Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres

at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad

Venue

Athens Olympic Stadium

Dates

25–28 August

Competitors

79 from 62 nations

Winning time

1:44.45

Medalists

	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia
	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa
	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark

Video on YouTube Official Video

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

The men's 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 25 to 28.

The first round had split a full roster of runners into nine heats with the first two gaining a direct qualification and then the next six fastest across all heats advancing to the semifinals. The top two runners in each of the three semifinal heats moved on directly to the final, and they were immediately joined by the next two fastest from any of the semifinals.

The final was tactical, like the previous several Olympics with most athletes running faster to qualify than they ran in the final. Yuriy Borzakovskiy and Mouhssin Chehibi lagged significantly off the pace. World champion Djabir Saïd-Guerni and 2004 world leader Wilfred Bungei battled for the lead, chased closely by Bungei's second cousin, world record holder Wilson Kipketer, Borzakovskiy and Chehibi joined the back of the pack. It seemed like Borzakovskiy was reluctant to catch the leaders, then realized the pace was not too fast, with 50 metres before the end of the first lap, he noticeably accelerated from dead last to join the fight. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, who had lucked into the slowest qualifying time in the semi final round, ran comfortably in a box inside of Kipketer through 500 meters. A lead group broke away on the backstretch. Guerni fell back as the cousins battled for the lead through the final turn, with Mulaudzi a step back and Borzakovskiy the final athlete in the breakaway. Coming off the turn, Kipketer pounced and took off for the finish in lane two. But the always fast closing Borzakovskiy came along the outside from 5 meters back to catch Kipketer 30 meters out. Not giving up the fight, Mulaudzi pulled even with Kipketer. Borzakovskiy held his hands up with a meter victory, while Mulaudzi out leaned Kipketer for silver.^[1]^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:41.11	Cologne, Germany	24 August 1997
Olympic record	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)	1:42.58	Atlanta, United States	29 July 1996

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 800 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 1:46.00 or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 1:47.00 or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 25 August 2004	20:40	Round 1
Thursday, 26 August 2004	21:25	Semifinals
Saturday, 28 August 2004	20:50	Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first two finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next six fastest overall runners (q) advanced to the semifinals.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	1	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:45.72	Q
2	5	René Herms	Germany	1:45.83	Q
3	2	Lee Jae-hoon	South Korea	1:46.24	PB
4	6	Arthémon Hatungimana	Burundi	1:46.35
5	8	Michael Rotich	Kenya	1:46.42
6	7	Nazar Begliyev	Turkmenistan	1:49.64	PB
7	3	Alibay Shukurov	Azerbaijan	1:51.11
8	4	Fadrique Iglesias	Bolivia	1:51.87

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	4	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	1:45.65	Q
2	3	Ricky Soos	Great Britain	1:45.70	Q, PB
3	8	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	1:45.94	q
4	5	Achraf Tadili	Canada	1:46.63
5	7	David Fiegen	Luxembourg	1:46.97
6	2	Mindaugas Norbutas	Lithuania	1:47.38	SB
7	1	Panayiotis Stroubakos	Greece	1:47.69
8	6	Lê Văn Dương	Vietnam	1:49.81	NR

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	4	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:44.69	Q
2	8	Jonathan Johnson	United States	1:45.31	Q
3	6	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	1:45.38	q
4	2	Osmar dos Santos	Brazil	1:45.90	q
5	3	Jason Stewart	New Zealand	1:46.24	PB
6	5	João Pires	Portugal	1:46.71	SB
7	7	Jasmin Salihović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:49.59
8	1	Jan Sekpona	Togo	1:54.25

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	6	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1:44.84	Q
2	2	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:45.17	Q, PB
3	3	Samwel Mwera	Tanzania	1:45.30	q, NR
4	5	Nicolas Aïssat	France	1:45.31	q
5	4	Bram Som	Netherlands	1:45.72	q
6	7	Mihail Kolganov	Kazakhstan	1:47.36
7	1	Mohammad Al-Azemi	Kuwait	1:47.67
8	8	Erkinjon Isakov	Uzbekistan	1:48.28

