Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Games:	2010 Asian Games
Venue:	Aoti Main Stadium
Dates:	24–25 November
Competitors:	22
Nations:	16
Gold:	Sajjad Moradi
Goldnoc:	IRI
Silver:	Adnan Taess
Silvernoc:	IRQ
Bronze:	Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla
Bronzenoc:	QAT
Prev:	2006
Next:	2014

See main article: Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games. The men's 800 metres event at the 2010 Asian Games was held at the Aoti Main Stadium, Guangzhou, China on 24–25 November.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time

width=220	Date	width=50	Time	width=150	Event
Wednesday, 24 November 2010	18:50	Round 1
Thursday, 25 November 2010	17:40	Final

Results

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish
• DNS — Did not start
• DSQ — Disqualified

Round 1

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

Heat 1

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1		1:49.05	Q
2		1:49.26	Q
3		1:49.58
4		1:50.01
5		1:50.39
6		1:51.25
7		1:52.35
—		DSQ

Heat 2

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1		1:49.94	Q
2		1:50.07	Q
3		1:50.18
4		1:53.27
—		DSQ
—		DNS
DQ		2:03.93

• Abdelnasser Awajna of Palestine originally finished 5th in the heat, but was later disqualified after he tested positive for Norandrosterone.^[1]

Heat 3

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1		1:46.47	Q
2		1:46.87	Q
3		1:47.37	q
4		1:47.98	q
5		1:48.02
6		1:50.41
7		1:53.34

Final

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
		1:45.45
		1:45.88
		1:46.19
4		1:46.48
5		1:46.86
6		1:47.51
7		1:49.03
—		DNF

References

• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2 Asian Games athletes fail drug test. 25 January 2011. ESPN. 4 February 2013.