World Athletics Championships 1997/800 m men
6th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 53 athletes from 38 countries | ||||||||
venue | Athens | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 4th (preliminary) August 5th (quarter-finals) August 6th (semi-finals) August 8th (final) |
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The men's 800-meter run at the 1997 World Athletics Championships was held from August 4 to 8, 1997 in the Olympic Stadium in the Greek capital, Athens .
The Danish defending champion Wilson Kipketer won his second of three world titles . In second place came the Cuban Norberto Téllez , who won the Olympic bronze in his country's 4 x 400 meter relay in 1992 and gold in the Pan American Games in 1995 . In addition, Téllez was the winner of the 1995 Pan American Games over 400 meters . Bronze went to the American Rich Kenah .
Existing records
World record | 1: 41.73 min | Sebastian Coe | Florence , Italy | June 10, 1981 |
Wilson Kipketer | Stockholm , Sweden | July 7, 1997 | ||
World championship record | 1: 43.06 min | Billy Konchellah | World Cup 1987 in Rome , Italy | September 1, 1987 |
The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships. However, the world champion Wilson Kipketer , who started for Denmark , was only 32 hundredths of a second above the existing record in the final.
The Lebanese Ali Khazaal set a new national record in the second run with 1: 50.66 minutes.
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was carried out in seven runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.
Forward 1
August 4, 1997, 10:00 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1: 46.34 |
2 | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa | 1: 46.42 |
3 | Einars tupuritis | Latvia | 1: 46.96 |
4th | Øivind Ødegard gate | Norway | 1: 47.33 |
5 | Jean-Marc Destine | Haiti | 1: 47.76 |
6th | Joseph Rakotoarimanana | Madagascar | 1: 47.86 |
7th | Mark Sesay | Great Britain | 1: 49.00 |
8th | Cherif Baba Aidara | Mauritania | 1: 56.85 |
Forward 2
August 4, 1997, 10:10 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Norberto Téllez | Cuba | 1: 46.44 |
2 | Panayiótis Stroubákos | Greece | 1: 46.49 |
3 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1: 46.79 |
4th | Mario Vernon-Watson | Jamaica | 1: 46.96 |
5 | Savieri Ngidhi | Zimbabwe | 1: 46.97 |
6th | Ivan Komar | Belarus | 1: 47.53 |
7th | Ali Khazaal | Lebanon | 1: 50.66 NO |
8th | Vanco Stojanov | Macedonia | 1: 52.65 |
Forward 3
August 4, 1997, 10:20 am
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 1: 47.17 |
2 | Rich Kenah | United States | 1: 47.25 |
3 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1: 47.44 |
4th | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 1: 47.53 |
5 | Michael Wildner | Austria | 1: 47.77 |
6th | Sergey Kozhevnikov | Russia | 1: 48.11 |
7th | Mohamed Saleh Hadj Haidara | Bahrain | 1: 53.56 |
DNF | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy |
Forward 4
August 4, 1997, 10:30 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Patrick Konchellah | Kenya | 1: 47.15 |
2 | David Matthews | Ireland | 1: 47.33 |
3 | Marius van Heerden | South Africa | 1: 47.56 |
4th | Nathan Kahan | Belgium | 1: 47.62 |
5 | Viktors Lacis | Latvia | 1: 48.65 |
6th | Liam Byrne | Gibraltar | 2: 00.18 |
DNF | Mahjoub Haïda | Morocco | |
DNS | Julius Achon | Uganda |
Forward 5
August 4, 1997, 10:40 am
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 1: 47.58 |
2 | Arthémon Hatungimana | Burundi | 1: 47.73 |
3 | Andrew Hart | Great Britain | 1: 47.98 |
4th | Hendrick Mokganyetsi | South Africa | 1: 48.10 |
5 | Pavel Soukup | Czech Republic | 1: 48.16 |
6th | Mark Tonks | New Zealand | 1: 48.85 |
7th | Yaya Terap Adoum | Chad | 1: 54.01 |
8th | Manlio Molinari | San Marino | 1: 55.89 |
Forward 6
August 4, 1997, 10:50 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Patrick Ndururi | Kenya | 1: 49.51 |
2 | Lukáš Vydra | Czech Republic | 1: 50.08 |
3 | Adem Hecini | Algeria | 1: 55.25 |
4th | Brandon Rock | United States | 1: 58.05 |
5 | Cuthbert Modeste | St. Lucia | 2: 01.24 |
DNF | Paul Walker | Great Britain | |
DNS | Graham Hood | Canada | |
Mahdi Moullai | Iran |
Forward 7
August 4, 1997, 11:08 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Mark Everett | United States | 1: 47.10 |
2 | Benson Koech | Kenya | 1: 47.15 |
3 | Benyounés Lahlou | Morocco | 1: 47.33 |
4th | Mohamed Yagoub Babiker | Sudan | 1: 47.34 |
5 | Kennedy Osei | Ghana | 1: 47.45 |
6th | José Manuel Cerezo | Spain | 1: 47.68 |
7th | Tim Rogge | Belgium | 1: 48.38 |
8th | Alex Morgan | Jamaica | 1: 50.83 |
Quarter finals
In each of the four quarter-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
By far the fastest quarter-final race was the second. All runners who reached the semi-finals were recruited from this second run.
