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Host City: Beijing, China
Venue(s): Beijing National Stadium, Beijing
Date Started: August 20, 2008
Date Finished: August 20, 2008
Format: Top two in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Wilfred Bungei |
| Silver: | Ismail Ahmed Ismail |
| Bronze: | Alfred Kirwa Yego |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilfred Bungei | 28 | Kenya | KEN | 1:44.90 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Yury Borzakovsky | 27 | Russia | RUS | 1:45.15 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Nadjim Manseur | 20 | Algeria | ALG | 1:45.62 | 4 | QC |
| 4 | Fabiano Peçanha | 26 | Brazil | BRA | 1:46.54 | 5 | QC |
| 5 | Thomas Chamney | 24 | Ireland | IRL | 1:47.66 | 2 | |
| 6 | Lach Renshaw | 21 | Australia | AUS | 1:49.19 | 7 | |
| 7 | Ehsan Mohajer Shojaee | 25 | Iran | IRI | 1:49.25 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abubaker Kaki Khamis | 19 | Sudan | SUD | 1:46.98 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | Mohamed Al-Salhi | 22 | Saudi Arabia | KSA | 1:47.02 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | Dmitry Bogdanov | 29 | Russia | RUS | 1:47.49 | 4 | |
| 4 | Onalenna Baloyi | 26 | Botswana | BOT | 1:47.89 | 7 | |
| 5 | Jozef Repčìk | 22 | Slovakia | SVK | 1:48.64 | 5 | |
| 6 | Leonardo Price | 29 | Argentina | ARG | 1:49.39 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Rimmer | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:47.61 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | 27 | South Africa | RSA | 1:47.64 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Paweł Czapiewski | 30 | Poland | POL | 1:47.66 | 8 | |
| 4 | Miguel Quesada | 28 | Spain | ESP | 1:48.06 | 3 | |
| 5 | Li Xiangyu | 22 | China | CHN | 1:48.44 | 6 | |
| 6 | Vitalij Kozlov | 21 | Lithuania | LTU | 1:48.96 | 4 | |
| 7 | Samwel Mwera | 29 | Tanzania | TAN | 1:50.67 | 5 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Symmonds | 24 | United States | USA | 1:46.01 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | 21 | Kenya | KEN | 1:46.04 | 8 | QU |
| 3 | Antonio Reina | 27 | Spain | ESP | 1:46.30 | 9 | QC |
| 4 | Andy González | 20 | Cuba | CUB | 1:46.59 | 5 | |
| 5 | Mouhssin Chehibi | 30 | Morocco | MAR | 1:46.75 | 4 | |
| 6 | Eduard Villanueva | 23 | Venezuela | VEN | 1:47.64 | 7 | |
| 7 | Nguyễn Đình Cương | 26 | Vietnam | VIE | 1:52.06 | 3 | |
| 8 | Derek Mandell | 21 | Guam | GUM | 1:57.48 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Olmedo | 25 | Spain | ESP | 1:45.78 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | 23 | Sudan | SUD | 1:45.87 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Gary Reed | 26 | Canada | CAN | 1:46.02 | 8 | QC |
| 4 | Dmitrijs Miļkēvičs | 26 | Latvia | LAT | 1:47.12 | 7 | |
| 5 | Samson Ngoepe | 23 | South Africa | RSA | 1:47.42 | 2 | |
| 6 | Aunese Curreen | 26 | Samoa | SAM | 1:47.45 | 3 | |
| 7 | Souleymane Ould Chebal | 21 | Mauritania | MTN | 1:57.43 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amine Laalou | 26 | Morocco | MAR | 1:47.86 | 8 | QU |
| 2 | Abraham Chepkirwok | 19 | Uganda | UGA | 1:47.93 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Jakub Holuša | 20 | Czech Republic | CZE | 1:48.19 | 7 | |
| 4 | Christian Smith | 24 | United States | USA | 1:48.20 | 3 | |
| 5 | Kléberson Davide | 23 | Brazil | BRA | 1:48.53 | 9 | |
| 6 | Achraf Tadili | 28 | Canada | CAN | 1:48.87 | 4 | |
| 7 | Fadrique Iglesias | 27 | Bolivia | BOL | 1:50.57 | 6 | |
| 8 | Mohammed Al-Yafaee | 23 | Yemen | YEM | 1:54.82 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohamed Al-Azemi | 26 | Kuwait | KUW | 1:46.94 | 3 | QU |
| 2 | Youssef Saad Kamel | 25 | Bahrain | BRN | 1:46.94 | 8 | QU |
| 3 | Robert Lathouwers | 25 | Netherlands | NED | 1:46.94 | 5 | |
| 4 | Andrew Wheating | 20 | United States | USA | 1:47.05 | 2 | |
| 5 | Abdoulaye Wagne | 27 | Senegal | SEN | 1:47.50 | 7 | |
| 6 | Aldwyn Sappleton | 26 | Jamaica | JAM | 1:48.19 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sergey Pakura | 25 | Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 1:50.54 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeimer López | 25 | Cuba | CUB | 1:45.66 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Boaz Lalang | 19 | Kenya | KEN | 1:45.72 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | Nabil Madi | 27 | Algeria | ALG | 1:45.75 | 4 | QC |
| 4 | Marcin Lewandowski | 21 | Poland | POL | 1:45.89 | 2 | QC |
| 5 | Belal Mansoor Ali | 19 | Bahrain | BRN | 1:45.95 | 3 | QC |
| 6 | Sadjad Moradi | 25 | Iran | IRI | 1:46.10 | 7 | QC |
| 7 | Yassine Bensghir | 25 | Morocco | MAR | 1:46.88 | 8 | |
| 8 | Mikko Lahtio | 23 | Finland | FIN | 1:47.20 | 9 |