# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–13 August.
In the final, Duane Solomon characteristically took out the pace at just about 50 seconds. Uncharacteristically, second place was occupied by his teammate Nick Symmonds, known for his come from behind tactics. On the final lap the two formed a team USA wall to prevent the rest of the field from getting around. Solomon held the lead into the final straight with Symmonds about to pounce. Mohammed Aman was behind Solomon in a box pinned in by Ayanleh Souleiman. Souleiman slowed as Symmonds slingshotted off the back stretch. The door opened and Aman took off in chase of Symmonds, passing him on the outside 20 meters before the finish. Solomon went out too fast and hence slowed in the final 50 meters, and Souleiman was the next fastest to the finish to pick up bronze. Aman's 1:43.31 is a new Russian soil all comers record.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:40.91 | London, Great Britain | 9 August 2012 |
| Championship record | Billy Konchellah (KEN) | 1:43.06 | Rome, Italy | 1 September 1987 |
| World Leading | Duane Solomon (USA) | 1:43.27 | Des Moines, IA, United States | 23 June 2013 |
| African Record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:40.91 | London, Great Britain | 9 August 2012 |
| Asian Record | Yusuf Saad Kamel (BHR) | 1:42.79 | Monaco | 29 July 2008 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Johnny Gray (USA) | 1:42.60 | Koblenz, West Germany | 28 August 1985 |
| 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 Snell (NZL) | 1:44.3 | Christchurch, New Zealand | 3 February 1962 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 1:45.30 | 1:46.20 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 10 August 2013 | 11:20 | Heats |
| 11 August 2013 | 19:35 | Semifinals |
| 13 August 2013 | 21:10 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:44.93 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | Ferguson Rotich | Kenya (KEN) | 1:45.25 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 8 | Michael Rimmer | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:45.47 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Duane Solomon | United States (USA) | 1:45.80 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Abdulaziz Laden Mohammed | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1:45.94 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Alexander Rowe | Australia (AUS) | 1:45.96 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Ronald Musagala | Uganda (UGA) | 1:46.12 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Andrew Osagie | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:46.16 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Adam Kszczot | Poland (POL) | 1:46.26 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Brandon Johnson | United States (USA) | 1:46.32 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 8 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain (ESP) | 1:46.40 | q |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Tamás Kazi | Hungary (HUN) | 1:46.48 | q |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Kevin López | Spain (ESP) | 1:46.61 | q |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Antoine Gakeme | Burundi (BDI) | 1:46.70 | q, PB |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Rafith Rodríguez | Colombia (COL) | 1:46.76 | q |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | Andy González | Cuba (CUB) | 1:46.80 | |
| 17 | 6 | 7 | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti (DJI) | 1:46.86 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | Nick Symmonds | United States (USA) | 1:46.90 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | Qatar (QAT) | 1:46.94 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | 5 | Samir Jamma | Morocco (MAR) | 1:46.94 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | 7 | Mark English | Ireland (IRL) | 1:47.08 | |
| 22 | 6 | 1 | Anthony Chemut | Kenya (KEN) | 1:47.13 | Q |
| 23 | 6 | 2 | Amine El Manaoui | Morocco (MAR) | 1:47.15 | Q |
| 24 | 5 | 1 | Amine Belferar | Algeria (ALG) | 1:47.17 | |
| 25 | 6 | 5 | Jan Kubista | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:47.66 | |
| 26 | 1 | 3 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France (FRA) | 1:47.70 | Q |
