1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

These are the results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece on 4–8 August.

Medalists

Gold	Wilson Kipketer Denmark (DEN)
Silver	Norberto Téllez Cuba (CUB)
Bronze	Rich Kenah United States (USA)

Results

Heats

First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:46.34	Q
2	1	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	1:46.42	Q
3	2	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	1:46.44	Q
4	2	Panagiotis Stroubakos	Greece	1:46.49	Q
5	2	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:46.79	Q
6	1	Einārs Tupurītis	Latvia	1:46.96	Q
6	2	Mario Vernon-Watson	Jamaica	1:46.96	Q
8	2	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:46.97	q
9	7	Mark Everett	United States	1:47.10	Q
10	4	Patrick Konchellah	Kenya	1:47.15	Q
10	7	Benson Koech	Kenya	1:47.15	Q
12	3	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1:47.17	Q
13	3	Rich Kenah	United States	1:47.25	Q
14	1	Tor Oivind Odegard	Norway	1:47.33	Q
14	4	David Matthews	Ireland	1:47.33	Q
14	7	Benyounes Lahlou	Morocco	1:47.33	Q
17	7	Babiker Mohammed Yagoub	Sudan	1:47.34	Q
18	3	André Bucher	Switzerland	1:47.44	Q
19	7	Kennedy Osei	Ghana	1:47.45	q
20	2	Ivan Komar	Belarus	1:47.53	q
20	3	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1:47.53	Q
22	4	Marius Van Heerden	South Africa	1:47.56	Q
23	5	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1:47.58	Q
24	4	Nathan Kahan	Belgium	1:47.62	Q
25	7	José Manuel Cerezo	Spain	1:47.68	q
26	5	Arthemon Hatungimana	Burundi	1:47.73	Q
27	1	Jean-Marc Destine	Haiti	1:47.76
28	3	Michael Wildner	Austria	1:47.77
29	1	Joseph Rakotoarimanana	Madagascar	1:47.86
30	5	Andrew Hart	Great Britain	1:47.98	Q
31	5	Hendrik Mokganyetsi	South Africa	1:48.10	Q
32	3	Sergey Kozhevnikov	Russia	1:48.11
33	5	Pavel Soukup	Czech Republic	1:48.16
34	7	Tim Rogge	Belgium	1:48.38
35	4	Viktors Lācis	Latvia	1:48.65
36	5	Mark Tonks	New Zealand	1:48.85
37	1	Mark Sesay	Great Britain	1:49.00
38	6	Patrick Ndururi	Kenya	1:49.51	Q
39	6	Lukáš Vydra	Czech Republic	1:50.08	Q
40	2	Ali Khazaal	Lebanon	1:50.66
41	7	Alex Morgan	Jamaica	1:50.83
42	2	Vančo Stojanov	Macedonia	1:52.65
43	3	Mohamed Haidara	Bahrain	1:53.56
44	5	Terap Adoum Yaya	Chad	1:54.01
45	6	Adem Hecini	Algeria	1:55.25	Q
46	5	Manlio Molinari	San Marino	1:55.89
47	1	Chérif Baba Aidara	Mauritania	1:56.85
48	6	Brandon Rock	United States	1:58.05	Q
49	4	Liam Byrne	Gibraltar	2:00.18
50	6	Cuthbert Modeste	Saint Lucia	2:01.24
	3	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	DNF
	4	Mahjoub Haida	Morocco	DNF
	6	Paul Walker	Great Britain	DNF
	4	Julius Achon	Uganda	DNS
	6	Mahdi Moullai	Iran	DNS
	6	Graham Hood	Canada	DNS

Quarterfinals

First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	1:44.82	Q
2	2	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	1:44.91	Q, SB
3	2	Mark Everett	United States	1:44.95	Q
4	2	Adem Hecini	Algeria	1:45.19	q, SB
5	2	André Bucher	Switzerland	1:45.33	q, PB
6	2	Tor Oivind Odegard	Norway	1:45.42	q, PB
7	4	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:45.54	Q
8	2	Babiker Mohammed Yagoub	Sudan	1:45.73	q, PB
9	4	Panagiotis Stroubakos	Greece	1:45.94	Q
10	4	Kennedy Osei	Ghana	1:46.00	Q
11	3	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1:46.43	Q
12	3	Patrick Konchellah	Kenya	1:46.43	Q
13	4	Hendrik Mokganyetsi	South Africa	1:46.45
14	3	Rich Kenah	United States	1:46.48	Q
15	1	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1:46.52	Q
16	1	Patrick Ndururi	Kenya	1:46.56	Q
17	4	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:46.60
18	1	Benyounes Lahlou	Morocco	1:46.63	Q
19	3	Arthemon Hatungimana	Burundi	1:46.64
20	2	David Matthews	Ireland	1:46.66
21	1	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:46.92
22	3	Einārs Tupurītis	Latvia	1:46.97
23	4	Brandon Rock	United States	1:47.13
24	3	Marius Van Heerden	South Africa	1:47.20
25	3	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1:47.30
26	1	Lukáš Vydra	Czech Republic	1:47.56
27	3	Andrew Hart	Great Britain	1:48.03
28	1	Nathan Kahan	Belgium	1:48.66
29	4	José Manuel Cerezo	Spain	1:48.90
30	1	Mario Vernon-Watson	Jamaica	1:49.52
31	1	Ivan Komar	Belarus	1:50.17
	4	Benson Koech	Kenya	DNS

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Patrick Konchellah	Kenya	1:45.07	Q
2	1	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	1:45.37	Q
3	1	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1:45.41	Q
4	1	Mark Everett	United States	1:45.94	Q
5	1	Adem Hecini	Algeria	1:46.02
6	1	Mohammed Yagoub Babiker	Sudan	1:46.09
7	2	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:46.14	Q
8	2	Rich Kenah	United States	1:46.37	Q
9	1	Benyounes Lahlou	Morocco	1:46.42
10	2	Patrick Ndururi	Kenya	1:46.50	Q
11	2	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1:46.62	Q
12	2	Kennedy Osei	Ghana	1:46.78
13	1	Panagiotis Stroubakos	Greece	1:46.81
14	2	André Bucher	Switzerland	1:46.88
15	2	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	1:47.00
16	2	Tor Oivind Odegard	Norway	1:47.83

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:43.38
	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	1:44.00	SB
	Rich Kenah	United States	1:44.25	PB
4	Patrick Konchellah	Kenya	1:44.26
5	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1:44.53
6	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1:44.85
7	Patrick Ndururi	Kenya	1:45.24
8	Mark Everett	United States	1:49.02

References

• Results
• Official results