2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	16 September (heats) 18 September (semi-finals) 20 September (final)
Competitors	66 from 35 nations
Winning time	1:41.86 CR
Medalists
Emmanuel Wanyonyi    Kenya   Djamel Sedjati    Algeria   Marco Arop    Canada
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The men's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 16, 18 and 20 September 2025. ^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	David Rudisha  (KEN)	1:40.91	London, United Kingdom	9 August 2012
Championship record	Donavan Brazier  (USA)	1:42.34	Doha, Qatar	1 October 2019
World Leading	Emmanuel Wanyonyi  (KEN)	1:41.44	Fontvieille, Monaco	11 July 2025
African Record	David Rudisha  (KEN)	1:40.91	London, United Kingdom	9 August 2012
Asian Record	Yusuf Saad Kamel  (BHR)	1:42.79	Fontvieille, Monaco	29 July 2008
European Record	Wilson Kipketer  (DEN)	1:41.11	Cologne, Germany	24 August 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Marco Arop  (CAN)	1:41.20	Paris, France	10 August 2024
Oceanian record	Peter Bol  (AUS)	1:42.55	Fontvieille, Monaco	11 July 2025
South American Record	Joaquim Cruz  (BRA)	1:41.77	Cologne, West Germany	26 August 1984

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:44.50. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
16 September	19:35	Heats
18 September	21:45	Semi-finals
20 September	22:22	Final

Results

Heats

The heats took place on 16 September. The first three athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the three fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	David Barroso	Spain	1:44.96	Q
2	Djamel Sedjati	Algeria	1:45.01	Q
3	Kethobogile Haingura	Botswana	1:45.02	Q
4	Ibrahim Abass M Chuot	Qatar	1:45.16
5	Handal Roban	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:45.32
6	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1:45.37
7	Jared Micallef	Malta	1:46.62
8	Giovanni Lazzaro	Italy	1:47.00
9	Justin O'Toole	Canada	1:48.88
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Mohamed Attaoui	Spain	1:45.23	Q
2	Kelvin Loti	Kenya	1:45.35	Q
3	Marco Arop	Canada	1:45.39	Q
4	Samuel Chapple	Netherlands	1:45.45
5	Tiarnan Crorken	Great Britain & N.I.	1:45.63
6	Tom Dradriga	Uganda	1:46.18
7	Pieter Sisk	Belgium	1:46.37
8	Abdelati El Guesse	Morocco	1:46.80
9	Musa Suliman	Athlete Refugee Team	1:48.28	SB
[4]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Maciej Wyderka	Poland	1:46.30	Q
2	Ben Pattison	Great Britain & N.I.	1:46.51	Q
3	Gabriel Tual	France	1:46.54	Q
4	Mariano García	Spain	1:47.09
5	Moad Zahafi	Morocco	1:47.14
6	Ebrahim Alzofairi	Kuwait	1:47.26
7	Cooper Lutkenhaus	United States	1:47.68
8	Matthew Erickson	Canada	1:48.49
9	Hein Aung  [ de ]	Myanmar	1:52.70
[4]

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Cian McPhillips	Ireland	1:44.91	Q
2	Bryce Hoppel	United States	1:45.09	Q
3	Tyrice Taylor	Jamaica	1:45.13	Q
4	Peter Bol	Australia	1:45.15
5	Ivan Pelizza	Switzerland	1:45.65
6	Catalin Tecuceanu	Italy	1:46.22
7	Alexander Stepanov	Germany	1:46.32
8	Andreas Kramer	Sweden	1:46.84
9	Stephen Rahuasi	Solomon Islands	1:55.21
[4]

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya	1:45.05	Q
2	Francesco Pernici	Italy	1:45.11	Q
3	Mark English	Ireland	1:45.13	Q
4	Peyton Craig	Australia	1:45.44
5	Mohamed Ali Gouaned	Algeria	1:45.49
6	Tobias Grønstad	Norway	1:45.93
7	Ko Ochiai	Japan	1:46.78
8	Abdullahi Hassan	Canada	1:47.50
9	Ryan Clarke	Netherlands	1:49.08
[4]

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Max Burgin	Great Britain & N.I.	1:44.73	Q
2	Tshepiso Masalela	Botswana	1:44.74	Q
3	Navasky Anderson	Jamaica	1:44.87	Q
4	Yanis Meziane	France	1:45.02	q
5	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	1:45.05	q
6	Luke Boyes	Australia	1:45.54
7	Patryk Sieradzki	Poland	1:45.99
8	Yohannes Tefera	Ethiopia	1:50.93
9	Mohammed Dwedar	Palestine	1:53.63
[4]

Heat 7

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Donavan Brazier	United States	1:44.66	Q
2	Slimane Moula	Algeria	1:44.77	Q
3	Marino Bloudek	Croatia	1:44.78	Q
4	Nicholas Kebenei	Kenya	1:44.91	q
5	Filip Ostrowski	Poland	1:45.47
6	Jakub Dudycha	Czech Republic	1:45.76
7	Abderrahman El Assal	Morocco	1:46.12
8	Alex Amankwah	Ghana	1:47.12
9	Eduardo Moreira	Brazil	1:50.40
[4]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on 18 September. The first two athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Marco Arop	Canada	1:45.09	Q
2	Djamel Sedjati	Algeria	1:45.09	Q
3	Mark English	Ireland	1:45.47
4	Maciej Wyderka	Poland	1:45.55
5	Ben Pattison	Great Britain & N.I.	1:45.84
6	Kethobogile Haingura	Botswana	1:46.05
7	Tyrice Taylor	Jamaica	1:46.56
8	Nicholas Kebenei	Kenya	1:49.54
[5]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Cian McPhillips	Ireland	1:43.18	Q, NR
2	Max Burgin	Great Britain & N.I.	1:43.37	Q
3	Donavan Brazier	United States	1:43.82
4	Francesco Pernici	Italy	1:43.84	PB
5	Gabriel Tual	France	1:44.09
6	David Barroso	Spain	1:44.27
7	Kelvin Loti	Kenya	1:44.82
8	Slimane Moula	Algeria	1:46.82
[5]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Mohamed Attaoui	Spain	1:43.18	Q
2	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya	1:43.47	Q
3	Navasky Anderson	Jamaica	1:43.72	q, NR
4	Tshepiso Masalela	Botswana	1:43.80	q
5	Bryce Hoppel	United States	1:43.92
6	Yanis Meziane	France	1:44.12
7	Marino Bloudek	Croatia	1:44.33
8	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	1:44.56
[5]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Emmanuel Wanyonyi	Kenya	1:41.86	CR
	Djamel Sedjati	Algeria	1:41.90	SB
	Marco Arop	Canada	1:41.95	SB
4	Cian McPhillips	Ireland	1:42.15	NR
5	Mohamed Attaoui	Spain	1:42.21	SB
6	Max Burgin	Great Britain & N.I.	1:42.29	PB
7	Navasky Anderson	Jamaica	1:42.76	NR
8	Tshepiso Masalela	Botswana	1:42.77
[6]

References

1. "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men 800 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "800 Metres Men − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
4. "Men's 800 metres - Heats results" (PDF). World Athletics. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
5. "Men's 800 metres - Semi-finals results" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
6. "Men's 800 metres - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.