2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres explained

These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 58 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 31 August 2003 at 17:30h.

Medalists

Gold	Djabir Saïd-Guerni Algeria (ALG)
Silver	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa (RSA)

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		1:44.81
		1:44.84
		1:44.90
4.		1:45.23
5.		1:45.43
6.		1:45.63
7.		1:45.74
8.		1:46.28

Semi-final

Held on Friday 29 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		1:45.31
2.		1:45.50
3.		1:46.04
4.		1:46.07
5.		1:46.83
6.		1:47.25
7.		1:49.19
8.		1:50.60
-		DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		1:46.31
2.		1:46.36
3.		1:46.40
4.		1:46.63
5.		1:46.67
6.		1:46.89
7.		1:47.64
8.		1:47.71

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		1:46.26
2.		1:46.43
3.		1:46.72
4.		1:46.78
5.		1:46.88
6.		1:47.25
7.		1:47.53
8.		1:48.69

Heats

Held on Thursday 28 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		1:47.21
2.		1:47.39
3.		1:47.80
4.		1:48.36
5.		1:48.40
6.		1:48.44
7.		1:48.89

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		1:45.63
2.		1:45.71
3.		1:45.72
4.		1:45.84
5.		1:45.86
6.		1:46.66
7.		1:57.86
8.		2:00.53

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		1:47.62
2.		1:47.80
3.		1:47.85
4.		1:47.88
5.		1:48.15
6.		1:48.93
-		DQ

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		1:47.54
2.		1:47.61
3.		1:47.64
4.		1:47.98
5.		1:48.10
6.		1:48.16
7.		1:48.33

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		1:46.01
2.		1:46.11
3.		1:46.45
4.		1:46.68
5.		1:47.74
-		DQ
-		DQ

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		1:48.61
2.		1:48.68
3.		1:48.69
4.		1:48.87
5.		1:49.74
6.		1:51.68
7.		2:06.25
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		1:46.26
2.		1:46.44
3.		1:46.68
4.		1:46.75
5.		1:47.43
6.		1:48.15
7.		1:48.80

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.		1:46.06
2.		1:46.09
3.		1:46.48
4.		1:47.21
5.		1:49.23
6.		1:55.21
-		DNF

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20080908084546/http://www.iaaf.org/WCH03/results/byEvent.html