2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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The men's 800 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20, 21 and 23 August.

In the first semifinals heat, Marcin Lewandowski fell over Bram Som who had tripped over Abubaker Kaki, who had fallen on his own account. After a protest, both Lewandowski and Som were allowed to compete in the final. With the extra athletes on the track the two time qualifiers, Alfred Kirwa Yego in lane 1 and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi in lane 8, had to share their lanes with Som in 1 and Lewandowski in 8. None of the people sharing lanes conceded space, Som leading Yego around the outside of the turn effectively boxing out Yego, Yusuf Saad Kamel and Yeimer López. With typically slow starters Nick Symmonds and Yuriy Borzakovskiy in the middle lanes, Som had a free run from the inside but Mulaudzi, Lewandowski and Amine Laâlou a strong wave from the outside to take the lead. Atypically, neither Symmonds nor Borzakovskiy were content to take the rear, both working their way through the crowd to join Mulaudzi at the front of the pack by the end of the first lap, exchanging arms and elbows in the process. Lewandowski was boxed in by the action on the outside and began to fall back through the pack while Symmonds took a strong position on Mulaudzi's shoulder, Laâlou right behind Mulaudzi with Som in their wake. Everyone held position on the backstretch save Borzakovskiy who noticeably fell back to behind Lewandowski on the back of the pack, which would be the normal place Borzakovskiy would launch his finishing kick, but not after losing so much ground. From the back group, through the final turn, Kamel went to the outside and started passing people, followed by Yego and then Borzakovskiy doing the same thing. Yego pulled out to lane 3 for running room, Borzakovskiy to lane 4, Kamel, Yego and Borzakovskiy, moving faster than the others ahead of them. Symmonds held second place until Kamel passed him, then the wind went out of his sails. Laâlou edged ahead but was getting passed by the rush. Mulaudzi was able to lean over the line in first, falling flat on his face just past the finish line. Yeo and Kamel crossed together with Yego getting the photofinish knod for silver. Borzakovskiy caught everyone else but ran out of track to get into the medals.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
 South Africa
Alfred Kirwa Yego
 Kenya
Yusuf Saad Kamel
 Bahrain

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record  Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1:41.11 Cologne, Germany 24 August 1997
Championship record  Billy Konchellah (KEN) 1:43.06 Rome, Italy 1 September 1987
World leading  Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD) 1:43.09 Doha, Qatar 8 May 2009
African record  Sammy Koskei (KEN) 1:42.28 Cologne, Germany 26 August 1984
Asian record  Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR) 1:42.79 Monaco 29 July 2008
North American record  Johnny Gray (USA) 1:42.60 Koblenz, West Germany 28 August 1985
South American record  Joaquim Cruz (BRA) 1:41.77 Cologne, Germany 26 August 1984
European record  Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1:41.11 Cologne, Germany 24 August 1997
Oceanian record  Peter Snell (NZL) 1:44.3 Christchurch, New Zealand 3 February 1962

