2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–13 August.
In the [|final], Duane Solomon characteristically took out the pace at just about 50 seconds. Uncharacteristically, second place was occupied by his teammate Nick Symmonds, known for his come from behind tactics. On the final lap the two provided a wall for the rest of the field to get around. Solomon held the lead into the final straight with Symmonds about to pounce. Mohammed Aman was behind Solomon in a box pinned in by Ayanleh Souleiman. Souleiman slowed as Symmonds took off, the door opened Aman took off in chase of Symmonds passing him on the outside 20 meters before the finish. As Solomon slowed Souleiman was the next fastest to the finish to pick up bronze. Aman's 1:43.31 is a new Russian soil all comers record.
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:| World record | 1:40.91 |  London, Great Britain | 9 August 2012 | |
| Championship record | 1:43.06 |  Rome, Italy | 1 September 1987 | |
| World Leading | 1:43.27 |  Des Moines, IA, United States | 23 June 2013 | |
| African Record | 1:40.91 | London, Great Britain | 9 August 2012 | |
| Asian Record | 1:42.79 |  Monaco | 29 July 2008 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 1:42.60 |  Koblenz, West Germany | 28 August 1985 | |
| South American Record | 1:41.77 | Cologne, West Germany | 26 August 1984 | |
| European Record | 1:41.11 |  Cologne, Germany | 24 August 1997 | |
| Oceanian record | 1:44.3 |  Christchurch, New Zealand | 3 February 1962 |
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advanced to the [|semifinals].| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Mohammed Aman | 1:44.93 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | Ferguson Rotich Cheruiyot | 1:45.25 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | 8 | Michael Rimmer | 1:45.47 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Duane Solomon | 1:45.80 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Abdulaziz Laden Mohammed | 1:45.94 | Q | |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Alexander Rowe | 1:45.96 | q | |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Ronald Musagala | 1:46.12 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Andrew Osagie | 1:46.16 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Adam Kszczot | 1:46.26 | Q | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Brandon Johnson | 1:46.32 | Q | |
| 11 | 3 | 8 | Luis Alberto Marco | 1:46.40 | q | |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Tamás Kazi | 1:46.48 | q | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Kevin López | 1:46.61 | q | |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Antoine Gakeme | 1:46.70 | q, PB | |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Rafith Rodríguez | 1:46.76 | q | |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Andy González | 1:46.80 | ||
| 17 | 6 | 7 | Ayanleh Souleiman | 1:46.86 | Q | |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | Nick Symmonds | 1:46.90 | Q | |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | 1:46.94 | Q | |
| 20 | 4 | 5 | Samir Jamma | 1:46.94 | Q | |
| 21 | 4 | 7 | Mark English | 1:47.08 | ||
| 22 | 6 | 1 | Anthony Chemut | 1:47.13 | Q | |
| 23 | 6 | 2 | Amine El Manaoui | 1:47.15 | Q | |
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Amine Belferar | 1:47.17 | ||
| 25 | 6 | 5 | Jan Kubista | 1:47.66 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 3 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | 1:47.70 | Q | |
| 27 | 6 | 8 | Anis Ananenka | 1:47.76 | ||
| 28 | 1 | 8 | Marcin Lewandowski | 1:47.83 | Q | |
| 29 | 4 | 1 | Prince Mumba | 1:47.85 | ||
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Giordano Benedetti | 1:47.90 | Q | |
| 31 | 5 | 4 | Jozef Repčík | 1:47.93 | ||
| 32 | 1 | 1 | Hamada Mohamed | 1:47.96 | ||
| 32 | 4 | 3 | James Eichberger | 1:47.96 | ||
| 34 | 6 | 6 | Anthony Romaniw | 1:47.98 | ||
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Kléberson Davide | 1:48.28 | ||
| 36 | 1 | 2 | Paul Robinson | 1:48.61 | ||
| 37 | 1 | 6 | Leoman Momoh | 1:49.25 | ||
| 38 | 1 | 7 | Taras Bybyk | 1:49.39 | ||
| 39 | 1 | 6 | Moussa Camara | 1:49.78 | SB | |
| 40 | 4 | 8 | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | 1:50.17 | ||
| 41 | 6 | 3 | Wesley Vázquez | 1:50.60 | ||
| 42 | 2 | 1 | Brice Etès | 1:53.60 | ||
| 43 | 4 | 6 | Ilia Mukhin | 1:54.88 | ||
| 44 | 3 | 7 | Samorn Kieng | 1:55.17 | SB | |
| 45 | 3 | 4 | Benjamín Enzema | 1:56.82 | SB | |
| 46 | 2 | 7 | Manuel Antonio | 1:57.40 | ||
| 47 | 6 | 4 | Ribeiro de Carvalho | 2:04.74 | PB | |
| 2 | 4 | Nijel Amos | ||||
| 3 | 5 | André Olivier |
Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advanced to the final.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Duane Solomon | 1:43.87 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Abdulaziz Laden Mohammed | 1:44.10 | Q, PB | |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Marcin Lewandowski | 1:44.56 | q | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Mohammed Aman | 1:44.71 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | 1:44.75 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Andrew Osagie | 1:44.85 | q, SB | |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Brandon Johnson | 1:44.89 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Ayanleh Souleiman | 1:44.99 | Q | |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Nick Symmonds | 1:45.00 | Q | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Antoine Gakeme | 1:45.39 | PB | |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | 1:45.43 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Adam Kszczot | 1:45.68 | ||
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Alexander Rowe | 1:45.80 | ||
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Ronald Musagala | 1:45.87 | ||
| 15 | 3 | 5 | Anthony Chemut | 1:46.06 | ||
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Tamás Kazi | 1:46.40 | ||
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Samir Jamma | 1:46.53 | ||
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Luis Alberto Marco | 1:46.75 | ||
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Michael Rimmer | 1:47.06 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Giordano Benedetti | 1:48.31 | ||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Amine El Manaoui | 1:49.08 | ||
| 22 | 1 | 3 | Kevin López | 1:52.93 | ||
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Rafith Rodríguez | 2:01.94 | ||
| 1 | 8 | Ferguson Rotich Cheruiyot | R163.3 |
Final
The final was held at 21:10.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 6 | Mohammed Aman | 1:43.31 | SB | ||
| 3 | Nick Symmonds | 1:43.55 | SB | ||
| 4 | Ayanleh Souleiman | 1:43.76 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Marcin Lewandowski | 1:44.08 | SB | |
| 5 | 1 | Andrew Osagie | 1:44.36 | SB | |
| 6 | 5 | Duane Solomon | 1:44.42 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | 1:44.79 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Abdulaziz Laden Mohammed | 1:46.57 |