The men's 800 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 28 September to 1 October 2019.
The winning margin was 1.13 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's 800 metres has been won by more than a second at these championships.
Summary After the semi-finals, it was no surprise when front runner Wesley Vázquez went to the front of the final. Donavan Brazier and Marco Arop took the front of the line to follow his fast pace, going 23.51 for the first 200 metres. Down the first home stretch the rest of the field back off the fast pace, but Brazier stuck right behind Vázquez through a 48.96 first lap. The real surprise was noted kicker Amel Tuka was at the front of the chase pack, separating through the penultimate turn in chase of the leaders. When they hit the backstretch, Brazier went around Vázquez, who was showing the signs of the strain. By 600 metres in 1:15.16, Brazier had two metres on Vázquez, who had two metres on Tuka. Through the final turn, Brazier held the same gap on Tuka, but Vázquez faded. Ferguson Rotich was the next contender, three metres back, the rest of the chasers another six metres behind him. Down the stretch, Brazier was straining, pumping his arms, but Tuka's famed kick was not making up any ground. 40 metres out, Rotich passed Vázquez, but from far off the pace, Bryce Hoppel was gaining fast. Brazier crossed the line and raised his arms in celebration. Tuka held off Rotich who beat the fast moving Hoppel.
Brazier's winning time of 1:42.34 was the championship record, North American Continental record and moved him to =#9 on the all-time list.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
World record1:40.91London, Great Britain9 August 2012Championship record1:43.06Rome, Italy1 September 1987World Leading1:41.89Monaco12 July 2019African Record1:40.91London, Great Britain9 August 2012Asian Record1:42.79Monaco29 July 2008North, Central American and Caribbean record1:42.60Koblenz, West Germany28 August 1985South American Record1:41.77Cologne, West Germany26 August 1984European Record1:41.11Cologne, Germany24 August 1997Oceanian record1:44.21Monaco20 July 2018
The following records were set at the competition:
Record Athlete Date Championship1:42.34Donavan Brazier1 Oct 2019North, Central American and CaribbeanUnited States
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:45.80.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: Date Time Round28 September 17:15 Heats29 September 21:55 Semi-finals1 October 22:10 Final
Results Heats The first 3 in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Emmanuel Korir 1:45.16 Q 2 5 Mostafa Smaili 1:45.27 Q 3 5 Wesley Vázquez 1:45.47 Q 4 6 Elliot Giles 1:45.53 Q 5 6 Clayton Murphy 1:45.62 Q 6 6 Amel Tuka 1:45.62 Q 7 6 Álvaro de Arriba 1:45.67 q 7 5 Yassine Hethat 1:45.67 q 9 3 Brandon McBride 1:45.96 Q 10 4 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich 1:45.98 Q 11 4 Bryce Hoppel 1:46.01 Q 12 1 Donavan Brazier 1:46.04 Q 13 2 Ngeno Kipngetich 1:46.07 Q 14 4 Abdessalem Ayouni 1:46.09 Q 15 3 Abubaker Haydar Abdalla 1:46.11 Q 16 1 Marco Arop 1:46.12 Q 17 2 Adrián Ben 1:46.12 Q 18 3 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1:46.14 Q 18 5 Kyle Langford 1:46.14 q 20 4 Oussama Nabil 1:46.17 q 21 4 Adam Kszczot 1:46.20 q 22 2 Jamie Webb 1:46.23 Q 23 2 Brannon Kidder 1:46.29 q 24 2 Jamal Hairane 1:46.40 25 4 Mohamed Belbachir 1:46.52 26 1 Tshepo Tshite 1:46.54 Q 27 3 Mouad Zahafi 1:46.56 28 1 Andreas Kramer 1:46.74 29 6 Andrés Arroyo 1:46.75 30 1 Lucirio Antonio Garrido 1:46.89 31 3 Peter Bol 1:46.92 32 4 Mark English 1:47.25 33 2 Marc Reuther 1:47.31 34 6 Edose Ibadin 1:47.91 35 6 Musa Hajdari 1:47.98 36 5 Quamel Prince 1:48.41 37 3 Pol Moya 1:48.52 38 1 Mariano García 1:49.08 39 1 Luke Mathews 1:50.16 40 5 Mohammed Al-Suleimani 1:50.91 41 5 Benjamín Enzema 1:51.69 42 3 Ryan Sánchez 1:54.46 43 1 Zaw Min Min 1:56.85 44 3 Roberto Belo Amaral Soares 2:02.43 6 Samer Al-Johar 2 Nijel Amos
Semi-finals The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Wesley Vázquez 1:43.96 Q 2 1 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich 1:44.20 Q 3 1 Clayton Murphy 1:44.48 q 4 2 Donavan Brazier 1:44.87 Q 5 1 Adrián Ben 1:44.97 q, 6 2 Marco Arop 1:45.07 Q 7 1 Elliot Giles 1:45.15 8 2 Emmanuel Korir 1:45.19 9 1 Adam Kszczot 1:45.22 10 2 Brannon Kidder 1:45.62 11 3 Amel Tuka 1:45.63 Q 12 2 Mostafa Smaili 1:45.78 13 1 Abdessalem Ayouni 1:45.80 14 3 Bryce Hoppel 1:45.95 Q 15 2 Tshepo Tshite 1:46.08 16 3 Álvaro de Arriba 1:46.09 17 2 Yassine Hethat 1:46.15 18 3 Brandon McBride 1:46.21 19 3 Kyle Langford 1:46.41 20 3 Ngeno Kipngetich 1:46.61 21 1 Abubaker Haydar Abdalla 1:46.87 22 3 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse 1:47.60 23 2 Jamie Webb 1:48.44 3 Oussama Nabil
Final The final was started on 1 October at 22:14.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Donavan Brazier 1:42.34 AR 5 Amel Tuka 1:43.47 7 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich 1:43.82 4 2 Bryce Hoppel 1:44.25 5 6 Wesley Vázquez 1:44.48 6 3 Adrián Ben 1:45.58 7 8 Marco Arop 1:45.78 8 9 Clayton Murphy 1:47.84
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