2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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The men's 800 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 11, 12 and 14 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

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Belal Mansoor Ali took the field through the first 400 in 52.48. Kicker Yuriy Borzakovskiy went to the back of the pack, but uncharacteristically moved to the front near the end of the first lap. But the entire field was jostling for position, with Wilfred Bungei elbowing his way to the lead and the entire field scrambling for position, and suddenly Borzakovskiy found himself in seventh place again after expending the effort to get a better position. Djabir Saïd-Guerni led the chase through the final turn, with William Yiampoy on his heels. Through the turn, Rashid Ramzi went around the outside, passing Saïd-Guerni as they hit the home stretch. Saïd-Guerni faded allowing Yiampoy to pass him on the inside. Further back Borzakovskiy was dealing with traffic of Mehdi Baala and Ali still in sixth place coming off the final turn. Ramzi easily sprinted past Bungei and on to victory. Bungei was struggling to hold on to second with Yiampoy sneaking through, again on the inside. Borzakovskiy's late rush caught everybody else, passing Yiampoy just before the line but was too late to catch Ramzi. Three years later Ramzi was disqualified from the Olympics on a doping violation, but to date has been allowed to keep his previous medals.

Medalists

Gold Flag of Bahrain.svg Rashid Ramzi
Bahrain (BHR)
Silver Flag of Russia.svg Yuriy Borzakovskiy
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Flag of Kenya.svg William Yiampoy
Kenya (KEN)

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Heats

August 11, 2005

Heat 1

  1. Flag of Bahrain.svg Rashid Ramzi 1:46.17 Q
  2. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James McIlroy 1:46.44 Q
  3. Flag of South Africa.svg Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:46.85 Q
  4. Flag of Germany.svg René Herms 1:47.07 q
  5. Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Berhanu Alemu 1:47.37 q (SB)
  6. Flag of Brazil.svg Osmar Barbosa dos Santos 1:47.74
  7. Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jae-hoon 1:47.90 (SB)
  8. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Omey 1:49.62

Heat 2

  1. Flag of France.svg Mehdi Baala 1:46.57 Q
  2. Flag of Kenya.svg Wilfred Bungei 1:46.71 Q
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Khadevis Robinson 1:46.74 Q
  4. Flag of Russia.svg Dmitriy Bogdanov 1:46.88 q
  5. Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Czapiewski 1:46.93 q
  6. Flag of Kuwait.svg Mohammad Al-Azemi 1:47.05 q (SB)
  7. Flag of Haiti.svg Moise Joseph 1:48.29
  8. Flag of Cuba.svg Yeimer López 1:52.24

Heat 3

  1. Flag of Russia.svg Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:50.14 Q
  2. Flag of Kenya.svg William Yiampoy 1:50.14 Q
  3. Flag of Algeria.svg Djabir Saïd-Guerni 1:50.16 Q
  4. Flag of New Zealand.svg Jason Stewart 1:50.35
  5. Flag of Latvia.svg Dmitrijs Milkevics 1:50.44
  6. Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiano Peçanha 1:50.89
  7. Flag of Uganda.svg Paskar Owor 1:51.72 (SB)
  8. Flag of Paraguay.svg Rodrigo Trinidad 1:55.43

Heat 4

  1. Flag of Bahrain.svg Yusuf Saad Kamel 1:47.65 Q
  2. Flag of the United States.svg David Krummenacker 1:47.82 Q
  3. Flag of Morocco.svg Mouhssin Chehibi 1:48.17 Q
  4. Flag of Kenya.svg Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:48.72
  5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arnoud Okken 1:48.95
  6. Flag of Bolivia.svg Fadrique Iglesias 1:49.57
  7. Flag of Botswana.svg Onalenna Baloyi 1:50.18

Heat 5

  1. Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Manuel Reina 1:47.14 Q
  2. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gary Reed 1:47.23 Q
  3. Flag of Morocco.svg Amine Laalou 1:47.62 Q
  4. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg André Bucher 1:47.97
  5. Flag of Italy.svg Maurizio Bobbato 1:48.36
  6. Flag of Finland.svg Juha Kukkamo 1:48.69
  7. Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Sherridan Kirk 1:48.77
  8. Flag of Zambia.svg Prince Mumba 1:49.10

Heat 6

  1. Flag of Bahrain.svg Belal Mansoor Ali 1:47.16 Q
  2. Flag of Iran.svg Sajad Moradi 1:47.18 Q
  3. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Al-Salhi 1:47.27 Q
  4. Flag of Spain.svg Eugenio Barrios 1:47.53 q
  5. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Achraf Tadili 1:48.42
  6. Flag of Sweden.svg Rizak Dirshe 1:48.43
  7. Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Hicks 1:50.00

Semifinals

August 12, 2005

Heat 1

  1. Flag of Russia.svg Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:44.26 Q
  2. Flag of Bahrain.svg Rashid Ramzi 1:44.30 Q (PB)
  3. Flag of Kenya.svg William Yiampoy 1:44.51 q (SB)
  4. Flag of Algeria.svg Djabir Saïd-Guerni 1:44.80 q (SB)
  5. Flag of Morocco.svg Amine Laalou 1:45.05
  6. Flag of Kuwait.svg Mohammad Al-Azemi 1:48.02
  7. Flag of Spain.svg Eugenio Barrios 1:48.76
  8. Flag of the United States.svg Khadevis Robinson 1:49.13

Heat 2

  1. Flag of Bahrain.svg Belal Mansoor Ali 1:45.45 Q
  2. Flag of France.svg Mehdi Baala 1:45.50 Q
  3. Flag of South Africa.svg Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:45.73
  4. Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Czapiewski 1:46.33
  5. Flag of Russia.svg Dmitriy Bogdanov 1:46.83
  6. Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Manuel Reina 1:46.89
  7. Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Berhanu Alemu 1:47.66
  8. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Al-Salhi 1:47.97

Heat 3

  1. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gary Reed 1:44.33 Q (NR)
  2. Flag of Kenya.svg Wilfred Bungei 1:44.41 Q
  3. Flag of Bahrain.svg Yusuf Saad Kamel 1:44.90
  4. Flag of Germany.svg René Herms 1:45.21
  5. Flag of Morocco.svg Mouhssin Chehibi 1:45.82
  6. Flag of Iran.svg Sajad Moradi 1:45.88 (NR)
  7. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James McIlroy 1:45.91 (SB)
  8. Flag of the United States.svg David Krummenacker 1:46.76

Final

August 14, 2005

  1. Flag of Bahrain.svg Rashid Ramzi 1:44.24 (PB)
  2. Flag of Russia.svg Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:44.51
  3. Flag of Kenya.svg William Yiampoy 1:44.55
  4. Flag of Kenya.svg Wilfred Bungei 1:44.98
  5. Flag of Algeria.svg Djabir Saïd-Guerni 1:45.31
  6. Flag of France.svg Mehdi Baala 1:45.32
  7. Flag of Bahrain.svg Belal Mansoor Ali 1:45.55
  8. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gary Reed 1:46.20

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