2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres
| Men's 800 metres at the 2023 World Championships | ||||||||||
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| File:800m men final Budapest 2023.jpg Final of the event | ||||||||||
| Venue | National Athletics Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 22 August (heats) 24 August (semi-finals) 26 August (final) | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 800 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary from 22 to 26 August 2023.[1]
Summary
Several renowned athletes failed to progress past the heats. Olympic and defending champion, Emmanuel Korir, Olympic silver medalist and 2019 bronze medalist Ferguson Rotich, 2019 bronze medalist Amel Tuka, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy and 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist Peter Bol all failed to qualify for the semifinals. Returning silver medalist Djamel Sedjati was lucky to be in the slow second semi. His second place automatic qualifier of 1:44.49 was the slowest time to make the final. Ben Pattison was the slowest qualifier on time with 1:44.23. Emmanuel Wanyonyi was the fastest qualifier with 1:43.83. The final started with Pattison the first to the break line, but Wanyonyi pushed the back stretch to take the lead before the next turn, then used his position to keep the pace slow taking the bell at 52.68. In the 2022 Olympic final Arop hit the bell in 52.05 and relinquished the lead on the home stretch. This year he was dead last after 400m. Halfway through the penultimate turn, Arop moved out to get some running room. Shifting gears as he hit the backstretch, Arop ran past the field, taking the lead at the beginning of the final turn and he kept going opening up a 2 metre lead through the turn. Coming off the turn, the others lined up three abreast behind Wanyonyi to sprint for home, but Arop was way out front and pulling away. Wanyonyi made a late run, pulling back a metre from Arop's lead, but still finished 2 metres back. Two more metres back, Pattison hit the line barely ahead of Adrián Ben and Slimane Moula for bronze. Sedjati was later disqualified for a lane violation.
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:[2]
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Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:44.70.[3]
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round |
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| 22 August | 19:20 | Heats |
| 24 August | 20:50 | Semi-finals |
| 26 August | 20:30 | Final |
Results
Heats
The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.[4]
Semi-finals
The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.[5]
Final
The final was started on 26 August at 20:30.[6]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | Marco Arop | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (CAN) | 1:44.24 | |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (KEN) | 1:44.53 | |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Ben Pattison | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:44.83 | |
| 4 | Adrián Ben | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (ESP) | 1:44.91 | |
| 5 | Slimane Moula | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (ALG) | 1:44.95 | |
| 6 | Tshepiso Masalela | File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana (BOT) | 1:45.57 | |
| 7 | Bryce Hoppel | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA) | 1:46.02 | |
| 8 | Djamel Sedjati | File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (ALG) | DQ |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Timetable - Budapest 23 - World Athletics Championship - Men 800 Metres". World Athletics. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ↑ "800 Metres Men − Records". World Athletics. Archived from the original on January 4, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
- ↑ "Qualification system published for World Athletics Championships Budapest 23" (PDF). World Athletics. August 22, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
- ↑ "Summary - 800 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. August 22, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
- ↑ "Summary - 800 Metres Men - Semi-finals" (PDF). World Athletics. August 24, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ↑ "800 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. August 26, 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 27, 2023. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
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