Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates	9–11 December
Competitors	14 from 12 nations
Medalists
Yusuf Saad Kamel    Bahrain   Mohammad Al-Azemi    Kuwait   Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei    Iran

Main article: Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games

The men's 800 metres competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 9 and 11 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Saturday, 9 December 2006	17:20	1st round
Monday, 11 December 2006	17:10	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:41.11	Cologne, Germany	24 August 1997
Asian Record	Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN)	1:43.11	Zürich, Switzerland	6 August 2004
Games Record	Lee Jin-il (KOR)	1:45.72	Hiroshima, Japan	12 October 1994

Results

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish
• DNS — Did not start

1st round

• Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Mohammad Al-Azemi (KUW)	1:49.88	Q
2	Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN)	1:49.94	Q
3	Abdulrahman Suleiman (QAT)	1:50.49	Q
4	Ali Al-Deraan (KSA)	1:50.76	q
5	Nguyễn Đình Cương (VIE)	1:53.30
6	Suresh Abeynayake (SRI)	1:53.50
7	Chen Fu-pin (TPE)	1:54.66

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA)	1:51.92	Q
2	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei (IRI)	1:52.18	Q
3	Lee Jae-hun (KOR)	1:52.49	Q
4	Salem Amer Al-Badri (QAT)	1:52.73	q
5	Abdalsalam Al-Dabaji (PLE)	1:54.69
6	Belal Al-Saari (YEM)	1:57.27
—	Firdavs Azizov (TJK)	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN)	1:45.74
	Mohammad Al-Azemi (KUW)	1:46.25
	Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei (IRI)	1:47.43
4	Ali Al-Deraan (KSA)	1:48.48
5	Abdulrahman Suleiman (QAT)	1:48.62
6	Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA)	1:48.95
7	Lee Jae-hun (KOR)	1:56.69
—	Salem Amer Al-Badri (QAT)	DNF

External links

• Results – 1st Round