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2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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The men's 800 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 11, 12 and 14 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Belal Mansoor Ali took the field through the first 400 in 52.48. Kicker Yuriy Borzakovskiy went to the back of the pack, but uncharacteristically moved to the front near the end of the first lap. But the entire field was jostling for position, with Wilfred Bungei elbowing his way to the lead and the entire field scrambling for position, and suddenly Borzakovskiy found himself in seventh place again after expending the effort to get a better position. Djabir Saïd-Guerni led the chase through the final turn, with William Yiampoy on his heels. Through the turn, Rashid Ramzi went around the outside, passing Saïd-Guerni as they hit the home stretch. Saïd-Guerni faded allowing Yiampoy to pass him on the inside. Further back Borzakovskiy was dealing with traffic of Mehdi Baala and Ali still in sixth place coming off the final turn. Ramzi easily sprinted past Bungei and on to victory. Bungei was struggling to hold on to second with Yiampoy sneaking through, again on the inside. Borzakovskiy's late rush caught everybody else, passing Yiampoy just before the line but was too late to catch Ramzi. Three years later Ramzi was disqualified from the Olympics on a doping violation, but to date has been allowed to keep his previous medals.

Medalists

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Gold Bahrain Rashid Ramzi
Bahrain (BHR)
Silver Russia Yuriy Borzakovskiy
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Kenya William Yiampoy
Kenya (KEN)

Results

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All times shown are in seconds.

AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Heats

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August 11, 2005

Heat 1

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  1. Bahrain Rashid Ramzi 1:46.17 Q
  2. United Kingdom James McIlroy 1:46.44 Q
  3. South Africa Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:46.85 Q
  4. Germany René Herms 1:47.07 q
  5. Ethiopia Berhanu Alemu 1:47.37 q (SB)
  6. Brazil Osmar Barbosa dos Santos 1:47.74
  7. South Korea Lee Jae-hoon 1:47.90 (SB)
  8. Belgium Tom Omey 1:49.62

Heat 2

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  1. France Mehdi Baala 1:46.57 Q
  2. Kenya Wilfred Bungei 1:46.71 Q
  3. United States Khadevis Robinson 1:46.74 Q
  4. Russia Dmitriy Bogdanov 1:46.88 q
  5. Poland Paweł Czapiewski 1:46.93 q
  6. Kuwait Mohammad Al-Azemi 1:47.05 q (SB)
  7. Haiti Moise Joseph 1:48.29
  8. Cuba Yeimer López 1:52.24

Heat 3

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  1. Russia Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:50.14 Q
  2. Kenya William Yiampoy 1:50.14 Q
  3. Algeria Djabir Saïd-Guerni 1:50.16 Q
  4. New Zealand Jason Stewart 1:50.35
  5. Latvia Dmitrijs Milkevics 1:50.44
  6. Brazil Fabiano Peçanha 1:50.89
  7. Uganda Paskar Owor 1:51.72 (SB)
  8. Paraguay Rodrigo Trinidad 1:55.43

Heat 4

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  1. Bahrain Yusuf Saad Kamel 1:47.65 Q
  2. United States David Krummenacker 1:47.82 Q
  3. Morocco Mouhssin Chehibi 1:48.17 Q
  4. Kenya Alfred Kirwa Yego 1:48.72
  5. Netherlands Arnoud Okken 1:48.95
  6. Bolivia Fadrique Iglesias 1:49.57
  7. Botswana Onalenna Baloyi 1:50.18

Heat 5

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  1. Spain Antonio Manuel Reina 1:47.14 Q
  2. Canada Gary Reed 1:47.23 Q
  3. Morocco Amine Laalou 1:47.62 Q
  4. Switzerland André Bucher 1:47.97
  5. Italy Maurizio Bobbato 1:48.36
  6. Finland Juha Kukkamo 1:48.69
  7. Trinidad and Tobago Sherridan Kirk 1:48.77
  8. Zambia Prince Mumba 1:49.10

Heat 6

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  1. Bahrain Belal Mansoor Ali 1:47.16 Q
  2. Iran Sajad Moradi 1:47.18 Q
  3. Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Salhi 1:47.27 Q
  4. Spain Eugenio Barrios 1:47.53 q
  5. Canada Achraf Tadili 1:48.42
  6. Sweden Rizak Dirshe 1:48.43
  7. United States Kevin Hicks 1:50.00

Semifinals

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August 12, 2005

Heat 1

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  1. Russia Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:44.26 Q
  2. Bahrain Rashid Ramzi 1:44.30 Q (PB)
  3. Kenya William Yiampoy 1:44.51 q (SB)
  4. Algeria Djabir Saïd-Guerni 1:44.80 q (SB)
  5. Morocco Amine Laalou 1:45.05
  6. Kuwait Mohammad Al-Azemi 1:48.02
  7. Spain Eugenio Barrios 1:48.76
  8. United States Khadevis Robinson 1:49.13

Heat 2

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  1. Bahrain Belal Mansoor Ali 1:45.45 Q
  2. France Mehdi Baala 1:45.50 Q
  3. South Africa Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:45.73
  4. Poland Paweł Czapiewski 1:46.33
  5. Russia Dmitriy Bogdanov 1:46.83
  6. Spain Antonio Manuel Reina 1:46.89
  7. Ethiopia Berhanu Alemu 1:47.66
  8. Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Salhi 1:47.97

Heat 3

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  1. Canada Gary Reed 1:44.33 Q (NR)
  2. Kenya Wilfred Bungei 1:44.41 Q
  3. Bahrain Yusuf Saad Kamel 1:44.90
  4. Germany René Herms 1:45.21
  5. Morocco Mouhssin Chehibi 1:45.82
  6. Iran Sajad Moradi 1:45.88 (NR)
  7. United Kingdom James McIlroy 1:45.91 (SB)
  8. United States David Krummenacker 1:46.76

Final

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August 14, 2005

  1. Bahrain Rashid Ramzi 1:44.24 (PB)
  2. Russia Yuriy Borzakovskiy 1:44.51
  3. Kenya William Yiampoy 1:44.55
  4. Kenya Wilfred Bungei 1:44.98
  5. Algeria Djabir Saïd-Guerni 1:45.31
  6. France Mehdi Baala 1:45.32
  7. Bahrain Belal Mansoor Ali 1:45.55
  8. Canada Gary Reed 1:46.20
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