Track and field at the 2015 Military World Games – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 2015 Military World Games was held on 4 and 5 and 6 October at the KAFAC Sports Complex.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and CISM record were as follows:

World Record		1:40.91	London, Great Britain	9 August 2012
CISM World Record		1:45.63	Rome, Italy	September 1995

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
4 October 2015	15:50	Round 1
5 October 2015	16:40	Semifinals
6 October 2015	15:50	Final

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Ali Alderaan	Jackson Kivuva	Marcin Lewandowski

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			1:48.81	Q
	3			1:48.98	Q
	3			1:50.03	Q
	1			1:50.20	Q
	3			1:50.42	Q
	1			1:52.30	Q
	3			1:52.74	q
	3			1:53.06	q
	2			1:53.73	Q
10	2			1:53.79	Q
11	2			1:53.98	Q
12	2			1:54.30	q
13	4			1:54.34	Q
14	1			1:54.74	q
15	4			1:54.99	Q
16	4			1:55.15	Q
17	2			1:55.16
18	1			1:55.62
19	4			1:55.72
20	3			1:55.97
21	2			1:56.32
22	4			1:56.83
23	4			1:57.92
24	1			2:06.36
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	2

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^{[3] [4]}

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			1:49.16	Q
	2			1:49.17	Q
	2			1:49.19	Q
	1			1:49.22	Q
	1			1:49.32	Q
	1			1:49.34	Q
	2			1:49.34	q
	1			1:49.59	q
	1			1:51.61
10	1			1:52.13
11	1			1:52.33
12	2			1:52.40
13	2			1:52.78
14	2			1:52.92
15	2			1:52.93
16	1			1:55.05

Final

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8			1:45.50	CR
	4			1:45.70
	3			1:46.36
4	5			1:46.43
5	2			1:46.46
6	1			1:47.15
7	6			1:48.68
8	7			1:50.16

Notes and References

1. http://www.korea2015mwg.org/pdf/20151004/AT/20151004ATM008900________________________DT_PDF________________C73H00001PENG20151004214502304036.pdf Round 1 results
2. Web site: Round 1 Summary. MUNGYEONG KOREA 2015. 19 May 2016.
3. http://www.korea2015mwg.org/pdf/20151005/AT/20151005ATM008200________________________DT_PDF________________C73H00001PENG20151005170707258077.pdf Semifinals results
4. Web site: Semifinals Summary. MUNGYEONG KOREA 2015. 19 May 2016.
5. http://www.korea2015mwg.org/pdf/20151006/AT/20151006ATM008101________________________DT_PDF________________C73G00001PENG20151006155854117143.pdf Final results