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800 metres, Men

Date	20 – 23 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	58 from 40 countries

The rounds and semis of the 800 were contested with only two runners advancing automatically, which made the qualifying rounds quite competitive. Not making it to the finals were the defending champion Yury Borzakovsky (RUS), the 2004 silver medalist Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA), and 2008 world list leader Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD). The favorites in the final were Kenyans Alfred Kirwa Yego, the 2007 World Champion, and Wilfred Bungei. The two ran a team race to control the race from the front. The pace was not fast on the first lap, with Bungei leading thru 400 in 53.35, Yego on his shoulder. Bungei gradually increased the pace on the final lap, and Sudan’s Ismail Ahmed Ismail moved up on the backstretch to take second, Yego holding third. Bungei and Ismail would hold those positions thru the tape to win gold and silver, Ismail’s silver the first ever Olympic medal for Sudan. On the final straight, Saad Kamel (BRN) pulled into third but Yego managed to fight back and get the bronze medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	2246	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1:44.90 (1 h1)	1:46.23 (1 h1)	1:44.65 (1)	Gold
2	2914	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1:45.87 (2 h5)	1:44.91 (2 h2)	1:44.70 (2)	Silver
3	2251	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1:46.04 (2 h4)	1:44.73 (1 h2)	1:44.82 (3)	Bronze
4	1295	Gary Reed	CAN	1:46.02 (3 h5)	1:45.85 (2 h3)	1:44.94 (4)
5	1257	Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	1:46.94 (2 h7)	1:44.95 (3 h2)	1:44.95 (5)
6	1487	Yeimer López	CUB	1:45.66 (1 h8)	1:46.40 (2 h1)	1:45.88 (6)
7	1007	Nabil Madi	ALG	1:45.75 (3 h8)	1:45.63 (1 h3)	1:45.96 (7)
8	1008	Nadjim Manseur	ALG	1:45.62 (3 h1)	1:45.54 (4 h2)	1:47.19 (8)
3 h1 r2/3	2773	Yury Borzakovsky	RUS	1:45.15 (2 h1)	1:46.53 (3 h1)	–
3 h3 r2/3	2276	Boaz Lalang	KEN	1:45.72 (2 h8)	1:45.87 (3 h3)	–
4 h1 r2/3	2395	Amine Laâlou	MAR	1:47.86 (1 h6)	1:46.74 (4 h1)	–
4 h3 r2/3	1580	Manuel Olmedo	ESP	1:45.78 (1 h5)	1:45.91 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	3238	Nick Symmonds	USA	1:46.01 (1 h4)	1:46.96 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	2035	Sajjad Moradi	IRI	1:46.10 (6 h8)	1:46.08 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	1251	Belal Mansoor Ali	BRN	1:45.95 (5 h8)	1:46.37 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	2319	Mohamed Al-Salhi	KSA	1:47.02 (2 h2)	1:47.14 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	2742	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1:47.64 (2 h3)	1:46.24 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	1827	Michael Rimmer	GBR	1:47.61 (1 h3)	1:48.07 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	2597	Marcin Lewandowski	POL	1:45.89 (4 h8)	1:47.24 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	1613	Antonio Reina	ESP	1:46.30 (3 h4)	1:46.40 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	3055	Abraham Chepkirwok	UGA	1:47.93 (2 h6)	1:49.16 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r2/3	2324	Mohamed Al-Azemi	KUW	1:46.94 (1 h7)	1:47.65 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	1224	Fabiano Peçanha	BRA	1:46.54 (4 h1)	1:47.07 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r2/3	2912	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	SUD	1:46.98 (1 h2)	1:49.19 (8 h3)	–
3 h2 r1/3	2749	Dmitry Bogdanov	RUS	1:47.49 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	2575	Paweł Czapiewski	POL	1:47.66 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	1515	Jakub Holuša	CZE	1:48.19 (3 h6)	–	–
3 h7 r1/3	2493	Robert Lathouwers	NED	1:46.94 (3 h7)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	1202	Onalenna Baloyi	BOT	1:47.89 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	1618	Miguel Quesada	ESP	1:48.06 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	1457	Andy González	CUB	1:46.59 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	2333	Dmitrijs Miļkēvičs	LAT	1:47.12 (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	3232	Christian Smith	USA	1:48.20 (4 h6)	–	–
