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2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

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The men's 800 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 9 and 11 March. The gold medal was won by 18-year-old Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia, in a time of 1:48.36 seconds.

{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WIC12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64308|title=Teenager Aman's rise continues with Ethiopia's first 800m gold|date=10 March 2012|work=iaaf.org|accessdate=14 March 2012}}

In the 800 metres final there were 6 competitors all from different nations. Jakub Holuša had run the fastest time in the semi-final (1:47.23) placing in front of the gold medalist, Mohammed Aman. Going into the final Adam Kszczot was the favourite to win the race. At the end of the first lap Kszczot was leading and looking to pull away from the pack. At the 400 metre mark Kszczot was still winning the race after coming through with a time of 56.29 seconds. Kszczot kept his lead until the 700 metre mark where Mohammed Aman made a move and overtook him. Holuša and Osagie followed suite and also overtook Kszczot on the home strait.

Medalists

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| width=200 bgcolor=gold|Gold

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|Mohammed Aman
{{Flagu|Ethiopia}}		Jakub Holuša
{{Flagu|Czech Republic}}

|Andrew Osagie
{{Flagu|United Kingdom}}

Records

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colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record

|{{flagathlete|Wilson Kipketer|DEN}}

|1:42.67

|Paris, France

|9 March 1997

Championship record

|{{flagathlete|Wilson Kipketer|DEN}}

|1:42.67

|Paris, France

|9 March 1997

World Leading

|{{flagathlete|Adam Kszczot|POL}}

|1:44.57

|Liévin, France

|14 February 2012

African record

|{{flagathlete|Joseph Mutua|KEN}}

|1:44.71

|Stuttgart, Germany

|31 January 2004

Asian record

|{{flagathlete|Yusuf Saad Kamel|BHR}}

|1:45.26

|Valencia, Spain

|9 March 2008

European record

|{{flagathlete|Wilson Kipketer|DEN}}

|1:42.67

|Paris, France

|9 March 1997

North and Central American
and Caribbean record

|{{flagathlete|Johnny Gray|USA}}

|1:45.00

|Sindelfingen, Germany

|8 March 1992

Oceanian Record

|{{flagathlete|Ryan Foster|AUS}}

|1:47.48

|State College, United States

|30 January 2010

South American record

|{{flagathlete|José Luíz Barbosa|BRA}}

|1:45.43

|Piraeus, Greece

|8 March 1989

Qualification standards

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Indoor

!Outdoor

1:48.00

| 1:45.00

Schedule

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! Date

! Time

! Round

9 March 201210:10Heats
10 March 201211:50Semi-final
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|11 March 2012

16:20Final

Results

=Heats=

[http://www.iaaf.org/mini/wic12/Results/ResultsByDate.aspx?racedate=03-09-2012/sex=M/discCode=800/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/startlist.html#detM_800_hash_h Start List]

Qualification: First 2 (Q) plus the 6 fastest times qualified (q)

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RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
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| 1

6align=left|Boaz Kiplagat Lalangalign=left|{{Flag|Kenya}}1:49.50Q
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| 2

2align=left|Timothy Kitumalign=left|{{Flag|Kenya}}1:49.57Q
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| 3

2align=left|Musaeb Abdulrahman Ballaalign=left|{{Flag|Qatar}}1:49.71Q
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| 4

6align=left|Michael Ruttalign=left|{{Flag|United States}}1:49.72Q
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| 5

2align=left|Andrew Osagiealign=left|{{Flag|Great Britain}}1:49.73q
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| 5

4align=left|Joe Thomasalign=left|{{Flag|Great Britain}}1:49.73Q
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| 7

2align=left|Raphael Pallitschalign=left|{{Flag|Austria}}1:49.78q
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| 8

6align=left|Julius Mutekangaalign=left|{{flag|Uganda}}1:49.81q
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| 9

4align=left|Andreas Rapatzalign=left|{{flag|Austria}}1:49.89Q
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| 10

1align=left|Antonio Manuel Reinaalign=left|{{flag|Spain}}1:50.02Q
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| 10

4align=left|Rafith Rodríguezalign=left|{{flag|Colombia}}1:50.02q
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| 12

4align=left|Luis Alberto Marcoalign=left|{{flag|Spain}}1:50.13q
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| 13

1align=left|Adam Kszczotalign=left|{{flag|Poland}}1:50.14Q
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| 14

3align=left|Jakub Holušaalign=left|{{flag|Czech Republic}}1:50.49Q
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| 15

