1997 IAAF World
Indoor Championships
Track events
60 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mmenwomen
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4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
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Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Combined events
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The men's 800 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 7–9 March 1997.

The winning margin was 3.09 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's 800 metres was won by more than 1.5 seconds at these championships.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
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-Marc Destine  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
2 Mahmoud Al-Kheirat  Syria DNS
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-Marc Destine  Haiti 1:51.59

Final

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wilson Kipketer  Denmark 1:42.67 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mahjoub Haida  Morocco 1:45.76 NR
3rd place, 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)
Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_800_metres
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