2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary from 22 to 26 August 2023.[1]

Men's 800 metres
at the 2023 World Championships
Final of the event
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates22 August (heats)
24 August (semi-finals)
26 August (final)
Medalists
gold medal    Canada
silver medal    Kenya
bronze medal    Great Britain
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Summary

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Several renowned athletes failed to progress past the heats. Olympic and defending champion, Emmanuel Korir, Olympic silver medalist and 2019 bronze medalist Ferguson Rotich, 2019 bronze medalist Amel Tuka, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy and 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist Peter Bol all failed to qualify for the semifinals. Returning silver medalist Djamel Sedjati was lucky to be in the slow second semi. His second place automatic qualifier of 1:44.49 was the slowest time to make the final. Ben Pattison was the slowest qualifier on time with 1:44.23. Emmanuel Wanyonyi was the fastest qualifier with 1:43.83.

The final started with Pattison the first to the break line, but Wanyonyi pushed the back stretch to take the lead before the next turn, then used his position to keep the pace slow taking the bell at 52.68. In the 2022 Olympic final Arop hit the bell in 52.05 and relinquished the lead on the home stretch. This year he was dead last after 400m. Halfway through the penultimate turn, Arop moved out to get some running room. Shifting gears as he hit the backstretch, Arop ran past the field, taking the lead at the beginning of the final turn and he kept going opening up a 2 metre lead through the turn. Coming off the turn, the others lined up three abreast behind Wanyonyi to sprint for home, but Arop was way out front and pulling away. Wanyonyi made a late run, pulling back a metre from Arop's lead, but still finished 2 metres back. Two more metres back, Pattison hit the line barely ahead of Adrián Ben and Slimane Moula for bronze. Sedjati was later disqualified for a lane violation.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record   David Rudisha (KEN) 1:40.91 London, Great Britain 9 August 2012
Championship record   Donavan Brazier (USA) 1:42.34 Doha, Qatar 1 October 2019
World Leading   Wyclife Kinyamal (KEN) 1:43.22 Doha, Qatar 21 July 2023
African Record   David Rudisha (KEN) 1:40.91 London, Great Britain 9 August 2012
Asian Record   Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR) 1:42.79 Monte Carlo, Monaco 29 July 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Donavan Brazier (USA) 1:42.34 Doha, Qatar 1 October 2019
South American Record   Joaquim Cruz (BRA) 1:41.77 Cologne, West Germany 26 August 1984
European Record   Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1:41.11 Cologne, Germany 24 August 1997
Oceanian record   Joseph Deng (AUS) 1:43.99 Paris, France 8 July 2023

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:44.70.[3]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
22 August 19:20 Heats
24 August 20:50 Semi-finals
26 August 20:30 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.[4]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Emmanuel Wanyonyi   Kenya (KEN) 1:44.92 Q
2 7 Marco Arop   Canada (CAN) 1:45.05 Q
3 1 Gabriel Tual   France (FRA) 1:45.10 Q
4 7 Simone Barontini   Italy (ITA) 1:45.21 Q
5 6 Abdelati El Guesse   Morocco (MAR) 1:45.24 Q
6 7 Yanis Meziane   France (FRA) 1:45.30 Q
7 1 Catalin Tecuceanu   Italy (ITA) 1:45.31 Q
8 4 Adrián Ben   Spain (ESP) 1:45.24 Q
9 2 Mateusz Borkowski   Poland (POL) 1:45.40 Q
10 6 Andreas Kramer   Sweden (SWE) 1:45.42 Q
11 2 Max Burgin   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:45.43 Q
12 2 Joseph Deng   Australia (AUS) 1:45.48 Q
13 4 Bryce Hoppel   United States (USA) 1:45.56 Q
14 1 Tshepiso Masalela   Botswana (BOT) 1:45.60 q
15 4 Daniel Rowden   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:45.67 Q
16 2 Mark English   Ireland (IRL) 1:45.71 q, SB
17 6 Slimane Moula   Algeria (ALG) 1:45.76 Q
17 4 Filip Ostrowski   Poland (POL) 1:45.76 q
19 6 Francesco Pernici   Italy (ITA) 1:45.89
20 7 Joonas Rinne   Finland (FIN) 1:45.93
21 2 Brad Mathas   New Zealand (NZL) 1:45.95
22 4 Abdullahi Hassan   Canada (CAN) 1:46.33
23 5 Benjamin Robert   France (FRA) 1:46.45 Q
24 4 Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich   Kenya (KEN) 1:46.53
25 5 Ben Pattison   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:46.57 Q
26 4 Marino Bloudek [de]   Croatia (CRO) 1:46.63
27 5 Mohamed Attaoui   Spain (ESP) 1:46.65 Q
28 6 Peter Bol   Australia (AUS) 1:46.75
29 5 Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir   Kenya (KEN) 1:46.78
30 6 James Preston   New Zealand (NZL) 1:46.84
31 5 Abdessalem Ayouni   Tunisia (TUN) 1:46.85
32 6 Handal Roban   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) 1:46.86
33 5 Clayton Murphy   United States (USA) 1:47.06
34 7 Balázs Vindics [de]   Hungary (HUN) 1:47.18
35 2 Dániel Huller [de]   Hungary (HUN) 1:47.41
36 3 Ngeno Kipngetich   Kenya (KEN) 1:47.63 Q
37 7 Eduardo Ribeiro [de]   Brazil (BRA) 1:47.75
38 5 Abedin Mujezinović   Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 1:47.76
39 7 Oussama Nabil   Morocco (MAR) 1:47.79
40 3 Djamel Sedjati   Algeria (ALG) 1:47.87 Q
41 3 Saúl Ordóñez   Spain (ESP) 1:47.97 Q
42 7 Abdullah Al-Yaari   Yemen (YEM) 1:47.98 PB
43 3 Isaiah Harris   United States (USA) 1:48.00
44 3 John Fitzsimons   Ireland (IRL) 1:48.20
45 1 Ryan Sánchez   Puerto Rico (PUR) 1:48.24
46 6 Alex Beddoes   Cook Islands (COK) 1:48.31
47 5 Riley McGown   Australia (AUS) 1:48.38
48 3 Ebrahim Alzofairi   Kuwait (KUW) 1:48.41
49 2 Tom Dradriga   Uganda (UGA) 1:48.60
50 3 John Rivera   Puerto Rico (PUR) 1:48.83
51 3 Amel Tuka   Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 1:49.01
52 1 Mohamed Ali Gouaned   Algeria (ALG) 1:49.16
53 1 Krishan Kumar   India (IND) 1:50.36
54 3 Allan Ngitsi Chirwa   Malawi (MAW) 1:51.62 PB
55 4 Ole Jakob Solbu   Norway (NOR) 1:51.66
56 1 Hein Htet Aung   Myanmar (MYA) 1:53.63 PB
57 7 Mohammed Dwedar   Palestine (PLE) 1:55.45 PB
58 1 Manuel Belo [de]   East Timor (TLS) 1:58.32
59 6 Justice Dreischor [nl]   Aruba (ARU) 1:59.56
60 5 Faustino Prieto Alfaro   Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) 2:04.20 PB
2 Navasky Anderson   Jamaica (JAM) DQ

