# 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 59 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 29 August 1999 at 20:30h.

## Medalists

| Gold | Wilson Kipketer Denmark (DEN) |
| Silver | Hezekiél Sepeng South Africa (RSA) |
| Bronze | Djabir Saïd-Guerni Algeria (ALG) |

## Heats

* Held on Thursday 26 August 1999
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| 1. | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:47.29 |
| 2. | Savieri Ngidhi (ZIM) | 1:47.58 |
| 3. | Vebjørn Rodal (NOR) | 1:48.05 |
| 4. | Assane Diallo (SEN) | 1:48.06 |
| 5. | Khadevis Robinson (USA) | 1:48.31 |
| 6. | José Manuel Cerezo (ESP) | 1:50.08 |
| | Milton Browne (BAR) | DQ |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | André Bucher (SUI) | 1:46.81 |
| 2. | Wojciech Kałdowski (POL) | 1:46.88 |
| 3. | Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI) | 1:47.08 |
| 4. | Mark Sesay (GBR) | 1:47.48 |
| 5. | Mouhssin Chehibi (MAR) | 1:47.65 |
| 6. | Frederick Onyancha (KEN) | 1:47.76 |
| 7. | Naseer Ismail (MDV) | 1:56.67 |
| | Karma Dorji (BHU) | DQ |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
| 1. | Andrea Longo (ITA) | 1:45.01 |
| 2. | Grant Cremer (AUS) | 1:45.21 |
| 3. | Adem Hecini (ALG) | 1:46.13 |
| 4. | James Nolan (IRL) | 1:46.38 |
| 5. | Kim Soon-Hyung (KOR) | 1:46.78 |
| 6. | Guillaume Douceret (FRA) | 1:47.69 |
| 7. | Mohamed Abd El Rahman (SUD) | 1:53.67 |
| RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
| 1. | Rich Kenah (USA) | 1:47.95 |
| 2. | Kennedy Kimwetich (KEN) | 1:48.45 |
| 3. | Khaled Azerkan (SWE) | 1:48.46 |
| 4. | Crispen Mutakanyi (ZIM) | 1:48.73 |
| 5. | Aleksander Trutko (BLR) | 1:48.99 |
| 6. | Curtis Robb (GBR) | 1:49.13 |
| 7. | Batmunkh Banzragch (MGL) | 2:02.42 |
| | Lucky Hadebe (RSA) | DQ |
| RANK | HEAT 5 | TIME |
| 1. | Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG) | 1:45.65 |
| 2. | Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA) | 1:46.01 |
| 3. | Nico Motchebon (GER) | 1:46.18 |
| 4. | Rachid Khouia (MAR) | 1:46.96 |
| 5. | Ian Roberts (GUY) | 1:47.53 |
| 6. | Urmet Uusorg (EST) | 1:48.85 |
| 7. | Mohammed Al Fayet (PLE) | 1:52.53 |
| RANK | HEAT 6 | TIME |
| 1. | Johan Botha (RSA) | 1:46.59 |
| 2. | Jean-Patrick Nduwimana (BDI) | 1:46.73 |
| 3. | Nils Schumann (GER) | 1:46.79 |
| 4. | João Pires (POR) | 1:47.08 |
| 5. | Jason Lobo (GBR) | 1:47.53 |
| 6. | Balázs Korányi (HUN) | 1:47.60 |
| 7. | Carlos Calvo (LUX) | 1:48.48 |
| RANK | HEAT 7 | TIME |
| 1. | Japheth Kimutai (KEN) | 1:45.66 |
| 2. | Roman Oravec (CZE) | 1:45.80 |
| 3. | Bryan Woodward (USA) | 1:45.98 |
| 4. | Glody Dube (BOT) | 1:46.67 |
| 5. | Zach Whitmarsh (CAN) | 1:47.01 |
| 6. | Tor Øivind Ødegård (NOR) | 1:47.07 |
| 7. | Víctor Martínez (AND) | 1:48.73 |
| RANK | HEAT 8 | TIME |
| 1. | Wilson Kirwa (FIN) | 1:46.20 |
| 2. | Roberto Parra (ESP) | 1:46.22 |
| 3. | Norberto Téllez (CUB) | 1:46.24 |
| 4. | Mahjoub Haïda (MAR) | 1:46.86 |
| 5. | Panagiotis Stroubakos (GRE) | 1:48.56 |
| 6. | David Matthews (IRL) | 1:49.52 |
| 7. | Ketson Kabiriel (MNP) | 2:07.73 |
| | Abdul Rahman Hasan Abdulla (QAT) | DNS |

## Semi-final

* Held on Friday 27 August 1999
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| 1. | Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA) | 1:45.20 |
| 2. | Andrea Longo (ITA) | 1:45.63 |
| 3. | Rich Kenah (USA) | 1:45.99 |
| 4. | Roberto Parra (ESP) | 1:46.07 |
| 5. | Wojciech Kałdowski (POL) | 1:46.49 |
| 6. | Adem Hecini (ALG) | 1:46.61 |
| 7. | James Nolan (IRL) | 1:47.07 |
| 8. | Kim Soon-Hyung (KOR) | 1:47.15 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:44.87 |
| 2. | Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG) | 1:45.17 |
| 3. | Norberto Téllez (CUB) | 1:45.22 |
| 4. | Kennedy Kimwetich (KEN) | 1:45.67 |
| 5. | Roman Oravec (CZE) | 1:45.78 |
| 6. | Savieri Ngidhi (ZIM) | 1:46.56 |
| 7. | Wilson Kirwa (FIN) | 1:46.65 |
| 8. | Nico Motchebon (GER) | 1:47.17 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
| 1. | Japheth Kimutai (KEN) | 1:47.74 |
| 2. | Nils Schumann (GER) | 1:47.90 |
| 3. | André Bucher (SUI) | 1:48.07 |
| 4. | Grant Cremer (AUS) | 1:48.22 |
| 5. | Glody Dube (BOT) | 1:48.67 |
| 6. | Jean-Patrick Nduwimana (BDI) | 1:48.91 |
| 7. | Johan Botha (RSA) | 1:49.71 |
| 8. | Bryan Woodward (USA) | 1:55.52 |

## Final

| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
| | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:43.30 |
| | Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA) | 1:43.32 |
| | Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG) | 1:44.18 |
| 4. | Norberto Téllez (CUB) | 1:45.03 |
| 5. | Japheth Kimutai (KEN) | 1:45.18 |
| 6. | Andrea Longo (ITA) | 1:45.33 |
| 7. | Kennedy Kimwetich (KEN) | 1:46.27 |
| 8. | Nils Schumann (GER) | 1:46.79 |