]
The Men's 800 metres

800 metres

The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

 at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

2011 World Championships in Athletics

The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....

 was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27, 28 and 30.

The first semi-final went out fast, with a bunch finish. While Abubaker Kaki came into the event as one of the favorites, he had to qualify to the final by time as the fastest 3rd place. Both time qualifiers came from the first semi. The second semi was the opposite kind of race as kickers Nick Symmonds

Nick Symmonds

Nicholas "Nick" Symmonds is an American middle-distance track athlete from Boise, Idaho, specializing in the 800 meters and 1500 meters distances. He is also the part owner of a tanning salon. In college at Willamette University he won seven NCAA Division III titles in outdoor track. In 2007, he...

 and Yuriy Borzakovskiy

Yuriy Borzakovskiy

Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...

 almost acted as a team to run from the front and slow the pace. The two almost formed a wall down the home stretch that frustrated the runners behind them, achieving the two slowest qualifying times into the final. The third semi final was favorite David Rudisha

David Rudisha

David Lekuta Rudisha is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world record holder in the 800 metres with a time of 1:41.01. Rudisha holds four of the ten fastest times for this event.-Early life:...

 taking control of the race, only accelerating enough to make sure nobody passed him.

Rudisha won the gold medal after leading the race from the start. Behind him through most of the last lap, surprisingly was come from behind specialist Borzakovskiy, who was himself out-kicked by Kaki just before the finish for the silver medal.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
David Rudisha David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world record holder in the 800 metres with a time of 1:41.01. Rudisha holds four of the ten fastest times for this event.-Early life:... '	Abubaker Kaki '	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the... '

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record		1:41.01	Rieti Rieti Rieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of c. 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti.The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	29 August 2010
Championship record		1:43.06	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy	1 September 1987
World leading		1:42.61	Monaco Monaco Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...	22 July 2011
African record		1:41.01	Rieti, Italy	29 August 2010
Asian record		1:42.79	Monaco	29 July 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record		1:42.60	Koblenz Koblenz Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....	28 August 1985
South American record		1:41.77	Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	26 August 1984
European record		1:41.11	Cologne, Germany	24 August 1997
Oceanian record		1:44.3	Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	3 February 1962

