2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
| Men's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships |
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 5 August (heats) 6 August (semifinal) 8 August (final) |
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| Competitors | 47 from 34 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:44.67 | |||||||||
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| Events at the 2017 World Championships 
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| 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 | women | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | women | ||
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 5, 6, and 8 August.
After a moderately paced first lap, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) took the lead entering the final turn, and retained it to win. Adam Kszczot (Poland), also coming from the back of the group, sprinted past Kipyegon Bett (Kenya) with ten metres remaining to take second place.
Before the competition records were as follows:
No records were set at the competition.
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:45.90.
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:
The first round took place on 5 August in six heats as follows:
The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
The semifinals took place on 6 August in three heats as follows:
The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
The final took place on 8 August at 21:36. The results were as follows (photo finish):
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