Results

All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:

• Q denotes qualification by place
• q denotes qualification by time
• DNS denotes did not start
• DNF denotes did not finish
• DQ denotes disqualification

• PB denotes personal best
• SB denotes season best
• NR denotes national record
• CR denotes continental record
• OR denotes olympic record
• WR denotes world record

Round 1

The first round was held on 20 August. The first two runners of each heat (Q) plus the next eight overall fastest runners (q) qualified for the second round.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who won the 800 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...		1:44.90	Q, SB
2	1	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...		1:45.15	Q
3	1	Nadjim Manseur		1:45.62	q
4	8	Yeimer López Yeimer López Yeimer López García is a middle distance runner from Cuba, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil. López is the twin brother of female...		1:45.66	Q
5	8	Boaz Kiplagat Lalang Boaz Kiplagat Lalang Boaz Kiplagat Lalang is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who specialises in the 800 metres.-Career:At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Lalang barely missed running in the finals of the 800 m....		1:45.72	Q
6	8	Nabil Madi Nabil Madi Nabil Madi is an Algerian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished fourth at the 2006 African Championships. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2007 World Championships without reaching the final....		1:45.75	q
7	5	Manuel Olmedo Manuel Olmedo Manuel Olmedo Villar is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He specialises in the 800 metres. He represented Spain at the Olympic Games at both the 2004 Athens Games and 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also ran at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003, 2007 and 2009.Olmedo has won medals at the...		1:45.78	Q
8	5	Ismail Ahmed Ismail Ismail Ahmed Ismail Ismail Ahmed Ismail is a Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Khartoum.He reached the final in that event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where he won the silver medal in 800m...		1:45.87	Q
9	8	Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best is 1:43.84 minutes, achieved in July 2009 in Monaco.He was born in Szczecin...		1:45.89	q, SB
10	8	Belal Mansoor Ali Belal Mansoor Ali Belal Mansoor Ali is a middle distance runner now representing Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya.He was born John Yego on October 17, 1988 in Kenya. A lot of controversy has surrounded his age, starting when he won the 1500 metres race at the 2005 IAAF World Youth Championships in...		1:45.95	q, SB
11	4	Nick Symmonds Nick Symmonds Nicholas "Nick" Symmonds is an American middle-distance track athlete from Boise, Idaho, specializing in the 800 meters and 1500 meters distances. He is also the part owner of a tanning salon. In college at Willamette University he won seven NCAA Division III titles in outdoor track. In 2007, he...		1:46.01	Q
12	5	Gary Reed Gary Reed (athlete) Gary Reed is a Canadian retired middle distance runner. He currently holds the Canadian record in the 800 metre run with a time of 1:43.68. On September 2, 2007, he won the silver medal in the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, with a time of 1.47.10...		1:46.02	q
13	4	Alfred Kirwa Yego		1:46.04	Q
14	8	Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Lordegan.He has a personal best of 1:44.74 in the 800 metres which is also the Iranian national record.- External links :...		1:46.10	q
15	4	Antonio Manuel Reina Antonio Manuel Reina Antonio Manuel Reina Ballesteros is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 45.98 s *800 metres - 1:43.83 min...		1:46.30	q
16	1	Fabiano Peçanha Fabiano Peçanha Fabiano Peçanha is a Brazilian middle distance runner. He is a quadruple South American champion in 800 metres and 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		1:46.54	q
17	4	Andy González Andy González (athlete) Andy González Núñez is a Cuban middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He was the gold medalist in the event at the 2011 Pan American Games. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics....		1:46.59
18	4	Mouhssin Chehibi Mouhssin Chehibi Mouhssin Chehibi is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best time over the distance is 1:44.16 minutes, achieved in July 2006 in Athens.-Achievements:-External links:...		1:46.75
19	8	Yassine Bensghir Yassine Bensghir Yassine Bensghir is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He was born in Rabat.His personal best time over the distance is 3:33.04 minutes, achieved in July 2007 in Monaco.-Achievements:...		1:46.88
20	7	Mohammad Al-Azemi Mohammad Al-Azemi Mohammad Mutlak Khalif Al-Azemi is a Kuwaiti middle distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. His 800 m personal bests of 1:44.13 minutes outdoors and 1:48.93 minutes indoors are the Kuwaiti records for the event...		1:46.94	Q
21	7	Yusuf Saad Kamel		1:46.94	Q
22	7	Robert Lathouwers Robert Lathouwers Robert Lathouwers is a Dutch athlete who mainly focuses on the 400 and 800 metres.-Biography:Lathouwers was born and raised in Rotterdam and has a sister who is two years older than he is named Maura. He started in athletics at the age of six, doing all different kinds of disciplines in the sport...		1:46.94
23	2	Abubaker Kaki		1:46.98	Q
