Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla also made his Olympic début at the 2012 Games at the age of 23. He earned automatic qualification for the men's 800 metres because his fastest time of one minute and 45.19 seconds, set at the 2012 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix, was 0.41 seconds faster than the "A" qualifying standard for his event. Balla was drawn to run in the second heat of the first round on 6 August, coming second out of eight runners, with a time of one minute and 46.37 seconds. His effort was fast enough to advance him into the semi-finals that took place the day after. There, Balla participated in heat two, finishing seventh out of eight athletes, with a time of one minute and 47.52 seconds. This time put him 21st overall, but only the top eight continued on to the final.