2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

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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 Marco Arop   Canada
silver medal Emmanuel Wanyonyi   Kenya
bronze medal Ben Pattison   Great Britain
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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]

Summary[edit]

The heats were brutal to experienced racers. 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, even Commonwealth Games silver medalist Peter Bol all gone before the semis even started. 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 thing returning bronze medalist Marco Arop. Ben Pattison was the slowest time qualifier with 1:44.23. Emmanuel Wanyonyi was the leading 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, but Wanyonyi used his position to keep the pace slow taking the bell at 52.68. Last year, Arop hit the bell in 52.05 and relinquished the lead on the home stretch. This year he was dead last. 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 lines 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Schedule[edit]

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[edit]

Heats[edit]

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 [it]  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 [fr]  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 [de]  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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marco Arop  Canada (CAN) 1:44.24
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Emmanuel Wanyonyi  Kenya (KEN) 1:44.53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[edit]

  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.
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