Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

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The Men's 800 metres event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Saturday 23 September, Monday 25 September, and Wednesday 27 September 2000.

The top two runners in each of the initial eight heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 25 runners competed in 3 heats in the semifinals, with the top two runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals and the next two fastest runner from the semifinals also qualified.

Germany's Nils Schumann upset Denmark's world record holder and world champion Wilson Kipketer. The race was one of the closest in Olympic 800 meter history as the first three were separated by a mere 0.08 second and the first five by 0.32 second. It was suggested Kipketer made a tactical error by not forcing the pace.

The final was slow, with André Bucher leading the first lap in 53.43. Down the back stretch Andrea Longo moved shoulder to shoulder with Bucher and at the 600 meter mark, just under 1:20 Longo dropped his shoulder forcing Bucher into the infield. Longo charged into the lead around the final turn with world record holder in next to last place chasing the notable young kicker Yuriy Borzakovskiy. Kipketer had to go out to lane 4 to try to get around the wall of runners ahead of him with Djabir Saïd-Guerni in lane 5 trying to get around Kipketer. Longo faded with 30 meters to go, with Nils Schumann in perfect position to pick up the pieces, holding off the late rush on the outside to take the gold. For the interference, Longo was disqualified.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Nils Schumann (GER)
Silver	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)
Bronze	Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG)

Records as of Sydney Olympics

World record	1:41.11	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	Cologne, Germany	24 August 1997
Olympic Record	1:42.58	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	Atlanta, USA	29 July 1996

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DSQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Round 1

Heat 1 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	7	Andrea Longo	Italy	2	1:46.32	Q
2	11	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	3	1:46.76	Q
3	18	James Mcilroy	Great Britain	8	1:47.44	q
4	=24	Roman Oravec	Czech Republic	1	1:47.66
5	27	Vanco Stojanov	Macedonia	5	1:47.71
6	30	Rich Kenah	United States	7	1:47.85
7	40	Kim Soon-Hyung	South Korea	8	1:48.49
8		Mohammad Alkafraini	Jordan	6	DSQ

Heat 2 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	28	Nils Schumann	Germany	6	1:47.76	Q
2	33	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	7	1:47.95	Q
3	36	Arthémon Hatungimana	Burundi	3	1:48.14
4	39	Zach Whitmarsh	Canada	2	1:48.42
5	43	David Matthews	Ireland	4	1:48.77
6	44	Andrew Hart	Great Britain	8	1:48.78
7	48	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	Fiji	5	1:49.61

Heat 3 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	19	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	6	1:47.46	Q
2	21	Adem Hecini	Algeria	1	1:47.62	Q
3	31	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	4	1:47.86
4	36	Dimitry Bogdanov	Russia	7	1:48.14
5	38	Roberto Parra	Spain	5	1:48.19
6	45	Bobby True	Liberia	8	1:48.79
7	47	Mohamed Habib Belhadj	Tunisia	3	1:49.14
8	54	Jorge Duvane	Mozambique	2	1:52.97

Heat 4 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	2	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	3	1:45.57	Q
2	5	Glody Dube	Botswana	2	1:46.17	Q	PB
3	13	Johan Botha	South Africa	7	1:46.91	q
4	=24	Crispen Mutakanyi	Zimbabwe	1	1:47.66
5	35	Jose Manuel Cerezo	Spain	8	1:48.11
6	50	Artem Mastrov	Russia	4	1:49.89
7	53	Ian Roberts	Guyana	5	1:52.32
8	60	Marvin Watts	Jamaica	6	1:59.97	q

Heat 5 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	10	Pavel Pelepyagin	Belarus	4	1:46.47	Q
2	12	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	3	1:46.78	Q
3	16	El Mahjoub Haida	Morocco	5	1:47.14	q
4	17	William Yiampoy	Kenya	8	1:47.35	q
5	20	João Pires	Portugal	6	1:47.61
6	55	Abdul I Yousuf	Qatar	1	1:53.23
7	58	Naseer Ismail	Maldives	7	1:56.67
8	59	Faig Bagirov	Azerbaijan	2	1:57.39

Heat 6 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	2	1:45.39	Q
2	3	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	7	1:45.60	Q
3	4	Grant Cremer	Australia	3	1:45.86	q	SB
4	6	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	1	1:46.21	q	SB
5	23	Bryan Woodward	United States	6	1:47.64
6	32	Mehdi Jelodarzadeh	Iran	8	1:47.91
7	57	Mohamed S. Naji Haidara	Bahrain	4	1:56.64
8	--	Mohammed Yagoub	Sudan	5	DNS

