# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

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.
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

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mohammed Aman Ethiopia | Jakub Holuša Czech Republic | Andrew Osagie United Kingdom |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:42.67 | Paris, France | 9 March 1997 |
| Championship record | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:42.67 | Paris, France | 9 March 1997 |
| World Leading | Adam Kszczot (POL) | 1:44.57 | Liévin, France | 14 February 2012 |
| African record | Joseph Mutua (KEN) | 1:44.71 | Stuttgart, Germany | 31 January 2004 |
| Asian record | Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR) | 1:45.26 | Valencia, Spain | 9 March 2008 |
| European record | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:42.67 | Paris, France | 9 March 1997 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Johnny Gray (USA) | 1:45.00 | Sindelfingen, Germany | 8 March 1992 |
| Oceanian Record | Ryan Foster (AUS) | 1:47.48 | State College, United States | 30 January 2010 |
| South American record | José Luíz Barbosa (BRA) | 1:45.43 | Piraeus, Greece | 8 March 1989 |

## Qualification standards

| Indoor | Outdoor |
| 1:48.00 | 1:45.00 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 9 March 2012 | 10:10 | Heats |
| 10 March 2012 | 11:50 | Semi-final |
| 11 March 2012 | 16:20 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 (Q) plus the 6 fastest times qualified (q)
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Boaz Kiplagat Lalang | Kenya | 1:49.50 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Timothy Kitum | Kenya | 1:49.57 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | Qatar | 1:49.71 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Michael Rutt | United States | 1:49.72 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Andrew Osagie | Great Britain | 1:49.73 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Joe Thomas | Great Britain | 1:49.73 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Raphael Pallitsch | Austria | 1:49.78 | q |
| 8 | 6 | Julius Mutekanga | Uganda | 1:49.81 | q |
| 9 | 4 | Andreas Rapatz | Austria | 1:49.89 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Spain | 1:50.02 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Rafith Rodríguez | Colombia | 1:50.02 | q |
| 12 | 4 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain | 1:50.13 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:50.14 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 1:50.49 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia | 1:50.56 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Tevan Everett | United States | 1:50.67 | q |
| 17 | 3 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | Sudan | 1:50.72 | |
| 18 | 6 | Farkhod Kuralov | Tajikistan | 1:52.61 | NR |
| 19 | 3 | Moussa Camara | Mali | 1:52.62 | NR |
| 20 | 5 | Jan Van Den Broeck | Belgium | 1:52.65 | Q |
| 21 | 5 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | 1:52.67 | Q |
| 22 | 5 | Jamaal James | Trinidad and Tobago | 1:52.71 | |
| 23 | 2 | Brice Etes | Monaco | 1:52.93 | |
| 24 | 5 | Vid Jakob Tršan | Slovenia | 1:53.64 | |
| 25 | 3 | Halit Kiliç | Turkey | 1:54.06 | |
| 26 | 6 | Dustin Emrani | Israel | 1:54.20 | |
| 27 | 2 | Arnold Sorina | Vanuatu | 1:54.44 | NR |
| 28 | 1 | Nimet Gashi | Albania | 1:54.70 | |
| 29 | 1 | Gaylord Silly | Seychelles | 1:54.93 | NR |
| 30 | 4 | Benjamín Enzema | Equatorial Guinea | 1:58.19 | NR |
| 31 | 5 | Ashot Hayrapetyan | Armenia | 1:58.21 | |
| 32 | 4 | Kieng Samorn | Cambodia | 1:59.14 | NR |

### Semi-final

Qualification: First 2 of each heat qualified (Q)
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 1:47.23 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 3 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:47.90 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia | 1:48.07 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain | 1:48.12 | |
| 5 | 1 | Andrew Osagie | Great Britain | 1:48.13 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Andreas Rapatz | Austria | 1:48.15 | |
| 7 | 1 | Timothy Kitum | Kenya | 1:48.22 | |
| 8 | 1 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Spain | 1:48.36 | |
| 9 | 2 | Michael Rutt | United States | 1:48.88 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Jan Van Den Broeck | Belgium | 1:48.90 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Joe Thomas | Great Britain | 1:49.12 | |
| 12 | 2 | Boaz Kiplagat Lalang | Kenya | 1:49.31 | |
| 13 | 1 | Julius Mutekanga | Uganda | 1:49.32 | |
| 14 | 2 | Raphael Pallitsch | Austria | 1:49.42 | |
| 15 | 1 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | Qatar | 1:49.51 | |
| 16 | 3 | Tevan Everett | United States | 1:49.57 | |
| | 2 | Rafith Rodríguez | Colombia | DNF | |
| | 2 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | DNF | |

### Final

6 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 16:20.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia | 1:48.36 |
| | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 1:48.62 |
| | Andrew Osagie | Great Britain | 1:48.92 |
| 4 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:49.16 |
| 5 | Jan van den Broeck | Belgium | 1:50.83 |
| 6 | Michael Rutt | United States | 1:51.47 |