| Final 20.20h | 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 |
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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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