These are the results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece on 4–8 August.
Medalists Gold Wilson KipketerDenmark (DEN)Silver Norberto TéllezCuba (CUB)Bronze Rich KenahUnited States (USA)
Results
Heats First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Wilson Kipketer 1:46.34 Q 2 1 Hezekiel Sepeng 1:46.42 Q 3 2 Norberto Téllez 1:46.44 Q 4 2 Panagiotis Stroubakos 1:46.49 Q 5 2 Andrea Longo 1:46.79 Q 6 1 Einārs Tupurītis 1:46.96 Q 6 2 Mario Vernon-Watson 1:46.96 Q 8 2 Savieri Ngidhi 1:46.97 q 9 7 Mark Everett 1:47.10 Q 10 4 Patrick Konchellah 1:47.15 Q 10 7 Benson Koech 1:47.15 Q 12 3 Marko Koers 1:47.17 Q 13 3 Rich Kenah 1:47.25 Q 14 1 Tor Oivind Odegard 1:47.33 Q 14 4 David Matthews 1:47.33 Q 14 7 Benyounes Lahlou 1:47.33 Q 17 7 Babiker Mohammed Yagoub 1:47.34 Q 18 3 André Bucher 1:47.44 Q 19 7 Kennedy Osei 1:47.45 q 20 2 Ivan Komar 1:47.53 q 20 3 José Luíz Barbosa 1:47.53 Q 22 4 Marius Van Heerden 1:47.56 Q 23 5 Vebjørn Rodal 1:47.58 Q 24 4 Nathan Kahan 1:47.62 Q 25 7 José Manuel Cerezo 1:47.68 q 26 5 Arthemon Hatungimana 1:47.73 Q 27 1 Jean-Marc Destine 1:47.76 28 3 Michael Wildner 1:47.77 29 1 Joseph Rakotoarimanana 1:47.86 30 5 Andrew Hart 1:47.98 Q 31 5 Hendrik Mokganyetsi 1:48.10 Q 32 3 Sergey Kozhevnikov 1:48.11 33 5 Pavel Soukup 1:48.16 34 7 Tim Rogge 1:48.38 35 4 Viktors Lācis 1:48.65 36 5 Mark Tonks 1:48.85 37 1 Mark Sesay 1:49.00 38 6 Patrick Ndururi 1:49.51 Q 39 6 Lukáš Vydra 1:50.08 Q 40 2 Ali Khazaal 1:50.66 41 7 Alex Morgan 1:50.83 42 2 Vančo Stojanov 1:52.65 43 3 Mohamed Haidara 1:53.56 44 5 Terap Adoum Yaya 1:54.01 45 6 Adem Hecini 1:55.25 Q 46 5 Manlio Molinari 1:55.89 47 1 Chérif Baba Aidara 1:56.85 48 6 Brandon Rock 1:58.05 Q 49 4 Liam Byrne 2:00.18 50 6 Cuthbert Modeste 2:01.24 3 Giuseppe D'Urso 4 Mahjoub Haida 6 Paul Walker 4 Julius Achon 6 Mahdi Moullai 6 Graham Hood
Quarterfinals First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Norberto Téllez 1:44.82 Q 2 2 Hezekiel Sepeng 1:44.91 Q, SB 3 2 Mark Everett 1:44.95 Q 4 2 Adem Hecini 1:45.19 q, SB 5 2 André Bucher 1:45.33 q, PB 6 2 Tor Oivind Odegard 1:45.42 q, PB 7 4 Wilson Kipketer 1:45.54 Q 8 2 Babiker Mohammed Yagoub 1:45.73 q, PB 9 4 Panagiotis Stroubakos 1:45.94 Q 10 4 Kennedy Osei 1:46.00 Q 11 3 Vebjørn Rodal 1:46.43 Q 12 3 Patrick Konchellah 1:46.43 Q 13 4 Hendrik Mokganyetsi 1:46.45 14 3 Rich Kenah 1:46.48 Q 15 1 Marko Koers 1:46.52 Q 16 1 Patrick Ndururi 1:46.56 Q 17 4 Andrea Longo 1:46.60 18 1 Benyounes Lahlou 1:46.63 Q 19 3 Arthemon Hatungimana 1:46.64 20 2 David Matthews 1:46.66 21 1 Savieri Ngidhi 1:46.92 22 3 Einārs Tupurītis 1:46.97 23 4 Brandon Rock 1:47.13 24 3 Marius Van Heerden 1:47.20 25 3 José Luíz Barbosa 1:47.30 26 1 Lukáš Vydra 1:47.56 27 3 Andrew Hart 1:48.03 28 1 Nathan Kahan 1:48.66 29 4 José Manuel Cerezo 1:48.90 30 1 Mario Vernon-Watson 1:49.52 31 1 Ivan Komar 1:50.17 4 Benson Koech
Semifinals First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Patrick Konchellah 1:45.07 Q 2 1 Norberto Téllez 1:45.37 Q 3 1 Vebjørn Rodal 1:45.41 Q 4 1 Mark Everett 1:45.94 Q 5 1 Adem Hecini 1:46.02 6 1 Mohammed Yagoub Babiker 1:46.09 7 2 Wilson Kipketer 1:46.14 Q 8 2 Rich Kenah 1:46.37 Q 9 1 Benyounes Lahlou 1:46.42 10 2 Patrick Ndururi 1:46.50 Q 11 2 Marko Koers 1:46.62 Q 12 2 Kennedy Osei 1:46.78 13 1 Panagiotis Stroubakos 1:46.81 14 2 André Bucher 1:46.88 15 2 Hezekiel Sepeng 1:47.00 16 2 Tor Oivind Odegard 1:47.83
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Wilson Kipketer 1:43.38 Norberto Téllez 1:44.00 SB Rich Kenah 1:44.25 PB 4 Patrick Konchellah 1:44.26 5 Vebjørn Rodal 1:44.53 6 Marko Koers 1:44.85 7 Patrick Ndururi 1:45.24 8 Mark Everett 1:49.02
References Results Official results