4 h7 r1/3	3289	Andrew Wheating	USA	1:47.05 (4 h7)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	2040	Thomas Chamney	IRL	1:47.66 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	2941	Jozef Repčík	SVK	1:48.64 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	1398	Li Xiangyu	CHN	1:48.44 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	2402	Mouhssin Chehibi	MAR	1:46.75 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	2737	Samson Ngoepe	RSA	1:47.42 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	1233	Kléberson Davide	BRA	1:48.53 (5 h6)	–	–
5 h7 r1/3	2862	Abdoulaye Wagne	SEN	1:47.50 (5 h7)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	1067	Lach Renshaw	AUS	1:49.19 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	1036	Leonardo Price	ARG	1:49.39 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	2373	Vitalij Kozlov	LTU	1:48.96 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	3305	Eduard Villanueva	VEN	1:47.64 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	2860	Aunese Curreen	SAM	1:47.45 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	1299	Achraf Tadili	CAN	1:48.87 (6 h6)	–	–
6 h7 r1/3	2146	Aldwyn Sappleton	JAM	1:48.19 (6 h7)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	2034	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei	IRI	1:49.25 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	2973	Samwel Mwera	TAN	1:50.67 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	3308	Nguyễn Đình Cương	VIE	1:52.06 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	2476	Souleymane Ould Chebal	MTN	1:57.43 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	1197	Fadrique Iglesias	BOL	1:50.57 (7 h6)	–	–
7 h7 r1/3	2294	Sergey Pakura	KGZ	1:50.54 (7 h7)	–	–
7 h8 r1/3	2406	Yassine Bensghir	MAR	1:46.88 (7 h8)	–	–
8 h4 r1/3	1980	Derek Mandell	GUM	1:57.48 (8 h4)	–	–
8 h6 r1/3	3312	Mohammed Al-Yafaee	YEM	1:54.82 (8 h6)	–	–
8 h8 r1/3	1713	Mikko Lahtio	FIN	1:47.20 (8 h8)	–	–
DNS	2547	Nick Willis	NZL	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	1552	Byron Piedra	ECU	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	1006	Antar Zerguelaïne	ALG	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	20 August 2008
Format	Top two in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	2246	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1:44.90	Q
2	2773	Yury Borzakovsky	RUS	1:45.15	Q
3	1008	Nadjim Manseur	ALG	1:45.62	q
4	1487	Yeimer López	CUB	1:45.66	Q
5	2276	Boaz Lalang	KEN	1:45.72	Q
6	1007	Nabil Madi	ALG	1:45.75	q
7	1580	Manuel Olmedo	ESP	1:45.78	Q
8	2914	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1:45.87	Q
9	2597	Marcin Lewandowski	POL	1:45.89	q
10	1251	Belal Mansoor Ali	BRN	1:45.95	q
11	3238	Nick Symmonds	USA	1:46.01	Q
12	1295	Gary Reed	CAN	1:46.02	q
13	2251	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1:46.04	Q
14	2035	Sajjad Moradi	IRI	1:46.10	q
15	1613	Antonio Reina	ESP	1:46.30	q
16	1224	Fabiano Peçanha	BRA	1:46.54	q
17	1457	Andy González	CUB	1:46.59
18	2402	Mouhssin Chehibi	MAR	1:46.75
19	2406	Yassine Bensghir	MAR	1:46.88
20	2324	Mohamed Al-Azemi	KUW	1:46.94	Q
21	1257	Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	1:46.94	Q
22	2493	Robert Lathouwers	NED	1:46.94
23	2912	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	SUD	1:46.98	Q
24	2319	Mohamed Al-Salhi	KSA	1:47.02	Q
25	3289	Andrew Wheating	USA	1:47.05
26	2333	Dmitrijs Miļkēvičs	LAT	1:47.12
27	1713	Mikko Lahtio	FIN	1:47.20
28	2737	Samson Ngoepe	RSA	1:47.42
29	2860	Aunese Curreen	SAM	1:47.45
30	2749	Dmitry Bogdanov	RUS	1:47.49
31	2862	Abdoulaye Wagne	SEN	1:47.50
32	1827	Michael Rimmer	GBR	1:47.61	Q
=33	2742	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1:47.64	Q
=33	3305	Eduard Villanueva	VEN	1:47.64
=35	2040	Thomas Chamney	IRL	1:47.66
=35	2575	Paweł Czapiewski	POL	1:47.66
37	2395	Amine Laâlou	MAR	1:47.86	Q
38	1202	Onalenna Baloyi	BOT	1:47.89
39	3055	Abraham Chepkirwok	UGA	1:47.93	Q
40	1618	Miguel Quesada	ESP	1:48.06
=41	1515	Jakub Holuša	CZE	1:48.19
=41	2146	Aldwyn Sappleton	JAM	1:48.19
43	3232	Christian Smith	USA	1:48.20
44	1398	Li Xiangyu	CHN	1:48.44
45	1233	Kléberson Davide	BRA	1:48.53
46	2941	Jozef Repčík	SVK	1:48.64
47	1299	Achraf Tadili	CAN	1:48.87
48	2373	Vitalij Kozlov	LTU	1:48.96
49	1067	Lach Renshaw	AUS	1:49.19
50	2034	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei	IRI	1:49.25
51	1036	Leonardo Price	ARG	1:49.39
52	2294	Sergey Pakura	KGZ	1:50.54
53	1197	Fadrique Iglesias	BOL	1:50.57
54	2973	Samwel Mwera	TAN	1:50.67
55	3308	Nguyễn Đình Cương	VIE	1:52.06
56	3312	Mohammed Al-Yafaee	YEM	1:54.82
57	2476	Souleymane Ould Chebal	MTN	1:57.43
58	1980	Derek Mandell	GUM	1:57.48
DNS	1006	Antar Zerguelaïne	ALG	–
DNS	2547	Nick Willis	NZL	–
DNS	1552	Byron Piedra	ECU	–