24	2	Mohammed Al-Salhi		1:47.02	Q
25	7	Andrew Wheating Andrew Wheating Andrew "Andy" Wheating is an American middle-distance track athlete. Wheating competed for the United States in the men's 800 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He is a professional runner for Nike.-Personal:...		1:47.05
26	5	Dmitrijs Miļkevičs Dmitrijs Milkevics Dmitrijs Miļkevičs is a Latvian athlete competing in 400 m and 800 m.-Biography:Miļkevičs ran a career-best 46.44 in the 400 meters at the 2003 European U-23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He has won one NCAA championships, while competing for the University of Nebraska. In the 2004 Summer...		1:47.12
27	8	Mikko Lahtio		1:47.20
28	5	Samson Ngoepe Samson Ngoepe Samson Ngoepe is a South African runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is currently coached by Charl Naude.He competed in the 800 metres event at the 2008 Olympic Games, disappointingly not reaching the final....		1:47.42
29	5	Aunese Curreen		1:47.45	NR
30	2	Dmitriy Bogdanov		1:47.49
31	7	Abdoulaye Wagne Abdoulaye Wagne Abdoulaye Wagne is a Senegalese Olympic athlete competing in the 800 meters with a personal best of 1'45"08....		1:47.50
32	3	Michael Rimmer Michael Rimmer Michael Alan Rimmer is an English middle-distance runner. He was born in Southport. Originally a member of Southport Waterloo AC, he defected to rivals Liverpool Pembroke Sefton, who he still now races with. He also attended Christ The King catholic high school and broke numerous records in school...		1:47.61	Q
33	3	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi is a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for his native country...		1:47.64	Q
33	4	Eduard Villanueva		1:47.64
35	1	Thomas Chamney Thomas Chamney Thomas Chamney is an Irish runner who was born in Clonmel and brought up in Dublin. He specializes in the 800 metres event. Chamney runs for the Crusaders AC club whilst in Dublin and has been on an athletics scholarship at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana where he studied English...		1:47.66
35	3	Paweł Czapiewski		1:47.66
37	6	Amine Laalou Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou is a male middle distance runner from Morocco, who specializes in middle-distance running. He has represented his country at the Summer Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He began his career as an 800 metres specialist and made his global debut at the 2003 World...		1:47.86	Q
38	2	Onalenna Baloyi		1:47.89
39	6	Abraham Chepkirwok Abraham Chepkirwok Abraham Chepkirwok is an Ugandan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is the Ugandan record holder in this distance, with 1:43.72 minutes, achieved in July 2008 in Madrid. He is a World Junior Championships bronze medalist from 2006 and Olympic competitor from 2008.He was...		1:47.93	Q
40	3	Miguel Quesada Miguel Quesada Miguel Quesada Velasco is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres....		1:48.06
41	6	Jakub Holuša Jakub Holuša Jakub Holuša is a Czech middle distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		1:48.19
41	7	Aldwyn Sappleton		1:48.19
43	6	Christian Smith		1:48.20
44	3	Li Xiangyu Li Xiangyu Li Xiangyu is a Chinese middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished ninth at the 2005 Summer Universiade. He also won the 2005 National Games and the 2006 National Championships. He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics...		1:48.44
45	6	Kléberson Davide Kléberson Davide Kléberson Davide is a Brazilian track and field athlete who specialises in the 800 metres.Born in Conchal, São Paulo, Davide won his first major youth title in the 800 m at the 2002 South American Youth Championships. He reached the semi-finals of the 2004 World Junior Championships in...		1:48.53
46	2	Jozef Repcìk		1:48.64
47	6	Achraf Tadili Achraf Tadili Achraf Tadili is a Canadian athlete competing over 800 metres. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco.-Achievements:-External links:**...		1:48.87
48	3	Vitalij Kozlov Vitalij Kozlov Vitalij Kozlov is a Lithuanian runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished seventh at the 2007 European U23 Championships, and competed at the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.In 2009 he reached new national record in 800 m.His personal...		1:48.96
49	1	Lachlan Renshaw Lachlan Renshaw Lachlan Renshaw is a middle-distance track and field athlete and is the 2010 Australian Champion over 800m. He was also the 2008 800m national champion. Lachlan represented Australia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing sixth in his heat in a time of 1:49.19...		1:49.19
50	1	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.- External links :...		1:49.25
51	2	Leonardo Price		1:49.39
52	7	Sergey Pakura		1:50.54
53	6	Fadrique Iglesias		1:50.57
54	3	Samwel Mwera Samwel Mwera Samwel Mwera is a Tanzanian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 metres. He was born in Musoma.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:45.28 min *1500 metres - 3:35.42 min...		1:50.67
55	4	Dinh Cong Nguyen		1:52.06
56	6	Mohammed Al-Yafaee Mohammed Al-Yafaee Mohammed Al-Yafaee is an athlete from Yemen. He ran the 800 metres in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and was the flag-bearer for his nation during the opening ceremonies of those games.-References:...		1:54.82
57	5	Souleymane Ould Chebal		1:57.43
58	4	Derek Mandell		1:57.48	PB

