2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

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Men's 800 metres
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue Arena Birmingham
Dates2–3 March
Competitors10 from 8 nations
Winning time1:47.47
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Adam Kszczot  Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg   Drew Windle  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Saúl Ordóñez  Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
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The men's 800 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 and 3 March 2018. [1] [2]

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Summary

Heats were held on the second day of competition to eliminate only four competitors, one of them turned out to be the world leader coming into these championships, American champion, Donavan Brazier. With lane violations being disqualified aggressively already at these championships, Brazier knew his fate and jogged the rest of his race. Led by Álvaro de Arriba, heat 1 turned out to be significantly faster than the final.

The final started with Mostafa Smaili taking the advantage at the break, edging out Saúl Ordóñez. Ordóñez took up a position on Smaili's shoulder, the rest of the field lined up behind them until two laps to go. Ordóñez moved out to the lead, and 2014 silver medalist Adam Kszczot moved from the back to quickly to take up the second position with Drew Windle covering the move. For the next lap, Ordóñez kept looking over his shoulder while keeping Kszczot at bay. At the bell, Kszczot cruised into the lead, the rest of the field, led by Elliot Giles swarmed forward, leaving Windle out the back. Through the final lap, Kszczot just extended his lead to take a four-metre victory. Behind him, Windle squeezed past Álvaro de Arriba and Smaili on the inside, then slid to the outside on the home straightaway to pass Giles and with a lean at the line, Ordóñez to take silver.

Following the race, Windle was disqualified for obstruction. The decision was later reversed on appeal, reinstating his silver medal. [3]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 2 March at 19:13. [4]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Álvaro de Arriba Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:45.44Q
21 Elliot Giles Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:45.46Q, PB
31 Drew Windle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:45.52q, PB
42 Adam Kszczot Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:47.02Q
52 Mostafa Smaili Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:47.08Q
62 Saúl Ordóñez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:47.11q
71 Andreas Kramer Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:47.21
81 Hamada Mohamed Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:47.65 NR
92 Antoine Gakeme Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1:49.66
2 Donavan Brazier Flag of the United States.svg  United States DQ163.3(a) [5]

Final

The final was started 3 March at 19:35. [6]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Adam Kszczot Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:47.47
Silver medal icon.svg Drew Windle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:47.99
Bronze medal icon.svg Saúl Ordóñez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:48.01
4 Elliot Giles Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:48.22
5 Álvaro de Arriba Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:48.51
6 Mostafa Smaili Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:48.75

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References

  1. ↑ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ "Drew Windle's 800m Silver Reinstated After DQ Drama at IAAF World Indoors - FloTrack".
  4. ↑ Heats results
  5. ↑ Lane infringement; originally finished fourth
  6. ↑ Final results
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