1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8, 9 and 10 March.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Paul Ereng	Tomás de Teresa	Simon Hoogewerf

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:47.55	Q
2	4			1:48.21	Q, NR
3	5			1:48.23	Q
4	5			1:48.28	Q
5	5			1:48.61	q
6	1			1:48.74	Q
7	5			1:48.80	q
8	5			1:49.00	NR
9	4			1:49.07	Q
10	1			1:49.09
11	1			1:49.13
12	4			1:49.35
13	4			1:49.52
14	2			1:50.41	Q
15	3			1:50.48	Q
16	2			1:50.51	Q
17	3			1:50.56	Q
18	2			1:50.78
19	2			1:50.80
20	3			1:50.83
21	2			1:51.10
22	1			1:51.47
23	3			1:51.89	NR
24	3			1:52.08	NR
25	4			1:55.42	NR
26	1			1:56.23	NR

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:47.74	Q
2	2			1:48.17	Q
3	2			1:48.34	Q
4	2			1:48.40
5	2			1:48.77
6	1			1:49.80	Q
7	1			1:49.96	Q
8	1			1:50.04	Q
9	1			1:50.08
10	1			1:50.18
11	2			1:50.60
12	1			1:53.12

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:47.08
			1:47.82
			1:47.88	NR
4			1:47.98
5			1:50.58

Note: William Tanui had originally won in 1:46.94, but was later disqualified for breaking from his lane too early.

Notes and References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/3rd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-15/results/men/800-metres/heats/summary Heats results
2. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/3rd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-15/results/men/800-metres/semi-final/summary Semifinals results
3. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/3rd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-15/results/men/800-metres/final/result Final results