The men's 800 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland, on 20, 21 and 22 March 2026. This was 22nd 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.
Background The men's 800 metres was contested 21 times before 2026, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2026 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record 1:42.50 Boston, United States 24 January 20262026 World LeadChampionship record1:42.67 Paris, France 9 March 1997
Qualification For the men's 800 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 November 2025 until 8 March 2026. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard of 1:45.90 s. Athletes could also 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 Round 1 Round 1 was held on 20 March, starting at 13:26 (UTC+1) in the morning. First 2 of each heat () plus 6 fastest times () qualified to the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes1Peter Bol 1:45.87 , 2Allon Tatsunami Clay 1:46.083Navasky Anderson 1:46.344Ivan Pelizza 1:46.535Corentin Le Clezio 1:47.34
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes1Marino Bloudek 1:46.20 2Cooper Lutkenhaus 1:46.24 3Handal Roban 1:46.58 4Alexander Stepanov 1:46.75 5Guilherme Orenhas 1:47.75
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes1Eliott Crestan 1:45.51 2Mohamed Attaoui 1:45.75 3Slimane Moula 1:46.13 4Abdullahi Hassan 1:46.47 5Malik Skupin-Alfa 1:46.60
Heat 4 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes1Mark English 1:46.422Filip Ostrowski 1:46.613Uku Renek Kronbergs 1:46.71 4Nathan Cumberbatch 1:46.95 5Elvin Josué Canales 1:47.306Hazem Miawad 1:48.14
Heat 5 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes1Ben Pattison 1:47.482Jordan Terrasse 1:47.643Mohamed Ali Gouaned 1:48.204Jan Vukovič 1:50.835Thomas Cowan 1:51.26Bob Abdelrahim TR17.2.3
Heat 6 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes1Noah Kibet 1:45.84 2Maciej Wyderka 1:46.153Sean Dolan 1:46.174Ryan Clarke 1:47.265James Harding 1:47:42
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 21 March, starting at 13:08 (UTC+1) in the afternoon.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes1Peter Bol 1:46.21 2Allon Tatsunami Clay 1:46.473Navasky Anderson 1:46.65 4Mark English 1:46.705Ben Pattison 1:46.856Abdullahi Hassan 1:47.05
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes1Cooper Lutkenhaus 1:44.29 2Mohamed Attaoui 1:44.48, 3Maciej Wyderka 1:44.59 4Noah Kibet 1:45.735Slimane Moula 1:46.486Jordan Terrasse 1:47.85
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes1Eliott Crestan 1:45.71 2Marino Bloudek 1:45.923Sean Dolan 1:46.45 4Filip Ostrowski 1:46.50 5Handal Roban 1:46.516Ivan Pelizza 1:46.85
Final The final was held on 22 March, starting at 19:38 (UTC+1) in the evening.
Place Athlete Nation Time NotesCooper Lutkenhaus 1:44.24 Eliott Crestan 1:44.38 Mohamed Attaoui 1:44.66 4Peter Bol 1:45.145Marino Bloudek 1:45.316Allon Tatsunami Clay 1:45.42
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