2019 Doha Diary: Facts & Figures, Men's 800m Final

This is the IAAF geek stuff to help with your appreciation of the 800m Men’s final tonight.

Facts & Figures

Men’s 800m Final

Tuesday 1 October

WCH all-time top-performers:

1:43.06 Billy Konchellah (KEN) Rome 1987 Gold
1:43.30 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) Seville 1999 Gold
1:43.31 Mohammed Aman (ETH) Moscow 2013 Gold

Slowest winning time:

1:47.09 Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN) Osaka 2007

Biggest margin of victory:

0.85 Andre Bucher (SUI) ahead of Wilfred Bungei (KEN) in 2001

Smallest margin of victory:

0.01 Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN) ahead of Gary Reed (CAN) in 2007

Multiple winners:

3 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1995, 1997, 1999

2 David Rudisha (KEN) 2011, 2015
Billy Konchellah (KEN) 1987, 1991

Most medals by country:

11 Kenya (6g-2s-3b)
4 Russia (2s-2b)

3 Denmark (3g)
South Africa (1g-1s-1s)
Poland (2s-1b)
USA (1s-2b)
Brazil (1s-2b)

Interesting to know:

Kenya and South Africa have won men’s and women’s 800m titles at the same World Championships: Alfred Kirwa Yego (KEN) and Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) in Osaka 2007; Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (RSA) and Caster Semenya (RSA) in Berlin 2009.
Kenya is the only nation to win multiple men’s 800m medals: in Stuttgart 1993 through Paul Ruto (gold) and Billy Konchellah (bronze).
Only David Rudisha (KEN) has won both world and Olympic titles.
Only Rashid Ramzi (BRN) has won 800m and 1500m titles at the same World Championships, in Helsinki 2005.
No athlete has done the 400m-800m double.
No athlete from the London 2017 final made it through the Doha 2019 semi-finals.
1:44.73 by Wilfred Bungei (KEN) in Edmonton 2001 was the fastest first round time. 1:45.16 by Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir (KEN) was the fastest at Doha 2019.
1:43.87 by Duane Solomon (USA) in Moscow 2013 was the fastest semi-final time. 1:43.96 by Wesley Vazquez (PUR) was the fastest in Doha 2019.
1:44.89 by Brandon Johnson (USA) in Moscow 2013 was the fastest non-qualifying time in a semi-final. 1:45.15 by Eliot Giles (GBR) was the fastest non-qualifier in Doha 2019.
Qatar’s Abubaker Abdalla ran the fastest first lap ever at a world championships in Sunday’s semi-finals, clocking 48.72 at the bell. He then ran 58.15 for the second 400m. The previous quickest split was 49.68 by Wilson Kipketer (DEN) in 1987.
Can Donavan Brazier win a first crown for USA?