2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

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Men's 800 metres
at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Mariano Garcia Belgrade 2022.jpg
Mariano García celebrating shortly after winning the final.
Venue Štark Arena
Dates18–19 March
Competitors23 from 17 nations
Winning time1:46.20
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2018
2024  

The men's 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on 18 and 19 March 2022. [1]

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Summary

Mariano García came into the World Championships as the world leader for 2022. No podium athlete returned from the distant 2018 Championships and with Elliot Giles failing to start the heats, only Álvaro de Arriba returned from the previous final.

With 8 men on a 6 lane track running the first turn in lanes, Marco Arop rushed from his shared position to take a clear lead at the break. Andreas Kramer and Noah Kibet fell in line behind as Arop took the field through a 24.04 first lap with Garcia trailing the field. For the second lap, most everybody stayed in the same position, except for Garcia who stepped into lane 2 and cruised past the string of athletes into third place. Arop's split at the halfway point was a searing 50.50. Down the penultimate back stretch, Garcia worked his way past Kramer to assume his position second in line. Splitting 1:17.83 at 3 laps, Arop was not blazing as fast a trail. At the bell, Kibet brought his kick and pounced on Kramer, setting sights on Garcia and Arop. As Kibet approached, Garcia pounced on Arop, both passing with 100m to go. With less than a metre separation, Kibet looked prepared to make his final attack coming off the turn. But when the attack came, Garcia was stronger holding off Kibet, even expanding his lead to the line. Behind them, Bryce Hoppel was out in lane 3 running past Kramer and chasing them to the line. Even faster, in lane 4, de Arriba was chasing Hoppel trying to get bronze. The indoor straightaway proved too short for that much drama.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 0 fastest (q) advance to the Final

The heats were started on 18 March at 12:50. [2]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Isaiah Harris Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:47.00Q
24 Álvaro de Arriba Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:47.97Q
34 Samuel Chapple Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:48.09
42 Marco Arop Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:48.13Q
54 Collins Kipruto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:48.18
62 Andreas Kramer Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:48.25Q
71 Noah Kibet Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:48.31Q
83 Mariano García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:48.32Q
93 Eliott Crestan Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:48.53Q
102 Mostafa Smaili Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:48.57
114 Marc Reuther Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:48.63
121 Bryce Hoppel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:48.77Q
134 Charlie Hunter Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:49.07
141 Guy Learmonth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:49.13
153 Djamel Sejati Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:49.22
161 Filip Šnejdr Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:49.29
172 Balázs Vindics Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:49.52
181 Aurèle Vandeputte Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:49.59
193 Tony van Diepen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:49.80
203 Alex Amankwah Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1:49.96
213 Charlie Grice Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:50.17 SB
222 Mark English Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:51.35
231 Quamel Prince Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 1:55.85
2 Elliot Giles Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DNS

Final

The final was started 19 March at 19:10. [3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mariano García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:46.20
Silver medal icon.svg Noah Kibet Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:46.35
Bronze medal icon.svg Bryce Hoppel Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:46.51
4 Álvaro de Arriba Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:46.58
5 Andreas Kramer Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:46.76
6 Eliott Crestan Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:46.78
7 Isaiah Harris Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1:47.00
8 Marco Arop Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:47.58

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References

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