Abdulaziz Ladan (KSA) DSQ
  Abraham Rotich (BRN) DSQ

References edit