Qualification standards

A time	B time
1:45.40	1:46.30

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 27, 2011	12:05	Heats
August 28, 2011	18:00	Semifinals
August 30, 2011	21:00	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Abubaker Kaki		1:44.83	Q
2	3	Mohammed Aman Mohammed Aman (athlete) Mohammed Aman Geleto is a Ethiopian middle distance runner.He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics....		1:45.17	Q
3	3	Alfred Kirwa Yego		1:45.50	Q
4	5	Kléberson Davide Kléberson Davide Kléberson Davide is a Brazilian track and field athlete who specialises in the 800 metres.Born in Conchal, São Paulo, Davide won his first major youth title in the 800 m at the 2002 South American Youth Championships. He reached the semi-finals of the 2004 World Junior Championships in...		1:46.06	Q
5	5	Andrew Osagie Andrew Osagie Andrew Osagie is an English runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He competed for Great Britain and NI at the 2010 World Indoor Championships where he made the semi-finals but narrowly missed out on progression through to the final.Also in 2010, after suffering injury setbacks he competed in...		1:46.08	Q
6	2	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...		1:46.14	Q
7	5	Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He won the bronze medal at 2007 European Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 2008 World Junior Championships, and won the 2009 European U23 Championships...		1:46.16	Q
8	3	Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Contreras is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres.Marco was born in Seville. He finished eleventh in the 1500 metres at the 2003 World Youth Championships...		1:46.19	q
9	4	David Rudisha David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world record holder in the 800 metres with a time of 1:41.01. Rudisha holds four of the ten fastest times for this event.-Early life:...		1:46.29	Q
10	3	Moussa Camara		1:46.38	q, NR Malian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Mali maintained by its national athletics federation: Fédération Malienne d'Athlétisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-External links:...
11	5	Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Lordegan.He has a personal best of 1:44.74 in the 800 metres which is also the Iranian national record.- External links :...		1:46.39	q
12	1	Nick Symmonds Nick Symmonds Nicholas "Nick" Symmonds is an American middle-distance track athlete from Boise, Idaho, specializing in the 800 meters and 1500 meters distances. He is also the part owner of a tanning salon. In college at Willamette University he won seven NCAA Division III titles in outdoor track. In 2007, he...		1:46.54	Q
13	2	Jackson Kivuva Jackson Kivuva Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva is a runner from Kenya who specialises in 800 metres. His surname is sometimes spelled as Kivuna....		1:46.57	Q
14	1	Andreas Bube		1:46.64	Q
14	5	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...		1:46.64	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...		1:46.66	Q
17	4	Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best is 1:43.84 minutes, achieved in July 2009 in Monaco.He was born in Szczecin...		1:46.73	Q
17	2	Prince Mumba		1:46.73	q
19	1	Kevin López Kevin López Kevin López Yerga is a Spanish middle distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		1:46.79	Q
19	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...		1:46.79	Q
21	4	Mahfoud Brahimi		1:46.94	q
22	1	Mohcine El Amine		1:46.98
23	2	Michael Rimmer Michael Rimmer Michael Alan Rimmer is an English middle-distance runner. He was born in Southport. Originally a member of Southport Waterloo AC, he defected to rivals Liverpool Pembroke Sefton, who he still now races with. He also attended Christ The King catholic high school and broke numerous records in school...		1:47.11
24	1	Andrew Ellerton		1:47.47
25	5	Julius Mutekanga Julius Mutekanga Julius Mutekanga is a Ugandan athlete currently living in New York City, NY where he is completing his studies. Julius was born in Uganda on December 1st, 1987.Personal Best - OutdoorPerformance Wind Place Date800 Metres 1:46.30 Ninove 06/08/2011...		1:47.54
26	2	Masato Yokota		1:47.60
27	4	Charles Jock		1:47.95
28	1	Moise Joseph Moise Joseph Moise Joseph is a Haitian middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 meters. He competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens placing sixth in his heat and getting eliminated.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outoors...		1:48.17
29	4	Brice Etès		1:48.22	SB
30	6	Rafith Rodríguez Rafith Rodríguez Rafith Rodríguez Lleneres is a Colombian athlete competing predominantly in the 800 meters. His personal best in the event is 1:44.31 achieved in 2011 in Belém.-Achievements:-External links:...		1:48.26	Q
31	6	Tamás Kazi		1:48.29	Q
32	6	Khadevis Robinson Khadevis Robinson Khadevis Robinson is an American middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time is 1:43.68 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Rieti. A four-time US champion both outdoors and indoors, he has competed at six consecutive editions of the World Championships in...		1:48.41	Q
33	6	Daniel Nghipandulwa		1:48.79
34	6	Lutmar Paes		1:48.97
35	4	Edgar Cortez		1:49.10	NR Nicaraguan records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Nicaragua maintained by its national athletics federation: Federación Nicaragüense de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing-External links:* *...
36	3	Ashot Hayrapetyan		1:50.09	PB
37	5	Farhan Ahmad		1:50.14	PB
38	3	Fernando Da Silva		1:51.58
39	6	Ismail Ahmed Ismail 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...		1:52.33
40	6	Derek Mandell		1:57.11	PB
41	1	Zaw Win Thet		1:58.36
42	6	Richard Blagg		1:59.34	PB
43	2	Shifaz Mohamed		2:01.05
	5	Thomas Vandy

