1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

None The men's 800 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 7–9 March 1997. The winning margin was 3.09 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's 800 metres was won by more than 1.5 seconds at these championships. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeWilson KipketerMahjoub HaidaRich Kenah Results Heats First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.Heats results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Wilson Kipketer 1:43.96 Q, WR 2 1 Marko Koers 1:48.04 Q 3 5 James Nolan 1:48.21 Q 4 4 Rich Kenah 1:48.42 Q 5 5 Andy Hart 1:48.45 q 6 1 Pavel Soukup 1:48.54 Q 6 4 Robert Chirchir 1:48.54 Q 8 1 Einārs Tupurītis 1:48.56 q 9 4 Nico Motchebon 1:48.69 q 10 2 Mahjoub Haida 1:48.77 Q 11 1 Oliver Münzer 1:48.85 q 12 5 Kennedy Osei 1:49.00 q 13 2 Mark Eplinius 1:49.08 Q 14 2 Andrea Longo 1:49.30 q 15 5 Mario Vernon-Watson 1:49.56 q 16 4 Jean-Marc Destine 1:49.64 q 17 1 David Matthews 1:49.65 18 2 Flávio Godoy 1:49.93 19 4 Roman Oravec 1:51.33 20 3 Savieri Ngidhi 1:52.73 Q 21 3 Benyounés Lahlou 1:52.79 Q 22 3 Boris Kaveshnikov 1:52.96 23 3 Joseph Rakotoarimanana 1:53.28 24 1 Puntsag-Osor Purevsuren 1:55.76 25 4 Reuben Silwimba 1:56.20 26 3 Mark Everett 1:57.16 27 2 Mahmoud Al-Kheirat 9:99.99 DNS 27 2 Mahdi Moullai 9:99.99 DNS Semifinals First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.Semifinals results (archived) Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Mahjoub Haida 1:47.22 Q 2 1 Einārs Tupurītis 1:47.47 Q 3 2 Marko Koers 1:47.75 Q 4 2 Nico Motchebon 1:48.20 Q 5 1 Mario Vernon-Watson 1:48.32 6 1 Kennedy Osei 1:48.40 7 1 Oliver Münzer 1:48.47 8 3 Wilson Kipketer 1:48.49 Q 9 1 Savieri Ngidhi 1:48.70 10 2 Pavel Soukup 1:48.73 11 2 James Nolan 1:48.75 12 2 Benyounés Lahlou 1:49.18 13 2 Andy Hart 1:49.20 14 3 Rich Kenah 1:49.21 Q 15 3 Robert Chirchir 1:49.52 16 3 Mark Eplinius 1:49.54 17 3 Andrea Longo 1:50.45 18 3 Jean-Marc Destine 1:51.59 Final Final results (archived) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Wilson Kipketer 1:42.67 WR Mahjoub Haida 1:45.76 NR Rich Kenah 1:46.16 PB 4 Nico Motchebon 1:46.19 SB 5 Marko Koers 1:46.43 PB 6 Einārs Tupurītis 1:46.47 References 800 800 Category:800 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Category:Men's events at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships