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800 metres, Men

Date	20 – 23 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	58 from 40 countries

The rounds and semis of the 800 were contested with only two runners advancing automatically, which made the qualifying rounds quite competitive. Not making it to the finals were the defending champion Yury Borzakovsky (RUS), the 2004 silver medalist Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA), and 2008 world list leader Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD). The favorites in the final were Kenyans Alfred Kirwa Yego, the 2007 World Champion, and Wilfred Bungei. The two ran a team race to control the race from the front. The pace was not fast on the first lap, with Bungei leading thru 400 in 53.35, Yego on his shoulder. Bungei gradually increased the pace on the final lap, and Sudan’s Ismail Ahmed Ismail moved up on the backstretch to take second, Yego holding third. Bungei and Ismail would hold those positions thru the tape to win gold and silver, Ismail’s silver the first ever Olympic medal for Sudan. On the final straight, Saad Kamel (BRN) pulled into third but Yego managed to fight back and get the bronze medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	2246	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1:44.90 (1 h1)	1:46.23 (1 h1)	1:44.65 (1)	Gold
2	2914	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1:45.87 (2 h5)	1:44.91 (2 h2)	1:44.70 (2)	Silver
3	2251	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1:46.04 (2 h4)	1:44.73 (1 h2)	1:44.82 (3)	Bronze
4	1295	Gary Reed	CAN	1:46.02 (3 h5)	1:45.85 (2 h3)	1:44.94 (4)
5	1257	Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	1:46.94 (2 h7)	1:44.95 (3 h2)	1:44.95 (5)
6	1487	Yeimer López	CUB	1:45.66 (1 h8)	1:46.40 (2 h1)	1:45.88 (6)
7	1007	Nabil Madi	ALG	1:45.75 (3 h8)	1:45.63 (1 h3)	1:45.96 (7)
8	1008	Nadjim Manseur	ALG	1:45.62 (3 h1)	1:45.54 (4 h2)	1:47.19 (8)
3 h1 r2/3	2773	Yury Borzakovsky	RUS	1:45.15 (2 h1)	1:46.53 (3 h1)	–
3 h3 r2/3	2276	Boaz Lalang	KEN	1:45.72 (2 h8)	1:45.87 (3 h3)	–
4 h1 r2/3	2395	Amine Laâlou	MAR	1:47.86 (1 h6)	1:46.74 (4 h1)	–
4 h3 r2/3	1580	Manuel Olmedo	ESP	1:45.78 (1 h5)	1:45.91 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	3238	Nick Symmonds	USA	1:46.01 (1 h4)	1:46.96 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	2035	Sajjad Moradi	IRI	1:46.10 (6 h8)	1:46.08 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	1251	Belal Mansoor Ali	BRN	1:45.95 (5 h8)	1:46.37 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	2319	Mohamed Al-Salhi	KSA	1:47.02 (2 h2)	1:47.14 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	2742	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1:47.64 (2 h3)	1:46.24 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	1827	Michael Rimmer	GBR	1:47.61 (1 h3)	1:48.07 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	2597	Marcin Lewandowski	POL	1:45.89 (4 h8)	1:47.24 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	1613	Antonio Reina	ESP	1:46.30 (3 h4)	1:46.40 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	3055	Abraham Chepkirwok	UGA	1:47.93 (2 h6)	1:49.16 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r2/3	2324	Mohamed Al-Azemi	KUW	1:46.94 (1 h7)	1:47.65 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	1224	Fabiano Peçanha	BRA	1:46.54 (4 h1)	1:47.07 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r2/3	2912	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	SUD	1:46.98 (1 h2)	1:49.19 (8 h3)	–
3 h2 r1/3	2749	Dmitry Bogdanov	RUS	1:47.49 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	2575	Paweł Czapiewski	POL	1:47.66 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	1515	Jakub Holuša	CZE	1:48.19 (3 h6)	–	–
3 h7 r1/3	2493	Robert Lathouwers	NED	1:46.94 (3 h7)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	1202	Onalenna Baloyi	BOT	1:47.89 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	1618	Miguel Quesada	ESP	1:48.06 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	1457	Andy González	CUB	1:46.59 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	2333	Dmitrijs Miļkēvičs	LAT	1:47.12 (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	3232	Christian Smith	USA	1:48.20 (4 h6)	–	–
4 h7 r1/3	3289	Andrew Wheating	USA	1:47.05 (4 h7)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	2040	Thomas Chamney	IRL	1:47.66 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	2941	Jozef Repčík	SVK	1:48.64 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	1398	Li Xiangyu	CHN	1:48.44 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	2402	Mouhssin Chehibi	MAR	1:46.75 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	2737	Samson Ngoepe	RSA	1:47.42 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	1233	Kléberson Davide	BRA	1:48.53 (5 h6)	–	–
5 h7 r1/3	2862	Abdoulaye Wagne	SEN	1:47.50 (5 h7)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	1067	Lach Renshaw	AUS	1:49.19 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	1036	Leonardo Price	ARG	1:49.39 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	2373	Vitalij Kozlov	LTU	1:48.96 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	3305	Eduard Villanueva	VEN	1:47.64 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	2860	Aunese Curreen	SAM	1:47.45 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	1299	Achraf Tadili	CAN	1:48.87 (6 h6)	–	–
6 h7 r1/3	2146	Aldwyn Sappleton	JAM	1:48.19 (6 h7)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	2034	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei	IRI	1:49.25 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	2973	Samwel Mwera	TAN	1:50.67 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	3308	Nguyễn Đình Cương	VIE	1:52.06 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	2476	Souleymane Ould Chebal	MTN	1:57.43 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	1197	Fadrique Iglesias	BOL	1:50.57 (7 h6)	–	–
7 h7 r1/3	2294	Sergey Pakura	KGZ	1:50.54 (7 h7)	–	–
7 h8 r1/3	2406	Yassine Bensghir	MAR	1:46.88 (7 h8)	–	–
8 h4 r1/3	1980	Derek Mandell	GUM	1:57.48 (8 h4)	–	–
8 h6 r1/3	3312	Mohammed Al-Yafaee	YEM	1:54.82 (8 h6)	–	–
8 h8 r1/3	1713	Mikko Lahtio	FIN	1:47.20 (8 h8)	–	–
DNS	2547	Nick Willis	NZL	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	1552	Byron Piedra	ECU	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	1006	Antar Zerguelaïne	ALG	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One (20 August 2008)

Top two in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (19:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1:44.90	Q
2	3	Yury Borzakovsky	RUS	1:45.15	Q
3	4	Nadjim Manseur	ALG	1:45.62	q
4	5	Fabiano Peçanha	BRA	1:46.54	q
5	2	Thomas Chamney	IRL	1:47.66
6	7	Lach Renshaw	AUS	1:49.19
7	8	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei	IRI	1:49.25

Splits

400 m	50:89	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei
600 m	1:18.20	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei

Heat Two (19:08)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	SUD	1:46.98	Q
2	6	Mohamed Al-Salhi	KSA	1:47.02	Q
3	4	Dmitry Bogdanov	RUS	1:47.49
4	7	Onalenna Baloyi	BOT	1:47.89
5	5	Jozef Repčík	SVK	1:48.64
6	8	Leonardo Price	ARG	1:49.39
DNS	3	Antar Zerguelaïne	ALG	–

Splits

400 m	53.59	Abubaker Kaki Khamis
600 m	1:20.91	Dmitry Bogdanov

Heat Three (19:16)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Michael Rimmer	GBR	1:47.61	Q
2	7	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1:47.64	Q
3	8	Paweł Czapiewski	POL	1:47.66
4	3	Miguel Quesada	ESP	1:48.06
5	6	Li Xiangyu	CHN	1:48.44
6	4	Vitalij Kozlov	LTU	1:48.96
7	5	Samwel Mwera	TAN	1:50.67
DNS	9	Nick Willis	NZL	–

Splits

400 m	55.90	Michael Rimmer
600 m	1:22.07	Paweł Czapiewski

Heat Four (19:24)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Nick Symmonds	USA	1:46.01	Q
2	8	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1:46.04	Q
3	9	Antonio Reina	ESP	1:46.30	q
4	5	Andy González	CUB	1:46.59
5	4	Mouhssin Chehibi	MAR	1:46.75
6	7	Eduard Villanueva	VEN	1:47.64
7	3	Nguyễn Đình Cương	VIE	1:52.06
8	2	Derek Mandell	GUM	1:57.48

Splits

400 m	53.08	Eduard Villanueva
600 m	1:19.55	Eduard Villanueva

Heat Five (19:32)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Manuel Olmedo	ESP	1:45.78	Q
2	5	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1:45.87	Q
3	8	Gary Reed	CAN	1:46.02	q
4	7	Dmitrijs Miļkēvičs	LAT	1:47.12
5	2	Samson Ngoepe	RSA	1:47.42
6	3	Aunese Curreen	SAM	1:47.45
7	6	Souleymane Ould Chebal	MTN	1:57.43
DNS	9	Byron Piedra	ECU	–

Splits

400 m	53.32	Dmitrijs Miļkēvičs
600 m	1:20.03	Dmitrijs Miļkēvičs

Heat Six (19:40)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Amine Laâlou	MAR	1:47.86	Q
2	5	Abraham Chepkirwok	UGA	1:47.93	Q
3	7	Jakub Holuša	CZE	1:48.19
4	3	Christian Smith	USA	1:48.20
5	9	Kléberson Davide	BRA	1:48.53
6	4	Achraf Tadili	CAN	1:48.87
7	6	Fadrique Iglesias	BOL	1:50.57
8	2	Mohammed Al-Yafaee	YEM	1:54.82

Splits

400 m	54.32	Kléberson Davide
600 m	1:21.86	Amine Laâlou

Heat Seven (19:48)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Mohamed Al-Azemi	KUW	1:46.94	Q
2	8	Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	1:46.94	Q
3	5	Robert Lathouwers	NED	1:46.94
4	2	Andrew Wheating	USA	1:47.05
5	7	Abdoulaye Wagne	SEN	1:47.50
6	4	Aldwyn Sappleton	JAM	1:48.19
7	6	Sergey Pakura	KGZ	1:50.54

Splits

400 m	54.69	Youssef Saad Kamel
600 m	1:20.87	Abdoulaye Wagne

Heat Eight (19:56)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Yeimer López	CUB	1:45.66	Q
2	6	Boaz Lalang	KEN	1:45.72	Q
3	4	Nabil Madi	ALG	1:45.75	q
4	2	Marcin Lewandowski	POL	1:45.89	q
5	3	Belal Mansoor Ali	BRN	1:45.95	q
6	7	Sajjad Moradi	IRI	1:46.10	q
7	8	Yassine Bensghir	MAR	1:46.88
8	9	Mikko Lahtio	FIN	1:47.20

Splits

400 m	52.76	Yeimer López
600 m	1:19.78	Yeimer López

Semi-Finals (21 August 2008)

Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (19:50)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1:46.23	Q
2	5	Yeimer López	CUB	1:46.40	Q
3	7	Yury Borzakovsky	RUS	1:46.53
4	4	Amine Laâlou	MAR	1:46.74
5	6	Nick Symmonds	USA	1:46.96
6	9	Mohamed Al-Salhi	KSA	1:47.14
7	2	Marcin Lewandowski	POL	1:47.24
8	3	Mohamed Al-Azemi	KUW	1:47.65

Splits

400 m	54.32	Wilfred Bungei
600 m	1:21.00	Wilfred Bungei

Heat Two (19:58)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1:44.73	Q
2	6	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1:44.91	Q
3	7	Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	1:44.95	q
4	9	Nadjim Manseur	ALG	1:45.54	q
5	8	Sajjad Moradi	IRI	1:46.08
6	4	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1:46.24
7	2	Antonio Reina	ESP	1:46.40
8	3	Fabiano Peçanha	BRA	1:47.07

Splits

400 m	51.02	Fabiano Peçanha
600 m	1:18.40	Alfred Kirwa Yego

Heat Three (20:06)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Nabil Madi	ALG	1:45.63	Q
2	4	Gary Reed	CAN	1:45.85	Q
3	5	Boaz Lalang	KEN	1:45.87
4	9	Manuel Olmedo	ESP	1:45.91
5	3	Belal Mansoor Ali	BRN	1:46.37
6	8	Michael Rimmer	GBR	1:48.07
7	7	Abraham Chepkirwok	UGA	1:49.16
8	6	Abubaker Kaki Khamis	SUD	1:49.19

Splits

400 m	52.24	Nabil Madi
600 m	1:19.43	Nabil Madi

Final (23 August 2008 — 19:30)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1:44.65
2	8	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1:44.70
3	5	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1:44.82
4	6	Gary Reed	CAN	1:44.94
5	4	Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	1:44.95
6	7	Yeimer López	CUB	1:45.88
7	2	Nabil Madi	ALG	1:45.96
8	9	Nadjim Manseur	ALG	1:47.19

Splits

400 m	53.35	Wilfred Bungei
600 m	1:19.17	Wilfred Bungei