# 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 20 to 23 July 2022.

## Summary

After missing the Olympics, defending champion Donavan Brazier was eliminated in the heats. World leader Max Burgin did not start. Aside from Olympic Champion Emmanuel Korir the rest of the Olympic and previous championships podium athletes did not make it to this event.
In the final, Slimane Moula came off the break looking to take the lead, tangling elbows with Peter Bol en route. His lead lasted through the second turn when Marco Arop went by, then taking the bell at 52.02. Gabriel Tual moved behind him on the rail, while Wycliffe Kinyamal Kisasy went to the outside. Arop opened up a metre gap, Korir followed Kisasy as the four broke away a couple of metres from the other half of the field down the backstretch. Korir poured it on through the final curve, passing Tual, then Kisasy, then 70 metres from home, Arop. As Korir pulled away, Arop tightened up and struggled home. Leading the second group before the turn, Djamel Sedjati also sped through the turn, catching Kaul just before the end of the turn. Kisasy faded on the home stretch, eventually finishing last, leaving the struggling Arop as his next target, caught 12 metres before the finish for silver. Dead last entering the turn, 17 year old Emmanuel Wanyonyi weaved his way through the crowd but didn't get to Arop in time to grab a medal.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:40.91 | London, Great Britain | 9 August 2012 |
| Championship record | Donavan Brazier (USA) | 1:42.34 | Doha, Qatar | 1 October 2019 |
| World Leading | Max Burgin (GBR) | 1:43.52 | Turku, Finland | 14 June 2022 |
| African Record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:40.91 | London, Great Britain | 9 August 2012 |
| Asian Record | Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR) | 1:42.79 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 29 July 2008 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Donavan Brazier (USA) | 1:42.34 | Doha, Qatar | 1 October 2019 |
| South American Record | Joaquim Cruz (BRA) | 1:41.77 | Cologne, West Germany | 26 August 1984 |
| European Record | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:41.11 | Cologne, Germany | 24 August 1997 |
| Oceanian record | Peter Bol (AUS) | 1:44.00 | Paris, France | 18 June 2022 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:45.20.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 20 July | 17:20 | Heats |
| 21 July | 19:00 | Semi-finals |
| 23 July | 18:10 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Marco Arop | Canada (CAN) | 1:44.56 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jesús Tonatiú López | Mexico (MEX) | 1:44.67 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | Mark English | Ireland (IRL) | 1:44.76 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 5 | Catalin Tecuceanu | Italy (ITA) | 1:44.83 | q, PB |
| 5 | 6 | Slimane Moula | Algeria (ALG) | 1:44.90 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | Kenya (KEN) | 1:45.08 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | Abdelati El Guesse | Morocco (MAR) | 1:45.25 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 5 | Noah Kibet | Kenya (KEN) | 1:45.41 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Peter Bol | Australia (AUS) | 1:45.50 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | Daniel Rowden | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:45.53 | q, SB |
| 11 | 2 | Kyle Langford | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:45.68 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Mariano García | Spain (ESP) | 1:45.74 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Andreas Kramer | Sweden (SWE) | 1:45.77 | q |
| 14 | 6 | Tolesa Bodena | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:45.81 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Benjamin Robert | France (FRA) | 1:45.94 | q |
| 16 | 5 | Yassine Hethat | Algeria (ALG) | 1:46.05 | |
| 17 | 3 | Moad Zahafi | Morocco (MAR) | 1:46.15 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Abedin Mujezinović | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 1:46.26 | SB |
| 19 | 3 | Gabriel Tual | France (FRA) | 1:46.34 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | Djamel Sedjati | Algeria (ALG) | 1:46.39 | Q |
| 21 | 3 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | Kenya (KEN) | 1:46.45 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | Tony van Diepen | Netherlands (NED) | 1:46.59 | Q |
| 23 | 4 | Abdessalem Ayouni | Tunisia (TUN) | 1:46.59 | Q |
| 24 | 3 | Eliott Crestan | Belgium (BEL) | 1:46.61 | |
| 25 | 4 | Adrián Ben | Spain (ESP) | 1:46.71 | |
| 26 | 2 | Donavan Brazier | United States (USA) | 1:46.72 | |
| 27 | 6 | Patryk Dobek | Poland (POL) | 1:46.80 | |
| 28 | 3 | Bryce Hoppel | United States (USA) | 1:46.98 | |
| 29 | 4 | Brandon Miller | United States (USA) | 1:47.29 | |
| 30 | 3 | Mateusz Borkowski | Poland (POL) | 1:47.61 | |
| 31 | 4 | Tshepo Tshite | South Africa (RSA) | 1:47.61 | |
| 32 | 4 | Brad Mathas | New Zealand (NZL) | 1:47.70 | |
| 33 | 3 | Navasky Anderson | Jamaica (JAM) | 1:48.37 | |
| 34 | 2 | Patryk Sieradzki | Poland (POL) | 1:48.78 | |
| 35 | 1 | Emmanuel Korir | Kenya (KEN) | 1:49.05 | Q |
| 36 | 1 | Elhassane Moujahid | Morocco (MAR) | 1:49.27 | Q |
| 37 | 1 | Álvaro de Arriba | Spain (ESP) | 1:49.30 | Q |
| 38 | 1 | Ermias Girma | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:49.36 | |
| 39 | 6 | Žan Rudolf | Slovenia (SLO) | 1:49.87 | |
| 40 | 1 | Marc Reuther | Germany (GER) | 1:50.75 | |
| 41 | 3 | Brandon McBride | Canada (CAN) | 1:57.43 | |
| 42 | 1 | Manuel Belo Amaral Ataide | East Timor (TLS) | 1:58.91 | SB |
| | 5 | Jonah Koech | United States (USA) | | DQ |
| | 2 | Alex Amankwah | Ghana (GHA) | | DQ |
| | 1 | Max Burgin | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | | DNS |

