2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

None The men's 800 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30, 31 August and 2 September. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeAlfred Kirwa YegoGary ReedYuriy Borzakovskiy Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. World recordWilson Kipketer DEN1:41.11Cologne, Germany24 August 1997Championship recordBilly Konchellah KEN1:43.06Rome, Italy1 September 1987World leadingMbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA1:43.74Monaco25 July 2007 Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 30, 2007 19:40 HeatsAugust 31, 2007 20:05 SemifinalsSeptember 2, 2007 19:55 Final Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedWRWorld recordARArea recordNRNational 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 Notes01 1 6 Yusuf Saad Kamel 1:45.25 Q02 2 4 Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:45.52 Q, SB03 3 3 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:45.56 Q04 4 5 Mohammed Al-Salhi 1:45.58 Q05 5 3 Rashid Ramzi 1:45.64 Q, SB06 6 3 Dmitriy Bogdanov 1:45.66 Q06 6 4 Michael Rimmer 1:45.66 Q08 8 6 Abraham Chepkirwok 1:45.68 Q09 9 4 Dmitrijs Miļkevičs 1:45.72 Q 10 3 Fabiano Peçanha 1:45.77 q 11 4 Khadevis Robinson 1:45.78 q 12 5 Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:45.79 Q 13 5 Wilfred Bungei 1:45.79 Q 14 6 Mohammad Al-Azemi 1:45.85 Q 15 4 Manuel Olmedo 1:45.90 q 15 5 Yassine Bensghir 1:45.90 q, SB 17 1 Amine Laâlou 1:46.00 Q 17 2 Gary Reed 1:46.00 Q 19 2 Nabil Madi 1:46.02 Q 20 2 Justus Koech 1:46.08 Q 21 1 Nick Symmonds 1:46.16 Q 21 6 Mouhssin Chehibi 1:46.16 q 23 1 Kléberson Davide 1:46.17 Q 24 5 Abdoulaye Wagne 1:46.20 q 25 6 Samwel Mwera 1:46.24 SB 26 3 Yeimer López 1:46.28 27 4 Eduard Villanueva 1:46.33 PB 28 1 Belal Mansoor Ali 1:46.34 29 2 Antonio Manuel Reina 1:46.35 30 5 Abubaker Kaki Khamis 1:46.38 31 3 Mattias Claesson 1:46.43 PB 32 4 David Campbell 1:46.47 33 6 Jozef Repcìk 1:46.53 34 3 Eugenio Barrios 1:46.62 35 1 Achraf Tadili 1:46.73 36 1 Sajjad Moradi 1:46.75 37 3 Bram Som 1:46.81 38 5 Masato Yokota 1:47.16 PB 39 2 Arnoud Okken 1:47.23 40 2 Jeffrey Riseley 1:47.44 41 2 Aunese Curreen 1:47.72 NR 42 4 Fadrique Iglesias 1:48.42 43 6 Duane Solomon 1:48.95 44 5 Mahamoud Farah 1:49.06 45 6 Souleymane Ould Chebal Mauritania 1959 1:56.45 SB46 1 Mohammed Ahmed Al-Yafaee 1:56.55 99 1 Ismail Ahmed Ismail 9:99.9 DNF99 2 Ivan Heshko 9:99.9 DNS Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes01 1 1 Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:44.54 Q, SB02 2 1 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:44.71 Q03 3 1 Abraham Chepkirwok 1:44.84 q 04 4 2 Gary Reed 1:44.92 Q 05 5 2 Amine Laâlou 1:45.11 Q 06 6 3 Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:45.12 Q 07 7 3 Wilfred Bungei 1:45.20 Q08 8 3 Mohammed Al-Salhi 1:45.23 q09 9 3 Yusuf Saad Kamel 1:45.31 10 2 Dmitriy Bogdanov 1:45.36 SB 11 1 Khadevis Robinson 1:45.45 12 2 Nabil Madi 1:45.59 13 2 Manuel Olmedo 1:45.61 14 1 Fabiano Peçanha 1:45.95 15 1 Dmitrijs Miļkevičs 1:46.27 16 2 Nick Symmonds 1:46.41 17 3 Kléberson Davide 1:46.45 18 1 Abdoulaye Wagne 1:46.49 19 2 Justus Koech 1:46.86 20 3 Michael Rimmer 1:47.39 21 2 Rashid Ramzi 1:47.76 22 3 Yassine Bensghir 1:48.04 23 3 Mohammad Al-Azemi 1:50.28 24 1 Mouhssin Chehibi 1:51.31 Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:47.09 Gary Reed 1:47.10 Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:47.39 4 Abraham Chepkirwok 1:47.41 5 Wilfred Bungei 1:47.42 6 Amine Laâlou 1:47.45 7 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:47.52 8 Mohammed Al-Salhi 1:47.58 References General Results 800 metres Category:800 metres at the World Athletics Championships