The Men's 800 metres event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships

2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004...

 was held on March 5–7.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi is a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for his native country...	Rashid Ramzi Rashid Ramzi Rashid Ramzi is a Moroccan-Bahraini track and field athlete competing internationally for Bahrain in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Ramzi was investigated by the IAAF after the 2008 Summer Games and was stripped of his gold medal for doping.Ramzi was born in Asfi, Morocco...	Osmar Barbosa dos Santos

Heat

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Osmar Barbosa dos Santos		1:47.67	Q
	5	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana Jean-Patrick Nduwimana Jean-Patrick Nduwimana is a Burundian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.In 2001 he won a silver medal at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane and a bronze at the IAAF Grand Prix Final. He competed at the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the final.His personal best...		1:47.71	Q
	3	Joseph Mwengi Mutua		1:47.86	Q
	3	Arnoud Okken Arnoud Okken Arnoud Okken is a Dutch athlete specialising in the 800 metres.His first international victory came at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Commenting on the win, Okken stated that "my plan was to take the lead and keep away from any trouble...		1:47.88	Q, SB
	6	Florent Lacasse Florent Lacasse Florent Lacasse is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished sixth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and seventh at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics....		1:48.01	Q
	3	Amine Laalou Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou is a male middle distance runner from Morocco, who specializes in middle-distance running. He has represented his country at the Summer Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He began his career as an 800 metres specialist and made his global debut at the 2003 World...		1:48.03	q
	1	Joeri Jansen		1:48.10	Q
	4	Rashid Ramzi Rashid Ramzi Rashid Ramzi is a Moroccan-Bahraini track and field athlete competing internationally for Bahrain in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Ramzi was investigated by the IAAF after the 2008 Summer Games and was stripped of his gold medal for doping.Ramzi was born in Asfi, Morocco...		1:48.25	Q
	6	Mouhssin Chehibi Mouhssin Chehibi Mouhssin Chehibi is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best time over the distance is 1:44.16 minutes, achieved in July 2006 in Athens.-Achievements:-External links:...		1:48.44	Q
10	6	William Yiampoy William Yiampoy William Oloonkishu Yiampoy is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best is 1:42.91 minutes, achieved in September 2002 in Rieti....		1:48.49	q
11	4	Bram Som Bram Som Bram Som is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000...		1:48.55	Q
11	6	Yusuf Saad Kamel		1:48.55	q
13	1	Michael Stember Michael Stember Michael Stember is a male track and field athlete from the United States, who is known for competing in the middle distance events. His first international competition was winning the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1997 Pan American Junior Championships...		1:48.66	q
14	1	Juan de Dios Jurado Juan de Dios Jurado Juan de Dios Jurado is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished third at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and fifth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, the latter in an indoor personal best time of 1:47.38...		1:48.70	q, SB
15	5	Tom Omey		1:48.92	Q
16	2	Antonio Manuel Reina Antonio Manuel Reina Antonio Manuel Reina Ballesteros is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 45.98 s *800 metres - 1:43.83 min...		1:49.72	Q
17	2	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi is a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for his native country...		1:49.83	Q
18	4	Fabiano Peçanha Fabiano Peçanha Fabiano Peçanha is a Brazilian middle distance runner. He is a quadruple South American champion in 800 metres and 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		1:49.98	q, SB
19	4	David Fiegen David Fiegen David Fiegen is a Luxembourgian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He won the silver medal at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, the first ever medal in the history of the championships for an athlete from Luxembourg...		1:50.02
20	3	Derrick Peterson		1:50.05
21	3	Sajad Moradi		1:50.06
22	2	Dmitriy Bogdanov		1:50.21
23	5	Nicolas Aïssat		1:50.65
24	2	Rizak Dirshe Rizak Dirshe Rizak Dirshe is a Swedish middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres. He represented the sports clubs Skellefteå AIK, Hälle IF and Malmö AI....		1:50.89
25	2	Paskar Owor		1:51.41	SB
26	1	Roman Hanzel		1:51.54
27	4	Mohammad Al-Azemi Mohammad Al-Azemi Mohammad Mutlak Khalif Al-Azemi is a Kuwaiti middle distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. His 800 m personal bests of 1:44.13 minutes outdoors and 1:48.93 minutes indoors are the Kuwaiti records for the event...		1:51.80	SB
28	2	Abubaker El Gatroni	Libya	1:52.64
29	6	Avetik Arakelian		1:53.44	SB
30	5	Abdal Salam Aldabaji		1:53.48	NR Palestinian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in the autonomous State of Palestine maintained by the Palestine Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing-External links:...
31	1	Kondwani Chiwina Kondwani Chiwina Kondwani Chiwina is a Malawian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.Chiwina competed for Malawi at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, the 2005 Summer Universiade and the 2006 Commonwealth Games, without ever qualifying for the final...	Malawi	1:54.49	PB
32	6	Nazar Begliyev		1:54.72	SB

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Samwel Mwera

Samwel Mwera is a Tanzanian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 metres. He was born in Musoma.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:45.28 min *1500 metres - 3:35.42 min...

