Athletics at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the 2022 Asian Games
Venue	Hangzhou Olympic Expo Main Stadium
Date	2–3 October 2023
Competitors	21 from 16 nations
Medalists
Essa Kzwani    Saudi Arabia   Mohammed Afsal    India   Husain Al-Farsi    Oman
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Main article: Athletics at the 2022 Asian Games

The men's 800 metres competition at the 2022 Asian Games took place on 2 and 3 October 2023 at the HOC Stadium, Hangzhou. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 2 October 2023	09:40	Round 1
Tuesday, 3 October 2023	20:25	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	David Rudisha  (KEN)	1:40.91	London, United Kingdom	9 August 2012
Asian Record	Yusuf Saad Kamel  (BRN)	1:42.79	Monaco	29 July 2008
Games Record	Sajjad Moradi  (IRI)	1:45.45	Guangzhou, China	25 November 2010

Results

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish
• DSQ — Disqualified

Round 1

• Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Essa Kzwani  (KSA)	1:48.98	Q
2	Liu Dezhu  (CHN)	1:49.32	Q
3	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla  (QAT)	1:50.17
4	Chhun Bunthorn  (CAM)	1:50.97
5	Musulman Dzholomanov  (KGZ)	1:54.20
6	Mohammed Dwedar  (PLE)	1:55.31
7	Hussain Fazeel Haroon  (MDV)	1:57.20

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Mohammed Afsal  (IND)	1:46.79	Q
2	Ebrahim Al-Zofairi  (KUW)	1:47.01	Q
3	Husain Al-Farsi  (OMA)	1:47.68	q
4	Joshua Atkinson  (THA)	1:48.18	q
5	Waqas Akbar  (PAK)	1:52.99
6	Hussain Riza  (MDV)	1:54.58
—	Sorn Pisey  (CAM)	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Abdirahman Saeed Hassan  (QAT)	1:49.32	Q
2	Krishan Kumar  (IND)	1:49.45	Q
3	Sami Al-Yami  (KSA)	1:49.56
4	Som Bahadur Kumal  (NEP)	1:50.38
5	Sho Kawamoto  (JPN)	1:52.93
6	Manuel Ataide  (TLS)	1:58.62
7	Naraugiin Jandos  (MGL)	1:59.11

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Essa Kzwani  (KSA)	1:48.05
	Mohammed Afsal  (IND)	1:48.43
	Husain Al-Farsi  (OMA)	1:48.51
4	Abdirahman Saeed Hassan  (QAT)	1:48.56
5	Liu Dezhu  (CHN)	1:48.81
6	Ebrahim Al-Zofairi  (KUW)	1:49.05
7	Joshua Atkinson  (THA)	1:50.50
—	Krishan Kumar  (IND)	DSQ

References

1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Hangzhou 2022. 2023-09-28.
2. "Men's 800m Round 1 Results" (PDF). Hangzhou 2022. 2023-10-02.
3. "Men's 800m Final Results" (PDF). Hangzhou 2022. 2023-10-03.