Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres
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The Men's 800 metres event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Saturday 23 September, Monday 25 September, and Wednesday 27 September 2000.
The top two runners in each of the initial eight heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 25 runners competed in 3 heats in the semifinals, with the top two runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals and the next two fastest runner from the semifinals also qualified.
Germany's Nils Schumann upset Denmark's world record holder and world champion Wilson Kipketer. The race was one of the closest in Olympic 800 meter history as the first three were separated by a mere 0.08 second and the first five by 0.32 second. It was suggested Kipketer made a tactical error by not forcing the pace.
The final was slow, with André Bucher leading the first lap in 53.43. Down the back stretch Andrea Longo moved shoulder to shoulder with Bucher and at the 600 meter mark, just under 1:20 Longo dropped his shoulder forcing Bucher into the infield. Longo charged into the lead around the final turn with world record holder in next to last place chasing the notable young kicker Yuriy Borzakovskiy. Kipketer had to go out to lane 4 to try to get around the wall of runners ahead of him with Djabir Saïd-Guerni in lane 5 trying to get around Kipketer. Longo faded with 30 meters to go, with Nils Schumann in perfect position to pick up the pieces, holding off the late rush on the outside to take the gold. For the interference, Longo was disqualified.[1]
Medalists
Gold | Nils Schumann (GER) |
Silver | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) |
Bronze | Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG) |
Records as of Sydney Olympics
World record | 1:41.11 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | Cologne, Germany | 24 August 1997 |
Olympic Record | 1:42.58 | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | Atlanta, USA | 29 July 1996 |
Results
All times shown are in seconds.
- Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
- q denotes qualification by overall place.
- DNS denotes did not start.
- DNF denotes did not finish.
- DSQ denotes disqualification.
- NR denotes national record.
- OR denotes Olympic record.
- WR denotes world record.
- PB denotes personal best.
- SB denotes season best.
Round 1
Heat 1 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
Heat | Overall | |||||||
1 | 7 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 2 | 1:46.32 | Q | ||
2 | 11 | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 3 | 1:46.76 | Q | ||
3 | 18 | James Mcilroy | Great Britain | 8 | 1:47.44 | q | ||
4 | =24 | Roman Oravec | Czech Republic | 1 | 1:47.66 | |||
5 | 27 | Vanco Stojanov | Macedonia | 5 | 1:47.71 | |||
6 | 30 | Rich Kenah | United States | 7 | 1:47.85 | |||
7 | 40 | Kim Soon-Hyung | South Korea | 8 | 1:48.49 | |||
8 | Mohammad Alkafraini | Jordan | 6 | DSQ |
Heat 2 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
Heat | Overall | |||||||
1 | 28 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 6 | 1:47.76 | Q | ||
2 | 33 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | Algeria | 7 | 1:47.95 | Q | ||
3 | 36 | Arthémon Hatungimana | Burundi | 3 | 1:48.14 | |||
4 | 39 | Zach Whitmarsh | Canada | 2 | 1:48.42 | |||
5 | 43 | David Matthews | Ireland | 4 | 1:48.77 | |||
6 | 44 | Andrew Hart | Great Britain | 8 | 1:48.78 | |||
7 | 48 | Isireli Naikelekelevesi | Fiji | 5 | 1:49.61 |
Heat 3 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
Heat | Overall | |||||||
1 | 19 | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa | 6 | 1:47.46 | Q | ||
2 | 21 | Adem Hecini | Algeria | 1 | 1:47.62 | Q | ||
3 | 31 | Joseph Mutua | Kenya | 4 | 1:47.86 | |||
4 | 36 | Dimitry Bogdanov | Russia | 7 | 1:48.14 | |||
5 | 38 | Roberto Parra | Spain | 5 | 1:48.19 | |||
6 | 45 | Bobby True | Liberia | 8 | 1:48.79 | |||
7 | 47 | Mohamed Habib Belhadj | Tunisia | 3 | 1:49.14 | |||
8 | 54 | Jorge Duvane | Mozambique | 2 | 1:52.97 |
Heat 4 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
Heat | Overall | |||||||
1 | 2 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 3 | 1:45.57 | Q | ||
2 | 5 | Glody Dube | Botswana | 2 | 1:46.17 | Q | PB | |
3 | 13 | Johan Botha | South Africa | 7 | 1:46.91 | q | ||
4 | =24 | Crispen Mutakanyi | Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:47.66 | |||
5 | 35 | Jose Manuel Cerezo | Spain | 8 | 1:48.11 | |||
6 | 50 | Artem Mastrov | Russia | 4 | 1:49.89 | |||
