The men's 800 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8, 9 and 10 March.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzePaul ErengTomás de TeresaSimon Hoogewerf
Results Heats First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.Heats results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 William Tanui 1:47.55 Q 2 4 Simon Hoogewerf 1:48.21 Q, NR 3 5 Joachim Dehmel 1:48.23 Q 4 5 Martin Steele 1:48.28 Q 5 5 Stanley Redwine 1:48.61 q 6 1 Miroslav Chochkov 1:48.74 Q 7 5 Peter Svaricek 1:48.80 q 8 5 Luis Migueles 1:49.00 NR 9 4 Pablo Squella 1:49.07 Q 10 1 Ikem Billy 1:49.09 11 1 Markus Trinkler 1:49.13 12 4 Valeriy Starodubtsev 1:49.35 13 4 Ray Brown 1:49.52 14 2 Ahmed Belkessam 1:50.41 Q 15 3 Paul Ereng 1:50.48 Q 16 2 Andrey Sudnik 1:50.51 Q 17 3 Tomás de Teresa 1:50.56 Q 18 2 Ton Baltus 1:50.78 19 2 Charles Nkazamyampi 1:50.80 20 3 Jussi Udelhoven 1:50.83 21 2 Róbert Banai 1:51.10 22 1 Luis Javier González 1:51.47 23 3 Mbiganyi Thee 1:51.89 NR 24 3 Nadar Khan 1:52.08 NR 25 4 Morris Okinda 1:55.42 NR 26 1 Jean-Bosco Mondzomba 1:56.23 NR
Semifinals First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.Semifinals results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 William Tanui 1:47.74 Q 2 2 Joachim Dehmel 1:48.17 Q 3 2 Stanley Redwine 1:48.34 Q 4 2 Miroslav Chochkov 1:48.40 5 2 Martin Steele 1:48.77 6 1 Tomás de Teresa 1:49.80 Q 7 1 Paul Ereng 1:49.96 Q 8 1 Simon Hoogewerf 1:50.04 Q 9 1 Andrey Sudnik 1:50.08 10 1 Ahmed Belkessam 1:50.18 11 2 Pablo Squella 1:50.60 12 1 Peter Svaricek 1:53.12
Final Final results Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Paul Ereng 1:47.08 Tomás de Teresa 1:47.82 Simon Hoogewerf 1:47.88 NR 4 Stanley Redwine 1:47.98 5 Joachim Dehmel 1:50.58 William Tanui Note: William Tanui had originally won in 1:46.94, but was later disqualified for breaking from his lane too early.
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