Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Games:	1998 Asian Games
Venue:	Thammasat Stadium
Dates:	15–17 December
Competitors:	19
Nations:	14
Gold:	Lee Jin-il
Goldnoc:	KOR
Silver:	Kim Soon-hyung
Silvernoc:	KOR
Bronze:	Abdulrahman Hassan Abdullah
Bronzenoc:	QAT
Prev:	1994
Next:	2002

See main article: Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games.

The men's 800 metres competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 15–17 December at the Thammasat Stadium.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Indochina Time

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Tuesday, 15 December 1998	15:20	Heats
Thursday, 17 December 1998	16:00	Final

Results

Heats

• Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

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1		1:51.85	Q
2		1:52.07	Q
3		1:52.25
4		1:52.51
5		1:52.61
6		1:55.20
7		1:55.31

Heat 2

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1		1:50.82	Q
2		1:51.32	Q
3		1:51.97
4		1:54.10
5		1:54.65
6		1:55.22

Heat 3

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1		1:50.13	Q
2		1:50.28	Q
3		1:50.30	q
4		1:50.55	q
5		1:50.72
6		1:56.77

Final

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		1:46.56
		1:46.61
		1:47.10
4		1:47.45
5		1:48.33
6		1:48:58
7		1:48.89
8		1:53.50

External links

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: 13th Asian Games . sportfieber.pytalhost.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095641/http://sportfieber.pytalhost.com/l/leichtathletik/1998/1998.13th%20Asian%20Games.htm . 15 July 2020. 2014-10-06 .