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Ismail Ahmed Ismail

Ismail Ahmed Ismail is a Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Khartoum.He reached the final in that event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where he won the silver medal in 800m...

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Gary Reed (athlete)

Gary Reed is a Canadian retired middle distance runner. He currently holds the Canadian record in the 800 metre run with a time of 1:43.68. On September 2, 2007, he won the silver medal in the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, with a time of 1.47.10...

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Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Osmar Barbosa dos Santos		1:46.91	Q
	1	William Yiampoy William Yiampoy William Oloonkishu Yiampoy is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best is 1:42.91 minutes, achieved in September 2002 in Rieti....		1:47.02	Q
	2	Joseph Mwengi Mutua		1:47.07	Q
	1	Yusuf Saad Kamel		1:47.16	AR
	2	Rashid Ramzi Rashid Ramzi Rashid Ramzi is a Moroccan-Bahraini track and field athlete competing internationally for Bahrain in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Ramzi was investigated by the IAAF after the 2008 Summer Games and was stripped of his gold medal for doping.Ramzi was born in Asfi, Morocco...		1:47.28	Q, PB
	2	Florent Lacasse Florent Lacasse Florent Lacasse is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished sixth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and seventh at the 2006 IAAF World Cup. He also competed in the 2004 Olympics....		1:47.28
	1	Antonio Manuel Reina Antonio Manuel Reina Antonio Manuel Reina Ballesteros is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 45.98 s *800 metres - 1:43.83 min...		1:47.33	SB
	1	Mouhssin Chehibi Mouhssin Chehibi Mouhssin Chehibi is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best time over the distance is 1:44.16 minutes, achieved in July 2006 in Athens.-Achievements:-External links:...		1:47.45	PB
	2	Arnoud Okken Arnoud Okken Arnoud Okken is a Dutch athlete specialising in the 800 metres.His first international victory came at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Commenting on the win, Okken stated that "my plan was to take the lead and keep away from any trouble...		1:47.84	SB
10	2	Joeri Jansen		1:48.61
11	1	Michael Stember Michael Stember Michael Stember is a male track and field athlete from the United States, who is known for competing in the middle distance events. His first international competition was winning the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1997 Pan American Junior Championships...		1:48.68
12	3	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi is a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for his native country...		1:49.96	Q
13	3	Amine Laalou Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou is a male middle distance runner from Morocco, who specializes in middle-distance running. He has represented his country at the Summer Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He began his career as an 800 metres specialist and made his global debut at the 2003 World...		1:50.07	Q
14	3	Juan de Dios Jurado Juan de Dios Jurado Juan de Dios Jurado is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished third at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and fifth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, the latter in an indoor personal best time of 1:47.38...		1:50.99
15	3	Tom Omey		1:51.15
16	2	Fabiano Peçanha Fabiano Peçanha Fabiano Peçanha is a Brazilian middle distance runner. He is a quadruple South American champion in 800 metres and 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		1:51.59
17	3	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana Jean-Patrick Nduwimana Jean-Patrick Nduwimana is a Burundian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.In 2001 he won a silver medal at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane and a bronze at the IAAF Grand Prix Final. He competed at the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004 without reaching the final.His personal best...		1:52.20

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Bram Som

Bram Som is a Dutch runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time of 1:43.45 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Zürich, is also the current Dutch National Record. He missed the 2005 season, but returned in 2006 to win the national Dutch championship for the fifth time since 2000...

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi is a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for his native country...		1:45.71
	Rashid Ramzi Rashid Ramzi Rashid Ramzi is a Moroccan-Bahraini track and field athlete competing internationally for Bahrain in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. Ramzi was investigated by the IAAF after the 2008 Summer Games and was stripped of his gold medal for doping.Ramzi was born in Asfi, Morocco...		1:46.15	AR
	Osmar Barbosa dos Santos		1:46.46
4	Amine Laalou Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou is a male middle distance runner from Morocco, who specializes in middle-distance running. He has represented his country at the Summer Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He began his career as an 800 metres specialist and made his global debut at the 2003 World...		1:46.57	PB
5	William Yiampoy William Yiampoy William Oloonkishu Yiampoy is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best is 1:42.91 minutes, achieved in September 2002 in Rieti....		1:46.88
6	Joseph Mwengi Mutua		1:47.86