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	David Rudisha David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world record holder in the 800 metres with a time of 1:41.01. Rudisha holds four of the ten fastest times for this event.-Early life:...		1:44.20	Q
2	1	Mohammed Aman Mohammed Aman (athlete) Mohammed Aman Geleto is a Ethiopian middle distance runner.He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics....		1:44.57	Q, NR Ethiopian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Ethiopia maintained by Ethiopian Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to longer distance# = not officially ratified by IAAF-External links:* *...
3	1	Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best is 1:43.84 minutes, achieved in July 2009 in Monaco.He was born in Szczecin...		1:44.60	Q, SB
4	1	Abubaker Kaki		1:44.62	q
5	3	Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He won the bronze medal at 2007 European Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 2008 World Junior Championships, and won the 2009 European U23 Championships...		1:44.81	Q
6	1	Alfred Kirwa Yego		1:44.82	q
7	3	Kléberson Davide Kléberson Davide Kléberson Davide is a Brazilian track and field athlete who specialises in the 800 metres.Born in Conchal, São Paulo, Davide won his first major youth title in the 800 m at the 2002 South American Youth Championships. He reached the semi-finals of the 2004 World Junior Championships in...		1:45.06
8	1	Khadevis Robinson Khadevis Robinson Khadevis Robinson is an American middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best time is 1:43.68 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Rieti. A four-time US champion both outdoors and indoors, he has competed at six consecutive editions of the World Championships in...		1:45.27
9	1	Andreas Bube		1:45.48	PB
10	2	Nick Symmonds Nick Symmonds Nicholas "Nick" Symmonds is an American middle-distance track athlete from Boise, Idaho, specializing in the 800 meters and 1500 meters distances. He is also the part owner of a tanning salon. In college at Willamette University he won seven NCAA Division III titles in outdoor track. In 2007, he...		1:45.73	Q
10	2	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...		1:45.73	Q
12	2	Jackson Kivuva Jackson Kivuva Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva is a runner from Kenya who specialises in 800 metres. His surname is sometimes spelled as Kivuna....		1:45.97
13	2	Andrew Osagie Andrew Osagie Andrew Osagie is an English runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He competed for Great Britain and NI at the 2010 World Indoor Championships where he made the semi-finals but narrowly missed out on progression through to the final.Also in 2010, after suffering injury setbacks he competed in...		1:46.12
14	1	Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Lordegan.He has a personal best of 1:44.74 in the 800 metres which is also the Iranian national record.- External links :...		1:46.17	SB
15	3	Rafith Rodríguez Rafith Rodríguez Rafith Rodríguez Lleneres is a Colombian athlete competing predominantly in the 800 meters. His personal best in the event is 1:44.31 achieved in 2011 in Belém.-Achievements:-External links:...		1:46.41
16	2	Tamás Kazi		1:46.53
17	2	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...		1:46.69
18	3	Mahfoud Brahimi		1:46.79
19	2	Kevin López Kevin López Kevin López Yerga is a Spanish middle distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		1:46.86
20	2	Prince Mumba		1:47.06
21	3	Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Contreras is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres.Marco was born in Seville. He finished eleventh in the 1500 metres at the 2003 World Youth Championships...		1:47.45
22	3	Moussa Camara		1:48.15
23	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...		1:48.45

} || 3 ||align=left| 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...

 ||align=left| || ||
|}

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	David Rudisha David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world record holder in the 800 metres with a time of 1:41.01. Rudisha holds four of the ten fastest times for this event.-Early life:...		1:43.91
	4	Abubaker Kaki		1:44.41
	5	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...		1:44.49
4	2	Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best is 1:43.84 minutes, achieved in July 2009 in Monaco.He was born in Szczecin...		1:44.80
5	3	Nick Symmonds Nick Symmonds Nicholas "Nick" Symmonds is an American middle-distance track athlete from Boise, Idaho, specializing in the 800 meters and 1500 meters distances. He is also the part owner of a tanning salon. In college at Willamette University he won seven NCAA Division III titles in outdoor track. In 2007, he...		1:45.12
6	7	Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot Adam Kszczot is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He won the bronze medal at 2007 European Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 2008 World Junior Championships, and won the 2009 European U23 Championships...		1:45.25
7	8	Alfred Kirwa Yego		1:45.83
8	1	Mohammed Aman Mohammed Aman (athlete) Mohammed Aman Geleto is a Ethiopian middle distance runner.He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics....		1:45.93

External links

• 800 metres results at IAAF website