| | | Final 19.40h | time | L |  | 1. Wilson Kipketer |  DEN | 1:43.38 | 5 |  | 2. Norberto Tellez |  CUB | 1:44.00 | 7 |  | 3. Rich Kenah |  USA | 1:44.25 | 1 |  | 4. Patrick Konchellah |  KEN | 1:44.26 | 4 |  | 5. Vebjorn Rodal |  NOR | 1:44.53 | 2 |  | 6. Marko Koers |  NED | 1:44.85 | 8 |  | 7. Patrick Ndururi |  KEN | 1:45.24 | 6 |  | 8. Mark Everett |  USA | 1:49.02 | 3 | 
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 | | Semi 1 19.15h | time | L |  | 1. Patrick Konchellah |  KEN | 1:45.07 | 6 |  | 2. Norberto Tellez |  CUB | 1:45.37 | 3 |  | 3. Vebjorn Rodal |  NOR | 1:45.41 | 5 |  | 4. Mark Everett |  USA | 1:45.94 | 4 |  | 5. Adem Hecini |  ALG | 1:46.02 | 2 |  | 6. Mohammed Yagoub Babiker |  SUD | 1:46.09 | 1 |  | 7. Benyounes Lahlou |  MAR | 1:46.42 | 7 |  | 8. Panagiotis Stroubakos |  GRE | 1:46.81 | 8 | 
 |  | | Semi 2 19.21h | time | L |  | 1. Wilson Kipketer |  DEN | 1:46.14 | 4 |  | 2. Rich Kenah |  USA | 1:46.37 | 3 |  | 3. Patrick Ndururi |  KEN | 1:46.50 | 5 |  | 4. Marko Koers |  NED | 1:46.62 | 6 |  | 5. Kennedy Osei |  GHA | 1:46.78 | 1 |  | 6. Andre Bucher |  SUI | 1:46.88 | 2 |  | 7. Hezekiel Sepeng |  RSA | 1:47.00 | 7 |  | 8. Tor Oivind Odegard |  NOR | 1:47.83 | 8 | 
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 | | Heat 1 18.00h | time | L |  | 1. Marko Koers |  NED | 1:46.52 | 3 |  | 2. Patrick Ndururi |  KEN | 1:46.56 | 6 |  | 3. Benyounes Lahlou |  MAR | 1:46.63 | 5 |  | 4. Savieri Ngidhi |  ZIM | 1:46.92 | 8 |  | 5. Lukas Vydra |  CZE | 1:47.56 | 2 |  | 6. Nathan Kahan |  BEL | 1:48.66 | 4 |  | 7. Mario Vernon-Watson |  JAM | 1:49.52 | 1 |  | 8. Ivan Komar |  BLR | 1:50.17 | 7 | 
 |  | | Heat 2 18.08h | time | L |  | 1. Norberto Tellez |  CUB | 1:44.82 | 3 |  | 2. Hezekiel Sepeng |  RSA | 1:44.91 | 4 |  | 3. Mark Everett |  USA | 1:44.95 | 6 |  | 4. Adem Hecini |  ALG | 1:45.19 | 1 |  | 5. Andre Bucher |  SUI | 1:45.33 | 2 |  | 6. Tor Oivind Odegard |  NOR | 1:45.42 | 7 |  | 7. Babiker Mohammed Yagoub |  SUD | 1:45.73 | 8 |  | 8. David Matthews |  IRL | 1:46.66 | 5 | 
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 | | Heat 3 18.16h | time | L |  | 1. Vebjorn Rodal |  NOR | 1:46.43 | 6 |  | 2. Patrick Konchellah |  KEN | 1:46.43 | 3 |  | 3. Rich Kenah |  USA | 1:46.48 | 4 |  | 4. Arthemon Hatungimana |  BUR | 1:46.64 | 1 |  | 5. Einars Tupuritis |  LAT | 1:46.97 | 5 |  | 6. Marius Van Heerden |  RSA | 1:47.20 | 7 |  | 7. Jose Luiz Barbosa |  BRA | 1:47.30 | 2 |  | 8. Andrew Hart |  GBR | 1:48.03 | 8 | 
 |  | | Heat 4 18.24h | time | L |  | 1. Wilson Kipketer |  DEN | 1:45.54 | 6 |  | 2. Panagiotis Stroubakos |  GRE | 1:45.94 | 7 |  | 3. Kennedy Osei |  GHA | 1:46.00 | 2 |  | 4. Hendrik Mokganyetsi |  RSA | 1:46.45 | 5 |  | 5. Andrea Longo |  ITA | 1:46.60 | 3 |  | 6. Brandon Rock |  USA | 1:47.13 | 8 |  | 7. Jose Manuel Cerezo |  ESP | 1:48.90 | 1 |  | -. Benson Koech |  KEN | DNS | 4 | 
