1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 1999 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
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 59 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 29 August 1999 at 20:30h.

Medalists[]

Gold	Wilson Kipketer Denmark (DEN)
Silver	Hezekiél Sepeng South Africa (RSA)
Bronze	Djabir Saïd-Guerni Algeria (ALG)

Heats[]

• Held on Thursday 26 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:47.29
2.	Savieri Ngidhi (ZIM)	1:47.58
3.	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)	1:48.05
4.	Assane Diallo (SEN)	1:48.06
5.	Khadevis Robinson (USA)	1:48.31
6.	José Manuel Cerezo (ESP)	1:50.08
	Milton Browne (BAR)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	André Bucher (SUI)	1:46.81
2.	Wojciech Kałdowski (POL)	1:46.88
3.	Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)	1:47.08
4.	(GBR)	1:47.48
5.	Mouhssin Chehibi (MAR)	1:47.65
6.	Frederick Onyancha (KEN)	1:47.76
7.	Naseer Ismail (MDV)	1:56.67
	(BHU)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Andrea Longo (ITA)	1:45.01
2.	Grant Cremer (AUS)	1:45.21
3.	Adem Hecini (ALG)	1:46.13
4.	James Nolan (IRL)	1:46.38
5.	Kim Soon-Hyung (KOR)	1:46.78
6.	(FRA)	1:47.69
7.	(SUD)	1:53.67

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Rich Kenah (USA)	1:47.95
2.	Kennedy Kimwetich (KEN)	1:48.45
3.	(SWE)	1:48.46
4.	Crispen Mutakanyi (ZIM)	1:48.73
5.	(BLR)	1:48.99
6.	Curtis Robb (GBR)	1:49.13
7.	(MGL)	2:02.42
	(RSA)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)	1:45.65
2.	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	1:46.01
3.	Nico Motchebon (GER)	1:46.18
4.	(MAR)	1:46.96
5.	Ian Roberts (GUY)	1:47.53
6.	(EST)	1:48.85
7.	(PLE)	1:52.53

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Johan Botha (RSA)	1:46.59
2.	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana (BDI)	1:46.73
3.	Nils Schumann (GER)	1:46.79
4.	João Pires (POR)	1:47.08
5.	Jason Lobo (GBR)	1:47.53
6.	Balázs Korányi (HUN)	1:47.60
7.	(LUX)	1:48.48

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Japheth Kimutai (KEN)	1:45.66
2.	Roman Oravec (CZE)	1:45.80
3.	Bryan Woodward (USA)	1:45.98
4.	Glody Dube (BOT)	1:46.67
5.	Zach Whitmarsh (CAN)	1:47.01
6.	Tor Øivind Ødegård (NOR)	1:47.07
7.	Víctor Martínez (AND)	1:48.73

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.	Wilson Kirwa (FIN)	1:46.20
2.	Roberto Parra (ESP)	1:46.22
3.	Norberto Téllez (CUB)	1:46.24
4.	Mahjoub Haïda (MAR)	1:46.86
5.	Panagiotis Stroubakos (GRE)	1:48.56
6.	David Matthews (IRL)	1:49.52
7.	(MNP)	2:07.73
	(QAT)	DNS

Semi-final[]

• Held on Friday 27 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	1:45.20
2.	Andrea Longo (ITA)	1:45.63
3.	Rich Kenah (USA)	1:45.99
4.	Roberto Parra (ESP)	1:46.07
5.	Wojciech Kałdowski (POL)	1:46.49
6.	Adem Hecini (ALG)	1:46.61
7.	James Nolan (IRL)	1:47.07
8.	Kim Soon-Hyung (KOR)	1:47.15

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:44.87
2.	Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)	1:45.17
3.	Norberto Téllez (CUB)	1:45.22
4.	Kennedy Kimwetich (KEN)	1:45.67
5.	Roman Oravec (CZE)	1:45.78
6.	Savieri Ngidhi (ZIM)	1:46.56
7.	Wilson Kirwa (FIN)	1:46.65
8.	Nico Motchebon (GER)	1:47.17

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Japheth Kimutai (KEN)	1:47.74
2.	Nils Schumann (GER)	1:47.90
3.	André Bucher (SUI)	1:48.07
4.	Grant Cremer (AUS)	1:48.22
5.	Glody Dube (BOT)	1:48.67
6.	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana (BDI)	1:48.91
7.	Johan Botha (RSA)	1:49.71
8.	Bryan Woodward (USA)	1:55.52

Final[]

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:43.30
	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	1:43.32
	Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)	1:44.18
4.	Norberto Téllez (CUB)	1:45.03
5.	Japheth Kimutai (KEN)	1:45.18
6.	Andrea Longo (ITA)	1:45.33
7.	Kennedy Kimwetich (KEN)	1:46.27
8.	Nils Schumann (GER)	1:46.79

References[]

• IAAF
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