2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:Men's 800 metres
Competition:2017 World Championships
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Dates:5 August (heats)
6 August (semifinal)
8 August (final)
Competitors:47
Nations:34
Win Value:1:44.67
Gold:Pierre-Ambroise Bosse
Goldnoc:FRA
Silver:Adam Kszczot
Silvernoc:POL
Bronze:Kipyegon Bett
Bronzenoc:KEN
Prev:2015
Next:2019

The men's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 5, 6, and 8 August.[1]

Summary

Defending champion David Rudisha (Kenya) couldn't recover from an early season injury in time to return. There were no Olympic podium athletes in this field. The returning silver medalist Adam Kszczot (Poland) made an impressive move in his semi-final to get into the final. The returning bronze medalist, 2015 phenom Amel Tuka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) didn't make it out of the heats. The fastest athlete of the year Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir didn't qualify from his semi.

As the final began, the runner with the fastest personal best, =#3 all time Nigel Amos (Botswana) ran a fast turn and was attempting to take the tangent from the break line in his lane 5, but Brandon McBride (Canada), ran a faster turn and cut more sharply from lane 7, effectively interrupting Amos from taking control of the early pace. Looking for running room Amos also cut in, tangling elbows with Kipyegon Bett (Kenya), then bouncing to the side, getting caught also behind Thiago André (Brazil). McBride held the lead with André in his shadow. The first time down the home stretch, Amos moved outside to get around André into second place. McBride led through a moderate 50.76 first lap. Through the next turn, Bett was looking to get past Amos, finally also running wide on the backstretch, getting past McBride. From the back of the pack, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) had avoided the battle so far. He went wider on the backstretch, running in lane 3 past the field, including the battling leaders, taking the lead unencumbered as they entered the final turn. Through the final turn, the battle continued behind him, Amos and Bett exchanging elbows again. From near the back of the back Adam Kszczot (Poland) began his kick, with Kyle Langford (GBR) in his wake, passing people. By the time he reached the final straightaway, Bosse had a 3 metre lead on Bett, with Amos another metre back. Bett and Amos were unable to gain on Bosse, but in lane 2, Kszczot and Langford were, passing people including Mohammed Aman (Ethiopia), Amos and 10 metres before the finish, Kszczot passed Bett to capture silver. Bett barely held off a fast closing Langford for bronze.

After the race, Bosse looked at the video scoreboard, pointing at himself in surprise at his win.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete Date Location
World1:40.91David Lekuta Rudisha Kenya9 Aug 2012London, Great Britain
Championship1:43.06Billy Konchellah Kenya1 Sep 1987Rome, Italy
World leading1:43.10Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir Kenya21 Jul 2017Monaco
African1:40.91David Lekuta Rudisha Kenya9 Aug 2012London, Great Britain
Asian1:42.79Yusuf Saad Kamel29 Jul 2008Monaco
NACAC1:42.60Johnny Gray United States28 Aug 1985Koblenz, West Germany
South American1:41.77Joaquim Cruz BrazilCologne, West Germany
European1:41.11Wilson Kipketer24 Aug 1997Cologne, Germany
Oceanian1:44.3Peter Snell New Zealand3 Feb 1962Christchurch, New Zealand

No records were set at the competition.[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:45.90.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[5]

DateTimeRound
5 August 12:45 Heats
6 August 21:15 Semifinals
8 August 21:35 Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 5 August in six heats as follows:[6]

Heat 1 2 3 4 5 6
Start time12:44 12:53 13:02 13:11 13:20 13:29
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The first three in each heat ( 

Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:[7]
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 1:45.53
2 6 6 1:45.65
3 2 6 1:45.69
4 1 2 1:45.76
5 2 3 1:45.77
6 3 9 1:45.77
7 6 2 1:45.81
8 3 7 1:45.82
9 3 5 1:45.86
10 6 8 1:45.90
11 2 7 1:45.97
12 1 9 1:45.98
13 1 6 1:46.08
14 6 5 1:46.17
15 1 3 1:46.19
16 3 8 1:46.29
17 2 2 1:46.38
18 3 2 1:46.42
19 1 7 1:46.46
20 1 5 1:46.51
21 6 4 1:46.54
22 2 8 1:46.71
23 3 4 1:46.74
24 4 9 1:47.08
25 2 5 1:47.09
26 4 4 1:47.09
27 5 7 1:47.10
28 4 8 1:47.22
29 5 9 1:47.25
30 5 2 1:47.36
31 5 6 1:47.50
32 4 3 1:47.56
33 4 2 1:47.78
34 5 8 1:48.01
35 5 3 1:48.11
36 4 6 1:48.62
37 2 9 1:49.06
38 4 7 1:49.65
39 6 9 1:49.94
40 4 5 1:50.04
41 3 3 1:50.74
42 5 4 1:51.76
43 1 8 1:53.34
44 1 1 2:13.38
1 4
5 5
6 3
3 6
6 7

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 6 August in three heats as follows:[8]

Heat 1 2 3
Start time21:15 21:23 21:32
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The first two in each heat ( 

Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[9]
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 6 1:45.02
2 3 3 1:45.40 ,
3 2 6 1:45.53
4 3 7 1:45.63
5 2 2 1:45.81
6 3 5 1:45.83
7 2 9 1:45.93
8 2 5 1:46.08
9 3 2 1:46.10
10 1 8 1:46.24
11 3 8 1:46.25
12 3 4 1:46.27
13 1 6 1:46.29
14 2 7 1:46.33
15 1 4 1:46.49
16 3 9 1:46.64
17 1 5 1:46.66
18 2 3 1:46.68
19 1 2 1:46.75
20 1 7 1:46.95
21 2 4 1:47.08
22 1 3 1:47.39
23 1 9 1:47.62
2 8

Final

The final took place on 8 August at 21:36. The results were as follows (photo finish):[10]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 1:44.67
8 1:44.95
6 1:45.21
4 3 1:45.25
5 5 1:45.83
6 2 1:46.06
7 9 1:46.30
8 7 1:47.09

Notes and References

  1. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-800-M-h----.SL2.pdf Start list
  2. Web site: 800 Metres Men − Records. IAAF. 31 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Records Set - Final. IAAF. 14 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Qualification System and Entry Standards. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
  5. Web site: 800 Metres Men − Timetable. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
  6. Web site: 800 Metres Men − Heats − Results. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
  7. Web site: 800 Metres Men − Heats − Summary. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
  8. Web site: 800 Metres Men − Semi-Final − Results. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
  9. Web site: 800 Metres Men − Semi-Final − Summary. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
  10. Web site: 800 Metres Men − Final − Results. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.

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