The men's 800 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 7–9 March 1997.
The winning margin was 3.09 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's 800 metres was won by more than 1.5 seconds at these championships.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeWilson KipketerMahjoub HaidaRich Kenah
Results Heats First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.Heats results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Wilson Kipketer 1:43.96 Q, WR 2 1 Marko Koers 1:48.04 Q 3 5 James Nolan 1:48.21 Q 4 4 Rich Kenah 1:48.42 Q 5 5 Andy Hart 1:48.45 q 6 1 Pavel Soukup 1:48.54 Q 6 4 Robert Chirchir 1:48.54 Q 8 1 Einārs Tupurītis 1:48.56 q 9 4 Nico Motchebon 1:48.69 q 10 2 Mahjoub Haida 1:48.77 Q 11 1 Oliver Münzer 1:48.85 q 12 5 Kennedy Osei 1:49.00 q 13 2 Mark Eplinius 1:49.08 Q 14 2 Andrea Longo 1:49.30 q 15 5 Mario Vernon-Watson 1:49.56 q 16 4 Jean-Marc Destine 1:49.64 q 17 1 David Matthews 1:49.65 18 2 Flávio Godoy 1:49.93 19 4 Roman Oravec 1:51.33 20 3 Savieri Ngidhi 1:52.73 Q 21 3 Benyounés Lahlou 1:52.79 Q 22 3 Boris Kaveshnikov 1:52.96 23 3 Joseph Rakotoarimanana 1:53.28 24 1 Puntsag-Osor Purevsuren 1:55.76 25 4 Reuben Silwimba 1:56.20 26 3 Mark Everett 1:57.16 2 Mahmoud Al-Kheirat 2 Mahdi Moullai
Semifinals First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.Semifinals results (archived)
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Mahjoub Haida 1:47.22 Q 2 1 Einārs Tupurītis 1:47.47 Q 3 2 Marko Koers 1:47.75 Q 4 2 Nico Motchebon 1:48.20 Q 5 1 Mario Vernon-Watson 1:48.32 6 1 Kennedy Osei 1:48.40 7 1 Oliver Münzer 1:48.47 8 3 Wilson Kipketer 1:48.49 Q 9 1 Savieri Ngidhi 1:48.70 10 2 Pavel Soukup 1:48.73 11 2 James Nolan 1:48.75 12 2 Benyounés Lahlou 1:49.18 13 2 Andy Hart 1:49.20 14 3 Rich Kenah 1:49.21 Q 15 3 Robert Chirchir 1:49.52 16 3 Mark Eplinius 1:49.54 17 3 Andrea Longo 1:50.45 18 3 Jean-Marc Destine 1:51.59
Final Final results (archived) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Wilson Kipketer 1:42.67 WR Mahjoub Haida 1:45.76 NR Rich Kenah 1:46.16 PB 4 Nico Motchebon 1:46.19 SB 5 Marko Koers 1:46.43 PB 6 Einārs Tupurītis 1:46.47
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