1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

None These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday August 27, 1991. In the final, against character, Mark Everett, in a dark blue USA uniform took the lead at the break squeezing out José Luíz Barbosa. Along the home stretch, Johnny Gray in a white USA uniform worked his way around Barbosa and then Everett to take the lead just before the bell completing the first lap in 51.01. Through the turn, Barbosa passed Everett, followed by Paul Ereng and eventually most of the field as Everett went backward. As Piotr Piekarski was the sixth runner to go by Everett, he began to resist. At the beginning of the final turn, Barbosa caught Gray and went around, followed closely by Ereng, Gray began straining, his long strides half speed to the others who were running around him. Billy Konchellah was the next to pass Gray through the turn and sprinting wide on the outside, Everett had come back to challenge. Barbosa had a 2-meter lead and was running along the rail for the finish, followed by Ereng. Barbosa steadily pulled away from Ereng but Konchellah sprinting along the outside made up 5 metres and caught Barbosa 6 metres before the finish line to take the win. Behind him, Everett came sprinting, arm flopping, past Ereng to take the bronze. Medalists GoldKEN Billy KonchellahKenya (KEN)SilverBRA José Luíz BarbosaBrazil (BRA)BronzeUSA Mark EverettUnited States (CAN) Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Heats25.08.1991 – 17:35hSemifinals26.08.1991 – 18:15hFinal27.08.1991 – 19:50h Records Existing records at the start of the event. World RecordSebastian Coe GBR1:41.73Florence, ItalyJune 10, 1981Championship RecordBilly Konchellah KEN1:43.06Rome, ItalySeptember 1, 1987 Final RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.pngBilly Konchellah KEN1:43.99Image:Med 2.pngJosé Luíz Barbosa BRA1:44.24Image:Med 3.pngMark Everett USA1:44.674.Paul Ereng KEN1:44.755.Piotr Piekarski POL1:45.446.Johnny Gray USA1:45.677.Andrey Sudnik URS1:46.368.Tomás de Teresa ESP1:47.65 Semi-finals Held on Monday 1991-08-26 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Billy Konchellah KEN1:46.862.Mark Everett USA1:46.963.Johnny Gray USA1:47.044.Piotr Piekarski POL1:47.145.Freddie Williams CAN1:47.176.Robert Kibet KEN1:47.367.Frédéric Cornette FRA1:48.048.Steve Heard GBR1:49.91 RANKHEAT 2TIME1.José Luíz Barbosa BRA1:45.422.Paul Ereng KEN1:45.843.Tomás de Teresa ESP1:45.844.Andrey Sudnik URS1:45.915.George Kersh USA1:45.986.Mbiganyi Thee BOT1:46.307.Joachim Dehmel GER1:47.918.Brian Whittle GBR1:54.14 Qualifying heats Held on Sunday 1991-08-25 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Billy Konchellah KEN1:47.352.Mark Everett USA1:47.373.Tom McKean GBR1:47.384.Desta Asgedom ETH 19911:48.285.Fabian Franco GIB1:54.296.Charles Nkazamyampi BDI4:13.28Ismail Mohamed Youssef QATDQ RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Paul Ereng KEN1:45.942.Tomás de Teresa ESP1:46.413.Slobodan Popović YUG1:46.894.Valeriy Starodubtsev URS1:47.555.Ari Suhonen FIN1:48.156.Luis Martinez GUA1:49.07 (NR)Ibrahim Okash SOMDNS RANKHEAT 3TIME1.Robert Kibet KEN1:50.132.Brian Whittle GBR1:50.303.Luis Javier González ESP1:50.464.Reda Abdenouz ALG1:50.475.Pablo Squella CHI1:50.926.Luis Migueles ARG1:51.427.Samson Vallabouy MAS1:51.46 RANKHEAT 4TIME1.George Kersh USA1:47.002.Frédéric Cornette FRA1:47.023.Ahmed Belkessam ALG1:47.064.Esko Parpala FIN1:47.285.Babacar Niang SEN1:47.756.Dale Jones ATG1:48.62Dieudonné Kwizera BDIDNS RANKHEAT 5TIME1.José Luíz Barbosa BRA1:45.682.Freddie Williams CAN1:45.833.Mbiganyi Thee BOT1:45.944.Joachim Dehmel GER1:46.245.Steve Heard GBR1:46.296.Tommy Asinga SUR1:47.33João N'Tyamba ANGDQ RANKHEAT 6TIME1.Johnny Gray USA1:46.592.Piotr Piekarski POL1:46.633.Andrey Sudnik URS1:46.774.Giuseppe D'Urso ITA1:46.825.Markus Trinkler SUI1:47.676.Antonio Abrantes POR1:47.917.Douglas Kalembo ZAM1:48.26 See also 1988 Men's Olympic 800 metres (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships 800 metres (Split) 1992 Men's Olympic 800 metres (Barcelona) 1993 Men's World Championships 800 metres (Stuttgart) References Results Category:800 metres at the World Athletics Championships