1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

None These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 1993-08-17. With three Kenyans qualified for the final, word was out that they might send out time qualifier Paul Ruto as the sacrificial lamb to burn out the field. Freddie Williams was the leader from the gun, but just before the break Ruto rushed to the lead and it appeared the strategy was in effect. The rest of the field cooperated and fell in line behind him. Ruto checked back at 200 metres and again at 300 metres, but nobody was challenging. Ruth had a 5-metre lead at the bell in 51.22. William Tanui moved forward early and was the next back through the turn followed by Curtis Robb. Along the backstretch. Williams began a run at Ruto, around Robb followed by Giuseppe D'Urso, Tanui was falling through the field with Billy Konchellah in last place, it looked like the Kenyan team strategy was going to blow up. Coming off the final turn, Williams looked like he had set Ruto up and was going to sprint by, but instead Williams could make no forward progress, his body delaying D'Urso and Ruto again had a 2-meter lead. D'Urso chased Ruto down the straightaway but couldn't make any progress. Everybody else in the field sliding further away except Konchellah, still last off the turn but the field tightening, Konchellah moved out to lane 3 to avoid traffic and sprinted past the crowd, chasing D'Urso to the line but not quite getting there in time. Ruto the surprise winner holding the lead virtually the entire race. Medalists GoldKEN Paul RutoKenya (KEN)SilverITA Giuseppe D'UrsoItaly (ITA)BronzeKEN Billy KonchellahKenya (KEN) Final RANKFINALTIMEFile:Med 1.pngPaul Ruto KEN1:44.71File:Med 2.pngGiuseppe D'Urso ITA1:44.86File:Med 3.pngBilly Konchellah KEN1:44.894.Curtis Robb GBR1:45.545.Hezekiél Sepeng RSA 19281:45.646.Freddie Williams CAN1:45.797.William Tanui KEN1:45.808.Tom McKean GBR1:46.17 Semi-finals Held on Sunday 1993-08-15 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Billy Konchellah KEN1:45.042.Freddie Williams CAN1:45.133.Hezekiél Sepeng RSA 19281:45.464.Mahjoub Haïda MAR1:45.665.Atle Douglas NOR1:46.546.Nico Motchebon GER1:46.587.Martin Steele GBR1:46.708.Mark Everett USA1:57.39 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Giuseppe D'Urso ITA1:44.922.Curtis Robb GBR1:45.053.Paul Ruto KEN1:45.054.Nathan Kahan BEL1:45.755.Ivan Komar BLR 19911:45.766.José Luíz Barbosa BRA1:45.927.Vebjørn Rodal NOR1:46.508.Johnny Gray USA1:50.89 RANKHEAT 3TIME1.Tom McKean GBR1:45.642.William Tanui KEN1:45.743.Clive Terrelonge JAM1:45.754.José Parrilla USA1:45.895.Marko Koers NED1:45.906.Ari Suhonen FIN1:46.357.Kennedy Osei GHA1:46.488.Luis Javier González ESP1:47.29 Qualifying heats Held on Saturday 1993-08-14 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Hezekiél Sepeng RSA 19281:46.272.Johnny Gray USA1:46.283.Luis Javier González ESP1:46.364.Marko Koers NED1:46.375.Gilmar da Silva Santos BRA1:51.046.Christopher Blackburn MRI1:52.787.Juan Jose Tapia PAN1:52.99 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.José Luíz Barbosa BRA1:46.122.Ivan Komar BLR 19911:46.403.Billy Konchellah KEN1:46.534.Vebjørn Rodal NOR1:46.575.Jose Parrilla USA1:46.946.Lee Jin-il KOR1:47.997.Gop Bahadur Adhikari NEP1:51.748.Mukundi Mubenga ZAI1:55.83 RANKHEAT 3TIME1.Atle Douglas NOR1:49.432.Ari Suhonen FIN1:49.443.William Tanui KEN1:49.514.Tomás de Teresa ESP1:49.795.Anatoliy Makarevich BLR 19911:50.656.Dale Jones ATG1:51.027.Naseer Ismail MDV2:02.70 RANKHEAT 4TIME1.Kennedy Osei GHA1:48.652.Curtis Robb GBR1:49.293.Clive Terrelonge JAM1:50.084.Adoum Terap CHA1:53.61Andrea Benvenuti ITADNFCharles Nkazamyampi BDIDNSTommy Asinga SURDNS RANKHEAT 5TIME1.Giuseppe D'Urso ITA1:48.792.Tom McKean GBR1:48.793.Mark Everett USA1:48.894.Abdi Bile SOM1:48.905.Farah Ibrahim QAT1:49.866.Mbiganyi Thee BOT1:49.917.Carlos Mairena NCA1:52.01 RANKHEAT 6TIME1.Mahjoub Haïda MAR1:46.352.Paul Ruto KEN1:46.413.Martin Steele GBR1:46.474.Freddie Williams CAN1:46.635.Nathan Kahan BEL1:46.726.Nico Motchebon GER1:46.947.Ali Khazaal LIB1:57.15 See also 1992 Men's Olympic 800 metres References Results Category:800 metres at the World Athletics Championships