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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.

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 edit

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 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

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