2025 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships
Venue	Gumi Civic Stadium
Location	Gumi, South Korea
Dates	30 May (heats) 31 May (final)
Competitors	29 from 20 nations
Winning time	1:44.59
Medalists
Ebrahim Al-Zofairi    Kuwait   Ali Amirian  [ de ]    Iran   Abubaker Haydar Abdalla    Qatar
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The men's 800 metres event at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 30 and 31 May. ^[1]

Records

Records before the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record [2]	David Rudisha  (KEN)	1:40.91	London, United Kingdom	9 August 2012
Asian record [3]	Yusuf Saad Kamel  (BHR)	1:42.79	Fontvieille, Monaco	29 July 2008
Championship record	Majed Saeed Sultan  (QAT)	1:44.27	Incheon, South Korea	4 September 2005
World leading [4]	Tshepiso Masalela  (BOT)	1:42.70	Rabat, Morocco	25 May 2025
Asian leading [5]	Ibrahim Chuot  (QAT)	1:44.08	Doha, Qatar	16 May 2025

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+8), was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
30 May	18:00	Heats
31 May	19:15	Final

Results

Heats

Held on 30 May. First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ko Ochiai  [ de; ja ]	Japan	1:46.24	Q, SB
2	Ali Amirian  [ de ]	Iran	1:46.34	Q, PB
3	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	Qatar	1:46.73	q
4	Xi Xiaoheng	China	1:47.22	q, PB
5	Hussein Loraña	Philippines	1:47.88	PB
6	Van Doi Sam	Vietnam	1:49.55	PB
7	Hein Htet Aung	Myanmar	1:49.58	PB
8	Hong-yu Kim	South Korea	1:49.75	PB
9	Mohammad Kamran	Hong Kong	1:50.12	PB
[6]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ebrahim Al-Zofairi	Kuwait	1:48.15	Q
2	Krishan Kumar	India	1:48.66	Q
3	Liu Dezhu	China	1:49.12	SB
4	Noureddine Adel Merzah	Iraq	1:49.39	SB
5	Dong-hyung Kang	South Korea	1:50.44	SB
6	Mohammed al-Suleimani  [ de ]	Oman	1:50.90	SB
7	Joshua Atkinson  [ de ]	Thailand	1:50.91	SB
8	Sami Hattab	Jordan	1:51.80	PB
9	Ibrahim Al-Hakami	Saudi Arabia	1:53.16	PB
10	Mohammed Dwedar	Palestine	1:53.21	SB
[6]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Anu Kumar	India	1:47.00	Q
2	Yukichi Ishii	Japan	1:47.03	Q
3	Jae-ung Lee	South Korea	1:47.40	PB
4	Wan Muhammad Fazri  [ de ]	Malaysia	1:47.64	PB
5	Thiruben Thana Rajan	Singapore	1:49.94	NR
6	Bader Alsweed	Kuwait	1:49.97	SB
7	Phuoc Luong Duc	Vietnam	1:50.90	PB
8	Wahyudi Putra  [ de ]	Indonesia	1:50.93	PB
9	Faisal Maghrabi	Saudi Arabia	1:53.08
—	Ibrahim Abass M Chuot	Qatar	DQ	TR 17.2.3
[6]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Ebrahim Al-Zofairi	Kuwait	1:44.59	PB
	Ali Amirian  [ de ]	Iran	1:44.97	PB
	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	Qatar	1:45.20
4	Yukichi Ishii	Japan	1:46.74
5	Ko Ochiai  [ de; ja ]	Japan	1:48.01
6	Xiaoheng Xi	China	1:48.45
7	Krishan Kumar	India	1:48.72
8	Anu Kumar	India	1:58.04
[7]

References

1. "2025 Asian Athletics Championships schedule". 2025gumi.kr. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
2. "800 Metres men - World record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
3. "800 Metres men - Asian record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
4. "800 Metres men - 2025 World leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
5. "800 Metres men - 2025 Asian leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
6. "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's 800 metres heats results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
7. "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's 800 metres final results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.