The men's 800 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 9 and 11 March. The gold medal was won by 18-year-old Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia, in a time of 1:48.36 seconds.

In the 800 metres final there were 6 competitors all from different nations. Jakub Holuša had run the fastest time in the semi-final (1:47.23) placing in front of the gold medalist, Mohammed Aman. Going into the final Adam Kszczot was the favourite to win the race. At the end of the first lap Kszczot was leading and looking to pull away from the pack. At the 400 metre mark Kszczot was still winning the race after coming through with a time of 56.29 seconds. Kszczot kept his lead until the 700 metre mark where Mohammed Aman made a move and overtook him. Holuša and Osagie followed suite and also overtook Kszczot on the home strait.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMohammed AmanJakub HolušaAndrew Osagie

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record1:42.67Paris, France9 March 1997Championship record1:42.67Paris, France9 March 1997World Leading1:44.57Liévin, France14 February 2012African record1:44.71Stuttgart, Germany31 January 2004Asian record1:45.26Valencia, Spain9 March 2008European record1:42.67Paris, France9 March 1997North and Central American and Caribbean record1:45.00Sindelfingen, Germany8 March 1992Oceanian Record1:47.48State College, United States30 January 2010South American record1:45.43Piraeus, Greece8 March 1989

Qualification standards IndoorOutdoor 1:48.00 1:45.00

Schedule Date Time Round9 March 2012 10:10 Heats10 March 2012 11:50 Semi-final11 March 2012 16:20 Final

Results

Heats Start List

Qualification: First 2 (Q) plus the 6 fastest times qualified (q)

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Boaz Kiplagat Lalang 1:49.50 Q 2 2 Timothy Kitum 1:49.57 Q 3 2 Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla 1:49.71 Q 4 6 Michael Rutt 1:49.72Q 5 2 Andrew Osagie 1:49.73 q 5 4 Joe Thomas 1:49.73Q 7 2 Raphael Pallitsch 1:49.78 q 8 6 Julius Mutekanga 1:49.81 q 9 4 Andreas Rapatz 1:49.89Q 10 1 Antonio Manuel Reina 1:50.02Q 10 4 Rafith Rodríguez 1:50.02 q 12 4 Luis Alberto Marco 1:50.13 q 13 1 Adam Kszczot 1:50.14 Q 14 3 Jakub Holuša 1:50.49 Q 15 3 Mohammed Aman 1:50.56 Q 16 1 Tevan Everett 1:50.67 q 17 3 Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:50.72 18 6 Farkhod Kuralov 1:52.61 NR 19 3 Moussa Camara 1:52.62 NR 20 5 Jan Van Den Broeck 1:52.65 Q 21 5 Marcin Lewandowski 1:52.67 Q 22 5 Jamaal James 1:52.71 23 2 Brice Etes 1:52.93 24 5 Vid Jakob Tršan 1:53.64 25 3 Halit Kiliç 1:54.06 26 6 Dustin Emrani 1:54.20 27 2 Arnold Sorina 1:54.44 NR 28 1 Nimet Gashi 1:54.70 29 1 Gaylord Silly 1:54.93 NR 30 4 Benjamín Enzema 1:58.19 NR 31 5 Ashot Hayrapetyan 1:58.21 32 4 Kieng Samorn 1:59.14 NR

Semi-final

Qualification: First 2 of each heat qualified (Q)

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Jakub Holuša 1:47.23 Q, SB 2 3 Adam Kszczot 1:47.90 Q 3 1 Mohammed Aman 1:48.07 Q 4 3 Luis Alberto Marco 1:48.12 5 1 Andrew Osagie 1:48.13 Q 6 3 Andreas Rapatz 1:48.15 7 1 Timothy Kitum 1:48.22 8 1 Antonio Manuel Reina 1:48.36 9 2 Michael Rutt 1:48.88 Q 10 2 Jan Van Den Broeck 1:48.90 Q 11 3 Joe Thomas 1:49.12 12 2 Boaz Kiplagat Lalang 1:49.31 13 1 Julius Mutekanga 1:49.32 14 2 Raphael Pallitsch 1:49.42 15 1 Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla 1:49.51 16 3 Tevan Everett 1:49.57 2 Rafith Rodríguez 2 Marcin Lewandowski

Final

6 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 16:20.

Rank Name Nationality Time NotesMohammed Aman 1:48.36Jakub Holuša 1:48.62Andrew Osagie 1:48.924Adam Kszczot 1:49.165Jan van den Broeck 1:50.83 6Michael Rutt 1:51.47

References