| Final 20:20 | time | L |  | 1. Nils Schumann |  GER | 1:45.08 | 2 |  | 2. Wilson Kipketer |  DEN | 1:45.14 | 3 |  | 3. Djabir Said-Guerni |  ALG | 1:45.16 | 5 |  | 4. Hezekiel Sepeng |  RSA | 1:45.29 | 7 |  | 5. Andre Bucher |  SUI | 1:45.40 | 4 |  | 6. Yuriy Borzakovskiy |  RUS | 1:45.83 | 8 |  | 7. Glody Dube |  BOT | 1:46.24 | 1 |  | -. Andrea Longo |  ITA | DQ | 6 |   
| Round | Heats | Athletes | Date |  | Semi"Semi-Finals | 3 | 25 | 25.09 |  | First"Heats | 6 | 46 | 23.09 |   
| Qualifiying A Standard: 1:46.30  |  | Qualifiying B Standard: 1:47.20  |   
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| Heat 1 22.55h | time | L |  | 1. Nils Schumann |  GER | 1:44.22 | 1 |  | 2. Andre Bucher |  SUI | 1:44.38 | 5 |  | 3. Glody Dube |  BOT | 1:44.70 | 2 |  | 4. Hezekiel Sepeng |  RSA | 1:44.85 | 6 |  | 5. William Yiampoy |  KEN | 1:45.88 | 4 |  | 6. James McIlroy |  GBR | 1:46.39 | 7 |  | 7. Vebjorn Rodal |  NOR | 1:48.73 | 3 |  | 8. Mouhssin Chehibi |  MAR | 1:49.88 | 8 |   
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| Heat 2 23.12h | time | L |  | 1. Djabir Said-Guerni |  ALG | 1:44.19 | 5 |  | 2. Yuriy Borzakovskiy |  RUS | 1:44.33 | 3 |  | 3. Khalid Tighazomine |  MAR | 1:45.38 | 1 |  | 4. Johan Botha |  RSA | 1:45.49 | 2 |  | 5. Japheth Kimutai |  KEN | 1:45.64 | 6 |  | 6. Jean-Patrick Nduwimana |  BUR | 1:46.98 | 4 |  | 7. Pavel Pelepyagin |  BLR | 1:50.37 | 8 |  | 8. Grant Cremer |  AUS | 1:52.57 | 7 |   
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| Heat 3 23.29h | time | L |  | 1. Wilson Kipketer |  DEN | 1:44.22 | 3 |  | 2. Andrea Longo |  ITA | 1:44.49 | 4 |  | 3. Adem Hecini |  ALG | 1:45.08 | 6 |  | 4. Mahjoub Haida |  MAR | 1:46.35 | 7 |  | 5. Werner Botha |  RSA | 1:46.53 | 5 |  | 6. Viktors Lacis |  LAT | 1:47.24 | 2 |  | 7. Balazs Koranyi |  HUN | 1:47.35 | 8 |  | 8. Marvin Watts |  JAM | 1:47.68 | 9 |  | 8. Osmar Barbosa dos Santos |  BRA | 1:47.68 | 1 |   
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| Heat 1 10.45h | time | L |  | 1. Andrea Longo |  ITA | 1:46.32 | 2 |  | 2. Vebjorn Rodal |  NOR | 1:46.76 | 3 |  | 3. James McIlroy |  GBR | 1:47.44 | 8 |  | 4. Roman Oravec |  CZE | 1:47.66 | 1 |  | 5. Vanco Stojanov |  MKD | 1:47.71 | 5 |  | 6. Rich Kenah |  USA | 1:47.85 | 7 |  | 7. Soon-Hyung Kim |  KOR | 1:48.49 | 4 |  | -. Mohammad Alkafraini |  JOR | DQ | 6 |   
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| Heat 2 10.52h | time | L |  | 1. Nils Schumann |  GER | 1:47.76 | 6 |  | 2. Djabir Said-Guerni |  ALG | 1:47.95 | 7 |  | 3. Arthemon Hatungimana |  BUR | 1:48.14 | 3 |  | 4. Zach Whitmarsh |  CAN | 1:48.42 | 2 |  | 5. David Matthews |  IRL | 1:48.77 | 4 |  | 6. Andrew Hart |  GBR | 1:48.78 | 8 |  | 7. Isireli Naikelekelevesi |  FIJ | 1:49.61 | 5 |   
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| Heat 3 10.59h | time | L |  | 1. Hezekiel Sepeng |  RSA | 1:47.46 | 6 |  | 2. Adem Hecini |  ALG | 1:47.62 | 1 |  | 3. JosephMwengi Mutua |  KEN | 1:47.86 | 4 |  | 4. Dmitriy Bogdanov |  RUS | 1:48.14 | 7 |  | 5. Roberto Parra |  ESP | 1:48.19 | 5 |  | 6. Robert True |  LBR | 1:48.79 | 8 |  | 7. MohamedHabib Belhadi |  TUN | 1:49.14 | 3 |  | 8. Jorge Duvane |  MOZ | 1:52.97 | 2 |   
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| Heat 4 11.06h | time | L |  | 1. Wilson Kipketer |  DEN | 1:45.57 | 3 |  | 2. Glody Dube |  BOT | 1:46.17 | 2 |  | 3. Johan Botha |  RSA | 1:46.91 | 7 |  | 4. Crispen Mutakanyi |  ZIM | 1:47.66 | 1 |  | 5. JoseManuel Cerezo |  ESP | 1:48.11 | 8 |  | 6. Artyom Mastrov |  RUS | 1:49.89 | 4 |  | 7. Ian Roberts |  GUY | 1:52.32 | 5 |  | 8. Marvin Watts |  JAM | 1:59.97 | 6 |   
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| Heat 5 11.13h | time | L |  | 1. Pavel Pelepyagin |  BLR | 1:46.67 | 4 |  | 2. Jean-Patrick Nduwimana |  BUR | 1:46.78 | 3 |  | 3. Mahjoub Haida |  MAR | 1:47.14 | 5 |  | 4. William Yiampoy |  KEN | 1:47.35 | 8 |  | 5. Joao Pires |  POR | 1:47.61 | 6 |  | 6. AbduI Yousuf |  QAT | 1:53.23 | 1 |  | 7. Naseer Ismail |  MLD | 1:56.67 | 7 |  | 8. Faig Bagirov |  AZE | 1:57.39 | 2 |   
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| Heat 6 11.20h | time | L |  | 1. Yuriy Borzakovskiy |  RUS | 1:45.39 | 2 |  | 2. Japheth Kimutai |  KEN | 1:45.60 | 7 |  | 3. Grant Cremer |  AUS | 1:45.86 | 3 |  | 4. Balazs Koranyi |  HUN | 1:46.21 | 1 |  | 5. Bryan Woodward |  USA | 1:47.64 | 6 |  | 6. Sedei Mahdi Jeloodarzadeh |  IRN | 1:47.91 | 8 |  | 7. Mohamed S.Naji Haidara |  BHR | 1:56.64 | 4 |   
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