1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 1993-08-17.

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With three Kenyans qualified for the final, word was out that they might send out time qualifier Paul Ruto as the sacrificial lamb to burn out the field. Freddie Williams was the leader from the gun, but just before the break Ruto rushed to the lead and it appeared the strategy was in effect. The rest of the field cooperated and fell in line behind him. Ruto checked back at 200 metres and again at 300 metres, but nobody was challenging. Ruth had a 5-metre lead at the bell in 51.22. William Tanui moved forward early and was the next back through the turn followed by Curtis Robb. Along the backstretch. Williams began a run at Ruto, around Robb followed by Giuseppe D'Urso, Tanui was falling through the field with Billy Konchellah in dead last place, it looked like the Kenyan team strategy was going to blow up. Coming off the final turn, Williams looked like he had set Ruto up and was going to sprint by, but instead Williams could make no forward progress, his body delaying D'Urso and Ruto again had a 2-meter lead. D'Urso chased Ruto down the straightaway but couldn't make any progress. Everybody else in the field sliding further away except Konchellah, still last off the turn but the field tightening, Konchellah moved out to lane 3 to avoid traffic and sprinted past the crowd, chasing D'Urso to the line but not quite getting there in time. Ruto the surprise winner holding the lead virtually the entire race.

Medalists

Gold Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Ruto
Kenya (KEN)
Silver Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe D'Urso
Italy (ITA)
Bronze Flag of Kenya.svg Billy Konchellah
Kenya (KEN)

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of Kenya.svg  Paul Ruto  (KEN)1:44.71
Med 2.png Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe D'Urso  (ITA)1:44.86
Med 3.png Flag of Kenya.svg  Billy Konchellah  (KEN)1:44.89
4.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Curtis Robb  (GBR)1:45.54
5.Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Hezekiél Sepeng  (RSA)1:45.64
6.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Freddie Williams  (CAN)1:45.79
7.Flag of Kenya.svg  William Tanui  (KEN)1:45.80
8.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tom McKean  (GBR)1:46.17

Semi-finals

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  Billy Konchellah  (KEN)1:45.04
2.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Freddie Williams  (CAN)1:45.13
3.Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Hezekiél Sepeng  (RSA)1:45.46
4.Flag of Morocco.svg  Mahjoub Haïda  (MAR)1:45.66
5.Flag of Norway.svg  Atle Douglas  (NOR)1:46.54
6.Flag of Germany.svg  Nico Motchebon  (GER)1:46.58
7.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Martin Steele  (GBR)1:46.70
8.Flag of the United States.svg  Mark Everett  (USA)1:57.39


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe D'Urso  (ITA)1:44.92
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Curtis Robb  (GBR)1:45.05
3.Flag of Kenya.svg  Paul Ruto  (KEN)1:45.05
4.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Nathan Kahan  (BEL)1:45.75
5.Flag of Belarus.svg  Ivan Komar  (BLR)1:45.76
6.Flag of Brazil.svg  José Luíz Barbosa  (BRA)1:45.92
7.Flag of Norway.svg  Vebjørn Rodal  (NOR)1:46.50
8.Flag of the United States.svg  Johnny Gray  (USA)1:50.89


RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tom McKean  (GBR)1:45.64
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  William Tanui  (KEN)1:45.74
3.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Clive Terrelonge  (JAM)1:45.75
4.Flag of the United States.svg  José Parrilla  (USA)1:45.89
5.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marko Koers  (NED)1:45.90
6.Flag of Finland.svg  Ari Suhonen  (FIN)1:46.35
7.Flag of Ghana.svg  Kennedy Osei  (GHA)1:46.48
8.Flag of Spain.svg  Luis Javier González  (ESP)1:47.29

Qualifying heats

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Hezekiél Sepeng  (RSA)1:46.27
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Johnny Gray  (USA)1:46.28
3.Flag of Spain.svg  Luis Javier González  (ESP)1:46.36
4.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marko Koers  (NED)1:46.37
5.Flag of Brazil.svg  Gilmar da Silva Santos  (BRA)1:51.04
6.Flag of Mauritius.svg  Christopher Blackburn  (MRI)1:52.78
7.Flag of Panama.svg  Juan Jose Tapia  (PAN)1:52.99


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Brazil.svg  José Luíz Barbosa  (BRA)1:46.12
2.Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Ivan Komar  (BLR)1:46.40
3.Flag of Kenya.svg  Billy Konchellah  (KEN)1:46.53
4.Flag of Norway.svg  Vebjørn Rodal  (NOR)1:46.57
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Jose Parrilla  (USA)1:46.94
6.Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Jin-il  (KOR)1:47.99
7.Flag of Nepal.svg  Gop Bahadur Adhikari  (NEP)1:51.74
8.Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Mukundi Mubenga  (ZAI)1:55.83


RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.Flag of Norway.svg  Atle Douglas  (NOR)1:49.43
2.Flag of Finland.svg  Ari Suhonen  (FIN)1:49.44
3.Flag of Kenya.svg  William Tanui  (KEN)1:49.51
4.Flag of Spain.svg  Tomás de Teresa  (ESP)1:49.79
5.Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Anatoliy Makarevich  (BLR)1:50.65
6.Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Dale Jones  (ATG)1:51.02
7.Flag of Maldives.svg  Naseer Ismail  (MDV)2:02.70


RANKHEAT 4TIME
1.Flag of Ghana.svg  Kennedy Osei  (GHA)1:48.65
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Curtis Robb  (GBR)1:49.29
3.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Clive Terrelonge  (JAM)1:50.08
4.Flag of Chad.svg  Adoum Terap  (CHA)1:53.61
Flag of Italy.svg  Andrea Benvenuti  (ITA)DNF
Flag of Burundi.svg  Charles Nkazamyampi  (BDI)DNS
Flag of Suriname.svg  Tommy Asinga  (SUR)DNS


RANKHEAT 5TIME
1.Flag of Italy.svg  Giuseppe D'Urso  (ITA)1:48.79
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tom McKean  (GBR)1:48.79
3.Flag of the United States.svg  Mark Everett  (USA)1:48.89
4.Flag of Somalia.svg  Abdi Bile  (SOM)1:48.90
5.Flag of Qatar.svg  Farah Ibrahim  (QAT)1:49.86
6.Flag of Botswana.svg  Mbiganyi Thee  (BOT)1:49.91
7.Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Carlos Mairena  (NCA)1:52.01


RANKHEAT 6TIME
1.Flag of Morocco.svg  Mahjoub Haïda  (MAR)1:46.35
2.Flag of Kenya.svg  Paul Ruto  (KEN)1:46.41
3.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Martin Steele  (GBR)1:46.47
4.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Freddie Williams  (CAN)1:46.63
5.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Nathan Kahan  (BEL)1:46.72
6.Flag of Germany.svg  Nico Motchebon  (GER)1:46.94
7.Flag of Lebanon.svg  Ali Khazaal  (LIB)1:57.15

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