Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Date	27–28 August
Competitors	27 from 20 nations
Medalists
Manjit Singh    India   Jinson Johnson    India   Abubaker Haydar Abdalla    Qatar

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games

The men's 800 metres competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 27 and 28 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 27 August 2018	20:05	Round 1
Tuesday, 28 August 2018	19:40	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	David Rudisha (KEN)	1:40.91	London, United Kingdom	9 August 2012
Asian Record	Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN)	1:42.79	Monaco	29 July 2008
Games Record	Sajjad Moradi (IRI)	1:45.45	Guangzhou, China	25 November 2010

Results

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish

Round 1

• Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Jinson Johnson (IND)	1:47.39	Q
2	Jamal Hairane (QAT)	1:47.45	Q
3	Indunil Herath (SRI)	1:47.54	q
4	Sho Kawamoto (JPN)	1:48.07	q
5	Li Junlin (CHN)	1:48.74
6	Dương Văn Thái (VIE)	1:49.79
7	Marco Vilog (PHI)	1:50.75
8	Odilshoh Ismatov (TJK)	1:51.80
9	Asyeikhany Akhyt (MGL)	1:53.89

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Abraham Rotich (BRN)	1:48.24	Q
2	Amir Moradi (IRI)	1:48.31	Q
3	Takumi Murashima (JPN)	1:48.86
4	Musulman Dzholomanov (KGZ)	1:50.28
5	Saud Al-Zaabi (UAE)	1:50.94
6	Wempy Pelamonia (INA)	1:54.53
7	Gal-Erdenegiin Odkhüü (MGL)	1:55.07
8	Oh Jae-won (KOR)	1:59.58
9	Manuel Belo (TLS)	2:02.40

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla (QAT)	1:48.25	Q
2	Manjit Singh (IND)	1:48.64	Q
3	Ihab Jabbar (IRQ)	1:48.87
4	Som Bahadur Kumal (NEP)	1:50.25
5	Khurshidjon Akhmadaliev (UZB)	1:51.49
6	Mayouf Hassan (UAE)	1:52.02
7	Budiman Holle (INA)	1:52.38
8	Yothin Yaprajan (THA)	1:53.71
—	Sadik Mikhou (BRN)	DNF

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Manjit Singh (IND)	1:46.15
	Jinson Johnson (IND)	1:46.35
	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla (QAT)	1:46.38
4	Amir Moradi (IRI)	1:46.55
5	Abraham Rotich (BRN)	1:47.05
6	Jamal Hairane (QAT)	1:49.05
7	Sho Kawamoto (JPN)	1:50.87
8	Indunil Herath (SRI)	1:51.36