World Athletics Championships 2001/800 m men

8th World Athletics Championships
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	36 athletes from 28 countries
venue	Edmonton
Competition location	Commonwealth Stadium
Competition phase	August 4th (preliminary) August 5th (semi-finals) August 7th (final)
Medalist André Bucher ( SUI )   Wilfred Bungei ( KEN )   Paweł Czapiewski ( POL )

The Commonwealth Stadium by Edmonton in 2005

The men's 800-meter race at the 2001 World Athletics Championships was held from August 4 to 7, 2001 at the Commonwealth Stadium in the Canadian city ​​of Edmonton .

World champion was the Swiss vice European champion from 1998 André Bucher . Silver went to the Kenyan Wilfred Bungei . The Pole Paweł Czapiewski won the bronze medal.

Existing records

World record	1: 41.11 min	Wilson Kipketer	Cologne , Germany	August 24, 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.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in five runs. The first two athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the six fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

August 4, 2001, 2:50 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Nils Schumann	Germany	1: 45.69
2	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1: 45.93
3	Arthémon Hatungimana	Burundi	1: 45.97
4th	Grzegorz Krzosek	Poland	1: 47.15
5	Derrick Peterson	United States	1: 48.56
6th	Mohamed S. Naji Haidara	Bahrain	1: 49.09
7th	Vanco Stojanov	Macedonia	1: 49.54

Forward 2

Wilson Kirwa did not make it into the semifinals with his 1: 47.65 min

August 4, 2001, 3:06 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1: 44.73
2	Paweł Czapiewski	Poland	1: 45.57
3	Bram Som	Netherlands	1: 45.60
4th	Daniel Caulfield	Ireland	1: 47.23
5	Wilson Kirwa	Finland	1: 47.65
6th	Boris Kaweschnikow	Russia	1: 47.65
7th	Saidou Mahamadou	Niger	1: 57.47
DNS	Douzi Nguerdjeoubel	Chad

Forward 3

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  Khadevis Robinson was missing a lot with his 1: 49.42 minutes to make it to the semifinals

August 4, 2001, 3:06 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	André Bucher	Switzerland	1: 45.49
2	Khalid Tighazouine	Morocco	1: 45.63
3	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1: 46.05
4th	João Pires	Portugal	1: 47.34
5	Khadevis Robinson	United States	1: 49.42
6th	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	Fiji	1: 50.74
7th	John Lozada	Philippines	1: 59.63

Forward 4

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  With 1: 48.60 minutes, Nathan Brannen did not survive the preliminary round

August 4, 2001, 3:14 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	William Yiampoy	Kenya	1: 48.02
2	David Krummenacker	United States	1: 48.15
3	Antonio Manuel Reina	Spain	1: 48.26
4th	Joeri Jansen	Belgium	1: 48.42
5	Nathan Brannen	Canada	1: 48.60
6th	Otukile Lekote	Botswana	1: 49.40
7th	Liam Byrne	Gibraltar	1: 55.98
8th	Naseer Ismail	Maldives	2: 00.19

Forward 5

August 4, 2001, 3:22 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	1: 45.13
2	Glody Dube	Botswana	1: 45.39
3	Adem Hecini	Algeria	1: 45.56
4th	Nicholas Wachira	Kenya	1: 45.97
5	Marvin Watts	Jamaica	1: 46.43
6th	Tom Omey	Belgium	1: 47.37
7th	Prince Mumba	Zambia	1: 49.49

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 5, 2001, 5:55 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1: 45.66
2	Khalid Tighazouine	Morocco	1: 45.69
3	Nils Schumann	Germany	1: 45.86
4th	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1: 45.97
5	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	1: 46.42
6th	Glody Dube	Botswana	1: 46.91
7th	David Krummenacker	United States	1: 47.46
8th	Nicholas Wachira	Kenya	1: 48.93

Semi-final run 2

Bram Som was eliminated in the semifinals with 1: 47.40 min

August 5, 2001, 6:02 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	André Bucher	Switzerland	1: 44.47
2	William Yiampoy	Kenya	1: 44.61
3	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1: 44.81
4th	Paweł Czapiewski	Poland	1: 44.89
5	Arthémon Hatungimana	Burundi	1: 45.21
6th	Adem Hecini	Algeria	1: 46.02
7th	Bram Som	Netherlands	1: 47.40
8th	Marvin Watts	Jamaica	1: 47.64

final

August 7, 2001, 7:50 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	André Bucher	Switzerland	1: 43.70
2	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1: 44.55
3	Paweł Czapiewski	Poland	1: 44.63
4th	William Yiampoy	Kenya	1: 44.96
5	Nils Schumann	Germany	1: 45.00
6th	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1: 45.01
7th	Khalid Tighazouine	Morocco	1: 45.58
8th	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1: 46.68

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  Vice world champion Wilfred Bungei

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  Bronze medalist Paweł Czapiewski

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  The 2000 Olympic champion and reigning European champion Nils Schumann (center) finished fifth

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  The sixth-placed Mbulaeni Mulaudzi

Video

• 2001 IAAF World Championships Men's 800m , video posted February 12, 2014 on youtube.com, accessed August 7, 2020

Web links

• 8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed August 7, 2020
• Men 800m Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) on todor66.com, accessed August 7, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 800 m, Edmonton 2001, p. 113 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 7, 2020
• André Bucher sprints inimitable over 800 meters to the first and only Swiss World Cup gold in a running discipline , watson August 7, 2001 on watson.ch, accessed on August 7, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 800 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on August 7, 2020