2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 9 and 11 March. The gold medal was won by 18-year-old Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia, in a time of 1:48.36 seconds.^[1]

In the 800 metres final there were 6 competitors all from different nations. Jakub Holuša had run the fastest time in the semi-final (1:47.23) placing in front of the gold medalist, Mohammed Aman. Going into the final Adam Kszczot was the favourite to win the race. At the end of the first lap Kszczot was leading and looking to pull away from the pack. At the 400 metre mark Kszczot was still winning the race after coming through with a time of 56.29 seconds. Kszczot kept his lead until the 700 metre mark where Mohammed Aman made a move and overtook him. Holuša and Osagie followed suite and also overtook Kszczot on the home strait.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Mohammed Aman	Jakub Holuša	Andrew Osagie

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
Championship record		1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
World Leading		1:44.57	Liévin, France	14 February 2012
African record		1:44.71	Stuttgart, Germany	31 January 2004
Asian record		1:45.26	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
European record		1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
North and Central American and Caribbean record		1:45.00	Sindelfingen, Germany	8 March 1992
Oceanian Record		1:47.48	State College, United States	30 January 2010
South American record		1:45.43	Piraeus, Greece	8 March 1989

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
9 March 2012	10:10	Heats
10 March 2012	11:50	Semi-final
11 March 2012	16:20	Final

Results

Heats

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Qualification: First 2 (Q) plus the 6 fastest times qualified (q)

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			1:49.50	Q
2	2			1:49.57	Q
3	2			1:49.71	Q
4	6			1:49.72	Q
5	2			1:49.73	q
5	4			1:49.73	Q
7	2			1:49.78	q
8	6			1:49.81	q
9	4			1:49.89	Q
10	1			1:50.02	Q
10	4			1:50.02	q
12	4			1:50.13	q
13	1			1:50.14	Q
14	3			1:50.49	Q
15	3			1:50.56	Q
16	1			1:50.67	q
17	3			1:50.72
18	6			1:52.61	NR
19	3			1:52.62	NR
20	5			1:52.65	Q
21	5			1:52.67	Q
22	5			1:52.71
23	2			1:52.93
24	5			1:53.64
25	3			1:54.06
26	6			1:54.20
27	2			1:54.44	NR
28	1			1:54.70
29	1			1:54.93	NR
30	4			1:58.19	NR
31	5			1:58.21
32	4			1:59.14	NR

Semi-final

Qualification: First 2 of each heat qualified (Q)

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			1:47.23	Q, SB
2	3			1:47.90	Q
3	1			1:48.07	Q
4	3			1:48.12
5	1			1:48.13	Q
6	3			1:48.15
7	1			1:48.22
8	1			1:48.36
9	2			1:48.88	Q
10	2			1:48.90	Q
11	3			1:49.12
12	2			1:49.31
13	1			1:49.32
14	2			1:49.42
15	1			1:49.51
16	3			1:49.57
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Final

6 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 16:20.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:48.36
			1:48.62
			1:48.92
4			1:49.16
5			1:50.83
6			1:51.47

Notes and References

1. Web site: Teenager Aman's rise continues with Ethiopia's first 800m gold. 10 March 2012. iaaf.org. 14 March 2012.
2. http://www.iaaf.org/mini/wic12/Results/ResultsByDate.aspx?racedate=03-09-2012/sex=M/discCode=800/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/startlist.html#detM_800_hash_h Start List
3. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres (final). Omega Timing. 11 March 2012.