The Men's 800 metres event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 10–12 March 2006.
The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's 800 metres has been won by less than 0.02 seconds at these championships.
Medalists
editGold | Silver | Bronze |
Wilfred Bungei Kenya |
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa |
Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia |
Results
editHeats
editFirst 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Semifinals
editFirst 3 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:46.82 | Q, SB |
2 | 2 | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:46.90 | Q |
3 | 1 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:47.09 | Q |
4 | 2 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1:47.23 | Q |
5 | 2 | James Watkins | Great Britain | 1:47.23 | Q, PB |
6 | 1 | Juan de Dios Jurado | Spain | 1:47.38 | Q, PB |
7 | 2 | Ramil Aritkulov | Russia | 1:47.50 | |
8 | 1 | Amine Laalou | Morocco | 1:47.55 | |
9 | 2 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 1:47.68 | |
10 | 1 | Abdulrahman Suleiman | Qatar | 1:47.87 | |
11 | 1 | Khadevis Robinson | United States | 1:48.30 | |
12 | 2 | Eugenio Barrios | Spain | 1:52.75 |
Final
editRank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:47.15 | ||
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:47.16 | ||
Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:47.38 | ||
4 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1:48.01 | |
5 | Juan de Dios Jurado | Spain | 1:48.44 | |
6 | James Watkins | Great Britain | 1:48.56 |