# 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7 and 9 March 2014. Poland's Marcin Lewandowski originally won the bronze medal, but a single step on the infield led to his disqualification and the promotion of Great Britain's Andrew Osagie to the third podium position.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mohammed Aman Ethiopia | Adam Kszczot Poland | Andrew Osagie Great Britain |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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 | Mohammed Aman (ETH) | 1:44.52 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 15 February 2014 |
| African record | Mohammed Aman (ETH) | 1:44.52 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 15 February 2014 |
| 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 |
| 1:47.00 | 1:44.00 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 7 March 2014 | 13:30 | Heats |
| 9 March 2014 | 17:20 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: The winner of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:45.76 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | Andrew Osagie | Great Britain | 1:45.88 | q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | André Olivier | South Africa | 1:46.18 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | 1:46.26 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Thijmen Kupers | Netherlands | 1:46.55 | q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia | 1:46.73 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Stepan Poistogov | Russia | 1:47.11 | |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Nick Symmonds | United States | 1:47.29 | SB |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Kevin López | Spain | 1:47.34 | |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | Kenya | 1:47.41 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Mukhtar Mohammed | Great Britain | 1:47.59 | SB |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Mark English | Ireland | 1:47.60 | |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Erik Sowinski | United States | 1:48.04 | |
| 14 | 3 | 3 | Kristinn Thór Kristinsson | Iceland | 1:51.20 | PB |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | Brice Etès | Monaco | 1:51.24 | NR |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Farkhod Kuralov | Tajikistan | 1:52.36 | NR |
| 17 | 1 | 5 | Tenirberdi Suiunbaev | Kyrgyzstan | 2:00.51 | PB |
| | 1 | 4 | Saddam Hussain | Pakistan | DQ | R163.3(b) |
| | 2 | 4 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | Qatar | DQ | R163.3(a) |

### Final

Source:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia | 1:46.40 | |
| | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:46.76 | |
| | Andrew Osagie | Great Britain | 1:47.10 | |
| 4 | André Olivier | South Africa | 1:47.31 | |
| 5 | Thijmen Kupers | Netherlands | 1:47.74 | |
| | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | DQ | R163.3(b) |