World Athletics Championships 2019/800 m men

Athletics World Championships 2019
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	45 athletes from 28 countries
venue	Doha
Competition location	Khalifa International Stadium
Competition phase	September 28th (preliminary) September 29th (semi-finals) October 1st (final)
Medalist Donavan Brazier ( USA )   Amel Tuka ( BIH )   Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich ( KEN )

The men's 800-meter run at the 2019 World Athletics Championships took place on September 28, 29 and October 1, 2019 in Doha , Qatar .

45 athletes from 28 countries took part in the competition. Donavan Brazier won the gold medal in a new championship record of 1: 42.34 minutes. Silver went to Amel Tuka with 1: 43.47 min and Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich secured the bronze medal with 1: 43.82 min.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

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

Prelims

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

September 28, 2019, 5:05 p.m. local time (4:05 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Donavan Brazier	United States	1: 46.04
2	Marco Arop	Canada	1: 46.12
3	Tshepo Tshite	South Africa	1: 46.54
4th	Andreas Kramer	Sweden	1: 46.74
5	Lucirio Garrido	Venezuela	1: 46.89
6th	Mariano García	Spain	1: 49.08
7th	Luke Mathews	Australia	1: 50.16
8th	Min Min Zaw	Myanmar	1: 56.85 SB

Run 2

September 28, 2019, 5:22 p.m. local time (4:22 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1: 46.07
2	Adrian Ben	Spain	1: 46.12
3	Jamie Webb	United Kingdom	1: 46.23
4th	Brannon Kidder	United States	1: 46.29
5	Jamal Hairane	Qatar	1: 46.40
6th	Marc Reuther	Germany	1: 47.31
	Nijel Amos	Botswana	DNS

Run 3

September 28, 2019, 5:29 p.m. local time (4:29 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Brandon McBride	Canada	1: 45.96
2	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	Qatar	1: 46.11
3	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1: 46.14
4th	Mouad Zahafi	Morocco	1: 46.56
5	Peter Bol	Australia	1: 46.92
6th	Pol Moya	Andorra	1: 48.52
7th	Ryan Sánchez	Puerto Rico	1: 54.46
8th	Roberto Belo Amaral Soares	East Timor	2: 02.43

Run 4

September 28, 2019, 5:36 p.m. local time (4:36 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich	Kenya	1: 45.98
2	Bryce Hoppel	United States	1: 46.01
3	Abdessalem Ayouni	Tunisia	1: 46.09
4th	Oussama Nabil	Morocco	1: 46.17
5	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1: 46.20
6th	Mohamed Belbachir	Algeria	1: 46.52
7th	Mark English	Ireland	1: 47.25

Run 5

September 28, 2019, 5:43 p.m. local time (4:43 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	1: 45.16
2	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1: 45.27
3	Wesley Vázquez	Puerto Rico	1: 45.47
4th	Yassine Hethat	Algeria	1: 45.67
5	Kyle Langford	United Kingdom	1: 46.14
6th	Quamel Prince	Guyana	1: 48.41
7th	Mohammed al-Suleimani	Oman	1: 50.91 PB
8th	Benjamin Enzema	Equatorial Guinea	1: 51.69 SB

Run 6

September 28, 2019, 5:50 p.m. local time (4:50 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Elliot Giles	United Kingdom	1: 45.53
2	Clayton Murphy	United States	1: 45.62
3	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 45.62
4th	Álvaro de Arriba	Spain	1: 45.67
5	Andrés Arroyo	Puerto Rico	1: 46.75
6th	Edose Ibadin	Nigeria	1: 47.91
7th	Musa Hajdari	Kosovo	1: 47.98
	Samer Ali Saleh al-Johar	Jordan	DSQ V1

^V1 Rule 163.5: Left his lane too early

Semifinals

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

September 29, 2019, 9:55 p.m. local time (8:55 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wesley Vázquez	Puerto Rico	1: 43.96
2	Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich	Kenya	1: 44.20
3	Clayton Murphy	United States	1: 44.48
4th	Adrian Ben	Spain	1: 44.97 PB
5	Elliot Giles	United Kingdom	1: 45.15
6th	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1: 45.22
7th	Abdessalem Ayouni	Tunisia	1: 45.80
8th	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	Qatar	1: 48.87

Run 2

September 29, 2019, 10:05 p.m. local time (9:05 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Donavan Brazier	United States	1: 44.87
2	Marco Arop	Canada	1: 45.07
3	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	1: 45.19
4th	Brannon Kidder	United States	1: 45.62
5	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1: 45.78
6th	Tshepo Tshite	South Africa	1: 46.08
7th	Yassine Hethat	Algeria	1: 46.15
8th	Jamie Webb	United Kingdom	1: 48.44

Run 3

Bryce Hoppel after the semi-final run

September 29, 2019, 10:15 p.m. local time (9:15 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 45.63
2	Bryce Hoppel	United States	1: 45.95
3	Álvaro de Arriba	Spain	1: 46.09
4th	Brandon McBride	Canada	1: 46.21
5	Kyle Langford	United Kingdom	1: 46.41
6th	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1: 46.61
7th	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	1: 47.60
	Oussama Nabil	Morocco	DSQ HF1

^HF1 Rule 163.2 (b): Interfering with Another Athlete

final

October 1, 2019, 10:10 p.m. local time (9:10 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	Donavan Brazier	United States	1: 42.34 CR
	Amel Tuka	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1: 43.47 SB
	Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich	Kenya	1: 43.82
4th	Bryce Hoppel	United States	1: 44.25 PB
5	Wesley Vázquez	Puerto Rico	1: 44.48
6th	Adrian Ben	Spain	1: 45.58
7th	Marco Arop	Canada	1: 45.78
8th	Clayton Murphy	United States	1: 47.84

Web links and sources

• Results on the website of the IAAF (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 800 Meters Men - Round 1. (PDF) In: media.aws.iaaf.org. Retrieved September 28, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 800 Meters Men - Semi-Final. (PDF) In: media.aws.iaaf.org. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .