2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

None These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 7 August 2001 at 19:50h. André Bucher came into this race having dominated these same competitors throughout the Golden League season. Bucher started hard but Wilfred Bungei pushed the break to take the lead past the bell in 50.41. As they hit the backstretch, Bucher set Bungei up and passed him with 300 metres to go. From there he just continued to pull away from Bungei, opening up over 5 metres by the finish line. The rest of the field strung out behind William Yiampoy the last pursuer. Paweł Czapiewski was in last place, 2 metres behind the back of the pack with 200 metres to go, still at the home straightaway, he had only passed Nils Schumann. Sprinting down the outside of lane 2, Czapiewski ran past the field passing Yiampoy with 12 metres to go, but too much distance to get to Bungei, Czapiewski took home bronze. Medalists GoldSUI André BucherSwitzerland (SUI)SilverKEN Wilfred BungeiKenya (KEN)BronzePOL Paweł CzapiewskiPoland (POL) Records Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships World Record Wilson Kipketer DEN 1:41.11 August 24, 1997 GER Cologne, Germany Event Record Billy Konchellah KEN 1:43.06 September 1, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Season Best André Bucher SUI 1:42.90 July 20, 2001 MON Monte Carlo, Monaco Final RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.pngAndré Bucher SUI1:43.70 Image:Med 2.pngWilfred Bungei KEN1:44.55Image:Med 3.pngPaweł Czapiewski POL1:44.634.William Yiampoy KEN1:44.965.Nils Schumann GER1:45.006.Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA1:45.017.Khalid Tighazouine MAR1:45.588.Hezekiél Sepeng RSA1:46.68 Semi-final Held on Sunday 5 August 2001 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Wilfred Bungei KEN1:45.662.Khalid Tighazouine MAR1:45.693.Nils Schumann GER1:45.864.Hezekiél Sepeng RSA1:45.975.Jean-Patrick Nduwimana BDI1:46.426.Glody Dube BOT1:46.917.David Krummenacker USA1:47.468.Nicholas Wachira KEN1:48.93 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.André Bucher SUI1:44.472.William Yiampoy KEN1:44.613.Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA1:44.814.Paweł Czapiewski POL1:44.895.Arthémon Hatungimana BDI1:45.216.Adem Hecini ALG1:46.027.Bram Som NED1:47.408.Marvin Watts JAM1:47.64 Heats Held on Tuesday 7 August 2001 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Nils Schumann GER1:45.692.Hezekiél Sepeng RSA1:45.933.Arthémon Hatungimana BDI1:45.974.Grzegorz Krzosek POL1:47.175.Derrick Peterson USA1:48.566.Mohamed S. Naji Haidara BHR1:49.097.Vanco Stojanov MKD1:49.54 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Wilfred Bungei KEN1:44.732.Paweł Czapiewski POL1:45.573.Bram Som NED1:45.604.Daniel Caulfield IRL1:47.235.Wilson Kirwa FIN1:47.656.Boris Kaveshnikov RUS1:47.657.Saïdou Mahamadou NIG1:57.47—Douzi Nguerdjeoubel CHADNS RANKHEAT 3TIME1.André Bucher SUI1:45.492.Khalid Tighazouine MAR1:45.633.Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA1:46.054.João Pires POR1:47.345.Khadevis Robinson USA1:49.426.Isireli Naikelekelevesi FIJ1:50.747.John Lozada PHI1:59.63 RANKHEAT 4TIME1.William Yiampoy KEN1:48.022.David Krummenacker USA1:48.153.Antonio Manuel Reina ESP1:48.264.Joeri Jansen BEL1:48.425.Nathan Brannen CAN1:48.606.Otukile Lekote BOT1:49.407.Liam Byrne GIB1:55.988.Naseer Ismail MDV2:00.19 RANKHEAT 5TIME1.Jean-Patrick Nduwimana BDI1:45.132.Glody Dube BOT1:45.393.Adem Hecini ALG1:45.564.Nicholas Wachira KEN1:45.975.Marvin Watts JAM1:46.436.Tom Omey BEL1:48.377.Prince Mumba ZAM1:49.49 References Finals Results Semi-finals results Heats results H Category:800 metres at the World Athletics Championships