1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

None These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 45 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday September 1, 1987. In the final José Luíz Barbosa took the lead from the break, chased primarily by Billy Konchellah and Faouzi Lahbi up to a 50.59 400 metres. Peter Elliott stayed on the rail slightly off the lead through the first lap joined by Stephen Ole Marai on the outside and Tom McKean boxed on the inside. Through the penultimate turn, these three tried to move forward, Elliott moving outside to the shoulders of the lead pack, followed by Mara and McKean, but McKean was held inside. By the time they reached the backstretch, McKean tried again to run around Marai, this time he tripped over Marai, injuring himself, eventually falling out the back of the field. Konchellah caught Barbosa at the end of the straightaway and went into the lead. Elliott tried to follow, but Barbosa held him off through the turn. By the end of the turn, the three medalists had separated from the rest of the field, Lahbi the last to hold on. As Konchellah sprinted away to victory, Barbosa and Elliott both started sprinting for home in chase. Barbosa came off the turn a bit wide, leaving room for Elliott to slowly edge his way along the rail and ahead of Barbosa to take the silver. Medalists GoldKEN Billy KonchellahKenya (KEN)SilverGBR Peter ElliottGreat Britain (GBR)BronzeBRA 1968 José Luíz BarbosaBrazil (BRA) Final RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.pngBilly Konchellah KEN1:43.06 CRImage:Med 2.pngPeter Elliott GBR1:43.41Image:Med 3.pngJosé Luíz Barbosa BRA 19681:43.764.Ryszard Ostrowski POL1:44.595.Faouzi Lahbi MAR1:44.836.Stephen Ole Marai KEN1:44.847.Slobodan Popović YUG1:45.078.Tom McKean GBR1:49.21 Semi-finals Held on Monday 1987-08-31 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Tom McKean GBR1:44.862.José Luíz Barbosa BRA 19681:45.033.Stephen Ole Marai KEN1:45.094.Faouzi Lahbi MAR1:45.195.Slobodan Popović YUG1:45.336.Vladimir Graudyn URS1:45.367.Moussa Fall SEN1:47.558.Philippe Collard FRA1:48.24 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Billy Konchellah KEN1:46.112.Ryszard Ostrowski POL1:46.223.Peter Elliott GBR1:46.234.Babacar Niang SEN1:46.235.Dieudonné Kwizera BDI1:46.266.David Mack USA1:48.497.Ari Suhonen FIN1:48.858.Alvaro Silva POR1:49.41 Quarter-finals Held on Sunday 1987-08-30 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Stephen Ole Marai KEN1:45.97 2.Ryszard Ostrowski POL1:46.04 3.Faouzi Lahbi MAR1:46.12 4.Stanley Redwine USA1:46.25 5.William Wuycke VEN 19301:46.38 6.Robin van Helden NED1:46.69 7.Luis Karin Toledo MEX1:46.88 8.Reda Abdenouz ALG1:48.96 —Getahun Ayana ETH 1987DNS RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Moussa Fall SEN1:44.74 2.Peter Elliott GBR1:44.98 3.Dieudonné Kwizera BDI1:45.06 4.Slobodan Popović YUG1:45.15 5.Vladimir Graudyn URS1:45.19 6.Alvaro Silva POR1:45.63 7.David Mack USA1:45.68 8.Edwin Koech KEN1:46.36 RANKHEAT 3TIME1.Billy Konchellah KEN1:45.53 2.Philippe Collard FRA1:45.89 3.Tom McKean GBR1:46.11 4.Andrey Sudnik URS1:46.48 5.Ibrahim Okash SOM1:47.00 6.Ismael Youssef QAT1:49.26 —Gert Kilbert SUIDNF —Pablo Squella CHIDNS RANKHEAT 4TIME1.Babacar Niang SEN1:45.81 2.José Luíz Barbosa BRA 19681:46.07 3.Ari Suhonen FIN1:46.18 4.Tony Morrell GBR1:46.25 5.Peter Braun FRG1:48.53 6.Luc Bernaert BEL1:49.06 7.Martin Enholm SWE1:49.17 8.Johnny Gray USA1:49.50 Qualifying heats Held on Saturday 1987-08-29 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Faouzi Lahbi MAR1:46.072.Dieudonne Kwizera BUR1:46.273.Andrey Sudnik URS1:46.294.José Luíz Barbosa BRA 19681:46.315.Ibrahim Okash SOM1:46.616.Chern Srichudanu THA1:50.377.Rob Druppers NED1:50.588.Semi Vuetibau FIJ1:58.58 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Johnny Gray USA1:46.532.Peter Elliott GBR1:46.633.Stephen Ole Marai KEN1:46.914.Robin van Helden NED1:46.985.Luc Bernaert BEL1:47.476.Pablo Squella CHI1:47.487.Manlio Molinari SMR1:53.41 RANKHEAT 3TIME1.Billy Konchellah KEN1:47.982.Moussa Fall SEN1:48.013.Ryszard Ostrowski POL1:48.074.Álvaro Silva POR1:48.195.Gert Kilbert SUI1:48.486.Luis Migueles ARG1:49.52 –Agberto Guimarães BRA 1968DNS –Mohamed Hossain Milzer BANDNS RANKHEAT 4TIME1.Philippe Collard FRA1:47.442.Stanley Redwine USA1:47.643.Tom McKean GBR1:47.714.Ari Suhonen FIN1:47.815.Luis Karin Toledo MEX1:48.056.Ismael Youssef QAT1:48.737.John Chappory GIB1:54.32 RANKHEAT 5TIME1.Peter Braun FRG1:47.962.Tony Morrell GBR1:48.183.Martin Enholm SWE1:48.634.David Mack USA1:49.475.Augustin Ntamihanga RWA 19621:50.696.Simon Hoogewerf CAN1:51.13 –Joaquim Cruz BRA 1968DNS RANKHEAT 6TIME1.Slobodan Popović YUG1:47.422.Babacar Niang SEN1:47.463.Edwin Koech KEN1:47.564.William Wuyke VEN 19301:47.595.Vladimir Graudyn URS1:47.756.Getahun Ayana ETH 19871:49.227.Reda Abdenouz ALG1:49.22 –Syed Meesaq Rizvi PAKDNS See also 1983 Men's World Championships 800 metres (Helsinki) 1984 Men's Olympic 800 metres (Los Angeles) 1986 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Stuttgart) 1988 Men's Olympic 800 metres (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Split) 1991 Men's World Championships 800 metres (Tokyo) References Results Category:800 metres at the World Athletics Championships