1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 1999 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

References

• IAAF
• todor66