2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

None thumb|250px|Early in the race at Daegu, David Rudisha ahead of Abubaker Kaki. Eventual bronze medalist Yuriy Borzakovskiy obscured behind Alfred Kirwa Yegothumb|110px|Official Video The Men's 800 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27, 28 and 30. The first semi-final went out fast, with a bunch of finish. While Abubaker Kaki came into the event as one of the favourites, he had to qualify for the final by time as the fastest 3rd place. Both time qualifiers came from the first semi. The second semi was the opposite kind of race as kickers Nick Symmonds and Yuriy Borzakovskiy almost acted as a team to run from the front and slow the pace. The two almost formed a wall down the home stretch that frustrated the runners behind them, achieving the two slowest qualifying times into the final. In the third semi final was favorite David Rudisha taking control of the race, only accelerating enough to make sure nobody passed him. Rudisha won the gold medal after leading the race from the start. Behind him through most of the last lap, surprisingly was come from behind specialist Borzakovskiy, who was himself out-kicked by Kaki just before the finish for the silver medal.http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/08/30/athletics.worlds.rudisha.isinbayeva/ https://web.archive.org/web/20121025155021/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/08/30/athletics.worlds.rudisha.isinbayeva/ dead October 25, 2012 Rudisha takes gold as Isinbayeva fails to reach the heights 30 August 2011 CNN 30 August 2011 Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDavid RudishaKenya 2011 WorldAbubaker KakiSudan 2011 WorldYuriy BorzakovskiyRussia 2011 World Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. World recordDavid Rudisha KEN1:41.01Rieti, Italy29 August 2010Championship recordBilly Konchellah KEN1:43.06Rome, Italy1 September 1987World leadingDavid Rudisha KEN1:42.61Monaco22 July 2011African recordDavid Rudisha KEN1:41.01Rieti, Italy29 August 2010Asian recordYusuf Saad Kamel BHR1:42.79Monaco29 July 2008North, Central American and Caribbean recordJohnny Gray USA1:42.60Koblenz, West Germany28 August 1985South American recordJoaquim Cruz BRA1:41.77Cologne, Germany26 August 1984European recordWilson Kipketer DEN1:41.11Cologne, Germany24 August 1997Oceanian recordPeter Snell NZL1:44.3Christchurch, New Zealand3 February 1962 Qualification standards A timeB time 1:45.40 1:46.30 Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 27, 2011 12:05 HeatsAugust 28, 2011 18:00 SemifinalsAugust 30, 2011 21:00 Final Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Abubaker Kaki SUD 2011 World 1:44.83 Q 2 3 Mohammed Aman ETH 2011 World 1:45.17 Q 3 3 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 2011 World 1:45.50 Q 4 5 Kléberson Davide BRA 2011 World 1:46.06 Q 5 5 Andrew Osagie GBR 2011 World 1:46.08 Q 6 2 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 2011 World 1:46.14 Q 7 5 Adam Kszczot POL 2011 World 1:46.16 Q 8 3 Luis Alberto Marco ESP 2011 World 1:46.19 q 9 4 David Rudisha KEN 2011 World 1:46.29 Q 10 3 Moussa Camara MLI 2011 World 1:46.38 q, NR 11 5 Sajjad Moradi IRI 2011 World 1:46.39 q 12 1 Nick Symmonds