Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 8–9 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.

Men's 800 metres at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Dates	8–9 October
Competitors	17 from 14 nations
Medalists
Rashid Mohamed    Bahrain   K. M. Binu    India   Li Huiquan    China

Main article: Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 8 October 2002	15:00	1st round
Wednesday, 9 October 2002	15:30	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Wilson Kipketer (DEN)	1:41.11	Cologne, Germany	24 August 1997
Asian Record	Lee Jin-il (KOR)	1:44.14	Seoul, South Korea	17 June 1994
Games Record	Lee Jin-il (KOR)	1:45.72	Hiroshima, Japan	12 October 1994

Results

1st round

• Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Li Huiquan (CHN)	1:47.61	Q
2	K. M. Binu (IND)	1:47.63	Q
3	Erkinjon Isakov (UZB)	1:47.69	Q
4	Kim Soon-hyung (KOR)	1:47.95	q
5	Salem Amer Al-Badri (QAT)	1:48.49	q
6	Abdulkabeer Loraibi (BRN)	1:48.63
7	Hiroshi Sasano (JPN)	1:49.51
8	Bashar Al-Kufrini (JOR)	1:51.08

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Rashid Mohamed (BRN)	1:48.67	Q
2	Mikhail Kolganov (KAZ)	1:48.75	Q
3	Adam Abdu Adam (QAT)	1:48.94	Q
4	Mehdi Jelodarzadeh (IRI)	1:49.13
5	Salah Fadlallah (KSA)	1:49.73
6	Lee Jae-hun (KOR)	1:50.24
7	Abdalsalam Al-Dabaji (PLE)	1:50.58
8	John Lozada (PHI)	1:51.09
9	Pich Kong (CAM)	2:07.89

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Rashid Mohamed (BRN)	1:47.12
	K. M. Binu (IND)	1:47.57
	Li Huiquan (CHN)	1:47.77
4	Mikhail Kolganov (KAZ)	1:47.89
5	Adam Abdu Adam (QAT)	1:48.01
6	Salem Amer Al-Badri (QAT)	1:48.07
7	Erkinjon Isakov (UZB)	1:48.39
8	Kim Soon-hyung (KOR)	1:48.60

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