2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 2003 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 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 58 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 31 August 2003 at 17:30h.

Medalists[]

Gold	Djabir Saïd-Guerni Algeria (ALG)
Silver	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa (RSA)

Final[]

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)	1:44.81
	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)	1:44.84
	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)	1:44.90
4.	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:45.23
5.	Andrea Longo (ITA)	1:45.43
6.	Justus Koech (KEN)	1:45.63
7.	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	1:45.74
8.	Osmar dos Santos (BRA)	1:46.28

Semi-Final[]

• Held on Friday 29 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)	1:45.31
2.	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:45.50
3.	Justus Koech (KEN)	1:46.04
4.	Osmar dos Santos (BRA)	1:46.07
5.	Khalid Tighazouine (MAR)	1:46.83
6.	Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA)	1:47.25
7.	João Pires (POR)	1:49.19
8.	Khadevis Robinson (USA)	1:50.60
—	Nicholas Wachira (KEN)	DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)	1:46.31
2.	Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)	1:46.36
3.	Berhanu Alemu (ETH)	1:46.40
4.	Bram Som (NED)	1:46.63
5.	André Bucher (SUI)	1:46.67
6.	Florent Lacasse (FRA)	1:46.89
7.	Kris McCarthy (AUS)	1:47.64
8.	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei (IRI)	1:47.71

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Andrea Longo (ITA)	1:46.26
2.	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	1:46.43
3.	Antonio Manuel Reina (ESP)	1:46.72
4.	Joeri Jansen (BEL)	1:46.78
5.	René Herms (GER)	1:46.88
6.	David Krummenacker (USA)	1:47.25
7.	Japheth Kimutai (KEN)	1:47.53
8.	Glody Dube (BOT)	1:48.69

Heats[]

Held on Thursday 28 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Florent Lacasse (FRA)	1:47.21
2.	Justus Koech (KEN)	1:47.39
3.	Ricky Soos (GBR)	1:47.80
4.	Dmitriy Bogdanov (RUS)	1:48.36
5.	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana (BDI)	1:48.40
6.	Mindaugas Norbutas (LTU)	1:48.44
7.	(SYR)	1:48.89

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Berhanu Alemu (ETH)	1:45.63
2.	René Herms (GER)	1:45.71
3.	Osmar dos Santos (BRA)	1:45.72
4.	David Krummenacker (USA)	1:45.84
5.	Nicholas Wachira (KEN)	1:45.86
6.	João Pires (POR)	1:46.66
7.	Jimmy Anak Ahar (BRU)	1:57.86
8.	Dominic Carroll (GIB)	2:00.53

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA)	1:47.62
2.	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei (IRI)	1:47.80
3.	Khadevis Robinson (USA)	1:47.85
4.	Achraf Tadili (CAN)	1:47.88
5.	Arnoud Okken (NED)	1:48.15
6.	Tom Omey (BEL)	1:48.93
—	Mouhssin Chehibi (MAR)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Japheth Kimutai (KEN)	1:47.54
2.	Kris McCarthy (AUS)	1:47.61
3.	Abdoulaye Wagne (SEN)	1:47.64
4.	Manuel Olmedo (ESP)	1:47.98
5.	Jasmin Salihović (BIH)	1:48.10
6.	(RSA)	1:48.16
7.	Otukile Lekote (BOT)	1:48.33

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Khalid Tighazouine (MAR)	1:46.01
2.	Bram Som (NED)	1:46.11
3.	Antonio Manuel Reina (ESP)	1:46.45
4.	Glody Dube (BOT)	1:46.68
5.	Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)	1:47.74
—	(USA)	DQ
—	(SOL)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	André Bucher (SUI)	1:48.61
2.	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:48.68
3.	Gary Reed (CAN)	1:48.69
4.	(QAT)	1:48.87
5.	Wilson Kirwa (FIN)	1:49.74
6.	(PLE)	1:51.68
7.	Mohamed Amir (MDV)	2:06.25
—	Ivan Heshko (UKR)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Andrea Longo (ITA)	1:46.26
2.	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)	1:46.44
3.	Joeri Jansen (BEL)	1:46.68
4.	Amine Laalou (MAR)	1:46.75
5.	Rashid Mohamed (BHR)	1:47.43
6.	Jimmy Lomba (FRA)	1:48.15
7.	David Fiegen (LUX)	1:48.80

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.	Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)	1:46.06
2.	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	1:46.09
3.	Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA)	1:46.48
4.	Ismail Ahmed Ismail (SUD)	1:47.21
5.	Rizak Dirshe (SWE)	1:49.23
6.	(NIG)	1:55.21
—	Nicolas Aïssat (FRA)	DNF

See also[]

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games - Men's 800 metres

References[]

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