1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 1993 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
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
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's 800 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 1993-08-17.

With three Kenyans qualified for the final, word was out that they might send out time qualifier Paul Ruto as the sacrificial lamb to burn out the field. Freddie Williams was the leader from the gun, but just before the break Ruto rushed to the lead and it appeared the strategy was in effect. The rest of the field cooperated and fell in line behind him. Ruto checked back at 200 metres and again at 300 metres, but nobody was challenging. Ruth had a 5 metre lead at the bell in 51.22. William Tanui moved forward early and was the next back through the turn followed by Curtis Robb. Along the backstretch. Williams began a run at Ruto, around Robb followed by Giuseppe D'Urso, Tanui was falling through the field with Billy Konchellah in dead last place, it looked like the Kenyan team strategy was going to blow up. Coming off the final turn, Williams looked like he had set Ruto up and was going to sprint by, but instead Williams could make no forward progress, his body delaying D'Urso and Ruto again had a 2 meter lead. D'Urso chased Ruto down the straightaway but couldn't make any progress. Everybody else in the field sliding further away except Konchellah, still last off the turn but the field tightening, Konchellah moved out to lane 3 to avoid traffic and sprinted past the crowd, chasing D'Urso to the line but not quite getting there in time. Ruth the surprise winner holding the lead virtually the entire race.

Medalists

Gold	Paul Ruto Kenya (KEN)
Silver	Giuseppe D'Urso Italy (ITA)
Bronze	Billy Konchellah Kenya (KEN)

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Paul Ruto (KEN)	1:44.71
	Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA)	1:44.86
	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:44.89
4.	Curtis Robb (GBR)	1:45.54
5.	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	1:45.64
6.	Freddie Williams (CAN)	1:45.79
7.	William Tanui (KEN)	1:45.80
8.	Tom McKean (GBR)	1:46.17

Semi-Finals

• Held on Sunday 1993-08-15

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:45.04
2.	Freddie Williams (CAN)	1:45.13
3.	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	1:45.46
4.	Mahjoub Haïda (MAR)	1:45.66
5.	Atle Douglas (NOR)	1:46.54
6.	Nico Motchebon (GER)	1:46.58
7.	Martin Steele (GBR)	1:46.70
8.	Mark Everett (USA)	1:57.39

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA)	1:44.92
2.	Curtis Robb (GBR)	1:45.05
3.	Paul Ruto (KEN)	1:45.05
4.	Nathan Kahan (BEL)	1:45.75
5.	Ivan Komar (BLR)	1:45.76
6.	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:45.92
7.	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)	1:46.50
8.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:50.89

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Tom McKean (GBR)	1:45.64
2.	William Tanui (KEN)	1:45.74
3.	Clive Terrelonge (JAM)	1:45.75
4.	José Parrilla (USA)	1:45.89
5.	Marko Koers (NED)	1:45.90
6.	Ari Suhonen (FIN)	1:46.35
7.	Kennedy Osei (GHA)	1:46.48
8.	Luis Javier González (ESP)	1:47.29

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 1993-08-14

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	1:46.27
2.	Johnny Gray (USA)	1:46.28
3.	Luis Javier González (ESP)	1:46.36
4.	Marko Koers (NED)	1:46.37
5.	Gilmar da Silva Santos (BRA)	1:51.04
6.	Christopher Blackburn (MRI)	1:52.78
7.	Juan Jose Tapia (PAN)	1:52.99

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:46.12
2.	Ivan Komar (BLR)	1:46.40
3.	Billy Konchellah (KEN)	1:46.53
4.	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)	1:46.57
5.	Jose Parrilla (USA)	1:46.94
6.	Jin-Il Lee (KOR)	1:47.99
7.	Gop Bahadur Adhikari (NEP)	1:51.74
8.	Mukundi Mubenga (ZAI)	1:55.83

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Atle Douglas (NOR)	1:49.43
2.	Ari Suhonen (FIN)	1:49.44
3.	William Tanui (KEN)	1:49.51
4.	Tomás de Teresa (ESP)	1:49.79
5.	Anatoliy Makarevich (BLR)	1:50.65
6.	Dale Jones (ATG)	1:51.02
7.	Naseer Ismail (MDV)	2:02.70

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Kennedy Osei (GHA)	1:48.65
2.	Curtis Robb (GBR)	1:49.29
3.	Clive Terrelonge (JAM)	1:50.08
4.	Adoum Terap (CHA)	1:53.61
	Andrea Benvenuti (ITA)	DNF
	Charles Nkazamyampi (BDI)	DNS
	Tommy Asinga (SUR)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA)	1:48.79
2.	Tom McKean (GBR)	1:48.79
3.	Mark Everett (USA)	1:48.89
4.	Abdi Bile (SOM)	1:48.90
5.	Farah Ibrahim (QAT)	1:49.86
6.	Mbiganyi Thee (BOT)	1:49.91
7.	Carlos Mairena (NCA)	1:52.01

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Mahjoub Haïda (MAR)	1:46.35
2.	Paul Ruto (KEN)	1:46.41
3.	Martin Steele (GBR)	1:46.47
4.	Freddie Williams (CAN)	1:46.63
5.	Nathan Kahan (BEL)	1:46.72
6.	Nico Motchebon (GER)	1:46.94
7.	Ali Khazaal (LIB)	1:57.15

See also

• 1992 Men's Olympic 800 metres

References

• Results