USA 2011 World 1:46.54 Q 13 2 Jackson Kivuva KEN 2011 World 1:46.57 Q 14 1 Andreas Bube DEN 2011 World 1:46.64 Q 14 5 Mohammad Al-Azemi KUW 2011 World 1:46.64 q 16 2 Antonio Manuel Reina ESP 2011 World 1:46.66 Q 17 4 Marcin Lewandowski POL 2011 World 1:46.73 Q 17 2 Prince Mumba ZAM 2011 World 1:46.73 q 19 1 Kevin López ESP 2011 World 1:46.79 Q 19 4 Bram Som NED 2011 World 1:46.79 Q 21 4 Mahfoud Brahimi ALG 2011 World 1:46.94 q 22 1 Mohcine El Amine MAR 2011 World 1:46.98 23 2 Michael Rimmer GBR 2011 World 1:47.11 24 1 Andrew Ellerton CAN 2011 World 1:47.47 25 5 Julius Mutekanga UGA 2011 World 1:47.54 26 2 Masato Yokota JPN 2011 World 1:47.60 27 4 Charles Jock USA 2011 World 1:47.95 28 1 Moise Joseph HAI 2011 World 1:48.17 29 4 Brice Etès MON 2011 World 1:48.22 SB 30 6 Rafith Rodríguez COL 2011 World 1:48.26 Q 31 6 Tamás Kazi HUN 2011 World 1:48.29 Q 32 6 Khadevis Robinson USA 2011 World 1:48.41 Q 33 6 Daniel Nghipandulwa NAM 2011 World 1:48.79 34 6 Lutmar Paes BRA 2011 World 1:48.97 35 4 Edgar Cortez NCA 2011 World 1:49.10 NR 36 3 Ashot Hayrapetyan ARM 2011 World 1:50.09 PB 37 5 Farhan Ahmad PAK 2011 World 1:50.14 PB 38 3 Fernando da Silva BRA 2011 World 1:51.58 39 6 Ismail Ahmed Ismail SUD 2011 World 1:52.33 40 6 Derek Mandell GUM 2011 World 1:57.11 PB 41 1 Zaw Win Thet MYA 2011 World 1:58.36 42 6 Richard Blagg GIB 2011 World 1:59.34 PB 43 2 Shifaz Mohamed MDV 2011 World 2:01.05 44 5 Thomas Vandy SLE 2011 World 9:99.99 DNS Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 David Rudisha KEN 2011 World 1:44.20 Q 2 1 Mohammed Aman ETH 2011 World 1:44.57 Q, NR 3 1 Marcin Lewandowski POL 2011 World 1:44.60 Q, SB 4 1 Abubaker Kaki SUD 2011 World 1:44.62 q 5 3 Adam Kszczot POL 2011 World 1:44.81 Q 6 1 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 2011 World 1:44.82 q 7 3 Kléberson Davide BRA 2011 World 1:45.06 8 1 Khadevis Robinson USA 2011 World 1:45.27 9 1 Andreas Bube DEN 2011 World 1:45.48 PB 10 2 Nick Symmonds USA 2011 World 1:45.73 Q 10 2 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 2011 World 1:45.73 Q 12 2 Jackson Kivuva KEN 2011 World 1:45.97 13 2 Andrew Osagie GBR 2011 World 1:46.12 14 1 Sajjad Moradi IRI 2011 World 1:46.17 SB 15 3 Rafith Rodríguez COL 2011 World 1:46.41 16 2 Tamás Kazi HUN 2011 World 1:46.53 17 2 Bram Som NED 2011 World 1:46.69 18 3 Mahfoud Brahimi ALG 2011 World 1:46.79 19 2 Kevin López ESP 2011 World 1:46.86 20 2 Prince Mumba ZAM 2011 World 1:47.06 21 3 Luis Alberto Marco ESP 2011 World 1:47.45 22 3 Moussa Camara MLI 2011 World 1:48.15 23 1 Antonio Manuel Reina ESP 2011 World 1:48.45 24 3 Mohammad Al-Azemi KUW 2011 World 9:99.99 DNF Final thumb|right|250px|Athletes during the 800 metres final. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 David Rudisha KEN 2011 World 1:43.91 4 Abubaker Kaki SUD 2011 World 1:44.41 5 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 2011 World 1:44.49 4 2 Marcin Lewandowski POL 2011 World 1:44.80 5 3 Nick Symmonds USA 2011 World 1:45.12 6 7 Adam Kszczot POL 2011 World 1:45.25 7 8 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 2011 World 1:45.83 8 1 Mohammed Aman ETH 2011 World 1:45.93 References External links 800 metres results at IAAF website 800 Category:800 metres at the World Athletics Championships