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.[2]
All times shown are in seconds.
Round 1 Overall Results | Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Lane | Place | Time | Qual. | Record |
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1 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1:45.39 | Q | |
2 | Wilson Kipketer | {{flagIOC|DEN|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1:45.57 | Q | |
3 | Japheth Kimutai | {{flagIOC|KEN|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1:45.60 | Q | |
4 | Grant Cremer | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1:45.86 | q | SB |
5 | Glody Dube | {{flagIOC|BOT|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1:46.17 | Q | PB |
6 | Balázs Korányi | {{flagIOC|HUN|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1:46.21 | q | SB |
7 | Andrea Longo | {{flagIOC|ITA|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1:46.32 | Q | |
8 | Khalid Tighazouine | {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1:46.33 | Q | |
9 | Andre Bucher | {{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}} | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1:46.51 | Q | |
10 | Pavel Pelepyagin | {{flagIOC|BLR|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1:46.67 | Q | |
11 | Vebjoern Rodal | {{flagIOC|NOR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1:46.76 | Q | |
12 | Jean Patrick Nduwimana | {{flagIOC|BDI|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1:46.78 | Q | |
13 | Johan Botha | {{flagIOC|RSA|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1:46.91 | q | |
14 | Viktors Lacis | {{flagIOC|LAT|2000 Summer}} | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1:46.94 | q | SB |
15 | Osmar dos Santos | {{flagIOC|BRA|2000 Summer}} | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1:47.05 | q | |
16 | El Mahjoub Haida | {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1:47.14 | q | |
17 | William Yiampoy | {{flagIOC|KEN|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1:47.35 | q | |
18 | James McIlroy | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1:47.44 | q | |
19 | Hezekiél Sepeng | {{flagIOC|RSA|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1:47.46 | Q | |
20 | Joao Pires | {{flagIOC|POR|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1:47.61 | | |
21 | Adem Hecini | {{flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1:47.62 | Q | |
22 | Milton O Browne | {{flagIOC|BAR|2000 Summer}} | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1:47.63 | | SB |
23 | Bryan Woodward | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1:47.64 | | |
24 | Crispen Mutakanyi | {{flagIOC|ZIM|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1:47.66 | | |
Roman Oravec | {{flagIOC|CZE|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1:47.66 | | |
26 | Nathan Kahan | {{flagIOC|BEL|2000 Summer}} | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1:47.69 | | |
27 | Vanco Stojanov | {{flagIOC|MKD|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1:47.71 | | |
28 | Nils Schumann | {{flagIOC|GER|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1:47.76 | Q | |
29 | Werner Botha | {{flagIOC|RSA|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1:47.83 | Q | |
30 | Rich Kenah | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1:47.85 | | |
31 | Joseph Mutua | {{flagIOC|KEN|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1:47.86 | | |
32 | Mehdi Jelodarzadeh | {{flagIOC|IRI|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1:47.91 | | |
33 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | {{flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1:47.95 | Q | |
34 | Panayiótis Stroubákos | {{flagIOC|GRE|2000 Summer}} | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1:47.96 | | |
35 | Jose Manuel Cerezo | {{flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1:48.11 | | |
36 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1:48.14 | | |
Arthemon Hatungimana | {{flagIOC|BDI|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1:48.14 | | |
38 | Roberto Parra | {{flagIOC|ESP|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1:48.19 | | |
39 | Zach Whitmarsh | {{flagIOC|CAN|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1:48.42 | | |
40 | Kim Soon-Hyung | {{flagIOC|KOR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1:48.49 | | SB |
41 | Mouhssin Chehibi | {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1:48.51 | Q | |
42 | Bram Som | {{flagIOC|NED|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1:48.58 | | |
43 | David Matthews | {{flagIOC|IRL|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1:48.77 | | |
44 | Andrew Hart | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1:48.78 | | |