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 | | Heat 1 10.00h | time | L |  | 1. Wilson Kipketer |  DEN | 1:46.34 | 1 |  | 2. Hezekiel Sepeng |  RSA | 1:46.42 | 4 |  | 3. Einars Tupuritis |  LAT | 1:46.96 | 8 |  | 4. Tor Oivind Odegard |  NOR | 1:47.33 | 3 |  | 5. Jean-Marc Destine |  HAI | 1:47.76 | 5 |  | 6. Joseph Rakotoarimanana |  MAD | 1:47.86 | 7 |  | 7. Mark Sesay |  GBR | 1:49.00 | 2 |  | 8. Cherif Baba Aidara |  MTN | 1:56.85 | 6 | 
 |  | | Heat 2 10.10h | time | L |  | 1. Norberto Tellez |  CUB | 1:46.44 | 6 |  | 2. Panagiotis Stroubakos |  GRE | 1:46.49 | 1 |  | 3. Andrea Longo |  ITA | 1:46.79 | 8 |  | 4. Mario Vernon-Watson |  JAM | 1:46.96 | 7 |  | 5. Savieri Ngidhi |  ZIM | 1:46.97 | 2 |  | 6. Ivan Komar |  BLR | 1:47.53 | 3 |  | 7. Ali Khazaal |  LIB | 1:50.66 | 5 |  | 8. Vanco Stojanov |  MKD | 1:52.65 | 4 | 
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 | | Heat 3 10.20h | time | L |  | 1. Marko Koers |  NED | 1:47.17 | 2 |  | 2. Rich Kenah |  USA | 1:47.25 | 3 |  | 3. Andre Bucher |  SUI | 1:47.44 | 1 |  | 4. Jose Luiz Barbosa |  BRA | 1:47.53 | 7 |  | 5. Michael Wildner |  AUT | 1:47.77 | 6 |  | 6. Sergey Kozhevnikov |  RUS | 1:48.11 | 4 |  | 7. Mohamed Haidara |  BHR | 1:53.56 | 8 |  | -. Giuseppe D'Urso |  ITA | DNF | 5 | 
 |  | | Heat 4 10.30h | time | L |  | 1. Patrick Konchellah |  KEN | 1:47.15 | 1 |  | 2. David Matthews |  IRL | 1:47.33 | 2 |  | 3. Marius Van Heerden |  RSA | 1:47.56 | 6 |  | 4. Nathan Kahan |  BEL | 1:47.62 | 4 |  | 5. Viktors Lacis |  LAT | 1:48.65 | 5 |  | 6. Liam Byrne |  GIB | 2:00.18 | 3 |  | -. Mahjoub Haida |  MAR | DNF | 7 |  | -. Julius Achon |  UGA | DNS | 8 | 
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 | | Heat 5 10.400h | time | L |  | 1. Vebjorn Rodal |  NOR | 1:47.58 | 6 |  | 2. Arthemon Hatungimana |  BUR | 1:47.73 | 5 |  | 3. Andrew Hart |  GBR | 1:47.98 | 3 |  | 4. Hendrik Mokganyetsi |  RSA | 1:48.10 | 2 |  | 5. Pavel Soukup |  CZE | 1:48.16 | 4 |  | 6. Mark Tonks |  NZL | 1:48.85 | 7 |  | 7. Adoum Terap |  CHA | 1:54.01 | 8 |  | 8. Manlio Molinari |  SMR | 1:55.89 | 1 | 
 |  | | Heat 6 10.50h | time | L |  | 1. Patrick Ndururi |  KEN | 1:49.51 | 4 |  | 2. Lukas Vydra |  CZE | 1:50.08 | 7 |  | 3. Adem Hecini |  ALG | 1:55.25 | 3 |  | 4. Brandon Rock |  USA | 1:58.05 | 1 |  | 5. Cuthbert Modeste |  STL | 2:01.24 | 6 |  | -. Paul Walker |  GBR | DNF | 8 |  | -. Mahdi Moullai |  IRN | DNS | 2 |  | -. Graham Hood |  CAN | DNS | 5 | 
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 | | Heat 7 11.00h | time | L |  | 1. Mark Everett |  USA | 1:47.10 | 6 |  | 2. Benson Koech |  KEN | 1:47.15 | 5 |  | 3. Benyounes Lahlou |  MAR | 1:47.33 | 3 |  | 4. Babiker Mohammed Yagoub |  SUD | 1:47.34 | 4 |  | 5. Kennedy Osei |  GHA | 1:47.45 | 1 |  | 6. Jose Manuel Cerezo |  ESP | 1:47.68 | 2 |  | 7. Tim Rogge |  BEL | 1:48.38 | 8 |  | 8. Alex Morgan |  JAM | 1:50.83 | 7 | 
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