Heat 7 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	8	Khalid Tighazouine	Morocco	2	1:46.33	Q
2	9	André Bucher	Switzerland	8	1:46.51	Q
3	14	Viktors Lacis	Latvia	4	1:46.94	q	SB
4	15	Osmar dos Santos	Brazil	3	1:47.05	q
5	22	Milton O Browne	Barbados	7	1:47.63		SB
6	26	Nathan Kahan	Belgium	6	1:47.69
7	34	Panayiótis Stroubákos	Greece	5	1:47.96

Heat 8 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	29	Werner Botha	South Africa	7	1:47.85	Q
2	41	Mouhssin Chehibi	Morocco	6	1:48.51	Q
3	42	Bram Som	Netherlands	1	1:48.58
4	46	Kris McCarthy	Australia	2	1:48.92
5	49	Mark Everett	United States	5	1:49.77
6	51	Paskar Owor	Uganda	4	1:49.99
7	52	Vitalie Cerches	Moldova	8	1:52.15
8	56	Puntsag-Osor Purevsuren	Mongolia	3	1:56.29

Overall Results Round 1

Round 1 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	6	2	1	1:45.39	Q
2	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	4	3	1	1:45.57	Q
3	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	6	7	2	1:45.60	Q
4	Grant Cremer	Australia	6	3	3	1:45.86	q	SB
5	Glody Dube	Botswana	4	2	2	1:46.17	Q	PB
6	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	6	1	4	1:46.21	q	SB
7	Andrea Longo	Italy	1	2	1	1:46.32	Q
8	Khalid Tighazouine	Morocco	7	2	1	1:46.33	Q
9	Andre Bucher	Switzerland	7	8	2	1:46.51	Q
10	Pavel Pelepyagin	Belarus	5	4	1	1:46.67	Q
11	Vebjoern Rodal	Norway	1	3	2	1:46.76	Q
12	Jean Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	5	3	2	1:46.78	Q
13	Johan Botha	South Africa	4	7	3	1:46.91	q
14	Viktors Lacis	Latvia	7	4	3	1:46.94	q	SB
15	Osmar dos Santos	Brazil	7	3	4	1:47.05	q
16	El Mahjoub Haida	Morocco	5	5	3	1:47.14	q
17	William Yiampoy	Kenya	5	8	4	1:47.35	q
18	James McIlroy	Great Britain	1	8	3	1:47.44	q
19	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	3	6	1	1:47.46	Q
20	Joao Pires	Portugal	5	6	5	1:47.61
21	Adem Hecini	Algeria	3	1	2	1:47.62	Q
22	Milton O Browne	Barbados	7	7	5	1:47.63		SB
23	Bryan Woodward	United States	6	6	5	1:47.64
24	Crispen Mutakanyi	Zimbabwe	4	1	4	1:47.66
	Roman Oravec	Czech Republic	1	1	4	1:47.66
26	Nathan Kahan	Belgium	7	6	6	1:47.69
27	Vanco Stojanov	Macedonia	1	5	5	1:47.71
28	Nils Schumann	Germany	2	6	1	1:47.76	Q
29	Werner Botha	South Africa	8	7	1	1:47.83	Q
30	Rich Kenah	United States	1	7	6	1:47.85
31	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	3	4	3	1:47.86
32	Mehdi Jelodarzadeh	Iran	6	8	6	1:47.91
33	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	2	7	2	1:47.95	Q
34	Panayiótis Stroubákos	Greece	7	5	7	1:47.96
35	Jose Manuel Cerezo	Spain	4	8	5	1:48.11
36	Dmitriy Bogdanov	Russia	3	7	4	1:48.14
	Arthemon Hatungimana	Burundi	2	3	3	1:48.14
38	Roberto Parra	Spain	3	5	5	1:48.19
39	Zach Whitmarsh	Canada	2	2	4	1:48.42
40	Kim Soon-Hyung	South Korea	1	4	7	1:48.49		SB
41	Mouhssin Chehibi	Morocco	8	6	2	1:48.51	Q
42	Bram Som	Netherlands	8	1	3	1:48.58
43	David Matthews	Ireland	2	4	5	1:48.77
44	Andrew Hart	Great Britain	2	8	6	1:48.78
45	Bobby True	Liberia	3	8	6	1:48.79
46	Kris McCarthy	Australia	8	2	4	1:48.92
47	Habib Mohamed Belhadj	Tunisia	3	3	7	1:49.14
48	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	Fiji	2	5	7	1:49.61
49	Mark Everett	United States	8	5	5	1:49.77
50	Artem Mastrov	Russia	4	4	6	1:49.89
51	Paskar Owor	Uganda	8	4	6	1:49.99
52	Vitalie Cerches	Moldova	8	8	7	1:52.15
53	Ian Roberts	Guyana	4	5	7	1:52.32
54	Jorge Duvane	Mozambique	3	2	8	1:52.97
55	Abdu I Yousuf	Qatar	5	1	6	1:53.23
56	Puntsag-Osor Purevsuren	Mongolia	8	3	8	1:56.29
57	Mohamed S. Naji Haidara	Bahrain	6	4	7	1:56.64
58	Naseer Ismail	Maldives	5	7	7	1:56.67
59	Faig Baghirov	Azerbaijan	5	2	8	1:57.39
60	Marvin Watts	Jamaica	4	6	8	1:59.97	q
	Mohammad Alkafraini	Jordan	1	6		DSQ
	Mahamed Yagoub	Sudan	6	5		DNS

