2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12, 13 and 14 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Abubaker Kaki  Sudan	Boaz Kiplagat Lalang  Kenya	Adam Kszczot  Poland

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
Championship record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
World Leading	Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)	1:45.77	Düsseldorf, Germany	3 February 2010
African record	Joseph Mutua (KEN)	1:44.71	Stuttgart, Germany	31 January 2004
Asian record	Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR)	1:45.26	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
European record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
North and Central American and Caribbean record	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:45.00	Sindelfingen, Germany	8 March 1992
Oceanian Record	Ryan Foster (AUS)	1:47.48	State College, United States	30 January 2010
South American record	José Luíz Barbosa (BRA)	1:45.43	Piraeus, Greece	8 March 1989

Qualification standards

Indoor	Outdoor
1:48.50	1:45.50

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 12, 2010	11:00	Heats
March 13, 2010	11:00	Semifinals
March 14, 2010	17:30	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:46.69	Q
2	1	Andrew Osagie	Great Britain	1:47.40	Q, PB
3	2	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	1:47.48	Q
4	2	David Bustos	Spain	1:47.65	Q
5	2	Fabiano Peçanha	Brazil	1:48.29	q, PB
6	4	Boaz Kiplagat Lalang	Kenya	1:49.16	Q
7	4	Luis Alberto Marco	Spain	1:49.57	Q
8	4	Duane Solomon	United States	1:49.69	q
9	1	Kléberson Davide	Brazil	1:49.69	PB
10	5	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:50.15	Q
11	2	Ed Aston	Great Britain	1:50.32
12	5	Andreas Rapatz	Austria	1:50.35	Q
13	5	Moise Joseph	Haiti	1:50.43
14	3	Kévin Hautcœur	France	1:50.61	Q
15	3	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	1:50.64	Q
16	3	Mario Scapini	Italy	1:50.74
17	5	Vitalij Kozlov	Lithuania	1:50.92
18	5	Belal Mansoor Ali	Bahrain	1:51.22	SB
19	3	David McCarthy	Ireland	1:51.88	SB
20	3	Mattias Claesson	Sweden	1:51.96
21	4	Mohammad Al-Azemi	Kuwait	1:52.54
22	1	Brice Etès	Monaco	1:53.52
23	5	Moussa Camara	Mali	1:55.84	PB
24	4	Elie Monga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1:57.02	PB
25	2	Edgar Cortez	Nicaragua	1:58.47	PB
26	4	Iulio Lafai	Samoa	2:07.08	PB
	1	Nick Symmonds	United States	DQ	[1]

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	1:46.45	Q
2	1	Boaz Kiplagat Lalang	Kenya	1:46.73	Q
3	1	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:46.90	Q
4	1	David Bustos	Spain	1:47.05	PB
5	1	Kévin Hautcœur	France	1:47.50	PB
6	1	Fabiano Peçanha	Brazil	1:49.70
7	2	Luis Alberto Marco	Spain	1:51.05	Q
8	2	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	1:51.08	Q
9	2	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:51.25	Q
10	2	Andrew Osagie	Great Britain	1:51.29
11	2	Duane Solomon	United States	1:51.82
12	2	Andreas Rapatz	Austria	1:52.43

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	1:46.23	SB
	Boaz Kiplagat Lalang	Kenya	1:46.39
	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:46.69
4	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:46.90
5	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	1:47.28
6	Luis Alberto Marco	Spain	1:48.99