2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres


The Men's 800 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics 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 and Yuriy Borzakovskiy 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 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

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World record1:41.01Rieti, Italy29 August 2010
Championship record1:43.06Rome, Italy1 September 1987
World leading1:42.61Monaco22 July 2011
African record1:41.01Rieti, Italy29 August 2010
Asian record1:42.79Monaco29 July 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record1:42.60Koblenz, West Germany28 August 1985
South American record1:41.77Cologne, Germany26 August 1984
European record1:41.11Cologne, Germany24 August 1997
Oceanian record1:44.3Christchurch, New Zealand3 February 1962

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advance to the [|semifinals].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Abubaker Kaki1:44.83Q
23Mohammed Aman1:45.17Q
33Alfred Kirwa Yego1:45.50Q
45Kléberson Davide1:46.06Q
55Andrew Osagie1:46.08Q
62Yuriy Borzakovskiy1:46.14Q
75Adam Kszczot1:46.16Q
83Luis Alberto Marco1:46.19q
94David Rudisha1:46.29Q
103Moussa Camara1:46.38q, NR
115Sajjad Moradi1:46.39q
121Nick Symmonds1:46.54Q
132Jackson Kivuva1:46.57Q
141Andreas Bube1:46.64Q
145Mohammad Al-Azemi1:46.64q
162Antonio Manuel Reina1:46.66Q
174Marcin Lewandowski1:46.73Q
172Prince Mumba1:46.73q
191Kevin López1:46.79Q
194Bram Som1:46.79Q
214Mahfoud Brahimi1:46.94q
221Mohcine El Amine1:46.98
232Michael Rimmer1:47.11
241Andrew Ellerton1:47.47
255Julius Mutekanga1:47.54
262Masato Yokota1:47.60
274Charles Jock1:47.95
281Moise Joseph1:48.17
294Brice Etès1:48.22SB
306Rafith Rodríguez1:48.26Q
316Tamás Kazi1:48.29Q
326Khadevis Robinson1:48.41Q
336Daniel Nghipandulwa1:48.79
346Lutmar Paes1:48.97
354Edgar Cortez1:49.10NR
363Ashot Hayrapetyan1:50.09PB
375Farhan Ahmad1:50.14PB
383Fernando da Silva1:51.58
396Ismail Ahmed Ismail1:52.33
406Derek Mandell1:57.11PB
411Zaw Win Thet1:58.36
426Richard Blagg1:59.34PB
432Shifaz Mohamed2:01.05
5Thomas Vandy

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advance to the [|Final].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13David Rudisha1:44.20Q
21Mohammed Aman1:44.57Q, NR
31Marcin Lewandowski1:44.60Q, SB
41Abubaker Kaki1:44.62q
53Adam Kszczot1:44.81Q
61Alfred Kirwa Yego1:44.82q
73Kléberson Davide1:45.06
81Khadevis Robinson1:45.27
91Andreas Bube1:45.48PB
102Nick Symmonds1:45.73Q
102Yuriy Borzakovskiy1:45.73Q
122Jackson Kivuva1:45.97
132Andrew Osagie1:46.12
141Sajjad Moradi1:46.17SB
153Rafith Rodríguez1:46.41
162Tamás Kazi1:46.53
172Bram Som1:46.69
183Mahfoud Brahimi1:46.79
192Kevin López1:46.86
202Prince Mumba1:47.06
213Luis Alberto Marco1:47.45
223Moussa Camara1:48.15
231Antonio Manuel Reina1:48.45
3Mohammad Al-Azemi

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
6David Rudisha1:43.91
4Abubaker Kaki1:44.41
5Yuriy Borzakovskiy1:44.49
42Marcin Lewandowski1:44.80
53Nick Symmonds1:45.12
67Adam Kszczot1:45.25
78Alfred Kirwa Yego1:45.83
81Mohammed Aman1:45.93