2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue	Ergo Arena
Dates	7 March (heats) 9 March (final)
Competitors	19 from 16 nations
Winning time	1:46.40
Medalists
Mohammed Aman    Ethiopia   Adam Kszczot    Poland   Andrew Osagie    Great Britain
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2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men
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The men's 800 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7 and 9 March 2014. Poland's Marcin Lewandowski originally won the bronze medal, but a single step on the infield led to his disqualification and the promotion of Great Britain's Andrew Osagie to the third podium position.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mohammed Aman  Ethiopia	Adam Kszczot  Poland	Andrew Osagie  Great Britain

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
Championship record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
World Leading	Mohammed Aman (ETH)	1:44.52	Birmingham, Great Britain	15 February 2014
African record	Mohammed Aman (ETH)	1:44.52	Birmingham, Great Britain	15 February 2014
Asian record	Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR)	1:45.26	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
European record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
North and Central American and Caribbean record	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:45.00	Sindelfingen, Germany	8 March 1992
Oceanian record	Ryan Foster (AUS)	1:47.48	State College, United States	30 January 2010
South American record	José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)	1:45.43	Piraeus, Greece	8 March 1989

Qualification standards[]

Schedule[]

Fifth-place finisher, Thijmen Kupers

Andre Olivier finished fourth in the final

Adam Kszczot took the silver for the host nation

Mohammed Aman finishing first in the final

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: The winner of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:45.76	Q
2	3	1	Andrew Osagie	Great Britain	1:45.88	q
3	2	5	André Olivier	South Africa	1:46.18	Q
4	2	1	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1:46.26	q
5	2	3	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1:46.55	q, PB
6	1	3	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	1:46.73	Q
7	1	2	Stepan Poistogov	Russia	1:47.11
8	2	6	Nick Symmonds	United States	1:47.29	SB
9	1	1	Kevin López	Spain	1:47.34
10	3	5	Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai	Kenya	1:47.41
11	1	6[3]	Mukhtar Mohammed	Great Britain	1:47.59	SB
12	3	2	Mark English	Ireland	1:47.60
13	1	7[3]	Erik Sowinski	United States	1:48.04
14	3	3	Kristinn Thór Kristinsson	Iceland	1:51.20	PB
15	3	6	Brice Etès	Monaco	1:51.24	NR
16	2	2	Farkhod Kuralov	Tajikistan	1:52.36	NR
17	1	5	Tenirberdi Suiunbaev	Kyrgyzstan	2:00.51	PB
	1	4	Saddam Hussain	Pakistan	DQ	R163.3(b)[4]
	2	4	Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla	Qatar	DQ	R163.3(a)[5]

Final[]

^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	1:46.40
	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:46.76
	Andrew Osagie	Great Britain	1:47.10
4	André Olivier	South Africa	1:47.31
5	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1:47.74
	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	DQ	R163.3(b)[7]

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