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	5	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	1:46.20	Q
2	3	Berhanu Alemu	Ethiopia	1:46.26	Q
3	6	Miguel Quesada	Spain	1:46.32
4	8	Joeri Jansen	Belgium	1:46.66
5	2	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:47.87
6	1	Moise Joseph	Haiti	1:48.15
7	4	Isireli Naikelekelevesi	Fiji	1:49.08
8	7	Kondwani Chiwina	Malawi	1:49.87	PB

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	2	Amine Laâlou	Morocco	1:45.88	Q
2	8	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	1:45.92	Q, SB
3	5	Khadevis Robinson	United States	1:46.14
4	6	Dmitriy Bogdanov	Russia	1:47.03
5	3	Nabil Madi	Algeria	1:47.52
6	4	Selahattin Çobanoğlu	Turkey	1:47.83
7	1	Sajjad Moradi	Iran	1:49.49
8	7	Andy Grant	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:57.08

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	2	Dmitrijs Miļkevičs	Latvia	1:46.66	Q
2	6	Antonio Manuel Reina	Spain	1:46.66	Q
3	4	Florent Lacasse	France	1:46.91
4	8	Majed Saeed Sultan	Qatar	1:47.92
5	1	Abdoulaye Wagne	Senegal	1:47.95
6	7	Mohammed Al-Salhi	Saudi Arabia	1:48.42	SB
7	3	Ramil Aritkulov	Russia	1:49.25
8	5	Ali Mohammed Al-Balooshi	United Arab Emirates	1:51.76

Heat 8

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	6	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:46.75	Q
2	8	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:46.82	Q
3	7	André Bucher	Switzerland	1:47.34
4	3	Manuel Olmedo	Spain	1:47.71
5	5	Michal Šneberger	Czech Republic	1:47.89
6	1	Sherridan Kirk	Trinidad and Tobago	1:48.12
7	4	Vančo Stojanov	Macedonia	1:49.02	SB
8	2	Abdal Salam Al-Dabaji	Palestine	1:53.86

Heat 9

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	3	Gary Reed	Canada	1:46.74	Q
2	8	Mouhssin Chehibi	Morocco	1:46.77	Q
3	2	Yusuf Saad Kamel	Bahrain	1:46.94
4	5	Derrick Peterson	United States	1:47.60
5	4	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:48.25
6	1	Prince Mumba	Zambia	1:48.36
7	6	Byron Piedra	Ecuador	1:48.42
8	7	Cornelis Sibe	Suriname	2:00.06

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The top two finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next two fastest overall runners (q) advanced to the final.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	3	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	1:45.76	Q
2	8	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:46.09	Q
3	6	Antonio Manuel Reina	Spain	1:46.17
4	7	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	1:46.66
5	2	Nicolas Aïssat	France	1:47.14
6	1	Berhanu Alemu	Ethiopia	1:47.40
7	5	Amine Laâlou	Morocco	1:47.53
8	4	René Herms	Germany	1:47.68

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	6	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1:44.28	Q
2	3	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	1:44.29	Q
3	7	Mouhssin Chehibi	Morocco	1:44.62	q, PB
4	4	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:44.75	q
5	1	Bram Som	Netherlands	1:45.52
6	2	Dmitrijs Miļkevičs	Latvia	1:46.62
7	5	Gary Reed	Canada	1:47.38
	8	Samwel Mwera	Tanzania	DSQ

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	4	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:44.63	Q
2	1	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:45.45	Q
3	5	Joseph Mutua	Kenya	1:45.54
4	3	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:45.97
5	2	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	1:46.15
6	8	Ricky Soos	Great Britain	1:46.74
7	7	Osmar dos Santos	Brazil	1:48.23
8	6	Jonathan Johnson	United States	1:50.10

Final

^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	4	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	1:44.45
02 !	2	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	South Africa	1:44.61	SB
03 !	6	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:44.65
4	8	Mouhssin Chehibi	Morocco	1:45.16
5	5	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1:45.31
6	3	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:45.53
7	1	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	Algeria	1:45.61
8	7	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:52.49

References

↑ "Borzakovskiy snatches 800m victory". CNN. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
↑ Barclay, Bill (28 August 2004). "Yuriy Borzakovskiy wins men's 800m". Rediff.com. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 800m Heats". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 800m Semifinals". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 800m Final". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

External links

IAAF Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage

800 metres at the Olympic Games

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