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Byron Piedra

Byron Efrén Piedra Ávilés is an Ecuadorian middle distance and long-distance runner.He won the 2007 edition of the Guayaquil Marathon...

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Nick Willis

Nicholas Ian Willis MNZM is a New Zealand middle distance runner. He won the silver medal in the 1500m at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing with a time of 3:34.16 minutes. He was a gold medallist in the 1500 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and a bronze medallist at the 2010...

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Antar Zerguelaine

Antar Zerguelaïne is an Algerian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He was born in Jijel.-Achievements:-External links:...

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Semifinal 1

21 August 2008 - 19:50

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	8	Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who won the 800 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...		1:46.23	Q
2	5	Yeimer López Yeimer López Yeimer López García is a middle distance runner from Cuba, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil. López is the twin brother of female...		1:46.40	Q
3	7	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...		1:46.53
4	4	Amine Laalou Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou is a male middle distance runner from Morocco, who specializes in middle-distance running. He has represented his country at the Summer Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He began his career as an 800 metres specialist and made his global debut at the 2003 World...		1:46.74
5	6	Nick Symmonds Nick Symmonds Nicholas "Nick" Symmonds is an American middle-distance track athlete from Boise, Idaho, specializing in the 800 meters and 1500 meters distances. He is also the part owner of a tanning salon. In college at Willamette University he won seven NCAA Division III titles in outdoor track. In 2007, he...		1:46.96
6	9	Mohammed Al-Salhi		1:47.14
7	2	Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski Marcin Lewandowski is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best is 1:43.84 minutes, achieved in July 2009 in Monaco.He was born in Szczecin...		1:47.24
8	3	Mohammad Al-Azemi Mohammad Al-Azemi Mohammad Mutlak Khalif Al-Azemi is a Kuwaiti middle distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. His 800 m personal bests of 1:44.13 minutes outdoors and 1:48.93 minutes indoors are the Kuwaiti records for the event...		1:47.65

