# 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The Men's 800 metres event at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held between 7–9 March.

## Medalists

Gold :
| | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan |
| Silver |||
| | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa |
| Bronze |||
| | Yusuf Saad Kamel | Bahrain |

## Heats

| Heat | Lane | Name | Country | Mark | Q |
| 1 | 6 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 1:48.38 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Fabiano Peçanha | Brazil | 1:49.03 PB | Q |
| 1 | 4 | Abdoulaye Wagne | Senegal | 1:49.07 PB | q |
| 1 | 5 | Jozef Repcik | Slovakia | 1:49.15 | q |
| 1 | 3 | Michael Blackwood | Jamaica | 1:52.69 |
| 2 | 3 | Yusuf Saad Kamel | Bahrain | 1:48.71 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Abraham Chepkirwok | Uganda | 1:48.80 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Dmitrijs Milkevics | Latvia | 1:49.10 | q |
| 2 | 4 | Mattias Claesson | Sweden | 1:49.12 | q |
| 2 | 2 | Fadrique Iglesias | Bolivia | 1:50.55 | |
| 3 | 6 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:50.86 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 1:51.07 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 1:51.09 | |
| 3 | 5 | Damien Moss | United Kingdom | 1:51.39 | |
| 3 | 2 | Eduard Villanueva | Venezuela | 1:51.83 | |
| 4 | 5 | Nick Symmonds | United States | 1:49.30 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Lukas Rifesser | Italy | 1:49.51 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Moise Joseph | Haiti | 1:49.70 SB | |
| 4 | 3 | Aldwyn Sappleton | Jamaica | 1:51.24 | |
| 4 | 6 | Richard Kiplagat | Kenya | DSQ | |
| 4 | 2 | Lamine Bangoura | Guinea | DNF | |
| 5 | 4 | Robert Lathouwers | Netherlands | 1:49.32 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Khadevis Robinson | United States | 1:49.33 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Amine Laalou | Morocco | 1:49.41 | |
| 5 | 6 | Yuriy Koldin | Russia | 1:49.60 | |
| 5 | 2 | Deon Bascom | Guyana | 1:55.88 | |
| 5 | 1 | Florian Hilti | Liechtenstein | 1:59.91 SB | |
| 6 | 1 | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 1:47.80 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Eugenio Barrios | Spain | 1:48.70 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Richard Hill | United Kingdom | 1:49.06 | q |
| 6 | 4 | Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei | Iran | 1:49.14 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Dávid Takács | Hungary | 1:49.79 SB | |

## Semifinals

| Heat | Lane | Name | Country | Mark | Q |
| 1 | 5 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 1:46.83 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Yusuf Saad Kamel | Bahrain | 1:46.88 PB | Q |
| 1 | 4 | Khadevis Robinson | United States | 1:47.57 | |
| 1 | 3 | Richard Hill | United Kingdom | 1:47.82 | |
| 1 | 6 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 1:48.90 | |
| 1 | 1 | Fabiano Peçanha | Brazil | 1:49.63 | |
| 2 | 1 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:47.39 SB | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 1:47.41 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Robert Lathouwers | Netherlands | 1:48.27 PB | |
| 2 | 4 | Abraham Chepkirwok | Uganda | 1:48.30 | |
| 2 | 6 | Mattias Claesson | Sweden | 1:48.50 | |
| 2 | 3 | Jozef Repcik | Slovakia | 1:48.61 | |
| 3 | 5 | Nick Symmonds | United States | 1:48.43 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Dmitrijs Milkevics | Latvia | 1:48.80 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Eugenio Barrios | Spain | 1:49.02 | |
| 3 | 6 | Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei | Iran | 1:49.32 | |
| 3 | 1 | Abdoulaye Wagne | Senegal | 1:49.49 | |
| 3 | 2 | Lukas Rifesser | Italy | 1:51.20 | |

## Final

| Heat | Lane | Name | Country | Mark |
| | 3 | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 1:44.81 WL |
| | 1 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:44.91 NR |
| | 2 | Yusuf Saad Kamel | Bahrain | 1:45.26 AR |
| 4 | 5 | Dmitrijs Milkevics | Latvia | 1:45.72 NR |
| 5 | 4 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 1:45.76 PB |
| 6 | 6 | Nick Symmonds | United States | 1:46.48 PB |
| Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
| 200m | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 24.92 |
| 400m | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 51.26 |
| 600m | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 1:18.28 |