2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue	Ergo Arena
Dates	7 March (heats) 9 March (final)
Competitors	19 from 16 nations
Winning time	1:46.40
Medalists
Mohammed Aman    Ethiopia   Adam Kszczot    Poland   Andrew Osagie    Great Britain
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The men's 800 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7 and 9 March 2014. Poland's Marcin Lewandowski originally won the bronze medal, but a single step on the infield led to his disqualification and the promotion of Great Britain's Andrew Osagie to the third podium position. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mohammed Aman   Ethiopia	Adam Kszczot  Poland	Andrew Osagie  Great Britain

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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	Mohammed Aman  (ETH)	1:44.52	Birmingham, Great Britain	15 February 2014
African record	Mohammed Aman  (ETH)	1:44.52	Birmingham, Great Britain	15 February 2014
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
1:47.00	1:44.00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 March 2014	13:30	Heats
9 March 2014	17:20	Final

Fifth-place finisher, Thijmen Kupers

André Olivier finished fourth in the final

Adam Kszczot took the silver for the host nation

Mohammed Aman finishing first in the final

Results

Heats

Qualification: The winner of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified. ^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:45.76	Q
2	3	1	Andrew Osagie	Great Britain	1:45.88	q
3	2	5	André Olivier	South Africa	1:46.18	Q
4	2	1	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1:46.26	q
5	2	3	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1:46.55	q, PB
6	1	3	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	1:46.73	Q
7	1	2	Stepan Poistogov	Russia	1:47.11
8	2	6	Nick Symmonds	United States	1:47.29	SB
9	1	1	Kevin López	Spain	1:47.34
10	3	5	Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai	Kenya	1:47.41
11	1	6 [3]	Mukhtar Mohammed	Great Britain	1:47.59	SB
12	3	2	Mark English	Ireland	1:47.60
13	1	7 [3]	Erik Sowinski	United States	1:48.04
14	3	3	Kristinn Thór Kristinsson	Iceland	1:51.20	PB
15	3	6	Brice Etès	Monaco	1:51.24	NR
16	2	2	Farkhod Kuralov	Tajikistan	1:52.36	NR
17	1	5	Tenirberdi Suiunbaev	Kyrgyzstan	2:00.51	PB
	1	4	Saddam Hussain	Pakistan	DQ	R163.3(b) [4]
	2	4	Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla	Qatar	DQ	R163.3(a) [5]

Final

Source: ^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mohammed Aman	Ethiopia	1:46.40
	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:46.76
	Andrew Osagie	Great Britain	1:47.10
4	André Olivier	South Africa	1:47.31
5	Thijmen Kupers	Netherlands	1:47.74
	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	DQ	R163.3(b) [7]

References

1. Jalava, Mirko (2014-03-09). Report: men’s 800m final – Sopot 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-03-09.
2. Heats results
3. There is an error on the pdf results. Refer to http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/photofinish/4952/M_800_h_1.jpg?v=-608598375
4. Infringement of the inside border
5. Lane infringement
6. Final results
7. Infringement of the inside border; original time: 1:47.09