45 | Bobby True | {{flagIOC|LBR|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1:48.79 | | |
46 | Kris McCarthy | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1:48.92 | | |
47 | Habib Mohamed Belhadj | {{flagIOC|TUN|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1:49.14 | | |
48 | Isireli Naikelekelevesi | {{flagIOC|FIJ|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1:49.61 | | |
49 | Mark Everett | {{flagIOC|USA|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1:49.77 | | |
50 | Artem Mastrov | {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1:49.89 | | |
51 | Paskar Owor | {{flagIOC|UGA|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1:49.99 | | |
52 | Vitalie Cerches | {{flagIOC|MDA|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1:52.15 | | |
53 | Ian Roberts | {{flagIOC|GUY|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1:52.32 | | |
54 | Jorge Duvane | {{flagIOC|MOZ|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1:52.97 | | |
55 | Abdu I Yousuf | {{flagIOC|QAT|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1:53.23 | | |
56 | Puntsag-Osor Purevsuren | {{flagIOC|MGL|2000 Summer}} | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1:56.29 | | |
57 | Mohamed S. Naji Haidara | {{flagIOC|BRN|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1:56.64 | | |
58 | Naseer Ismail | {{flagIOC|MDV|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1:56.67 | | |
59 | Faig Baghirov | {{flagIOC|AZE|2000 Summer}} | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1:57.39 | | |
60 | Marvin Watts | {{flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer}} | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1:59.97 | q | |
| Mohammad Alkafraini | {{flagIOC|JOR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 6 | | DSQ | | |
| Mahamed Yagoub | {{flagIOC|SUD|2000 Summer}} | 6 | 5 | | DNS | | |
Semi-finals Overall Results | Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Lane | Place | Time | Qual. | Record |
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1 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | {{flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1:44.19 | Q | |
2 | Wilson Kipketer | {{flagIOC|DEN|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1:44.22 | Q | |
Nils Schumann | {{flagIOC|GER|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1:44.22 | Q | PB |
4 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | {{flagIOC|RUS|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1:44.33 | Q | PB |
5 | Andre Bucher | {{flagIOC|SUI|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1:46.17 | Q | |
6 | Andrea Longo | {{flagIOC|ITA|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1:44.49 | Q | |
7 | Glody Dube | {{flagIOC|BOT|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1:44.70 | q | NR |
8 | Hezekiél Sepeng | {{flagIOC|RSA|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1:44.85 | q | |
9 | Adem Hecini | {{flagIOC|ALG|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1:45.08 | | |
10 | Khalid Tighazouine | {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1:45.38 | | PB |
11 | Johan Botha | {{flagIOC|RSA|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1:45.49 | | |
12 | Japheth Kimutai | {{flagIOC|KEN|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1:45.64 | | |
13 | William Yiampoy | {{flagIOC|KEN|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1:45.88 | | |
14 | El Mahjoub Haida | {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1:46.35 | | |
15 | James McIlroy | {{flagIOC|GBR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1:46.39 | | |
16 | Werner Botha | {{flagIOC|RSA|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1:46.53 | | |
17 | Jean Patrick Nduwimana | {{flagIOC|BDI|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1:46.98 | | |
18 | Viktors Lacis | {{flagIOC|LAT|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1:47.24 | | |
19 | Balázs Korányi | {{flagIOC|HUN|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1:47.35 | | |
20 | Marvin Watts | {{flagIOC|JAM|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1:47.68 | | |
Osmar dos Santos | {{flagIOC|BRA|2000 Summer}} | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1:47.68 | | |
22 | Vebjoern Rodal | {{flagIOC|NOR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1:48.73 | | |
23 | Mouhssin Chehibi | {{flagIOC|MAR|2000 Summer}} | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1:49.88 | | |
24 | Pavel Pelepyagin | {{flagIOC|BLR|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1:50.37 | | |
25 | Grant Cremer | {{flagIOC|AUS|2000 Summer}} | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1:52.57 | | |
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