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.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDavid RudishaAbubaker KakiYuriy Borzakovskiy
Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. World record1:41.01Rieti, Italy29 August 2010Championship record1:43.06Rome, Italy1 September 1987World leading1:42.61Monaco22 July 2011African record1:41.01Rieti, Italy29 August 2010Asian record1:42.79Monaco29 July 2008North, Central American and Caribbean record1:42.60Koblenz, West Germany28 August 1985South American record1:41.77Cologne, Germany26 August 1984European record1:41.11Cologne, Germany24 August 1997Oceanian record1:44.3Christchurch, 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 1:44.83 Q 2 3 Mohammed Aman 1:45.17 Q 3 3 Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:45.50 Q 4 5 Kléberson Davide 1:46.06 Q 5 5 Andrew Osagie 1:46.08 Q 6 2 Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:46.14 Q 7 5 Adam Kszczot 1:46.16 Q 8 3 Luis Alberto Marco 1:46.19 q 9 4 David Rudisha 1:46.29 Q 10 3 Moussa Camara 1:46.38 q, NR 11 5 Sajjad Moradi 1:46.39 q 12 1 Nick Symmonds 1:46.54 Q 13 2 Jackson Kivuva 1:46.57 Q 14 1 Andreas Bube 1:46.64 Q 14 5 Mohammad Al-Azemi 1:46.64 q 16 2 Antonio Manuel Reina 1:46.66 Q 17 4 Marcin Lewandowski 1:46.73 Q 17 2 Prince Mumba 1:46.73 q 19 1 Kevin López 1:46.79 Q 19 4 Bram Som 1:46.79 Q 21 4 Mahfoud Brahimi 1:46.94 q 22 1 Mohcine El Amine 1:46.98 23 2 Michael Rimmer 1:47.11 24 1 Andrew Ellerton 1:47.47 25 5 Julius Mutekanga 1:47.54 26 2 Masato Yokota 1:47.60 27 4 Charles Jock 1:47.95 28 1 Moise Joseph 1:48.17 29 4 Brice Etès 1:48.22 SB 30 6 Rafith Rodríguez 1:48.26 Q 31 6 Tamás Kazi 1:48.29 Q 32 6 Khadevis Robinson 1:48.41 Q 33 6 Daniel Nghipandulwa 1:48.79 34 6 Lutmar Paes 1:48.97 35 4 Edgar Cortez 1:49.10 NR 36 3 Ashot Hayrapetyan 1:50.09 PB 37 5 Farhan Ahmad 1:50.14 PB 38 3 Fernando da Silva 1:51.58 39 6 Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:52.33 40 6 Derek Mandell 1:57.11 PB 41 1 Zaw Win Thet 1:58.36 42 6 Richard Blagg 1:59.34 PB 43 2 Shifaz Mohamed 2:01.05 5 Thomas Vandy
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 1:44.20 Q 2 1 Mohammed Aman 1:44.57 Q, NR 3 1 Marcin Lewandowski 1:44.60 Q, SB 4 1 Abubaker Kaki 1:44.62 q 5 3 Adam Kszczot 1:44.81 Q 6 1 Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:44.82 q 7 3 Kléberson Davide 1:45.06 8 1 Khadevis Robinson 1:45.27 9 1 Andreas Bube 1:45.48 PB 10 2 Nick Symmonds 1:45.73 Q 10 2 Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:45.73 Q 12 2 Jackson Kivuva 1:45.97 13 2 Andrew Osagie 1:46.12 14 1 Sajjad Moradi 1:46.17 SB 15 3 Rafith Rodríguez 1:46.41 16 2 Tamás Kazi 1:46.53 17 2 Bram Som 1:46.69 18 3 Mahfoud Brahimi 1:46.79 19 2 Kevin López 1:46.86 20 2 Prince Mumba 1:47.06 21 3 Luis Alberto Marco 1:47.45 22 3 Moussa Camara 1:48.15 23 1 Antonio Manuel Reina 1:48.45 3 Mohammad Al-Azemi
Final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 David Rudisha 1:43.91 4 Abubaker Kaki 1:44.41 5 Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:44.49 4 2 Marcin Lewandowski 1:44.80 5 3 Nick Symmonds 1:45.12 6 7 Adam Kszczot 1:45.25 7 8 Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:45.83 8 1 Mohammed Aman 1:45.93
References
External links 800 metres results at IAAF website