Semi-finals

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The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.[5]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Emmanuel Wanyonyi   Kenya (KEN) 1:43.83 Q
2 3 Adrián Ben   Spain (ESP) 1:43.92 Q, PB
3 1 Slimane Moula   Algeria (ALG) 1:43.93 Q
4 2 Marco Arop   Canada (CAN) 1:44.02 Q
5 3 Bryce Hoppel   United States (USA) 1:44.04 q
6 1 Tshepiso Masalela   Botswana (BOT) 1:44.14 Q, PB
7 1 Ben Pattison   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:44.23 q
8 1 Mateusz Borkowski   Poland (POL) 1:44.30 PB
9 3 Yanis Meziane   France (FRA) 1:44.30 PB
10 3 Simone Barontini   Italy (ITA) 1:44.34 PB
11 1 Mohamed Attaoui   Spain (ESP) 1:44.35 PB
12 1 Benjamin Robert   France (FRA) 1:44.38
13 2 Djamel Sedjati   Algeria (ALG) 1:44.49 Q
14 1 Abdelati El Guesse   Morocco (MAR) 1:44.55
15 3 Andreas Kramer   Sweden (SWE) 1:44.57 SB
16 2 Saúl Ordóñez   Spain (ESP) 1:44.74
17 2 Catalin Tecuceanu   Italy (ITA) 1:44.79 PB
18 2 Gabriel Tual   France (FRA) 1:44.83
19 3 Mark English   Ireland (IRL) 1:45.14 SB
20 2 Filip Ostrowski   Poland (POL) 1:45.30 PB
21 2 Daniel Rowden   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:45.38
22 2 Ngeno Kipngetich   Kenya (KEN) 1:45.56
23 3 Max Burgin   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:47.60
24 1 Joseph Deng   Australia (AUS) 1:48.12

Final

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The final was started on 26 August at 20:30.[6]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Marco Arop   Canada (CAN) 1:44.24
  Emmanuel Wanyonyi   Kenya (KEN) 1:44.53
  Ben Pattison   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:44.83
4 Adrián Ben   Spain (ESP) 1:44.91
5 Slimane Moula   Algeria (ALG) 1:44.95
6 Tshepiso Masalela   Botswana (BOT) 1:45.57
7 Bryce Hoppel   United States (USA) 1:46.02
8 Djamel Sedjati   Algeria (ALG) DQ

References

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  1. ^ a b "Timetable - Budapest 23 - World Athletics Championship - Men 800 Metres". World Athletics. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "800 Metres Men − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Qualification system published for World Athletics Championships Budapest 23" (PDF). World Athletics. August 22, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  4. ^ "Summary - 800 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. August 22, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  5. ^ "Summary - 800 Metres Men - Semi-finals" (PDF). World Athletics. August 24, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "800 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. August 26, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.