1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
Introduction These are the official results of the '''Men's 800 metres''' event at the '''1995 IAAF World Championships''' in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 49 participating athletes, with two semi-finals, and seven qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday August 8, 1995.The final pared down to 8runners who believed in their kick. Vebjørn Rodal became the leader with Wilson Kipketer at the end of the field. Rodal led through an easy pace 52.53 through the first lap. With 200 to go, Nico Motchebon moved to the front, covered by Kipketer, but Rodal didn't relinquish the lead. Kipketer timed his big burst for 70 metres before the finish, Rodal had no answer but held off Motchebon, the rest of the field fading away. Coming from behind Motchebon, Arthémon Hatungimana was able to gradually gain on Rodall, passing him just a step before the finish.
Medalists '''Gold''' Wilson Kipketer''Denmark (DEN)'''''Silver''' Arthémon Hatungimana''Burundi (BDI)'''''Bronze''' Vebjørn Rodal''Norway (NOR)''
Qualifying heats *Held on Saturday 1995-08-05Rank  Heat   Name  Nationality  Time  Notes1  1José Parrilla 1:46.32  Q2  1Curtis Robb 1:46.34  Q3  1Andrea Giocondi 1:46.44  q4  1Einars Tupuritis 1:46.455  1Marko Koers 1:46.736  1Jose Arconada 1:47.707  1Kayless Tavakalo 1:58.061  2Philip Kibitok 1:48.45  Q2  2Vebjørn Rodal 1:48.48  Q3  2Tomás de Teresa 1:49.074  2Jurgens Kotze 1:49.405  2Brendan Hanigan 1:50.256  2Tommy Asinga 1:51.607  2Michael Wildner 1:57.481  3Wilson Kipketer 1:47.35  Q2  3Arthémon Hatungimana 1:47.74  Q3  3Andrés Manuel Díaz 1:48.004  3David Strang 1:48.765  3Babacar Niang 1:49.746  3William Serem 1:50.61—  3Bekele Banbere DQ1  4Hezekiél Sepeng 1:46.33  Q2  4Atle Douglas 1:46.41  Q3  4Benyounés Lahlou 1:46.724  4Giuseppe D'Urso 1:47.435  4Tomonari Ono 1:48.436  4Ivan Komar 1:51.367  4Vanxay Sinebandith 2:00.251  5Mark Everett 1:48.06  Q2  5Davide Cadoni 1:48.25  Q3  5Andrey Loginov 1:48.304  5Pavel Soukup 1:48.325  5Savieri Ngidhi 1:48.776  5Jimmy Jean-Joseph 1:51.00—  5Dhani Chaudhari DQ1  6Brandon Rock 1:46.83  Q2  6Mahjoub Haïda 1:46.88  Q3  6José Luíz Barbosa 1:47.104  6Frédéric Cornette 1:47.365  6Charles Nkazamyampi 1:49.766  6Anwar Omar Mohammed 1:58.20—  6Julius Achon DNS1  7Nico Motchebon 1:46.14  Q2  7Joseph Tengelei 1:46.18  Q3  7Bruno Konczylo 1:46.44  q4  7David Matthews 1:46.525  7Antonio Abrantes 1:48.106  7Torbjörn Johansson 1:48.317  7Mahmoud Al-Kheirat 1:48.76
Semi-finals *Held on Sunday 1995-08-06RANKHEAT 1TIME1.'''1:48.39'''2.'''1:49.43'''3.'''1:49.45'''4.'''1:49.47'''5.'''1:49.58'''6.'''1:49.63'''7.'''1:49.87'''8. '''1:50.12'''RANKHEAT 2TIME1.'''1:47.69'''2.'''1:47.96'''3.'''1:48.02'''4.'''1:48.04'''5.'''1:48.05'''6.'''1:48.21'''7.'''1:48.71'''8. '''1:53.67'''
Final RANKFINALTIMEImage:Med 1.png'''1:45.08''' Image:Med 2.png'''1:45.64'''Image:Med 3.png'''1:45.68'''4.'''1:45.97'''5.'''1:46.42'''6.'''1:46.44'''7.'''1:47.78'''8. '''1:53.12'''
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