World Athletics Championships 2015/800 m men

World Athletics Championships 2015
discipline	Men's 900 meter run
city	Beijing
place	Beijing National Stadium
Attendees	45 athletes from 33 countries
Competition phase	August 22, 2015 (preliminary round) August 23, 2015 (semi-finals) August 25, 2015 (final)
Medalist
gold	David Lekuta Rudisha ( KEN )
silver	Adam Kszczot ( POL )
bronze	Amel Tuka ( BIH )

David Rudisha and Adam Kszczot after their success in the 800 meter final

The men's 800 meter run at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place on August 22, 23 and 25, 2015 in Beijing , People's Republic of China .
World champion was the Kenyan world record holder David Lekuta Rudisha in front of the Poland Adam Kszczot . Amel Tuka from Bosnia and Herzegovina came in third .

Records

World record	David Lekuta Rudisha	1: 40.91 min	OS in London , UK	August 9, 2012
Championship record	Billy Konchellah	1: 43.06 min	World Cup in Rome , Italy	September 1, 1987

doping

There was one doping case in this competition: Moroccan Nader Belhanbel, who initially came in seventh in the finals, was convicted of taking banned substances during follow-up checks in 2017 and subsequently disqualified.

Belhanbel did not win a medal, so there were no disadvantaged athletes who would have received their medal later. But the Moroccan reached the final, which distorted competition. In the preliminary round the Slovenian Žan Rudolf would have qualified for the semifinals via the time rule, in the semifinals the same applied to the Pole Marcin Lewandowski. These two athletes were prevented from reaching the next round due to Belhanbel's doping fraud.

Prelims

After finishing fourth in the first run, the German Robin Schembera missed by one place the semi-finals

Jamal Hairane from Qatar was eliminated after finishing sixth in his preliminary run

The Slovene Žan Rudolf would have been eligible to start in the semifinals during his time, the doped Moroccan Nader Belhanbel took that place away from him

The Swede Andreas Almgren finished sixth in his preliminary run and was eliminated

The Briton Michael Rimmer failed as fourth in the sixth heat in the preliminary round

From the six preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and also the six fastest - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

August 22, 2015, 11:50 am (5:50 am CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Nijel Amos	Botswana	1: 47.23
2	Antoine Gakeme	Burundi	1: 47.47
3	Ali Al-Deraan	Saudi Arabia	1: 47.65
4th	Robin Schembera	Germany	1: 48.04
5	Joshua Ralph	Australia	1: 48.90
6th	Casimir Loxsom	United States	1: 48.97
7th	Khalid Benmahdi	Algeria	1: 49.61

Run 2

August 22, 2015, 11:58 a.m. (5:58 a.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	1: 47.87
2	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1: 47.89
3	Clayton Murphy	United States	1: 48.08
4th	Giordano Benedetti	Italy	1: 48.15
5	Jozef Repčík	Slovakia	1: 48.26
6th	Jamal Hairane	Qatar	1: 48.96
7th	Kyle Langford	Great Britain	1: 49.78
8th	Adnan Taess Akkar	Iraq	1: 54.44 SB

Run 3

August 22, 2015, 12:06 p.m. (6:06 a.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 46.12
2	Rafith Rodríguez	Colombia	1: 46.39
3	Erik Sowinski	United States	1: 46.63
4th	Mark English	Ireland	1: 46.69
5	Žan Rudolf	Slovenia	1: 47.24 actually qualified for the semifinals
DOP	Nader Belhanbel	Morocco	admitted to the semifinals
DNS	Alex Amankwah	Ghana

Run 4

August 22, 2015, 12:14 p.m. (6:14 a.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Abraham Rotich	Bahrain	1: 48.42
2	Amine El Manaoui	Morocco	1: 45.86
3	Kevin López	Spain	1: 46.06
4th	Konstantin Tolokonnikow	Russia	1: 46.07
5	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1: 46.25
6th	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1: 46.70
7th	Musa Hajdari	Kosovo	1: 47.70 NO
8th	Brice Etès	Monaco	1: 48.52

Run 5

August 22, 2015, 12:22 p.m. (6:22 a.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1: 46.62
2	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	1: 46.67
3	Jeffrey Riseley	Australia	1: 46.79
4th	Jena Umar	Ethiopia	1: 47.03
5	Abdelati El Guesse	Morocco	1: 47.49
6th	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	1: 48.06
7th	Reinhardt van Rensburg	South Africa	1: 48.61