7 | 53 | Ian Roberts | Guyana | 5 | 1:52.32 | |||
8 | 60 | Marvin Watts | Jamaica | 6 | 1:59.97 | q |
Heat 5 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
Heat | Overall | |||||||
1 | 10 | Pavel Pelepyagin | Belarus | 4 | 1:46.47 | Q | ||
2 | 12 | Jean-Patrick Nduwimana | Burundi | 3 | 1:46.78 | Q | ||
3 | 16 | El Mahjoub Haida | Morocco | 5 | 1:47.14 | q | ||
4 | 17 | William Yiampoy | Kenya | 8 | 1:47.35 | q | ||
5 | 20 | João Pires | Portugal | 6 | 1:47.61 | |||
6 | 55 | Abdul I Yousuf | Qatar | 1 | 1:53.23 | |||
7 | 58 | Naseer Ismail | Maldives | 7 | 1:56.67 | |||
8 | 59 | Faig Bagirov | Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:57.39 |
Heat 6 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
Heat | Overall | |||||||
1 | 1 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 2 | 1:45.39 | Q | ||
2 | 3 | Japheth Kimutai | Kenya | 7 | 1:45.60 | Q | ||
3 | 4 | Grant Cremer | Australia | 3 | 1:45.86 | q | SB | |
4 | 6 | Balázs Korányi | Hungary | 1 | 1:46.21 | q | SB | |
5 | 23 | Bryan Woodward | United States | 6 | 1:47.64 | |||
6 | 32 | Mehdi Jelodarzadeh | Iran | 8 | 1:47.91 | |||
7 | 57 | Mohamed S. Naji Haidara | Bahrain | 4 | 1:56.64 | |||
8 | -- | Mohammed Yagoub | Sudan | 5 | DNS |
Heat 7 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
Heat | Overall | |||||||
1 | 8 | Khalid Tighazouine | Morocco | 2 | 1:46.33 | Q | ||
2 | 9 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 8 | 1:46.51 | Q | ||
3 | 14 | Viktors Lacis | Latvia | 4 | 1:46.94 | q | SB | |
4 | 15 | Osmar dos Santos | Brazil | 3 | 1:47.05 | q | ||
5 | 22 | Milton O Browne | Barbados | 7 | 1:47.63 | SB | ||
6 | 26 | Nathan Kahan | Belgium | 6 | 1:47.69 | |||
7 | 34 | Panayiótis Stroubákos | Greece | 5 | 1:47.96 |
Heat 8 of 8 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
Heat | Overall | |||||||
1 | 29 | Werner Botha | South Africa | 7 | 1:47.85 | Q | ||
2 | 41 | Mouhssin Chehibi | Morocco | 6 | 1:48.51 | Q | ||
3 | 42 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1 | 1:48.58 | |||
4 | 46 | Kris McCarthy | Australia | 2 | 1:48.92 | |||
5 | 49 | Mark Everett | United States | 5 | 1:49.77 | |||
6 | 51 | Paskar Owor | Uganda | 4 | 1:49.99 | |||
7 | 52 | Vitalie Cerches | Moldova | 8 | 1:52.15 | |||
8 | 56 | Puntsag-Osor Purevsuren | Mongolia | 3 | 1:56.29 |
Overall Results Round 1
Round 1 Overall Results | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Lane | Place | Time | Qual. | Record |
1 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1:45.39 | Q | |
2 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1:45.57 | Q | |
3 | Japheth Kimutai | Kenya | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1:45.60 | Q | |
4 | Grant Cremer | Australia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1:45.86 | q | SB |
5 | Glody Dube | Botswana | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1:46.17 | Q | PB |
6 | Balázs Korányi | Hungary | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1:46.21 | q | SB |
7 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1:46.32 | Q | |
8 | Khalid Tighazouine | Morocco | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1:46.33 | Q | |
9 | Andre Bucher | Switzerland | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1:46.51 | Q | |
10 | Pavel Pelepyagin | Belarus | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1:46.67 | Q | |
11 | Vebjoern Rodal | Norway | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1:46.76 | Q | |
12 | Jean Patrick Nduwimana | Burundi | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1:46.78 | Q | |
13 | Johan Botha | South Africa | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1:46.91 | q | |
14 | Viktors Lacis | Latvia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1:46.94 | q | SB |
15 | Osmar dos Santos | Brazil | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1:47.05 | q | |
16 | El Mahjoub Haida | Morocco | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1:47.14 | q | |
17 | William Yiampoy | Kenya | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1:47.35 | q | |
18 | James McIlroy | Great Britain | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1:47.44 | q | |
19 | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1:47.46 | Q | |
20 | Joao Pires | Portugal | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1:47.61 | ||
21 | Adem Hecini | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1:47.62 | Q | |
22 | Milton O Browne | Barbados | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1:47.63 | SB | |
