The men's 800 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–13 August.Start list
In the final, Duane Solomon characteristically took out the pace at just about 50 seconds. Uncharacteristically, second place was occupied by his teammate Nick Symmonds, known for his come from behind tactics. On the final lap the two formed a team USA wall to prevent the rest of the field from getting around. Solomon held the lead into the final straight with Symmonds about to pounce. Mohammed Aman was behind Solomon in a box pinned in by Ayanleh Souleiman. Souleiman slowed as Symmonds slingshotted off the back stretch. The door opened and Aman took off in chase of Symmonds, passing him on the outside 20 meters before the finish. Solomon went out too fast and hence slowed in the final 50 meters, and Souleiman was the next fastest to the finish to pick up bronze. Aman's 1:43.31 is a new Russian soil all comers record.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record1:40.91 London, Great Britain9 August 2012Championship record1:43.06 Rome, Italy1 September 1987World Leading1:43.27 Des Moines, IA, United States23 June 2013African Record1:40.91 London, Great Britain9 August 2012Asian Record1:42.79 Monaco29 July 2008North, Central American and Caribbean record1:42.60 Koblenz, West Germany28 August 1985South American Record1:41.77 Cologne, West Germany26 August 1984European Record1:41.11 Cologne, Germany24 August 1997Oceanian record1:44.3 Christchurch, New Zealand3 February 1962
Qualification standards A timeB time 1:45.30 1:46.20
Schedule Date Time Round10 August 2013 11:20 Heats11 August 2013 19:35 Semifinals13 August 2013 21:10 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 5 Mohammed Aman 1:44.93 Q 2 5 6 Ferguson Rotich 1:45.25 Q 3 5 8 Michael Rimmer 1:45.47 Q 4 3 3 Duane Solomon 1:45.80 Q 5 3 1 Abdulaziz Laden Mohammed 1:45.94 Q 6 5 3 Alexander Rowe 1:45.96 q 7 2 5 Ronald Musagala 1:46.12 Q 8 3 2 Andrew Osagie 1:46.16 Q 9 2 6 Adam Kszczot 1:46.26 Q 10 2 3 Brandon Johnson 1:46.32 Q 11 3 8 Luis Alberto Marco 1:46.40 q 12 3 6 Tamás Kazi 1:46.48 q 13 2 8 Kevin López 1:46.61 q 14 5 2 Antoine Gakeme 1:46.70 q, PB 15 5 7 Rafith Rodríguez 1:46.76 q 16 2 2 Andy González 1:46.80 17 6 7 Ayanleh Souleiman 1:46.86 Q 18 4 4 Nick Symmonds 1:46.90 Q 19 4 2 Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla 1:46.94 Q 20 4 5 Samir Jamma 1:46.94 Q 21 4 7 Mark English 1:47.08 22 6 1 Anthony Chemut 1:47.13 Q 23 6 2 Amine El Manaoui 1:47.15 Q 24 5 1 Amine Belferar 1:47.17 25 6 5 Jan Kubista 1:47.66 26 1 3 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1:47.70 Q 27 6 8 Anis Ananenka 1:47.76 28 1 8 Marcin Lewandowski 1:47.83 Q 29 4 1 Prince Mumba 1:47.85 30 1 4 Giordano Benedetti 1:47.90 Q 31 5 4 Jozef Repčík 1:47.93 32 1 1 Hamada Mohamed 1:47.96 32 4 3 James Eichberger 1:47.96 34 6 6 Anthony Romaniw 1:47.98 35 1 5 Kléberson Davide 1:48.28 36 1 2 Paul Robinson 1:48.61 37 1 6 Leoman Momoh 1:49.25 38 1 7 Taras Bybyk 1:49.39 39 1 6 Moussa Camara 1:49.78 SB 40 4 8 Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai 1:50.17 41 6 3 Wesley Vázquez 1:50.60 42 2 1 Brice Etès 1:53.60 43 4 6 Ilia Mukhin 1:54.88 44 3 7 Samorn Kieng 1:55.17 SB 45 3 4 Benjamín Enzema 1:56.82 SB 46 2 7 Manuel Antonio 1:57.40 47 6 4 Ribeiro de Carvalho 2:04.74 PB 2 4 Nijel Amos 3 5 André Olivier
Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 6 Duane Solomon 1:43.87 Q 2 1 4 Abdulaziz Laden Mohammed 1:44.10 Q, PB 3 1 5 Marcin Lewandowski 1:44.56 q 4 2 3 Mohammed Aman 1:44.71 Q 5 2 4 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1:44.75 Q 6 1 7 Andrew Osagie 1:44.85 q, SB 7 2 5 Brandon Johnson 1:44.89 8 3 4 Ayanleh Souleiman 1:44.99 Q 9 3 6 Nick Symmonds 1:45.00 Q 10 1 2 Antoine Gakeme 1:45.39 PB 11 3 3 Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla 1:45.43 12 3 7 Adam Kszczot 1:45.68 13 1 1 Alexander Rowe 1:45.80 14 3 2 Ronald Musagala 1:45.87 15 3 5 Anthony Chemut 1:46.06 16 3 1 Tamás Kazi 1:46.40 17 2 2 Samir Jamma 1:46.53 18 2 1 Luis Alberto Marco 1:46.75 19 2 8 Michael Rimmer 1:47.06 20 2 7 Giordano Benedetti 1:48.31 21 3 8 Amine El Manaoui 1:49.08 22 1 3 Kevin López 1:52.93 23 2 6 Rafith Rodríguez 2:01.94 1 8 Ferguson Rotich R163.3(a)Lane infringement
Final The final was held at 21:10.Final Results
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Mohammed Aman 1:43.31 SB 3 Nick Symmonds 1:43.55 SB 4 Ayanleh Souleiman 1:43.76 4 2 Marcin Lewandowski 1:44.08 SB 5 1 Andrew Osagie 1:44.36 SB 6 5 Duane Solomon 1:44.42 7 8 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1:44.79 8 7 Abdulaziz Laden Mohammed 1:46.57
References
External links 800 metres results at IAAF website