Qualification standards

A time B time
1:45.40 1:46.60

Schedule

Date Time Round
20 August 2009 11:45 Heats
21 August 2009 20:30 Semifinals
23 August 2009 17:25 Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semi-finals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Gary Reed  Canada 1:45.76 Q
2 3 Yuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia 1:45.86 Q
3 7 Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva  Kenya 1:46.17 Q
4 3 Jeff Lastennet  France 1:46.30 Q, PB
5 7 Bram Som  Netherlands 1:46.33 Q
6 7 Amine Laâlou  Morocco 1:46.38 Q
7 1 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi  South Africa 1:46.40 Q
8 1 Abubaker Kaki Khamis  Sudan 1:46.41 Q
9 4 Yusuf Saad Kamel  Bahrain 1:46.43 Q, SB
10 4 Asbel Kiprop  Kenya 1:46.52 Q
11 3 Samson Ngoepe  South Africa 1:46.54 q
12 1 Fabiano Peçanha  Brazil 1:46.68 Q
12 7 Moise Joseph  Haiti 1:46.68 q
14 7 Adam Kszczot  Poland 1:46.70 q
15 4 Khadevis Robinson  United States 1:46.79 Q
16 7 Dmitrijs Jurkevics  Latvia 1:46.90 SB
17 3 Ryan Brown  United States 1:46.92
18 4 Lukas Rifesser  Italy 1:47.07
19 2 Nick Symmonds  United States 1:47.12 Q
20 2 Belal Mansoor Ali  Bahrain 1:47.16 Q
21 2 Ismail Ahmed Ismail  Sudan 1:47.20 Q
22 4 Kléberson Davide  Brazil 1:47.51
23 1 Sajjad Moradi  Iran 1:47.68 SB
24 6 David Rudisha  Kenya 1:47.83 Q
25 7 Pablo Solares  Mexico 1:47.96 SB
26 2 Mattias Claesson  Sweden 1:48.02
27 6 Yeimer López  Cuba 1:48.04 Q
28 2 Thomas Chamney  Ireland 1:48.09
29 2 Prince Mumba  Zambia 1:48.13
30 3 Mike Schumacher  Luxembourg 1:48.18 PB
31 6 Michael Rimmer  Great Britain 1:48.20 Q
32 6 Abdoulaye Wagne  Senegal 1:48.22
33 4 Mahamoud Farah  Djibouti 1:48.23
34 5 Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya 1:48.32 Q
35 5 Tamás Kazi  Hungary 1:48.40 Q
36 5 Marcin Lewandowski  Poland 1:48.41 Q
37 5 Mohammed Al-Salhi  Saudi Arabia 1:48.43
37 6 Dmitrijs Miļkevičs  Latvia 1:48.43
39 5 Luis Alberto Marco  Spain 1:48.47
40 1 Abraham Chepkirwok  Uganda 1:48.57
41 1 Eduard Villanueva  Venezuela 1:48.61
42 5 Jozef Repcìk  Slovakia 1:48.73
43 6 Mohammad Al-Azemi  Kuwait 1:51.73
44 5 Evans Pinto  Bolivia 1:52.23
45 2 Ilija Ranitović  Montenegro 1:53.17
46 3 Robin Schembera  Germany 1:54.47
47 5 Arnold Sorina  Vanuatu 2:00.13 SB
48 2 Iulio Lafai  Samoa 2:03.51 SB
1 Manuel Olmedo  Spain DNF
4 Ali Al-Deraan  Saudi Arabia DNS
6 Nadjim Manseur  Algeria DNS

Key: NR = National record, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Yusuf Saad Kamel  Bahrain 1:45.01 Q, SB
2 2 Yuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia 1:45.16 Q
3 2 Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya 1:45.22 q, SB
4 2 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi  South Africa 1:45.26 q
5 3 Amine Laâlou  Morocco 1:45.27 Q
6 3 Yeimer López  Cuba 1:45.33 Q
7 3 David Rudisha  Kenya 1:45.40
8 3 Gary Reed  Canada 1:45.60
9 3 Moise Joseph  Haiti 1:45.87 SB
10 2 Khadevis Robinson  United States 1:45.91
11 3 Fabiano Peçanha  Brazil 1:45.94
12 1 Nick Symmonds  United States 1:45.96 Q
13 1 Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva  Kenya 1:46.32 Q
14 2 Adam Kszczot  Poland 1:46.33
15 1 Belal Mansoor Ali  Bahrain 1:46.57
16 3 Michael Rimmer  Great Britain 1:46.77
17 1 Tamás Kazi  Hungary 1:47.01
18 3 Samson Ngoepe  South Africa 1:49.03
19 2 Asbel Kiprop  Kenya 1:52.05
20 1 Jeff Lastennet  France 1:57.43
21 1 Marcin Lewandowski  Poland 2:01.62 X
1 Abubaker Kaki Khamis  Sudan DNF
1 Bram Som  Netherlands DNF, X
2 Ismail Ahmed Ismail  Sudan DNF

X: In the first semifinals heat, Marcin Lewandowski fell over Bram Som who had tripped over Abubaker Kaki, who had fallen on his own account. After a protest, both Lewandowski and Som were allowed to compete in the final.

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Mbulaeni Mulaudzi  South Africa 1:45.29
2nd, silver medalist(s) Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya 1:45.35
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Yusuf Saad Kamel  Bahrain 1:45.35
4 Yuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia 1:45.57
5 Amine Laâlou  Morocco 1:45.66
6 Nick Symmonds  United States 1:45.71
7 Bram Som  Netherlands 1:45.86
8 Marcin Lewandowski  Poland 1:46.17
9 Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva  Kenya 1:46.39
10 Yeimer López  Cuba 1:47.80

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