23 | Bryan Woodward | United States | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1:47.64 | ||
24 | Crispen Mutakanyi | Zimbabwe | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1:47.66 | ||
Roman Oravec | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1:47.66 | |||
26 | Nathan Kahan | Belgium | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1:47.69 | ||
27 | Vanco Stojanov | Macedonia | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1:47.71 | ||
28 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1:47.76 | Q | |
29 | Werner Botha | South Africa | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1:47.83 | Q | |
30 | Rich Kenah | United States | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1:47.85 | ||
31 | Joseph Mutua | Kenya | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1:47.86 | ||
32 | Mehdi Jelodarzadeh | Iran | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1:47.91 | ||
33 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | Algeria | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1:47.95 | Q | |
34 | Panayiótis Stroubákos | Greece | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1:47.96 | ||
35 | Jose Manuel Cerezo | Spain | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1:48.11 | ||
36 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1:48.14 | ||
Arthemon Hatungimana | Burundi | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1:48.14 | |||
38 | Roberto Parra | Spain | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1:48.19 | ||
39 | Zach Whitmarsh | Canada | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1:48.42 | ||
40 | Kim Soon-Hyung | South Korea | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1:48.49 | SB | |
41 | Mouhssin Chehibi | Morocco | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1:48.51 | Q | |
42 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1:48.58 | ||
43 | David Matthews | Ireland | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1:48.77 | ||
44 | Andrew Hart | Great Britain | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1:48.78 | ||
45 | Bobby True | Liberia | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1:48.79 | ||
46 | Kris McCarthy | Australia | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1:48.92 | ||
47 | Habib Mohamed Belhadj | Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1:49.14 | ||
48 | Isireli Naikelekelevesi | Fiji | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1:49.61 | ||
49 | Mark Everett | United States | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1:49.77 | ||
50 | Artem Mastrov | Russia | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1:49.89 | ||
51 | Paskar Owor | Uganda | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1:49.99 | ||
52 | Vitalie Cerches | Moldova | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1:52.15 | ||
53 | Ian Roberts | Guyana | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1:52.32 | ||
54 | Jorge Duvane | Mozambique | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1:52.97 | ||
55 | Abdu I Yousuf | Qatar | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1:53.23 | ||
56 | Puntsag-Osor Purevsuren | Mongolia | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1:56.29 | ||
57 | Mohamed S. Naji Haidara | Bahrain | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1:56.64 | ||
58 | Naseer Ismail | Maldives | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1:56.67 | ||
59 | Faig Baghirov | Azerbaijan | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1:57.39 | ||
60 | Marvin Watts | Jamaica | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1:59.97 | q | |
Mohammad Alkafraini | Jordan | 1 | 6 | DSQ | ||||
Mahamed Yagoub | Sudan | 6 | 5 | DNS |
Semi-Finals
Heat 1 of 3 Date: Monday 25 September 2000 | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
Heat | Overall | |||||||
1 | =2 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1 | 1:44.22 | Q | PB | |
2 | 5 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 5 | 1:44.38 | Q | ||
3 | 7 | Glody Dube | Botswana | 2 | 1:44.70 | q | NR | |
4 | 8 | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa | 6 | 1:44.85 | q | ||
5 | 13 | William Yiampoy | Kenya | 4 | 1:45.88 | |||
6 | 15 | James McIlroy | United Kingdom | 7 | 1:46.39 | |||
7 | 22 | Vebjørn Rodal | Norway | 3 | 1:48.73 | |||
8 | 23 | Chehibi Mouhssin | Morocco | 6 | 1:49.88 |
Heat 2 of 3 Date: Monday 25 September 2000 | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
Heat | Overall | |||||||
1 | 1 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | Algeria | 5 | 1:44.19 | Q | ||
