2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

None The men's 800 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 11, 12 and 14 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Belal Mansoor Ali took the field through the first 400 in 52.48. Kicker Yuriy Borzakovskiy went to the back of the pack, but uncharacteristically moved to the front near the end of the first lap. But the entire field was jostling for position, with Wilfred Bungei elbowing his way to the lead and the entire field scrambling for position, and suddenly Borzakovskiy found himself in seventh place again after expending the effort to get a better position. Djabir Saïd-Guerni led the chase through the final turn, with William Yiampoy on his heels. Through the turn, Rashid Ramzi went around the outside, passing Saïd-Guerni as they hit the home stretch. Saïd-Guerni faded allowing Yiampoy to pass him on the inside. Further back Borzakovskiy was dealing with traffic of Mehdi Baala and Ali still in sixth place coming off the final turn. Ramzi easily sprinted past Bungei and on to victory. Bungei was struggling to hold on to second with Yiampoy sneaking through, again on the inside. Borzakovskiy's late rush caught everybody else, passing Yiampoy just before the line but was too late to catch Ramzi. Three years later Ramzi was disqualified from the Olympics on a doping violation, but to date has been allowed to keep his previous medals. Medalists GoldBHR Rashid RamziBahrain (BHR)SilverRUS Yuriy BorzakovskiyRussia (RUS)BronzeKEN William YiampoyKenya (KEN) Results All times shown are in seconds. Heats August 11, 2005 Heat 1 BHR Rashid Ramzi 1:46.17 Q GBR James McIlroy 1:46.44 Q RSA Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:46.85 Q GER René Herms 1:47.07 q ETH 1996 Berhanu Alemu 1:47.37 q (SB) BRA Osmar Barbosa dos Santos 1:47.74 KOR Lee Jae-hoon 1:47.90 (SB) BEL Tom Omey 1:49.62 SUD Ismail Ahmed Ismail DNS Heat 2 FRA Mehdi Baala 1:46.57 Q KEN Wilfred Bungei 1:46.71 Q USA Khadevis Robinson 1:46.74 Q RUS Dmitriy Bogdanov 1:46.88 q POL Paweł Czapiewski 1:46.93 q KUW Mohammad Al-Azemi 1:47.05 q (SB) HAI Moise Joseph 1:48.29 CUB Yeimer López 1:52.24 GBS Geramias da Silva DSQ Heat 3 RUS Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:50.14 Q KEN William Yiampoy 1:50.14 Q ALG Djabir Saïd-Guerni 1:50.16 Q NZL Jason Stewart 1:50.35 LAT Dmitrijs Milkevics 1:50.44 BRA Fabiano Peçanha 1:50.89 UGA Paskar Owor 1:51.72 (SB) PAR Rodrigo Trinidad 1:55.43 TAN Samwel Mwera DSQ Heat 4 BHR Yusuf Saad Kamel 1:47.65 Q USA David Krummenacker 1:47.82 Q MAR Mouhssin Chehibi 1:48.17 Q KEN Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:48.72 NED Arnoud Okken 1:48.95 BOL Fadrique Iglesias 1:49.57 BOT Onalenna Baloyi 1:50.18 ESP Manuel Olmedo DNF Heat 5 ESP Antonio Manuel Reina 1:47.14 Q CAN Gary Reed 1:47.23 Q MAR Amine Laalou 1:47.62 Q SUI André Bucher 1:47.97 ITA Maurizio Bobbato 1:48.36 FIN Juha Kukkamo 1:48.69 TRI Sherridan Kirk 1:48.77 ZAM Prince Mumba 1:49.10 Heat 6 BHR Belal Mansoor Ali 1:47.16 Q IRI Sajad Moradi 1:47.18 Q KSA Mohammed Al-Salhi 1:47.27 Q ESP Eugenio Barrios 1:47.53 q CAN Achraf Tadili 1:48.42 SWE Rizak Dirshe 1:48.43 USA Kevin Hicks 1:50.00 QAT Majed Saeed Sultan DSQ Semifinals August 12, 2005 Heat 1 RUS Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:44.26 Q BHR Rashid Ramzi 1:44.30 Q (PB) KEN William Yiampoy 1:44.51 q (SB) ALG Djabir Saïd-Guerni 1:44.80 q (SB) MAR Amine Laalou 1:45.05 KUW Mohammad Al-Azemi 1:48.02 ESP Eugenio Barrios 1:48.76 USA Khadevis Robinson 1:49.13 Heat 2 BHR Belal Mansoor Ali 1:45.45 Q FRA Mehdi Baala 1:45.50 Q RSA Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:45.73 POL Paweł Czapiewski 1:46.33 RUS Dmitriy Bogdanov 1:46.83 ESP Antonio Manuel Reina 1:46.89 ETH 1996 Berhanu Alemu 1:47.66 KSA Mohammed Al-Salhi 1:47.97 Heat 3 CAN Gary Reed 1:44.33 Q (NR) KEN Wilfred Bungei 1:44.41 Q BHR Yusuf Saad Kamel 1:44.90 GER René Herms 1:45.21 MAR Mouhssin Chehibi 1:45.82 IRI Sajad Moradi 1:45.88 (NR) GBR James McIlroy 1:45.91 (SB) USA David Krummenacker 1:46.76 Final August 14, 2005 BHR Rashid Ramzi 1:44.24 (PB) RUS Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:44.51 KEN William Yiampoy 1:44.55 KEN Wilfred Bungei 1:44.98 ALG Djabir Saïd-Guerni 1:45.31 FRA Mehdi Baala 1:45.32 BHR Belal Mansoor Ali 1:45.55 CAN Gary Reed 1:46.20 External links Official results - IAAF.org 800 metres Category:800 metres at the World Athletics Championships