Semifinal 2

21 August 2008 - 19:58

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	5	Alfred Kirwa Yego		1:44.73	Q
2	6	Ismail Ahmed Ismail Ismail Ahmed Ismail Ismail Ahmed Ismail is a Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Khartoum.He reached the final in that event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where he won the silver medal in 800m...		1:44.91	Q
3	7	Yusuf Saad Kamel		1:44.95	q
4	9	Nadjim Manseur		1:45.54	q
5	8	Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi Sajjad Moradi is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Lordegan.He has a personal best of 1:44.74 in the 800 metres which is also the Iranian national record.- External links :...		1:46.08
6	4	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi is a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for his native country...		1:46.24
7	2	Antonio Manuel Reina Antonio Manuel Reina Antonio Manuel Reina Ballesteros is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 45.98 s *800 metres - 1:43.83 min...		1:46.40
8	3	Fabiano Peçanha Fabiano Peçanha Fabiano Peçanha is a Brazilian middle distance runner. He is a quadruple South American champion in 800 metres and 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		1:47.07

Semifinal 3

21 August 2008 - 20:06

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	2	Nabil Madi Nabil Madi Nabil Madi is an Algerian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished fourth at the 2006 African Championships. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2007 World Championships without reaching the final....		1:45.63	Q
2	4	Gary Reed Gary Reed (athlete) Gary Reed is a Canadian retired middle distance runner. He currently holds the Canadian record in the 800 metre run with a time of 1:43.68. On September 2, 2007, he won the silver medal in the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, with a time of 1.47.10...		1:45.85	Q
3	5	Boaz Kiplagat Lalang Boaz Kiplagat Lalang Boaz Kiplagat Lalang is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who specialises in the 800 metres.-Career:At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Lalang barely missed running in the finals of the 800 m....		1:45.87
4	9	Manuel Olmedo Manuel Olmedo Manuel Olmedo Villar is a Spanish middle-distance runner. He specialises in the 800 metres. He represented Spain at the Olympic Games at both the 2004 Athens Games and 2008 Beijing Olympics. He also ran at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003, 2007 and 2009.Olmedo has won medals at the...		1:45.91
5	3	Belal Mansoor Ali Belal Mansoor Ali Belal Mansoor Ali is a middle distance runner now representing Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya.He was born John Yego on October 17, 1988 in Kenya. A lot of controversy has surrounded his age, starting when he won the 1500 metres race at the 2005 IAAF World Youth Championships in...		1:46.37
6	8	Michael Rimmer Michael Rimmer Michael Alan Rimmer is an English middle-distance runner. He was born in Southport. Originally a member of Southport Waterloo AC, he defected to rivals Liverpool Pembroke Sefton, who he still now races with. He also attended Christ The King catholic high school and broke numerous records in school...		1:48.07
7	7	Abraham Chepkirwok Abraham Chepkirwok Abraham Chepkirwok is an Ugandan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is the Ugandan record holder in this distance, with 1:43.72 minutes, achieved in July 2008 in Madrid. He is a World Junior Championships bronze medalist from 2006 and Olympic competitor from 2008.He was...		1:49.16
8	6	Abubaker Kaki		1:49.19

Final

23 August 2008 - 19:30

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	3	Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who won the 800 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...		1:44.65	SB
	8	Ismail Ahmed Ismail Ismail Ahmed Ismail Ismail Ahmed Ismail is a Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He was born in Khartoum.He reached the final in that event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where he won the silver medal in 800m...		1:44.65
	5	Alfred Kirwa Yego		1:44.82
	6	Gary Reed Gary Reed (athlete) Gary Reed is a Canadian retired middle distance runner. He currently holds the Canadian record in the 800 metre run with a time of 1:43.68. On September 2, 2007, he won the silver medal in the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, with a time of 1.47.10...		1:44.82
5	4	Yusuf Saad Kamel		1:44.95
6	7	Yeimer López Yeimer López Yeimer López García is a middle distance runner from Cuba, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's 800 metres at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil. López is the twin brother of female...		1:45.88
7	2	Nabil Madi Nabil Madi Nabil Madi is an Algerian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished fourth at the 2006 African Championships. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2007 World Championships without reaching the final....		1:45.96
8	9	Nadjim Manseur		1:47.19

Splits

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
400m	Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who won the 800 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...		53.35
600m	Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Bungei Wilfred Kipkemboi Bungei is a Kenyan middle distance runner, who won the 800 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...		1:19.17