| 27 | 6 | 8 | Anis Ananenka | Belarus (BLR) | 1:47.76 | |
| 28 | 1 | 8 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland (POL) | 1:47.83 | Q |
| 29 | 4 | 1 | Prince Mumba | Zambia (ZAM) | 1:47.85 | |
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy (ITA) | 1:47.90 | Q |
| 31 | 5 | 4 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:47.93 | |
| 32 | 1 | 1 | Hamada Mohamed | Egypt (EGY) | 1:47.96 | |
| 32 | 4 | 3 | James Eichberger | Mexico (MEX) | 1:47.96 | |
| 34 | 6 | 6 | Anthony Romaniw | Canada (CAN) | 1:47.98 | |
| 35 | 1 | 5 | Kléberson Davide | Brazil (BRA) | 1:48.28 | |
| 36 | 1 | 2 | Paul Robinson | Ireland (IRL) | 1:48.61 | |
| 37 | 1 | 6 | Leoman Momoh | Nigeria (NGR) | 1:49.25 | |
| 38 | 1 | 7 | Taras Bybyk | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:49.39 | |
| 39 | 1 | 6 | Moussa Camara | Mali (MLI) | 1:49.78 | SB |
| 40 | 4 | 8 | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | Kenya (KEN) | 1:50.17 | |
| 41 | 6 | 3 | Wesley Vázquez | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1:50.60 | |
| 42 | 2 | 1 | Brice Etès | Monaco (MON) | 1:53.60 | |
| 43 | 4 | 6 | Ilia Mukhin | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 1:54.88 | |
| 44 | 3 | 7 | Samorn Kieng | Cambodia (CAM) | 1:55.17 | SB |
| 45 | 3 | 4 | Benjamín Enzema | Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) | 1:56.82 | SB |
| 46 | 2 | 7 | Manuel Antonio | Angola (ANG) | 1:57.40 | |
| 47 | 6 | 4 | Ribeiro de Carvalho | East Timor (TLS) | 2:04.74 | PB |
| | 2 | 4 | Nijel Amos | Botswana (BOT) | DNS | |
| | 3 | 5 | André Olivier | South Africa (RSA) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Duane Solomon | United States (USA) | 1:43.87 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Abdulaziz Laden Mohammed | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1:44.10 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland (POL) | 1:44.56 | q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:44.71 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France (FRA) | 1:44.75 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Andrew Osagie | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:44.85 | q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Brandon Johnson | United States (USA) | 1:44.89 | |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti (DJI) | 1:44.99 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Nick Symmonds | United States (USA) | 1:45.00 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Antoine Gakeme | Burundi (BDI) | 1:45.39 | PB |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | Qatar (QAT) | 1:45.43 | |
| 12 | 3 | 7 | Adam Kszczot | Poland (POL) | 1:45.68 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Alexander Rowe | Australia (AUS) | 1:45.80 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Ronald Musagala | Uganda (UGA) | 1:45.87 | |
| 15 | 3 | 5 | Anthony Chemut | Kenya (KEN) | 1:46.06 | |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Tamás Kazi | Hungary (HUN) | 1:46.40 | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Samir Jamma | Morocco (MAR) | 1:46.53 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain (ESP) | 1:46.75 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Michael Rimmer | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:47.06 | |
| 20 | 2 | 7 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy (ITA) | 1:48.31 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Amine El Manaoui | Morocco (MAR) | 1:49.08 | |
| 22 | 1 | 3 | Kevin López | Spain (ESP) | 1:52.93 | |
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Rafith Rodríguez | Colombia (COL) | 2:01.94 | |
| | 1 | 8 | Ferguson Rotich | Kenya (KEN) | DQ | R163.3(a) |

### Final

The final was held at 21:10.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:43.31 | SB |
| | 3 | Nick Symmonds | United States (USA) | 1:43.55 | SB |
| | 4 | Ayanleh Souleiman | Djibouti (DJI) | 1:43.76 | |
| 4 | 2 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland (POL) | 1:44.08 | SB |
| 5 | 1 | Andrew Osagie | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:44.36 | SB |
| 6 | 5 | Duane Solomon | United States (USA) | 1:44.42 | |
| 7 | 8 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | France (FRA) | 1:44.79 | |
| 8 | 7 | Abdulaziz Laden Mohammed | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1:46.57 | |