2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres


The men's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 5, 6, and 8 August.

Summary

Defending champion David Rudisha couldn't recover from an early season injury in time to return. There were no Olympic podium athletes in this field. The returning silver medalist Adam Kszczot made an impressive move in his semi-final to get into the final. The returning bronze medalist, 2015 phenom Amel Tuka didn't make it out of the heats. The fastest athlete of the year Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir didn't qualify from his semi.
As the final began, the runner with the fastest personal best, =#3 all time Nigel Amos ran a fast turn and was attempting to take the tangent from the break line in his lane 5, but Brandon McBride, ran a faster turn and cut more sharply from lane 7, effectively interrupting Amos from taking control of the early pace. Looking for running room Amos also cut in, tangling elbows with Kipyegon Bett, then bouncing to the side, getting caught also behind Thiago André. McBride held the lead with André in his shadow. The first time down the home stretch, Amos moved outside to get around André into second place. McBride led through a moderate 50.76 first lap. Through the next turn, Bett was looking to get past Amos, finally also running wide on the backstretch, getting past McBride. From the back of the pack, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse had avoided the battle so far. He went wider on the backstretch, running in lane 3 past the field, including the battling leaders, taking the lead unencumbered as they entered the final turn. Through the final turn, the battle continued behind him, Amos and Bett exchanging elbows again. From near the back of the back Adam Kszczot began his kick, with Kyle Langford in his wake, passing people. By the time he reached the final straightaway, Bosse had a 3 metre lead on Bett, with Amos another metre back. Bett and Amos were unable to gain on Bosse, but in lane 2, Kszczot and Langford were, passing people including Mohammed Aman, Amos and 10 metres before the finish, Kszczot passed Bett to capture silver. Bett barely held off a fast closing Langford for bronze.
After the race, Bosse looked at the video scoreboard, pointing at himself in surprise at his win.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World1:40.91David Lekuta Rudisha9 Aug 2012London, Great Britain
Championship1:43.06Billy Konchellah1 Sep 1987Rome, Italy
World leading1:43.10Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir21 Jul 2017Monaco
African1:40.91David Lekuta Rudisha9 Aug 2012London, Great Britain
Asian1:42.79Yusuf Saad Kamel29 Jul 2008Monaco
NACAC1:42.60Johnny Gray28 Aug 1985Koblenz, West Germany
South American1:41.77Joaquim CruzCologne, West Germany
European1:41.11Wilson Kipketer24 Aug 1997Cologne, Germany
Oceanian1:44.3Peter Snell3 Feb 1962Christchurch, New Zealand

No records were set at the competition.

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:45.90.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
5 August12:45Heats
6 August21:15Semifinals
8 August21:35Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 5 August in six heats as follows:
Heat123456
Start time12:4412:5313:0213:1113:2013:29
Photo finish

The first three in each heat and the next six fastest qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Thijmen Kupers1:45.53
266Donavan Brazier1:45.65
326Brandon McBride1:45.69
412Kipyegon Bett1:45.76
523Kevin López1:45.77
639Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich1:45.77
762Mohammed Aman1:45.81
837Isaiah Harris1:45.82
935Elliot Giles1:45.86
1068Guy Learmonth1:45.90
1127Antoine Gakeme1:45.97
1219Andreas Kramer1:45.98
1316Drew Windle1:46.08
1465Marcin Lewandowski1:46.17
1513Abdessalem Ayouni1:46.19
1638Ebrahim Al-Zofairi1:46.29
1722Kyle Langford1:46.38
1832Álvaro de Arriba1:46.42
1917Andrés Arroyo1:46.46
2015Edose Ibadin1:46.51
2164Amel Tuka1:46.54
2228Jesús Tonatiu López1:46.71
2334Abdelati El Guesse1:46.74
2449Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir1:47.08
2525Leandro Paris1:47.09
2644Michał Rozmys1:47.09
2757Nijel Amos1:47.10
2848Thiago André1:47.22
2959Pierre-Ambroise Bosse1:47.25
3052Adam Kszczot1:47.36
3156Mostafa Smaili1:47.50
3243Alex Amankwah1:47.56
3342Marc Reuther1:47.78
3458Mark English1:48.01
3553Abu Salim Mayanja1:48.11
3646Samir Dahmani1:48.62
3729Pol Moya1:49.06
3847Peter Bol1:49.65
3969Astrit Kryeziu1:49.94
4045Ahmed Bashir Farah1:50.04
4133Ryan Sánchez1:50.74
4254Francky-Edgard Mbotto1:51.76
4318Saud Al-Zaabi1:53.34
4411Pyae Sone Maung2:13.38
14Amine Belferar
55Hamada Mohamed
63Daniel Andújar
36Wesam Al-Massri
67Michael Loturomom Saruni

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 6 August in three heats as follows:
Heat123
Start time21:1521:2321:32
Photo finish

The first two in each heat and the next two fastest qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
136Kipyegon Bett1:45.02
233Mohammed Aman1:45.40,
326Brandon McBride1:45.53
437Pierre-Ambroise Bosse1:45.63
522Kyle Langford1:45.81
635Thiago André1:45.83
729Marcin Lewandowski1:45.93
825Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir1:46.08
932Michał Rozmys1:46.10
1018Adam Kszczot1:46.24
1138Andreas Kramer1:46.25
1234Donavan Brazier1:46.27
1316Nijel Amos1:46.29
1427Drew Windle1:46.33
1514Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich1:46.49
1639Álvaro de Arriba1:46.64
1715Isaiah Harris1:46.66
1823Ebrahim Al-Zofairi1:46.68
1912Guy Learmonth1:46.75
2017Elliot Giles1:46.95
2124Antoine Gakeme1:47.08
2213Abdessalem Ayouni1:47.39
2319Kevin López1:47.62
28Thijmen Kupers

Final

The final took place on 8 August at 21:36. The results were as follows :
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Pierre-Ambroise Bosse1:44.67
8Adam Kszczot1:44.95
6Kipyegon Bett1:45.21
43Kyle Langford1:45.25
55Nijel Amos1:45.83
62Mohammed Aman1:46.06
79Thiago André1:46.30
87Brandon McBride1:47.09