2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–16.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
David Krummenacker	Wilson Kipketer	Wilfred Bungei

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:48.17	Q
	2			1:48.26	Q
	2			1:48.40	Q
	1			1:48.47	Q
	4			1:48.48	Q
	1			1:48.66	Q
	4			1:48.66	q
	1			1:48.96	q
	2			1:49.01	q
10	4			1:49.25	q
11	3			1:49.38	Q
12	4			1:49.44	SB
13	2			1:49.54
14	3			1:49.66	Q
15	1			1:50.21
16	3			1:50.41	NR
17	2			1:50.47
18	3			1:50.76
19	1			1:51.30
20	3			1:52.93
21	2			1:52.99
22	1			1:54.07
23	4			1:59.24	NR
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Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			1:47.04	Q
	1			1:47.30	Q
	1			1:47.57	Q
	1			1:47.63
	2			1:47.84	Q
	2			1:48.26	Q
	2			1:48.27	Q
	2			1:48.46
	2			1:48.59
10	1			1:48.73
11	1			1:48.74
12	2			1:50.06

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:45.69	PB
			1:45.87
			1:46.54
4			1:46.58	SB
5			1:47.00
6			1:48.71

References

• Results