2 | 4 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 3 | 1:44.33 | Q | PB | |
3 | 10 | Khalid Tighazouine | Morocco | 1 | 1:45.38 | PB | ||
4 | 11 | Johan Botha | South Africa | 2 | 1:45.49 | |||
5 | 12 | Japheth Kimutai | Kenya | 6 | 1:45.64 | |||
6 | 17 | Jean-Patrick Nduwimana | Burundi | 4 | 1:46.98 | |||
7 | 24 | Pavel Pelepyagin | Belarus | 8 | 1:50.37 | |||
8 | 25 | Grant Cremer | Australia | 7 | 1:52.57 |
Heat 3 of 3 Date: Monday 25 September 2000 | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
Heat | Overall | |||||||
1 | =2 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 3 | 1:44.22 | Q | ||
2 | 6 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 4 | 1:44.49 | Q | ||
3 | 9 | Adem Hecini | Algeria | 6 | 1:45.08 | |||
4 | 14 | Mahjoub Haïda | Morocco | 7 | 1:46:35 | |||
5 | 16 | Werner Botha | South Africa | 5 | 1:46.53 | |||
6 | 18 | Viktors Lacis | Latvia | 2 | 1:47.24 | |||
7 | 19 | Balázs Korányi | Hungary | 8 | 1:47.35 | |||
=8 | =20 | Marvin Watts | Jamaica | 9 | 1:47.68 | |||
=8 | =20 | Osmar dos Santos | Brazil | 1 | 1:47.68 |
Overall Results Semi-finals
Semi-finals Overall Results | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Lane | Place | Time | Qual. | Record |
1 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | Algeria | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1:44.19 | Q | |
2 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1:44.22 | Q | |
Nils Schumann | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1:44.22 | Q | PB | |
4 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1:44.33 | Q | PB |
5 | Andre Bucher | Switzerland | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1:46.17 | Q | |
6 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1:44.49 | Q | |
7 | Glody Dube | Botswana | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1:44.70 | q | NR |
8 | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1:44.85 | q | |
9 | Adem Hecini | Algeria | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1:45.08 | ||
10 | Khalid Tighazouine | Morocco | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1:45.38 | PB | |
11 | Johan Botha | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1:45.49 | ||
12 | Japheth Kimutai | Kenya | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1:45.64 | ||
13 | William Yiampoy | Kenya | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1:45.88 | ||
14 | El Mahjoub Haida | Morocco | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1:46.35 | ||
15 | James McIlroy | Great Britain | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1:46.39 | ||
16 | Werner Botha | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1:46.53 | ||
17 | Jean Patrick Nduwimana | Burundi | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1:46.98 | ||
18 | Viktors Lacis | Latvia | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1:47.24 | ||
19 | Balázs Korányi | Hungary | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1:47.35 | ||
20 | Marvin Watts | Jamaica | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1:47.68 | ||
Osmar dos Santos | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1:47.68 | |||
22 | Vebjoern Rodal | Norway | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1:48.73 | ||
23 | Mouhssin Chehibi | Morocco | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1:49.88 | ||
24 | Pavel Pelepyagin | Belarus | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1:50.37 | ||
25 | Grant Cremer | Australia | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1:52.57 |
Final
Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 | ||||||||
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Record | |||
1 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 2 | 1:45.08 | ||||
2 | Wilson Kipketer | Denmark | 3 | 1:45.14 | ||||
3 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | Algeria | 5 | 1:45.16 | ||||
4 | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa | 7 | 1:45.29 | ||||
5 | André Bucher | Switzerland | 4 | 1:45.40 | ||||
6 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 8 | 1:45.83 | ||||
7 | Glody Dube | Botswana | 1 | 1:46.24 | ||||
8 | Andrea Longo | Italy | 6 | DSQ |
Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics [2]
References
- ↑ "Longo to fight drugs ban". BBC Online. 1 December 2001. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014.
- ↑ "Results" (PDF). Official Report of the XXVIIth Olympiad, Volume 3. pp. 185–193. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
External links
- Men's 800m final - IAAF report