The men's

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at the

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was held at the National Athletics Centre in

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from 22 to 26 August 2023.

Summary

The heats were brutal to experienced racers. Olympic and defending champion,

Emmanuel Korir Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir (born 15 June 1995) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and 2022 World champion in the 800 metres. Korir won the silver medal in the event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics. As o ...

, Olympic silver medalist and 2019 bronze medalist

Ferguson Rotich Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (born 30 November 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He has a personal best of 1:42.54 minutes for the event. He represented Kenya at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and wa ...

, 2019 bronze medalist Amel Tuka, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy, even Commonwealth Games silver medalist Peter Bol all gone before the semis even started. Returning silver medalist

Djamel Sedjati Djamel Sedjati (also written Sejati)(جمال سجاتي), May 3, 1999, Tiaret) is an Algerian middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 meters. Unknown in Algeria, he came to prominence in 2021 after running a few meetings in Algeria. He f ...

was lucky to be in the slow second semi. His second place automatic qualifier of 1:44.49 was the slowest time to make the final thing returning bronze medalist

Marco Arop Marco Arop (born September 20, 1998) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the middle distance events. He currently holds a personal best of 1:43:26 in the 800 m. He is the 2022 World bronze medallist and the 2019 Pan American ch ...

. Ben Pattison was the slowest time qualifier with 1:44.23.

Emmanuel Wanyonyi Emmanuel Wanyonyi (born 1 August 2004) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. At the age of 18, he placed fourth at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Wanyonyi won the gold medal at the 2021 World Under-20 Cha ...

was the leading qualifier with 1:43.83. The final started with Pattison the first to the break line, but Wanyonyi pushed the back stretch to take the lead before the next turn, but Wanyonyi used his position to keep the pace slow taking the bell at 52.68. Last year, Arop hit the bell in 52.05 and relinquished the lead on the home stretch. This year he was dead last. Halfway through the penultimate turn, Arop moved out to get some running room. Shifting gears as he hit the backstretch, Arop ran past the field, taking the lead at the beginning of the final turn and he kept going opening up a 2 metre lead through the turn. Coming off the turn, the others lines up three abreast behind Wanyonyi to sprint for home, but Arop was way out front and pulling away. Wanyonyi made a late run, pulling back a metre from Arop's lead, but still finished 2 metres back. Two more metres back, Pattison hit the line barely ahead of

Adrián Ben Adrián Ben Montenegro (born 4 August 1998) is a Spanish middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres and 1500 m. He won the gold medal in the 800 m at the 2023 European Indoor Championships. Ben earned bronze in the 800&n ...

and

Slimane Moula Slimane Moula (born 25 February 1999; ar, سليمان مولا) is an Algerian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. His personal best in the event is 1:43.38, set at the Meeting de Paris in June 2023. He was the 2022 Africa ...

for bronze. Sedjati was later disqualified for a lane violation.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:44.70.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Results

Heats

The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Final

The final was started on 26 August at 20:30.

References

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