1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 12, 13 and 14 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tom McKean Great Britain	Charles Nkazamyampi Burundi	Nico Motchebon Germany

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tom McKean	Great Britain	1:49.09	Q
2	1	Luc Bernaert	Belgium	1:49.25	Q
3	1	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1:49.34	q
4	4	Charles Nkazamyampi	Burundi	1:49.52	Q
5	4	Nico Motchebon	Germany	1:49.52	Q
6	4	Lee Jin-il	South Korea	1:49.60	q
7	3	Freddie Williams	Canada	1:49.71	Q
8	3	Jack Armour	United States	1:49.99	Q
9	1	Pablo Squella	Chile	1:50.11	q
10	3	Kennedy Osei	Ghana	1:50.14	q, NR
11	2	Mbiganyi Thee	Botswana	1:50.50	Q, NR
12	2	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	1:50.52	Q
13	3	Khalifa Kasmi	Morocco	1:50.57
14	1	Ray Brown	United States	1:50.60
15	2	Martin Steele	Great Britain	1:50.71
15	3	Gilmar Santos	Brazil	1:50.71
17	2	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:50.79
18	4	Leon Haan	Netherlands	1:50.87
19	2	Paul Ruto	Kenya	1:50.94
20	3	Luis Migueles	Argentina	1:51.03
21	4	Michael Wildner	Austria	1:51.59
22	4	Mukundi Mubenga	Zaire	1:55.35	NR

Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Tom McKean	Great Britain	1:47.05	Q
2	2	Freddie Williams	Canada	1:47.93	Q
3	2	Nico Motchebon	Germany	1:47.98	q
4	1	Charles Nkazamyampi	Burundi	1:48.17	Q
5	2	Luc Bernaert	Belgium	1:48.24	q
6	1	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	1:48.56	Q
7	1	Mbiganyi Thee	Botswana	1:48.56	NR
8	1	Jack Armour	United States	1:49.03
9	2	Kennedy Osei	Ghana	1:49.80	NR
10	1	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	1:50.07
11	1	Pablo Squella	Chile	1:50.25
12	2	Lee Jin-il	South Korea	1:50.46

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tom McKean	Great Britain	1:47.29
	Charles Nkazamyampi	Burundi	1:47.62
	Nico Motchebon	Germany	1:48.15
4	Luc Bernaert	Belgium	1:48.30
5	Freddie Williams	Canada	1:51.26
	José Luíz Barbosa	Brazil	DNF