2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 2005 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	women
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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

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

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

August 11, 2005

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

• Ismail Ahmed Ismail DNS

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

• Geramias da Silva DSQ

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

• Samwel Mwera DSQ

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

• Manuel Olmedo DNF

1. Antonio Manuel Reina 1:47.14 Q
2. Gary Reed 1:47.23 Q
3. Amine Laalou 1:47.62 Q
4. André Bucher 1:47.97
5. Maurizio Bobbato 1:48.36
6. Juha Kukkamo 1:48.69
7. Sherridan Kirk 1:48.77
8. Prince Mumba 1:49.10

1. Belal Mansoor Ali 1:47.16 Q
2. Sajad Moradi 1:47.18 Q
3. Mohammed Al-Salhi 1:47.27 Q
4. Eugenio Barrios 1:47.53 q
5. Achraf Tadili 1:48.42
6. Rizak Dirshe 1:48.43
7. Kevin Hicks 1:50.00

• Majed Saeed Sultan DSQ

August 12, 2005

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

1. Belal Mansoor Ali 1:45.45 Q
2. Mehdi Baala 1:45.50 Q
3. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi 1:45.73
4. Paweł Czapiewski 1:46.33
5. Dmitriy Bogdanov 1:46.83
6. Antonio Manuel Reina 1:46.89
7. Berhanu Alemu 1:47.66
8. Mohammed Al-Salhi 1:47.97

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

August 14, 2005

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

• Official results - IAAF.org