1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres


These are the results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece on 4–8 August.

Medalists

Results

Heats

First 4 of each Heat and the next 4 fastest qualified for the [|quarterfinals].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Wilson Kipketer1:46.34Q
21Hezekiel Sepeng1:46.42Q
32Norberto Téllez1:46.44Q
42Panagiotis Stroubakos1:46.49Q
52Andrea Longo1:46.79Q
61Einārs Tupurītis1:46.96Q
62Mario Vernon-Watson1:46.96Q
82Savieri Ngidhi1:46.97q
97Mark Everett1:47.10Q
104Patrick Konchellah1:47.15Q
107Benson Koech1:47.15Q
123Marko Koers1:47.17Q
133Rich Kenah1:47.25Q
141Tor Oivind Odegard1:47.33Q
144David Matthews1:47.33Q
147Benyounes Lahlou1:47.33Q
177Babiker Mohammed Yagoub1:47.34Q
183André Bucher1:47.44Q
197Kennedy Osei1:47.45q
202Ivan Komar1:47.53q
203José Luíz Barbosa1:47.53Q
224Marius Van Heerden1:47.56Q
235Vebjørn Rodal1:47.58Q
244Nathan Kahan1:47.62Q
257José Manuel Cerezo1:47.68q
265Arthemon Hatungimana1:47.73Q
271Jean-Marc Destine1:47.76
283Michael Wildner1:47.77
291Joseph Rakotoarimanana1:47.86
305Andrew Hart1:47.98Q
315Hendrik Mokganyetsi1:48.10Q
323Sergey Kozhevnikov1:48.11
335Pavel Soukup1:48.16
347Tim Rogge1:48.38
354Viktors Lācis1:48.65
365Mark Tonks1:48.85
371Mark Sesay1:49.00
386Patrick Ndururi1:49.51Q
396Lukáš Vydra1:50.08Q
402Ali Khazaal1:50.66
417Alex Morgan1:50.83
422Vančo Stojanov1:52.65
433Mohamed Haidara1:53.56
445Terap Adoum Yaya1:54.01
456Adem Hecini1:55.25Q
465Manlio Molinari1:55.89
471Chérif Baba Aidara1:56.85
486Brandon Rock1:58.05Q
494Liam Byrne2:00.18
506Cuthbert Modeste2:01.24
3Giuseppe D'Urso
4Mahjoub Haida
6Paul Walker
4Julius Achon
6Mahdi Moullai
6Graham Hood

Quarterfinals

First 3 of each Heat and the next 4 fastest qualified for the [|semifinals].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Norberto Téllez1:44.82Q
22Hezekiel Sepeng1:44.91Q, SB
32Mark Everett1:44.95Q
42Adem Hecini1:45.19q, SB
52André Bucher1:45.33q, PB
62Tor Oivind Odegard1:45.42q, PB
74Wilson Kipketer1:45.54Q
82Babiker Mohammed Yagoub1:45.73q, PB
94Panagiotis Stroubakos1:45.94Q
104Kennedy Osei1:46.00Q
113Vebjørn Rodal1:46.43Q
123Patrick Konchellah1:46.43Q
134Hendrik Mokganyetsi1:46.45
143Rich Kenah1:46.48Q
151Marko Koers1:46.52Q
161Patrick Ndururi1:46.56Q
174Andrea Longo1:46.60
181Benyounes Lahlou1:46.63Q
193Arthemon Hatungimana1:46.64
202David Matthews1:46.66
211Savieri Ngidhi1:46.92
223Einārs Tupurītis1:46.97
234Brandon Rock1:47.13
243Marius Van Heerden1:47.20
253José Luíz Barbosa1:47.30
261Lukáš Vydra1:47.56
273Andrew Hart1:48.03
281Nathan Kahan1:48.66
294José Manuel Cerezo1:48.90
301Mario Vernon-Watson1:49.52
311Ivan Komar1:50.17
4Benson Koech

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly for the [|final].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Patrick Konchellah1:45.07Q
21Norberto Téllez1:45.37Q
31Vebjørn Rodal1:45.41Q
41Mark Everett1:45.94Q
51Adem Hecini1:46.02
61Mohammed Yagoub Babiker1:46.09
72Wilson Kipketer1:46.14Q
82Rich Kenah1:46.37Q
91Benyounes Lahlou1:46.42
102Patrick Ndururi1:46.50Q
112Marko Koers1:46.62Q
122Kennedy Osei1:46.78
131Panagiotis Stroubakos1:46.81
142André Bucher1:46.88
152Hezekiel Sepeng1:47.00
162Tor Oivind Odegard1:47.83

Final