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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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These are the results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece on 4–8 August.

Medalists

Bronze	USA Rich Kenah
United States (USA)

Results

Heats

First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Wilson Kipketer		1:46.34	Q
2	1	Hezekiel Sepeng		1:46.42	Q
3	2	Norberto Téllez		1:46.44	Q
4	2	Panagiotis Stroubakos		1:46.49	Q
5	2	Andrea Longo		1:46.79	Q
6	1	Einārs Tupurītis		1:46.96	Q
6	2	Mario Vernon-Watson		1:46.96	Q
8	2	Savieri Ngidhi		1:46.97	q
9	7	Mark Everett		1:47.10	Q
10	4	Patrick Konchellah		1:47.15	Q
10	7	Benson Koech		1:47.15	Q
12	3	Marko Koers		1:47.17	Q
13	3	Rich Kenah		1:47.25	Q
14	1	Tor Oivind Odegard		1:47.33	Q
14	4	David Matthews		1:47.33	Q
14	7	Benyounes Lahlou		1:47.33	Q
17	7	Babiker Mohammed Yagoub		1:47.34	Q
18	3	André Bucher		1:47.44	Q
19	7	Kennedy Osei		1:47.45	q
20	2	Ivan Komar		1:47.53	q
20	3	José Luíz Barbosa		1:47.53	Q
22	4	Marius Van Heerden		1:47.56	Q
23	5	Vebjørn Rodal		1:47.58	Q
24	4	Nathan Kahan		1:47.62	Q
25	7	José Manuel Cerezo		1:47.68	q
26	5	Arthemon Hatungimana		1:47.73	Q
27	1	Jean-Marc Destine		1:47.76
28	3	Michael Wildner		1:47.77
29	1	Joseph Rakotoarimanana		1:47.86
30	5	Andrew Hart	Great Britain	1:47.98	Q
31	5	Hendrik Mokganyetsi		1:48.10	Q
32	3	Sergey Kozhevnikov		1:48.11
33	5	Pavel Soukup		1:48.16
34	7	Tim Rogge		1:48.38
35	4	Viktors Lācis		1:48.65
36	5	Mark Tonks		1:48.85
37	1	Mark Sesay	Great Britain	1:49.00
38	6	Patrick Ndururi		1:49.51	Q
39	6	Lukáš Vydra		1:50.08	Q
40	2	Ali Khazaal		1:50.66
41	7	Alex Morgan		1:50.83
42	2	Vančo Stojanov	Macedonia	1:52.65
43	3	Mohamed Haidara	Bahrain	1:53.56
44	5	Terap Adoum Yaya		1:54.01
45	6	Adem Hecini		1:55.25	Q
46	5	Manlio Molinari		1:55.89
47	1	Chérif Baba Aidara	Mauritania	1:56.85
48	6	Brandon Rock		1:58.05	Q
49	4	Liam Byrne		2:00.18
50	6	Cuthbert Modeste	Saint Lucia	2:01.24
	3	Giuseppe D'Urso
	4	Mahjoub Haida
	6	Paul Walker	Great Britain
	4	Julius Achon
	6	Mahdi Moullai
	6	Graham Hood

Quarterfinals

First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Norberto Téllez		1:44.82	Q
2	2	Hezekiel Sepeng		1:44.91	Q, SB
3	2	Mark Everett		1:44.95	Q
4	2	Adem Hecini		1:45.19	q, SB
5	2	André Bucher		1:45.33	q, PB
6	2	Tor Oivind Odegard		1:45.42	q, PB
7	4	Wilson Kipketer		1:45.54	Q
8	2	Babiker Mohammed Yagoub		1:45.73	q, PB
9	4	Panagiotis Stroubakos		1:45.94	Q
10	4	Kennedy Osei		1:46.00	Q
11	3	Vebjørn Rodal		1:46.43	Q
12	3	Patrick Konchellah		1:46.43	Q
13	4	Hendrik Mokganyetsi		1:46.45
14	3	Rich Kenah		1:46.48	Q
15	1	Marko Koers		1:46.52	Q
16	1	Patrick Ndururi		1:46.56	Q
17	4	Andrea Longo		1:46.60
18	1	Benyounes Lahlou		1:46.63	Q
19	3	Arthemon Hatungimana		1:46.64
20	2	David Matthews		1:46.66
21	1	Savieri Ngidhi		1:46.92
22	3	Einārs Tupurītis		1:46.97
23	4	Brandon Rock		1:47.13
24	3	Marius Van Heerden		1:47.20
25	3	José Luíz Barbosa		1:47.30
26	1	Lukáš Vydra		1:47.56
27	3	Andrew Hart	Great Britain	1:48.03
28	1	Nathan Kahan		1:48.66
29	4	José Manuel Cerezo		1:48.90
30	1	Mario Vernon-Watson		1:49.52
31	1	Ivan Komar		1:50.17
	4	Benson Koech

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1	1	Patrick Konchellah	1:45.07	Q
2	1	Norberto Téllez	1:45.37	Q
3	1	Vebjørn Rodal	1:45.41	Q
4	1	Mark Everett	1:45.94	Q
5	1	Adem Hecini	1:46.02
6	1	Mohammed Yagoub Babiker	1:46.09
7	2	Wilson Kipketer	1:46.14	Q
8	2	Rich Kenah	1:46.37	Q
9	1	Benyounes Lahlou	1:46.42
10	2	Patrick Ndururi	1:46.50	Q
11	2	Marko Koers	1:46.62	Q
12	2	Kennedy Osei	1:46.78
13	1	Panagiotis Stroubakos	1:46.81
14	2	André Bucher	1:46.88
15	2	Hezekiel Sepeng	1:47.00
16	2	Tor Oivind Odegard	1:47.83

Final

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
	Wilson Kipketer	1:43.38
	Norberto Téllez	1:44.00	SB
	Rich Kenah	1:44.25	PB
4	Patrick Konchellah	1:44.26
5	Vebjørn Rodal	1:44.53
6	Marko Koers	1:44.85
7	Patrick Ndururi	1:45.24
8	Mark Everett	1:49.02

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