1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–9.
Medalists[]
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Wilson Kipketer![]() |
Mahjoub Haida![]() |
Rich Kenah![]() |
Results[]
Heats[]
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Wilson Kipketer | ![]() |
1:43.96 | Q, WR |
2 | 1 | Marko Koers | ![]() |
1:48.04 | Q |
3 | 5 | James Nolan | ![]() |
1:48.21 | Q |
4 | 4 | Rich Kenah | ![]() |
1:48.42 | Q |
5 | 5 | Andy Hart | ![]() |
1:48.45 | q |
6 | 1 | Pavel Soukup | ![]() |
1:48.54 | Q |
6 | 4 | ![]() |
1:48.54 | Q | |
8 | 1 | Einars Tupuritis | ![]() |
1:48.56 | q |
9 | 4 | Nico Motchebon | ![]() |
1:48.69 | q |
10 | 2 | Mahjoub Haida | ![]() |
1:48.77 | Q |
11 | 1 | ![]() |
1:48.85 | q | |
12 | 5 | Kennedy Osei | ![]() |
1:49.00 | q |
13 | 2 | ![]() |
1:49.08 | Q | |
14 | 2 | Andrea Longo | ![]() |
1:49.30 | q |
15 | 5 | Mario Vernon-Watson | ![]() |
1:49.56 | q |
16 | 4 | Jean-Marc Destine | ![]() |
1:49.64 | q |
17 | 1 | David Matthews | ![]() |
1:49.65 | |
18 | 2 | Flávio Godoy | ![]() |
1:49.93 | |
19 | 4 | Roman Oravec | ![]() |
1:51.33 | |
20 | 3 | Savieri Ngidhi | ![]() |
1:52.73 | Q |
21 | 3 | Benyounés Lahlou | ![]() |
1:52.79 | Q |
22 | 3 | Boris Kaveshnikov | ![]() |
1:52.96 | |
23 | 3 | Joseph Rakotoarimanana | ![]() |
1:53.28 | |
24 | 1 | Puntsag-Osor Purevsuren | ![]() |
1:55.76 | |
25 | 4 | ![]() |
1:56.20 | ||
26 | 3 | Mark Everett | ![]() |
1:57.16 | |
2 | ![]() |
DNS | |||
2 | ![]() |
DNS |
Semifinals[]
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.[2]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Mahjoub Haida | ![]() |
1:47.22 | Q |
2 | 1 | Einars Tupuritis | ![]() |
1:47.47 | Q |
3 | 2 | Marko Koers | ![]() |
1:47.75 | Q |
4 | 2 | Nico Motchebon | ![]() |
1:48.20 | Q |
5 | 1 | Mario Vernon-Watson | ![]() |
1:48.32 | |
6 | 1 | Kennedy Osei | ![]() |
1:48.40 | |
7 | 1 | ![]() |
1:48.47 | ||
8 | 3 | Wilson Kipketer | ![]() |
1:48.49 | Q |
9 | 1 | Savieri Ngidhi | ![]() |
1:48.70 | |
10 | 2 | Pavel Soukup | ![]() |
1:48.73 | |
11 | 2 | James Nolan | ![]() |
1:48.75 | |
12 | 2 | Benyounés Lahlou | ![]() |
1:49.18 | |
13 | 2 | Andy Hart | ![]() |
1:49.20 | |
14 | 3 | Rich Kenah | ![]() |
1:49.21 | Q |
15 | 3 | ![]() |
1:49.52 | ||
16 | 3 | ![]() |
1:49.54 | ||
17 | 3 | Andrea Longo | ![]() |
1:50.45 | |
18 | 3 | Jean-Marc Destine | ![]() |
1:51.59 |
Final[]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
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Wilson Kipketer | ![]() |
1:42.67 | WR |
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Mahjoub Haida | ![]() |
1:45.76 | NR |
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Rich Kenah | ![]() |
1:46.16 | PB |
4 | Nico Motchebon | ![]() |
1:46.19 | SB |
5 | Marko Koers | ![]() |
1:46.43 | PB |
6 | Einars Tupuritis | ![]() |
1:46.47 |
References[]
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Semifinals results (archived)
- ^ Final results (archived)
Categories:
- 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships
- 800 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships