2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 10–12 August.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Mikhail Kolganov	Salem Amer Al-Badri	Adam Abdu Adam Ali

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			1:49.49	Q
2	3			1:50.96	Q
3	4			1:51.69	Q
4	4			1:52.38	Q
5	4			1:52.56	Q
6	4			1:52.58	q
7	3			1:52.84	Q
8	1			1:53.60	Q
9	1			1:53.80	Q
10	1			1:54.10	Q
11	1			1:54.20	q
12	3			1:54.50	q, SB
13	2			1:54.79	Q
14	2			1:55.14	Q
15	2			1:55.36	Q
16	4			1:55.64	q, PB
17	1			1:56.60	PB
18	3			1:57.96
19	2			1:58.21	PB
20	2			2:00.81
21	3			2:05.52	PB
21	4			2:05.52	SB
	1
	2
	2

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:50.09	Q
2	2			1:50.17	Q
3	2			1:50.55	Q
4	1			1:51.02	Q
5	2			1:51.02	q
6	1			1:51.25	Q
7	1			1:51.29	Q
8	1				q
9	2			1:51.63
10	2			1:51.09	^[2]
11	1			1:52.59
12	1			1:52.77
13	1			1:53.43
14	2			1:55.78
15	2			1:56.31
	1

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:48.91
			1:48.95
			1:49.25
4			1:49.55
5			1:49.98
6			1:50.40
7			1:51.72

Notes and References

1. http://sportfieber.pytalhost.com/l/leichtathletik/2002/2002.Asian%20Championships.pdf Results
2. This result is unlikely as this athlete did not qualify for the final.