2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres


The men's 800 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 9 and 11 March. The gold medal was won by 18-year-old Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia, in a time of 1:48.36 seconds.
In the 800 metres final there were 6 competitors all from different nations. Jakub Holuša had run the fastest time in the semi-final placing in front of the gold medalist, Mohammed Aman. Going into the final Adam Kszczot was the favourite to win the race. At the end of the first lap Kszczot was leading and looking to pull away from the pack. At the 400 metre mark Kszczot was still winning the race after coming through with a time of 56.29 seconds. Kszczot kept his lead until the 700 metre mark where Mohammed Aman made a move and overtook him. Holuša and Osagie followed suite and also overtook Kszczot on the home strait.

Medalists

Records

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 plus the 6 fastest times qualified
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
16Boaz Kiplagat Lalang1:49.50Q
22Timothy Kitum1:49.57Q
32Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla1:49.71Q
46Michael Rutt1:49.72Q
52Andrew Osagie1:49.73q
54Joe Thomas1:49.73Q
72Raphael Pallitsch1:49.78q
86Julius Mutekanga1:49.81q
94Andreas Rapatz1:49.89Q
101Antonio Manuel Reina1:50.02Q
104Rafith Rodríguez1:50.02q
124Luis Alberto Marco1:50.13q
131Adam Kszczot1:50.14Q
143Jakub Holuša1:50.49Q
153Mohammed Aman1:50.56Q
161Tevan Everett1:50.67q
173Ismail Ahmed Ismail1:50.72
186Farkhod Kuralov1:52.61NR
193Moussa Camara1:52.62NR
205Jan Van Den Broeck1:52.65Q
215Marcin Lewandowski1:52.67Q
225Jamaal James1:52.71
232Brice Etes1:52.93
245Vid Jakob Tršan1:53.64
253Halit Kiliç1:54.06
266Dustin Emrani1:54.20
272Arnold Sorina1:54.44NR
281Nimet Gashi1:54.70
291Gaylord Silly1:54.93NR
304Benjamín Enzema1:58.19NR
315Ashot Hayrapetyan1:58.21
324Kieng Samorn1:59.14NR

Semi-final

Qualification: First 2 of each heat qualified
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Jakub Holuša1:47.23Q, SB
23Adam Kszczot1:47.90Q
31Mohammed Aman1:48.07Q
43Luis Alberto Marco1:48.12
51Andrew Osagie1:48.13Q
63Andreas Rapatz1:48.15
71Timothy Kitum1:48.22
81Antonio Manuel Reina1:48.36
92Michael Rutt1:48.88Q
102Jan Van Den Broeck1:48.90Q
113Joe Thomas1:49.12
122Boaz Kiplagat Lalang1:49.31
131Julius Mutekanga1:49.32
142Raphael Pallitsch1:49.42
151Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla1:49.51
163Tevan Everett1:49.57
2Rafith Rodríguez
2Marcin Lewandowski

Final

6 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 16:20.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Mohammed Aman1:48.36
Jakub Holuša1:48.62
Andrew Osagie1:48.92
4Adam Kszczot1:49.16
5Jan van den Broeck1:50.83
6Michael Rutt1:51.47