The men's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 5, 6, and 8 August.Start list
Summary Defending champion David Rudisha (Kenya) couldn't recover from an early season injury in time to return. There were no Olympic podium athletes in this field. The returning silver medalist Adam Kszczot (Poland) made an impressive move in his semi-final to get into the final. The returning bronze medalist, 2015 phenom Amel Tuka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) didn't make it out of the heats. The fastest athlete of the year Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir didn't qualify from his semi.
As the final began, the runner with the fastest personal best, =#3 all time Nigel Amos (Botswana) ran a fast turn and was attempting to take the tangent from the break line in his lane 5, but Brandon McBride (Canada), ran a faster turn and cut more sharply from lane 7, effectively interrupting Amos from taking control of the early pace. Looking for running room Amos also cut in, tangling elbows with Kipyegon Bett (Kenya), then bouncing to the side, getting caught also behind Thiago André (Brazil). McBride held the lead with André in his shadow. The first time down the home stretch, Amos moved outside to get around André into second place. McBride led through a moderate 50.76 first lap. Through the next turn, Bett was looking to get past Amos, finally also running wide on the backstretch, getting past McBride. From the back of the pack, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) had avoided the battle so far. He went wider on the backstretch, running in lane 3 past the field, including the battling leaders, taking the lead unencumbered as they entered the final turn. Through the final turn, the battle continued behind him, Amos and Bett exchanging elbows again. From near the back of the back Adam Kszczot (Poland) began his kick, with Kyle Langford (GBR) in his wake, passing people. By the time he reached the final straightaway, Bosse had a 3 metre lead on Bett, with Amos another metre back. Bett and Amos were unable to gain on Bosse, but in lane 2, Kszczot and Langford were, passing people including Mohammed Aman (Ethiopia), Amos and 10 metres before the finish, Kszczot passed Bett to capture silver. Bett barely held off a fast closing Langford for bronze.
After the race, Bosse looked at the video scoreboard, pointing at himself in surprise at his win.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld1:40.91David Lekuta Rudisha9 Aug 2012London, Great BritainChampionship1:43.06Billy Konchellah1 Sep 1987Rome, ItalyWorld leading1:43.10Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir21 Jul 2017MonacoAfrican1:40.91David Lekuta Rudisha9 Aug 2012London, Great BritainAsian1:42.79Yusuf Saad Kamel29 Jul 2008MonacoNACAC1:42.60Johnny Gray28 Aug 1985Koblenz, West GermanySouth American1:41.77Joaquim CruzCologne, West GermanyEuropean1:41.11Wilson Kipketer24 Aug 1997Cologne, GermanyOceanian1:44.3Peter Snell3 Feb 1962Christchurch, New Zealand
No records were set at the competition.
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:45.90.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows: Date Time Round5 August 12:45 Heats6 August 21:15 Semifinals8 August 21:35 Final
Results
Heats The first round took place on 5 August in six heats as follows:
Heat 1 2 3 4 5 6 Start time 12:44 12:53 13:02 13:11 13:20 13:29 Photo finishlinklinklinklinklinklink
The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Thijmen Kupers 1:45.53 2 6 6 Donavan Brazier 1:45.65 3 2 6 Brandon McBride 1:45.69 4 1 2 Kipyegon Bett 1:45.76 5 2 3 Kevin López 1:45.77 6 3 9 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich 1:45.77 7 6 2 Mohammed Aman 1:45.81 8 3 7 Isaiah Harris 1:45.82 9 3 5 Elliot Giles 1:45.86 10 6 8 Guy Learmonth 1:45.90 11 2 7 Antoine Gakeme 1:45.97 12 1 9 Andreas Kramer 1:45.98 13 1 6 Drew Windle 1:46.08 14 6 5 Marcin Lewandowski 1:46.17 15 1 3 Abdessalem Ayouni 1:46.19 16 3 8 Ebrahim Al-Zofairi 1:46.29 17 2 2 Kyle Langford 1:46.38 18 3 2 Álvaro de Arriba 1:46.42 19 1 7 Andrés Arroyo 1:46.46 20 1 5 Edose Ibadin 1:46.51 21 6 4 Amel Tuka 1:46.54 22 2 8 Jesús Tonatiu López 1:46.71 23 3 4 Abdelati El Guesse 1:46.74 24 4 9 Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir 1:47.08 25 2 5 Leandro Paris 1:47.09 26 4 4 Michał Rozmys 1:47.09 27 5 7 Nijel Amos 1:47.10 28 4 8 Thiago André 1:47.22 29 5 9 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1:47.25 30 5 2 Adam Kszczot 1:47.36 31 5 6 Mostafa Smaili 1:47.50 32 4 3 Alex Amankwah 1:47.56 33 4 2 Marc Reuther 1:47.78 34 5 8 Mark English 1:48.01 35 5 3 Abu Salim Mayanja 1:48.11 36 4 6 Samir Dahmani 1:48.62 37 2 9 Pol Moya 1:49.06 38 4 7 Peter Bol 1:49.65 39 6 9 Astrit Kryeziu 1:49.94 40 4 5 Ahmed Bashir Farah 1:50.04 41 3 3 Ryan Sánchez 1:50.74 42 5 4 Francky-Edgard Mbotto 1:51.76 43 1 8 Saud Al-Zaabi 1:53.34 44 1 1 Pyae Sone Maung 2:13.38 1 4 Amine Belferar 5 5 Hamada Mohamed 6 3 Daniel Andújar 3 6 Wesam Al-Massri 6 7 Michael Loturomom Saruni
Semifinals The semifinals took place on 6 August in three heats as follows:
Heat 1 2 3 Start time 21:15 21:23 21:32 Photo finishlinklinklink
The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 6 Kipyegon Bett 1:45.02 2 3 3 Mohammed Aman 1:45.40 , 3 2 6 Brandon McBride 1:45.53 4 3 7 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1:45.63 5 2 2 Kyle Langford 1:45.81 6 3 5 Thiago André 1:45.83 7 2 9 Marcin Lewandowski 1:45.93 8 2 5 Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir 1:46.08 9 3 2 Michał Rozmys 1:46.10 10 1 8 Adam Kszczot 1:46.24 11 3 8 Andreas Kramer 1:46.25 12 3 4 Donavan Brazier 1:46.27 13 1 6 Nijel Amos 1:46.29 14 2 7 Drew Windle 1:46.33 15 1 4 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich 1:46.49 16 3 9 Álvaro de Arriba 1:46.64 17 1 5 Isaiah Harris 1:46.66 18 2 3 Ebrahim Al-Zofairi 1:46.68 19 1 2 Guy Learmonth 1:46.75 20 1 7 Elliot Giles 1:46.95 21 2 4 Antoine Gakeme 1:47.08 22 1 3 Abdessalem Ayouni 1:47.39 23 1 9 Kevin López 1:47.62 2 8 Thijmen Kupers
Final The final took place on 8 August at 21:36. The results were as follows (photo finish):
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1:44.67 8 Adam Kszczot 1:44.95 6 Kipyegon Bett 1:45.21 4 3 Kyle Langford 1:45.25 5 5 Nijel Amos 1:45.83 6 2 Mohammed Aman 1:46.06 7 9 Thiago André 1:46.30 8 7 Brandon McBride 1:47.09
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