# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30, 31 August and 2 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Alfred Kirwa Yego Kenya | Gary Reed Canada | Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World record | Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:41.11 | Cologne, Germany | 24 August 1997 |
| Championship record | Billy Konchellah (KEN) | 1:43.06 | Rome, Italy | 1 September 1987 |
| World leading | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA) | 1:43.74 | Monaco | 25 July 2007 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 30, 2007 | 19:40 | Heats |
| August 31, 2007 | 20:05 | Semifinals |
| September 2, 2007 | 19:55 | Final |

## Results

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

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Yusuf Saad Kamel | Bahrain | 1:45.25 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Kenya | 1:45.52 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 3 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:45.56 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Mohammed Al-Salhi | Saudi Arabia | 1:45.58 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 1:45.64 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 3 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 1:45.66 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Michael Rimmer | United Kingdom | 1:45.66 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | Abraham Chepkirwok | Uganda | 1:45.68 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1:45.72 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Fabiano Peçanha | Brazil | 1:45.77 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Khadevis Robinson | United States | 1:45.78 | q |
| 12 | 5 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:45.79 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:45.79 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | Mohammad Al-Azemi | Kuwait | 1:45.85 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 1:45.90 | q |
| 15 | 5 | Yassine Bensghir | Morocco | 1:45.90 | q, SB |
| 17 | 1 | Amine Laâlou | Morocco | 1:46.00 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Gary Reed | Canada | 1:46.00 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Nabil Madi | Algeria | 1:46.02 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Justus Koech | Kenya | 1:46.08 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Nick Symmonds | United States | 1:46.16 | Q |
| 21 | 6 | Mouhssin Chehibi | Morocco | 1:46.16 | q |
| 23 | 1 | Kléberson Davide | Brazil | 1:46.17 | Q |
| 24 | 5 | Abdoulaye Wagne | Senegal | 1:46.20 | q |
| 25 | 6 | Samwel Mwera | Tanzania | 1:46.24 | SB |
| 26 | 3 | Yeimer López | Cuba | 1:46.28 | |
| 27 | 4 | Eduard Villanueva | Venezuela | 1:46.33 | PB |
| 28 | 1 | Belal Mansoor Ali | Bahrain | 1:46.34 | |
| 29 | 2 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Spain | 1:46.35 | |
| 30 | 5 | Abubaker Kaki Khamis | Sudan | 1:46.38 | |
| 31 | 3 | Mattias Claesson | Sweden | 1:46.43 | PB |
| 32 | 4 | David Campbell | Ireland | 1:46.47 | |
| 33 | 6 | Jozef Repcìk | Slovakia | 1:46.53 | |
| 34 | 3 | Eugenio Barrios | Spain | 1:46.62 | |
| 35 | 1 | Achraf Tadili | Canada | 1:46.73 | |
| 36 | 1 | Sajjad Moradi | Iran | 1:46.75 | |
| 37 | 3 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:46.81 | |
| 38 | 5 | Masato Yokota | Japan | 1:47.16 | PB |
| 39 | 2 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 1:47.23 | |
| 40 | 2 | Jeffrey Riseley | Australia | 1:47.44 | |
| 41 | 2 | Aunese Curreen | Samoa | 1:47.72 | NR |
| 42 | 4 | Fadrique Iglesias | Bolivia | 1:48.42 | |
| 43 | 6 | Duane Solomon | United States | 1:48.95 | |
| 44 | 5 | Mahamoud Farah | Djibouti | 1:49.06 | |
| 45 | 6 | Souleymane Ould Chebal | Mauritania | 1:56.45 | SB |
| 46 | 1 | Mohammed Ahmed Al-Yafaee | Yemen | 1:56.55 | |
| | 1 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | Sudan | | DNF |
| | 2 | Ivan Heshko | Ukraine | | DNS |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Kenya | 1:44.54 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:44.71 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Abraham Chepkirwok | Uganda | 1:44.84 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Gary Reed | Canada | 1:44.92 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Amine Laâlou | Morocco | 1:45.11 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:45.12 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:45.20 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Mohammed Al-Salhi | Saudi Arabia | 1:45.23 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Yusuf Saad Kamel | Bahrain | 1:45.31 | |
| 10 | 2 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 1:45.36 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | Khadevis Robinson | United States | 1:45.45 | |
| 12 | 2 | Nabil Madi | Algeria | 1:45.59 | |
| 13 | 2 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 1:45.61 | |
| 14 | 1 | Fabiano Peçanha | Brazil | 1:45.95 | |
| 15 | 1 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1:46.27 | |
| 16 | 2 | Nick Symmonds | United States | 1:46.41 | |
| 17 | 3 | Kléberson Davide | Brazil | 1:46.45 | |
| 18 | 1 | Abdoulaye Wagne | Senegal | 1:46.49 | |
| 19 | 2 | Justus Koech | Kenya | 1:46.86 | |
| 20 | 3 | Michael Rimmer | United Kingdom | 1:47.39 | |
| 21 | 2 | Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | 1:47.76 | |
| 22 | 3 | Yassine Bensghir | Morocco | 1:48.04 | |
| 23 | 3 | Mohammad Al-Azemi | Kuwait | 1:50.28 | |
| 24 | 1 | Mouhssin Chehibi | Morocco | 1:51.31 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Kenya | 1:47.09 |
| | Gary Reed | Canada | 1:47.10 |
| | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:47.39 |
| 4 | Abraham Chepkirwok | Uganda | 1:47.41 |
| 5 | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:47.42 |
| 6 | Amine Laâlou | Morocco | 1:47.45 |
| 7 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:47.52 |
| 8 | Mohammed Al-Salhi | Saudi Arabia | 1:47.58 |