2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
The final underway
Venue	Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Location	Nanjing, China
Dates	21 March (heats) 22 March (semi-finals) 23 March (final)
Winning time	1:44.77
Medalists
Josh Hoey    United States   Eliott Crestan    Belgium   Josué Canales    Spain
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The men's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 21, 22 and 23 March 2025. It was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

The heats took place on 21 March during the morning session. The semi-finals took place on 22 March during the morning session. The final occurred on 23 March during the evening session.

Background

The men's 800 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record [1]	Wilson Kipketer  (DEN)	1:42.67	Paris, France	9 March 1997
Championship record [2]
World leading [3]	Josh Hoey  (USA)	1:43.24	New York, United States	23 February 2025

Qualification

For the men's 800 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. ^[4] Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 1:45.00. ^[5] Athletes were also able to qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event, or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. ^[4] There was a target number of 30 athletes. ^[5]

Results

Heats

The heats took place on 21 March, starting at 11:55 (UTC+8) in the morning. ^[6] First 3 of each heat (Q) plus 3 fastest times (q) qualified for the semi-finals. ^[7]

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Yanis Meziane	France	1:46.07	Q
2	Brandon Miller	United States	1:46.47	Q
3	John Rivera	Puerto Rico	1:46.84	Q
4	Ebrahim Al-Zofairi	Kuwait	1:47.20	q, SB
5	Xi Xiaoheng	China	1:47.24	q
6	Robert Heppenstall	Canada	1:48.06	q, PB
[8]

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Tom Dradiga	Uganda	1:49.09	Q
2	Heithem Chenitef	Algeria	1:49.16	Q
3	Josué Canales	Spain	1:49.44	Q
4	Abdelati El Guesse	Morocco	1:49.83
5	Collins Kipruto	Kenya	1:50.08
[8]

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	1:48.94	Q
2	Álvaro de Arriba	Spain	1:49.16	Q
3	Samuel Chapple	Netherlands	1:49.30	Q
4	Daniel Kotyza	Czech Republic	1:49.76 [.755]
5	Hazem Miawad  [ d ]	Egypt	1:49.76 [.758]
[8]

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Josh Hoey	United States	1:48.14	Q
2	Noah Kibet	Kenya	1:48.31	Q
3	Giovanni Lazzaro	Italy	1:48.75	Q
4	Yukichi Ishii	Japan	1:48.85
5	Ryan Clarke	Netherlands	1:52.97
[8]

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jakub Dudycha	Czech Republic	1:48.04	Q
2	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1:48.17	Q
3	Patryk Sieradzki	Poland	1:48.20	Q
4	Mouad Zahafi	Morocco	1:48.38
—	Guilherme Orenhas  [ de ]	Brazil	DNF
[8]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on 22 March, starting at 12:31 (UTC+8) in the morning. ^[6] The first 2 of each heat (Q) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Josh Hoey	United States	1:45.23	Q
2	Tom Dradiga	Uganda	1:46.98	Q
3	Patryk Sieradzki	Poland	1:47.55
4	Noah Kibet	Kenya	1:48.90
5	Xi Xiaoheng	China	1:49.59
6	Yanis Meziane	France	2:23.96
[9]

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	1:48.65	Q
2	Josué Canales	Spain	1:48.70	Q
3	Ebrahim Al-Zofairi	Kuwait	1:49.37
4	John Rivera	Puerto Rico	1:49.49 [.481]
5	Jakub Dudycha	Czech Republic	1:49.49 [.483]
6	Robert Heppenstall	Canada	1:49.54
[9]

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Brandon Miller	United States	1:46.84	Q
2	Samuel Chapple	Netherlands	1:47.05	Q
3	Heithem Chenitef	Algeria	1:47.30	PB
4	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1:47.53
5	Álvaro de Arriba	Spain	1:47.58
6	Giovanni Lazzaro	Italy	1:48.06
[9]

Final

The final took place on 23 March, starting at 20:40 (UTC+8) in the evening. ^[6]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Josh Hoey	United States	1:44.77
	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	1:44.81
	Josué Canales	Spain	1:45.03
4	Samuel Chapple	Netherlands	1:45.55
5	Brandon Miller	United States	1:46.44
6	Tom Dradiga	Uganda	1:50.19
[10]

References

1. "All time Top lists - Senior - 800 Metres Short Track". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
2. "2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships - 800 Metres Men - Final results". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
3. "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 800 Metres Short Track men". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
4. "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
5. "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
6. "Nanjing 2025 - Timetable". World Athletics . 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
7. "Start List 800 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics . 20 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
8. "800 Metres Men - Round 1 results" (PDF). World Athletics . 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
9. "800 Metres Men - Semi-Finals results" (PDF). World Athletics . 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
10. "800 Metres Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics . 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.