Semi-Finals

Heat 1 of 3 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=2	Nils Schumann	Germany	1	1:44.22	Q	PB
2	5	André Bucher	Switzerland	5	1:44.38	Q
3	7	Glody Dube	Botswana	2	1:44.70	q	NR
4	8	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	6	1:44.85	q
5	13	William Yiampoy	Kenya	4	1:45.88
6	15	James McIlroy	United Kingdom	7	1:46.39
7	22	Vebjørn Rodal	Norway	3	1:48.73
8	23	Chehibi Mouhssin	Morocco	6	1:49.88

Heat 2 of 3 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	5	1:44.19	Q
2	4	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	3	1:44.33	Q	PB
3	10	Khalid Tighazouine	Morocco	1	1:45.38		PB
4	11	Johan Botha	South Africa	2	1:45.49
5	12	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	6	1:45.64
6	17	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	4	1:46.98
7	24	Pavel Pelepyagin	Belarus	8	1:50.37
8	25	Grant Cremer	Australia	7	1:52.57

Heat 3 of 3 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=2	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	3	1:44.22	Q
2	6	Andrea Longo	Italy	4	1:44.49	Q
3	9	Adem Hecini	Algeria	6	1:45.08
4	14	Mahjoub Haïda	Morocco	7	1:46:35
5	16	Werner Botha	South Africa	5	1:46.53
6	18	Viktors Lacis	Latvia	2	1:47.24
7	19	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	8	1:47.35
=8	=20	Marvin Watts	Jamaica	9	1:47.68
=8	=20	Osmar dos Santos	Brazil	1	1:47.68

Overall Results Semi-finals

Semi-finals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	2	5	1	1:44.19	Q
2	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	3	3	1	1:44.22	Q
	Nils Schumann	Germany	1	1	1	1:44.22	Q	PB
4	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	2	3	2	1:44.33	Q	PB
5	Andre Bucher	Switzerland	1	5	2	1:46.17	Q
6	Andrea Longo	Italy	3	4	2	1:44.49	Q
7	Glody Dube	Botswana	1	2	3	1:44.70	q	NR
8	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1	6	4	1:44.85	q
9	Adem Hecini	Algeria	3	6	3	1:45.08
10	Khalid Tighazouine	Morocco	2	1	3	1:45.38		PB
11	Johan Botha	South Africa	2	2	4	1:45.49
12	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	2	6	5	1:45.64
13	William Yiampoy	Kenya	1	4	5	1:45.88
14	El Mahjoub Haida	Morocco	3	7	4	1:46.35
15	James McIlroy	Great Britain	1	7	6	1:46.39
16	Werner Botha	South Africa	3	3	5	1:46.53
17	Jean Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	2	4	6	1:46.98
18	Viktors Lacis	Latvia	3	2	6	1:47.24
19	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	3	8	7	1:47.35
20	Marvin Watts	Jamaica	3	9	8	1:47.68
	Osmar dos Santos	Brazil	3	1	8	1:47.68
22	Vebjoern Rodal	Norway	1	3	7	1:48.73
23	Mouhssin Chehibi	Morocco	1	8	8	1:49.88
24	Pavel Pelepyagin	Belarus	2	8	7	1:50.37
25	Grant Cremer	Australia	2	7	8	1:52.57

Final

Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Record
1	Nils Schumann	Germany	2	1:45.08
2	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	3	1:45.14
3	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	5	1:45.16
4	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	7	1:45.29
5	André Bucher	Switzerland	4	1:45.40
6	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	8	1:45.83
7	Glody Dube	Botswana	1	1:46.24
8	Andrea Longo	Italy	6	DSQ

Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics ^[2]

References

1. "Longo to fight drugs ban". BBC Online. 1 December 2001. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.
2. "Results" (PDF). Official Report of the XXVIIth Olympiad, Volume 3. pp. 185–193. Retrieved 11 October 2014.

External links

• Men's 800m final - IAAF report