1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the 1995 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
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 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. Rodall 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 Rodall didn't relinquish the lead. Kipketer timed his big burst for 70 metres before the finish, Rodall 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 1995-08-05

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	José Parrilla (USA)	1:46.32
2.	Curtis Robb (GBR)	1:46.34
3.	Andrea Giocondi (ITA)	1:46.44
4.	Einars Tupuritis (LAT)	1:46.45
5.	Marko Koers (NED)	1:46.73
6.	Jose Arconada (ESP)	1:47.70
7.	Kayless Tavakalo (VAN)	1:58.06

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Philip Kibitok (KEN)	1:48.45
2.	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)	1:48.48
3.	Tomás de Teresa (ESP)	1:49.07
4.	Jurgens Kotze (RSA)	1:49.40
5.	Brendan Hanigan (AUS)	1:50.25
6.	Tommy Asinga (SUR)	1:51.60
7.	Michael Wildner (AUT)	1:57.48

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:47.35
2.	Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)	1:47.74
3.	Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP)	1:48.00
4.	David Strang (GBR)	1:48.76
5.	Babacar Niang (SEN)	1:49.74
6.	William Serem (KEN)	1:50.61
—	Bekele Banbere (ETH)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	1:46.33
2.	Atle Douglas (NOR)	1:46.41
3.	Benyounés Lahlou (MAR)	1:46.72
4.	Giuseppe D'Urso (ITA)	1:47.43
5.	Tomonari Ono (JPN)	1:48.43
6.	Ivan Komar (BLR)	1:51.36
7.	Vanxay Sinebandith (LAO)	2:00.25

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Mark Everett (USA)	1:48.06
2.	Davide Cadoni (ITA)	1:48.25
3.	Andrey Loginov (RUS)	1:48.30
4.	Pavel Soukup (CZE)	1:48.32
5.	Savieri Ngidhi (ZIM)	1:48.77
6.	Jimmy Jean-Joseph (FRA)	1:51.00
—	Dhani Chaudhari (NEP)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Brandon Rock (USA)	1:46.83
2.	Mahjoub Haïda (MAR)	1:46.88
3.	José Luiz Barbosa (BRA)	1:47.10
4.	Frédéric Cornette (FRA)	1:47.36
5.	Charles Nkazamyampi (BDI)	1:49.76
6.	Anwar Omar Mohammed (YEM)	1:58.20
—	Julius Achon (UGA)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Nico Motchebon (GER)	1:46.14
2.	Joseph Tengelei (KEN)	1:46.18
3.	Bruno Konczylo (FRA)	1:46.44
4.	David Matthews (IRL)	1:46.52
5.	Antonio Abrantes (POR)	1:48.10
6.	Torbjörn Johansson (SWE)	1:48.31
7.	Mahmoud Al-Kherat (SYR)	1:48.76

Semi-Finals

• Held on Sunday 1995-08-06

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:48.39
2.	José Parrilla (USA)	1:49.43
3.	Andrea Giocondi (ITA)	1:49.45
4.	Mark Everett (USA)	1:49.47
5.	Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA)	1:49.58
6.	Atle Douglas (NOR)	1:49.63
7.	Philip Kibitok (KEN)	1:49.87
8.	Curtis Robb (GBR)	1:50.12

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)	1:47.69
2.	Nico Motchebon (GER)	1:47.96
3.	Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)	1:48.02
4.	Brandon Rock (USA)	1:48.04
5.	Bruno Konczylo (FRA)	1:48.05
6.	Mahjoub Haïda (MAR)	1:48.21
7.	Joseph Tengelei (KEN)	1:48.71
8.	Davide Cadoni (ITA)	1:53.67

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:45.08
	Arthémon Hatungimana (BDI)	1:45.64
	Vebjørn Rodal (NOR)	1:45.68
4.	Nico Motchebon (GER)	1:45.97
5.	Brandon Rock (USA)	1:46.42
6.	José Parrilla (USA)	1:46.44
7.	Andrea Giocondi (ITA)	1:47.78
8.	Mark Everett (USA)	1:53.12

References

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