### Semi-finals

The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the finals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Slimane Moula | Algeria (ALG) | 1:44.89 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Marco Arop | Canada (CAN) | 1:45.12 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Emmanuel Korir | Kenya (KEN) | 1:45.38 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | Kenya (KEN) | 1:45.42 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Djamel Sedjati | Algeria (ALG) | 1:45.44 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | Kenya (KEN) | 1:45.49 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Gabriel Tual | France (FRA) | 1:45.53 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Peter Bol | Australia (AUS) | 1:45.58 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Benjamin Robert | France (FRA) | 1:45.67 | |
| 10 | 3 | Mark English | Ireland (IRL) | 1:45.78 | |
| 11 | 1 | Kyle Langford | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:45.91 | |
| 12 | 3 | Abdessalem Ayouni | Tunisia (TUN) | 1:46.08 | |
| 13 | 1 | Jesús Tonatiú López | Mexico (MEX) | 1:46.17 | |
| 14 | 2 | Daniel Rowden | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:46.27 | |
| 15 | 3 | Álvaro de Arriba | Spain (ESP) | 1:46.30 | |
| 16 | 2 | Catalin Tecuceanu | Italy (ITA) | 1:46.31 | |
| 17 | 2 | Moad Zahafi | Morocco (MAR) | 1:46.35 | |
| 18 | 3 | Abdelati El Guesse | Morocco (MAR) | 1:46.46 | |
| 19 | 2 | Mariano García | Spain (ESP) | 1:46.70 | |
| 20 | 1 | Tony van Diepen | Netherlands (NED) | 1:46.70 | |
| 21 | 2 | Andreas Kramer | Sweden (SWE) | 1:46.71 | |
| 22 | 2 | Noah Kibet | Kenya (KEN) | 1:47.15 | |
| 23 | 1 | Elhassane Moujahid | Morocco (MAR) | 1:47.18 | |
| 24 | 1 | Tolesa Bodena | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:50.55 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Emmanuel Korir | Kenya (KEN) | 1:43.71 | SB |
| | Djamel Sedjati | Algeria (ALG) | 1:44.14 | |
| | Marco Arop | Canada (CAN) | 1:44.28 | |
| 4 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | Kenya (KEN) | 1:44.54 | |
| 5 | Slimane Moula | Algeria (ALG) | 1:44.85 | |
| 6 | Gabriel Tual | France (FRA) | 1:45.49 | |
| 7 | Peter Bol | Australia (AUS) | 1:45.51 | |
| 8 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | Kenya (KEN) | 1:47.07 | |