3align=left|Mohammed Amanalign=left|{{flag|Ethiopia}}1:50.56Q
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| 16

1align=left|Tevan Everettalign=left|{{flag|United States}}1:50.67q
173align=left|Ismail Ahmed Ismailalign=left|{{flag|Sudan}}1:50.72
186align=left|Farkhod Kuralovalign=left|{{flag|Tajikistan}}1:52.61NR
193align=left|Moussa Camaraalign=left|{{flag|Mali}}1:52.62NR
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| 20

5align=left|Jan Van Den Broeckalign=left|{{flag|Belgium}}1:52.65Q
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| 21

5align=left|Marcin Lewandowskialign=left|{{flag|Poland}}1:52.67Q
225align=left|Jamaal Jamesalign=left|{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}1:52.71
232align=left|Brice Etesalign=left|{{flag|Monaco}}1:52.93
245align=left|Vid Jakob Tršanalign=left|{{flag|Slovenia}}1:53.64
253align=left|Halit Kiliçalign=left|{{flag|Turkey}}1:54.06
266align=left|Dustin Emranialign=left|{{flag|Israel}}1:54.20
272align=left|Arnold Sorinaalign=left|{{flag|Vanuatu}}1:54.44NR
281align=left|Nimet Gashialign=left|{{flag|Albania}}1:54.70
291align=left|Gaylord Sillyalign=left|{{flag|Seychelles}}1:54.93NR
304align=left|Benjamín Enzemaalign=left|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}1:58.19NR
315align=left|Ashot Hayrapetyanalign=left|{{flag|Armenia}}1:58.21
324align=left|Kieng Samornalign=left|{{flag|Cambodia}}1:59.14NR

=Semi-final=

Qualification: First 2 of each heat qualified (Q)

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RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
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| 1

3align=left|Jakub Holušaalign=left|{{flag|Czech Republic}}1:47.23Q, SB
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| 2

3align=left|Adam Kszczotalign=left|{{flag|Poland}}1:47.90Q
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| 3

1align=left|Mohammed Amanalign=left|{{flag|Ethiopia}}1:48.07Q
43align=left|Luis Alberto Marcoalign=left|{{flag|Spain}}1:48.12
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| 5

1align=left|Andrew Osagiealign=left|{{flag|Great Britain}}1:48.13Q
63align=left|Andreas Rapatzalign=left|{{flag|Austria}}1:48.15
71align=left|Timothy Kitumalign=left|{{flag|Kenya}}1:48.22
81align=left|Antonio Manuel Reinaalign=left|{{flag|Spain}}1:48.36
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| 9

2align=left|Michael Ruttalign=left|{{flag|United States}}1:48.88Q
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| 10

2align=left|Jan Van Den Broeckalign=left|{{flag|Belgium}}1:48.90Q
113align=left|Joe Thomasalign=left|{{flag|Great Britain}}1:49.12
122align=left|Boaz Kiplagat Lalangalign=left|{{flag|Kenya}}1:49.31
131align=left|Julius Mutekangaalign=left|{{flag|Uganda}}1:49.32
142align=left|Raphael Pallitschalign=left|{{flag|Austria}}1:49.42
151align=left|Musaeb Abdulrahman Ballaalign=left|{{flag|Qatar}}1:49.51
163align=left|Tevan Everettalign=left|{{flag|United States}}1:49.57
{{hs|99}}2align=left|Rafith Rodríguezalign=left|{{flag|Colombia}}{{sort|9:99.99|DNF}}
{{hs|99}}2align=left|Marcin Lewandowskialign=left|{{flag|Poland}}{{sort|9:99.99|DNF}}

=Final=

6 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 16:20.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-800-M-f--1--.RS1.pdf|title=2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres (final)|publisher = Omega Timing|accessdate=11 March 2012}}

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RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
{{gold01}}align=left|Mohammed Amanalign=left|{{flag|Ethiopia}}1:48.36
{{silver02}}align=left|Jakub Holušaalign=left|{{flag|Czech Republic}}1:48.62
{{bronze03}}align=left|Andrew Osagiealign=left|{{flag|Great Britain}}1:48.92
4align=left|Adam Kszczotalign=left|{{flag|Poland}}1:49.16
5align=left|Jan van den Broeckalign=left|{{flag|Belgium}}1:50.83
6align=left|Michael Ruttalign=left|{{flag|United States}}1:51.47

References

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800 metres

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