Quarter-finals 1
August 5, 1997, 6:00 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 1: 46.52 |
2 | Patrick Ndururi | Kenya | 1: 46.56 |
3 | Benyounés Lahlou | Morocco | 1: 46.63 |
4th | Savieri Ngidhi | Zimbabwe | 1: 46.92 |
5 | Lukáš Vydra | Czech Republic | 1: 47.56 |
6th | Nathan Kahan | Belgium | 1: 48.66 |
7th | Mario Vernon-Watson | Jamaica | 1: 49.52 |
8th | Ivan Komar | Belarus | 1: 50.17 |
Quarter-finals 2
August 5, 1997, 6:08 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Norberto Téllez | Cuba | 1: 44.82 |
2 | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa | 1: 44.91 |
3 | Mark Everett | United States | 1: 44.95 |
4th | Adem Hecini | Algeria | 1: 45.19 |
5 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1: 45.33 |
6th | Øivind Ødegard gate | Norway | 1: 45.42 |
7th | Mohamed Yagoub Babiker | Sudan | 1: 45.73 |
8th | David Matthews | Ireland | 1: 46.66 |
Quarter-finals 3
August 5, 1997, 6:16 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 1: 46.43 |
2 | Patrick Konchellah | Kenya | 1: 46.43 |
3 | Rich Kenah | United States | 1: 46.48 |
4th | Arthémon Hatungimana | Burundi | 1: 46.64 |
5 | Einars tupuritis | Latvia | 1: 46.97 |
6th | Marius van Heerden | South Africa | 1: 47.20 |
7th | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 1: 47.30 |
8th | Andrew Hart | Great Britain | 1: 48.03 |
Quarter-finals 4
August 5, 1997, 6:24 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1: 45.54 |
2 | Panayiótis Stroubákos | Greece | 1: 45.94 |
3 | Kennedy Osei | Ghana | 1: 46.00 |
4th | Hendrick Mokganyetsi | South Africa | 1: 46.56 |
5 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1: 46.60 |
6th | Brandon Rock | United States | 1: 47.13 |
7th | José Manuel Cerezo | Spain | 1: 48.90 |
DNS | Benson Koech | Kenya |
Semifinals
In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
August 6, 1997, 7:15 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Patrick Konchellah | Kenya | 1: 45.07 |
2 | Norberto Téllez | Cuba | 1: 45.37 |
3 | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 1: 45.41 |
4th | Mark Everett | United States | 1: 45.94 |
5 | Adem Hecini | Algeria | 1: 46.02 |
6th | Mohamed Yagoub Babiker | Sudan | 1: 46.09 |
7th | Benyounés Lahlou | Morocco | 1: 46.42 |
8th | Panayiótis Stroubákos | Greece | 1: 46.81 |
Semi-final run 2
August 6, 1997, 7:21 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1: 46.14 |
2 | Rich Kenah | United States | 1: 46.37 |
3 | Patrick Ndururi | Kenya | 1: 46.60 |
4th | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 1: 46.62 |
5 | Kennedy Osei | Ghana | 1: 46.78 |
6th | André Bucher | Switzerland | 1: 46.88 |
7th | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa | 1: 47.00 |
8th | Øivind Ødegard gate | Norway | 1: 47.83 |
final
August 8, 1997, 7:40 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 1: 43.38 |
2 | Norberto Téllez | Cuba | 1: 44.00 |
3 | Rich Kenah | United States | 1: 44.25 |
4th | Patrick Konchellah | Kenya | 1: 44.26 |
5 | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 1: 44.53 |
6th | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 1: 44.85 |
7th | Patrick Ndururi | Kenya | 1: 45.24 |
8th | Mark Everett | United States | 1: 49.02 |
Video
- 1997 World Champ 800m , video posted on youtube.com July 8, 2007, accessed June 13, 2020
Web links
- 6th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed June 15, 2020
- Men 800m Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) on todor66.com, accessed June 15, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 800 m, Athens 1997, p. 113 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on June 15, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on June 15, 2020