1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1997 IAAF World Indoor
Championships
Track events
60 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m men women
60 m hurdles men women
4×400 m relay men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Heptathlon men

The men's 800 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–9.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Wilson Kipketer
 Denmark		 Mahjoub Haida
 Morocco		 Rich Kenah
 United States

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark 1:43.96 Q, WR
2 1 Marko Koers  Netherlands 1:48.04 Q
3 5 James Nolan  Ireland 1:48.21 Q
4 4 Rich Kenah  United States 1:48.42 Q
5 5 Andy Hart  Great Britain 1:48.45 q
6 1 Pavel Soukup  Czech Republic 1:48.54 Q
6 4 Robert Chirchir  Kenya 1:48.54 Q
8 1 Einars Tupuritis  Latvia 1:48.56 q
9 4 Nico Motchebon  Germany 1:48.69 q
10 2 Mahjoub Haida  Morocco 1:48.77 Q
11 1 Oliver Münzer  Austria 1:48.85 q
12 5 Kennedy Osei  Ghana 1:49.00 q
13 2 Mark Eplinius  Germany 1:49.08 Q
14 2 Andrea Longo  Italy 1:49.30 q
15 5 Mario Vernon-Watson  Jamaica 1:49.56 q
16 4 Jean Destiné  Haiti 1:49.64 q
17 1 David Matthews  Ireland 1:49.65
18 2 Flávio Godoy  Brazil 1:49.93
19 4 Roman Oravec  Czech Republic 1:51.33
20 3 Savieri Ngidhi  Zimbabwe 1:52.73 Q
21 3 Benyounés Lahlou  Morocco 1:52.79 Q
22 3 Boris Kaveshnikov  Kyrgyzstan 1:52.96
23 3 Joseph Rakotoarimanana  Madagascar 1:53.28
24 1 Puntsag-Osor Purevsuren  Mongolia 1:55.76
25 4 Reuben Silwimba  Zambia 1:56.20
26 3 Mark Everett  United States 1:57.16
27 2 Mahmoud Al-Kheirat  Syria DNS
27 2 Mahdi Moullai  Iran DNS

Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Mahjoub Haida  Morocco 1:47.22 Q
2 1 Einars Tupuritis  Latvia 1:47.47 Q
3 2 Marko Koers  Netherlands 1:47.75 Q
4 2 Nico Motchebon  Germany 1:48.20 Q
5 1 Mario Vernon-Watson  Jamaica 1:48.32
6 1 Kennedy Osei  Ghana 1:48.40
7 1 Oliver Münzer  Austria 1:48.47
8 3 Wilson Kipketer  Denmark 1:48.49 Q
9 1 Savieri Ngidhi  Zimbabwe 1:48.70
10 2 Pavel Soukup  Czech Republic 1:48.73
11 2 James Nolan  Ireland 1:48.75
12 2 Benyounés Lahlou  Morocco 1:49.18
13 2 Andy Hart  Great Britain 1:49.20
14 3 Rich Kenah  United States 1:49.21 Q
15 3 Robert Chirchir  Kenya 1:49.52
16 3 Mark Eplinius  Germany 1:49.54
17 3 Andrea Longo  Italy 1:50.45
18 3 Jean Destiné  Haiti 1:51.59

Final

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Wilson Kipketer  Denmark 1:42.67 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Mahjoub Haida  Morocco 1:45.76 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Rich Kenah  United States 1:46.16 PB
4 Nico Motchebon  Germany 1:46.19 SB
5 Marko Koers  Netherlands 1:46.43 PB
6 Einars Tupuritis  Latvia 1:46.47

References

  1. ↑ Heats results
  2. ↑ Semifinals results (archived)
  3. ↑ Final results (archived)
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