The men's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 21, 22 and 23 March 2025. It was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The heats took place on 21 March during the morning session. The semi-finals took place on 22 March during the morning session. The final occurred on 23 March during the evening session.
Background The men's 800 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record 1:42.67 Paris, France 9 March 1997Championship recordWorld leading 1:43.24 New York, United States 23 February 2025
Qualification For the men's 800 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 1:45.00. Athletes were also able to qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event, or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There was a target number of 30 athletes.
Results Heats The heats took place on 21 March, starting at 11:55 (UTC+8) in the morning. First 3 of each heat () plus 3 fastest times () qualified for the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Yanis Meziane 1:46.07 2 Brandon Miller 1:46.47 3 John Rivera 1:46.84 4 Ebrahim Al-Zofairi 1:47.20 , 5 Xi Xiaoheng 1:47.24 6 Robert Heppenstall 1:48.06 ,
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Tom Dradiga 1:49.09 2 Heithem Chenitef 1:49.16 3 Josué Canales 1:49.44 4 Abdelati El Guesse 1:49.83 5 Collins Kipruto 1:50.08
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Eliott Crestan 1:48.94 2 Álvaro de Arriba 1:49.16 3 Samuel Chapple 1:49.30 4 Daniel Kotyza 1:49.76 5 1:49.76
Heat 4 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Josh Hoey 1:48.14 2 Noah Kibet 1:48.31 3 Giovanni Lazzaro 1:48.75 4 Yukichi Ishii 1:48.85 5 Ryan Clarke 1:52.97
Heat 5 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jakub Dudycha 1:48.04 2 Ngeno Kipngetich 1:48.17 3 Patryk Sieradzki 1:48.20 4 Mouad Zahafi 1:48.38 — Guilherme Orenhas
Semi-finals The semi-finals took place on 22 March, starting at 12:31 (UTC+8) in the morning. The first 2 of each heat () qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Josh Hoey 1:45.23 2 Tom Dradiga 1:46.98 3 Patryk Sieradzki 1:47.55 4 Noah Kibet 1:48.90 5 Xi Xiaoheng 1:49.59 6 Yanis Meziane 2:23.96
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Eliott Crestan 1:48.65 2 Josué Canales 1:48.70 3 Ebrahim Al-Zofairi 1:49.37 4 John Rivera 1:49.49 5 Jakub Dudycha 1:49.49 6 Robert Heppenstall 1:49.54
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Brandon Miller 1:46.84 2 Samuel Chapple 1:47.05 3 Heithem Chenitef 1:47.30 4 Ngeno Kipngetich 1:47.53 5 Álvaro de Arriba 1:47.58 6 Giovanni Lazzaro 1:48.06
Final The final took place on 23 March, starting at 20:40 (UTC+8).
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Josh Hoey 1:44.77 Eliott Crestan 1:44.81 Josué Canales 1:45.03 4 Samuel Chapple 1:45.55 5 Brandon Miller 1:46.44 6 Tom Dradiga 1:50.19
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