Run 6

August 22, 2015, 12:30 p.m. (6:30 a.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	David Lekuta Rudisha	Kenya	1: 48.31
2	Abraham Rotich	Bahrain	1: 48.42
3	Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla	Qatar	1: 48.59
4th	Michael Rimmer	Great Britain	1: 48.70
5	Andreas Bube	Denmark	1: 48.94
6th	Artur Kuciapski	Poland	1: 49.22
7th	Cleiton Abrão	Brazil	1: 49.79
8th	Wais Ibrahim Khairandesh	Afghanistan	1: 59.51

Semifinals

The Dutchman Thijmen Kupers did not reach the final as seventh of his semi-final run

The Pole Marcin Lewandowski would have been eligible to start in the final under regular conditions, but this was prevented by the doped Moroccan Nader Belhanbel

The American Erik Sowinski did not reach the finals in sixth place in his semifinal run

From the three semi-finals, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

August 23, 2015, 8:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1: 44.97
2	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	1: 44.99
3	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1: 45.02
4th	Kevin López	Spain	1: 45.84
5	Amine El Manaoui	Morocco	1: 46.09
6th	Clayton Murphy	United States	1: 46.28
7th	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1: 47.74
DSQ	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	IAAF Rule 163.2 - Disability

Run 2

August 23, 2015, 8:23 pm (2:23 pm CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	David Lekuta Rudisha	Kenya	1: 47.70
2	Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla	Qatar	1: 47.93
3	Nijel Amos	Botswana	1: 47.96
4th	Konstantin Tolokonnikow	Russia	1: 48.32
5	Abraham Rotich	Bahrain	1: 48.61
6th	Ali Al-Deraan	Saudi Arabia	1: 48.71
7th	Antoine Gakeme	Burundi	1: 48.86
DNS	Jeffrey Riseley	Australia

Run 3

August 23, 2015, 8:31 pm (2:31 pm CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 44.84
2	Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich	Kenya	1: 44.85
3	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1: 45.34 actually qualified for the final
4th	Mark English	Ireland	1: 45.55
5	Rafith Rodríguez	Colombia	1: 45.63
6th	Erik Sowinski	United States	1: 47.16
7th	Jena Umar	Ethiopia	1: 48.68
DOP	Nader Belhanbel	Morocco	admitted to the finals

final

August 25, 2015, 8:55 p.m. (2:55 p.m. CEST )

The favorite for this final was Olympic champion David Rudisha from Kenya, who, in contrast to the 2013 World Championships, was there again. His strongest opponents were the reigning world champion Mohammed Aman from Ethiopia. who was disqualified in the semifinals due to a disability, and the Polish European Champion Adam Kszczot.

In contrast to the Olympic Games in London , Rudisha did not run away from the top here. Although he ran in the leading position with his compatriot Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich at his side, the pace of 54.15 s for the first lap was extremely moderate. The field stayed close behind the two Kenyans in rows of two or even three. Then it got faster on the back straight of the final lap. Rudisha forced himself, inside Kszczot tried an attack, which Rudisha countered immediately. From the finish curve, Rudisha continued as the leader onto the home straight, Kszczot followed closely behind him, followed by Rotich, the Frenchman Pierre-Ambroise Bosse and Amel Tuka from Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the last hundred meters, David Rudisha was the fastest and also prevailed in this lane race. Adam Kszczot was vice world champion. Amel Tuka secured the bronze medal with a strong final fifty meters ahead of Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich and Pierre-Ambroise Bosse.

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	David Lekuta Rudisha	Kenya	1: 45.84
	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1: 46.08
	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 46.30
4th	Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich	Kenya	1: 46.35
5	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1: 46.63
6th	Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla	Qatar	1: 47.01
7th	Alfred Kipketer	KEN	1: 47.66
DOP	Nader Belhanbel	MAR

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  World Champion David Rudisha, Kenya

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  Vice world champion Adam Kszczot from Poland

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  Amel Tuka from Bosnia and Herzegovina took third place

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  The Kenyan Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich came in fourth

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  Fifth place for Frenchman
  Pierre-Ambroise Bosse

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  Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla from Qatar finished sixth

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  The Kenyan Alfred Kipketer came in seventh place

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the 2015 World Championships, 800 m men on the IAAF website , accessed on October 25, 2018
• Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 25, 2018
• Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 25, 2018

Video

• David Rudisha wins - 800 Meters Men - 2015 IAAF World Championships - 2015 08 26 on youtube.com, published August 26, 2015, accessed October 25, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Beijing 2015 800 m reports and preview The 800 m home page, accessed July 22, 2017
2. ↑ Chapter 5 Technical Rules, page 57 , Sport-Uni Augsburg (PDF), accessed on October 25, 2018