1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 1997 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece on 4–8 August.

Medalists[]

Gold	Wilson Kipketer Denmark (DEN)
Silver	Norberto Téllez Cuba (CUB)
Bronze	Rich Kenah United States (USA)

Results[]

Heats[]

First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:46.34	Q
2	1	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	1:46.42	Q
3	2	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	1:46.44	Q
4	2	Panagiotis Stroubakos	Greece	1:46.49	Q
5	2	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:46.79	Q
6	1	Einārs Tupurītis	Latvia	1:46.96	Q
6	2	Mario Vernon-Watson	Jamaica	1:46.96	Q
8	2	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:46.97	q
9	7	Mark Everett	United States	1:47.10	Q
10	4	Patrick Konchellah	Kenya	1:47.15	Q
10	7	Benson Koech	Kenya	1:47.15	Q
12	3	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1:47.17	Q
13	3	Rich Kenah	United States	1:47.25	Q
14	1	Tor Oivind Odegard	Norway	1:47.33	Q
14	4	David Matthews	Ireland	1:47.33	Q
14	7	Benyounes Lahlou	Morocco	1:47.33	Q
17	7		Sudan	1:47.34	Q
18	3	André Bucher	Switzerland	1:47.44	Q
19	7	Kennedy Osei	Ghana	1:47.45	q
20	2	Ivan Komar	Belarus	1:47.53	q
20	3	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1:47.53	Q
22	4	Marius Van Heerden	South Africa	1:47.56	Q
23	5	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1:47.58	Q
24	4	Nathan Kahan	Belgium	1:47.62	Q
25	7	José Manuel Cerezo	Spain	1:47.68	q
26	5	Arthemon Hatungimana	Burundi	1:47.73	Q
27	1	Jean-Marc Destine	Haiti	1:47.76
28	3	Michael Wildner	Austria	1:47.77
29	1	Joseph Rakotoarimanana	Madagascar	1:47.86
30	5	Andrew Hart	Great Britain	1:47.98	Q
31	5	Hendrik Mokganyetsi	South Africa	1:48.10	Q
32	3	Sergey Kozhevnikov	Russia	1:48.11
33	5	Pavel Soukup	Czech Republic	1:48.16
34	7	Tim Rogge	Belgium	1:48.38
35	4	Viktors Lācis	Latvia	1:48.65
36	5		New Zealand	1:48.85
37	1		Great Britain	1:49.00
38	6	Patrick Ndururi	Kenya	1:49.51	Q
39	6	Lukáš Vydra	Czech Republic	1:50.08	Q
40	2		Lebanon	1:50.66
41	7	Alex Morgan	Jamaica	1:50.83
42	2	Vančo Stojanov	Macedonia	1:52.65
43	3		Bahrain	1:53.56
44	5	Terap Adoum Yaya	Chad	1:54.01
45	6	Adem Hecini	Algeria	1:55.25	Q
46	5	Manlio Molinari	San Marino	1:55.89
47	1	Chérif Baba Aidara	Mauritania	1:56.85
48	6	Brandon Rock	United States	1:58.05	Q
49	4		Gibraltar	2:00.18
50	6		Saint Lucia	2:01.24
	3	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	DNF
	4	Mahjoub Haida	Morocco	DNF
	6		Great Britain	DNF
	4	Julius Achon	Uganda	DNS
	6		Iran	DNS
	6	Graham Hood	Canada	DNS

Quarterfinals[]

First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	1:44.82	Q
2	2	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	1:44.91	Q, SB
3	2	Mark Everett	United States	1:44.95	Q
4	2	Adem Hecini	Algeria	1:45.19	q, SB
5	2	André Bucher	Switzerland	1:45.33	q, PB
6	2	Tor Oivind Odegard	Norway	1:45.42	q, PB
7	4	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:45.54	Q
8	2		Sudan	1:45.73	q, PB
9	4	Panagiotis Stroubakos	Greece	1:45.94	Q
10	4	Kennedy Osei	Ghana	1:46.00	Q
11	3	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1:46.43	Q
12	3	Patrick Konchellah	Kenya	1:46.43	Q
13	4	Hendrik Mokganyetsi	South Africa	1:46.45
14	3	Rich Kenah	United States	1:46.48	Q
15	1	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1:46.52	Q
16	1	Patrick Ndururi	Kenya	1:46.56	Q
17	4	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:46.60
18	1	Benyounes Lahlou	Morocco	1:46.63	Q
19	3	Arthemon Hatungimana	Burundi	1:46.64
20	2	David Matthews	Ireland	1:46.66
21	1	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:46.92
22	3	Einārs Tupurītis	Latvia	1:46.97
23	4	Brandon Rock	United States	1:47.13
24	3	Marius Van Heerden	South Africa	1:47.20
25	3	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1:47.30
26	1	Lukáš Vydra	Czech Republic	1:47.56
27	3	Andrew Hart	Great Britain	1:48.03
28	1	Nathan Kahan	Belgium	1:48.66
29	4	José Manuel Cerezo	Spain	1:48.90
30	1	Mario Vernon-Watson	Jamaica	1:49.52
31	1	Ivan Komar	Belarus	1:50.17
	4	Benson Koech	Kenya	DNS

Semifinals[]

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Patrick Konchellah	Kenya	1:45.07	Q
2	1	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	1:45.37	Q
3	1	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1:45.41	Q
4	1	Mark Everett	United States	1:45.94	Q
5	1	Adem Hecini	Algeria	1:46.02
6	1	Mohammed Yagoub Babiker	Sudan	1:46.09
7	2	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:46.14	Q
8	2	Rich Kenah	United States	1:46.37	Q
9	1	Benyounes Lahlou	Morocco	1:46.42
10	2	Patrick Ndururi	Kenya	1:46.50	Q
11	2	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1:46.62	Q
12	2	Kennedy Osei	Ghana	1:46.78
13	1	Panagiotis Stroubakos	Greece	1:46.81
14	2	André Bucher	Switzerland	1:46.88
15	2	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	1:47.00
16	2	Tor Oivind Odegard	Norway	1:47.83

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:43.38
	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	1:44.00	SB
	Rich Kenah	United States	1:44.25	PB
4	Patrick Konchellah	Kenya	1:44.26
5	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	1:44.53
6	Marko Koers	Netherlands	1:44.85
7	Patrick Ndururi	Kenya	1:45.24
8	Mark Everett	United States	1:49.02

References[]

• Results
• Official results