Heat #1

Time	19:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2246	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1:44.90	Q
2	2773	Yury Borzakovsky	RUS	1:45.15	Q
3	1008	Nadjim Manseur	ALG	1:45.62	q
4	1224	Fabiano Peçanha	BRA	1:46.54	q
5	2040	Thomas Chamney	IRL	1:47.66
6	1067	Lach Renshaw	AUS	1:49.19
7	2034	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei	IRI	1:49.25

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei		50:89
600 m	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei		1:18.20

Heat #2

Time	19:08

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2912	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	SUD	1:46.98	Q
2	2319	Mohamed Al-Salhi	KSA	1:47.02	Q
3	2749	Dmitry Bogdanov	RUS	1:47.49
4	1202	Onalenna Baloyi	BOT	1:47.89
5	2941	Jozef Repčík	SVK	1:48.64
6	1036	Leonardo Price	ARG	1:49.39
DNS	1006	Antar Zerguelaïne	ALG	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Abubaker Kaki Khamis		53.59
600 m	Dmitry Bogdanov		1:20.91

Heat #3

Time	19:16

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1827	Michael Rimmer	GBR	1:47.61	Q
2	2742	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1:47.64	Q
3	2575	Paweł Czapiewski	POL	1:47.66
4	1618	Miguel Quesada	ESP	1:48.06
5	1398	Li Xiangyu	CHN	1:48.44
6	2373	Vitalij Kozlov	LTU	1:48.96
7	2973	Samwel Mwera	TAN	1:50.67
DNS	2547	Nick Willis	NZL	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Michael Rimmer		55.90
600 m	Paweł Czapiewski		1:22.07

Heat #4

Time	19:24

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	3238	Nick Symmonds	USA	1:46.01	Q
2	2251	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1:46.04	Q
3	1613	Antonio Reina	ESP	1:46.30	q
4	1457	Andy González	CUB	1:46.59
5	2402	Mouhssin Chehibi	MAR	1:46.75
6	3305	Eduard Villanueva	VEN	1:47.64
7	3308	Nguyễn Đình Cương	VIE	1:52.06
8	1980	Derek Mandell	GUM	1:57.48

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Eduard Villanueva		53.08
600 m	Eduard Villanueva		1:19.55

Heat #5

Time	19:32

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1580	Manuel Olmedo	ESP	1:45.78	Q
2	2914	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1:45.87	Q
3	1295	Gary Reed	CAN	1:46.02	q
4	2333	Dmitrijs Miļkēvičs	LAT	1:47.12
5	2737	Samson Ngoepe	RSA	1:47.42
6	2860	Aunese Curreen	SAM	1:47.45
7	2476	Souleymane Ould Chebal	MTN	1:57.43
DNS	1552	Byron Piedra	ECU	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Dmitrijs Miļkēvičs		53.32
600 m	Dmitrijs Miļkēvičs		1:20.03

Heat #6

Time	19:40

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2395	Amine Laâlou	MAR	1:47.86	Q
2	3055	Abraham Chepkirwok	UGA	1:47.93	Q
3	1515	Jakub Holuša	CZE	1:48.19
4	3232	Christian Smith	USA	1:48.20
5	1233	Kléberson Davide	BRA	1:48.53
6	1299	Achraf Tadili	CAN	1:48.87
7	1197	Fadrique Iglesias	BOL	1:50.57
8	3312	Mohammed Al-Yafaee	YEM	1:54.82

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Kléberson Davide		54.32
600 m	Amine Laâlou		1:21.86

Heat #7

Time	19:48

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2324	Mohamed Al-Azemi	KUW	1:46.94	Q
2	1257	Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	1:46.94	Q
3	2493	Robert Lathouwers	NED	1:46.94
4	3289	Andrew Wheating	USA	1:47.05
5	2862	Abdoulaye Wagne	SEN	1:47.50
6	2146	Aldwyn Sappleton	JAM	1:48.19
7	2294	Sergey Pakura	KGZ	1:50.54

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Youssef Saad Kamel		54.69
600 m	Abdoulaye Wagne		1:20.87

Heat #8

Time	19:56

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1487	Yeimer López	CUB	1:45.66	Q
2	2276	Boaz Lalang	KEN	1:45.72	Q
3	1007	Nabil Madi	ALG	1:45.75	q
4	2597	Marcin Lewandowski	POL	1:45.89	q
5	1251	Belal Mansoor Ali	BRN	1:45.95	q
6	2035	Sajjad Moradi	IRI	1:46.10	q
7	2406	Yassine Bensghir	MAR	1:46.88
8	1713	Mikko Lahtio	FIN	1:47.20

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Yeimer López		52.76
600 m	Yeimer López		1:19.78

Semi-Finals

Date	21 August 2008
Format	Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	2251	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1:44.73	Q
2	2914	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1:44.91	Q
3	1257	Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	1:44.95	q
4	1008	Nadjim Manseur	ALG	1:45.54	q
5	1007	Nabil Madi	ALG	1:45.63	Q
6	1295	Gary Reed	CAN	1:45.85	Q
7	2276	Boaz Lalang	KEN	1:45.87
8	1580	Manuel Olmedo	ESP	1:45.91
9	2035	Sajjad Moradi	IRI	1:46.08
10	2246	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1:46.23	Q
11	2742	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1:46.24
12	1251	Belal Mansoor Ali	BRN	1:46.37
=13	1487	Yeimer López	CUB	1:46.40	Q
=13	1613	Antonio Reina	ESP	1:46.40
15	2773	Yury Borzakovsky	RUS	1:46.53
16	2395	Amine Laâlou	MAR	1:46.74
17	3238	Nick Symmonds	USA	1:46.96
18	1224	Fabiano Peçanha	BRA	1:47.07
19	2319	Mohamed Al-Salhi	KSA	1:47.14
20	2597	Marcin Lewandowski	POL	1:47.24
21	2324	Mohamed Al-Azemi	KUW	1:47.65
22	1827	Michael Rimmer	GBR	1:48.07
23	3055	Abraham Chepkirwok	UGA	1:49.16
24	2912	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	SUD	1:49.19

Heat #1

Time	19:50

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2246	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1:46.23	Q
2	1487	Yeimer López	CUB	1:46.40	Q
3	2773	Yury Borzakovsky	RUS	1:46.53
4	2395	Amine Laâlou	MAR	1:46.74
5	3238	Nick Symmonds	USA	1:46.96
6	2319	Mohamed Al-Salhi	KSA	1:47.14
7	2597	Marcin Lewandowski	POL	1:47.24
8	2324	Mohamed Al-Azemi	KUW	1:47.65

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Wilfred Bungei		54.32
600 m	Wilfred Bungei		1:21.00

Heat #2

Time	19:58

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2251	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1:44.73	Q
2	2914	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1:44.91	Q
3	1257	Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	1:44.95	q
4	1008	Nadjim Manseur	ALG	1:45.54	q
5	2035	Sajjad Moradi	IRI	1:46.08
6	2742	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1:46.24
7	1613	Antonio Reina	ESP	1:46.40
8	1224	Fabiano Peçanha	BRA	1:47.07

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Fabiano Peçanha		51.02
600 m	Alfred Kirwa Yego		1:18.40

Heat #3

Time	20:06

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1007	Nabil Madi	ALG	1:45.63	Q
2	1295	Gary Reed	CAN	1:45.85	Q
3	2276	Boaz Lalang	KEN	1:45.87
4	1580	Manuel Olmedo	ESP	1:45.91
5	1251	Belal Mansoor Ali	BRN	1:46.37
6	1827	Michael Rimmer	GBR	1:48.07
7	3055	Abraham Chepkirwok	UGA	1:49.16
8	2912	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	SUD	1:49.19

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Nabil Madi		52.24
600 m	Nabil Madi		1:19.43

Final Round

Date	23 August 2008 — 19:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2246	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1:44.65
2	2914	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1:44.70
3	2251	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1:44.82
4	1295	Gary Reed	CAN	1:44.94
5	1257	Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	1:44.95
6	1487	Yeimer López	CUB	1:45.88
7	1007	Nabil Madi	ALG	1:45.96
8	1008	Nadjim Manseur	ALG	1:47.19

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Wilfred Bungei		53.35
600 m	Wilfred Bungei		1:19.17