2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
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The Men's 800 metres event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 10–12 March 2006.
The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's 800 metres has been won by less than 0.02 seconds at these championships.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
Wilfred Bungei Kenya |
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa |
Yuriy Borzakovskiy Russia |
Results
Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs |  Latvia | 1:47.19 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Amine Laalou |  Morocco | 1:47.36 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Arnoud Okken |  Netherlands | 1:47.58 | q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Abdulrahman Suleiman |  Qatar | 1:47.74 | q, NR |
| 5 | 4 | Juan de Dios Jurado |  Spain | 1:47.88 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 4 | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:47.95 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:48.08 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | James Watkins |  Great Britain | 1:48.20 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 4 | Osmar dos Santos |  Brazil | 1:48.30 | |
| 10 | 4 | Moise Joseph |  Haiti | 1:48.33 | |
| 11 | 5 | Khadevis Robinson |  United States | 1:48.73 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | Eugenio Barrios | Spain | 1:48.79 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Belal Mansoor Ali |  Bahrain | 1:48.84 | |
| 14 | 5 | Antoine Martiak |  France | 1:48.97 | |
| 15 | 3 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:49.03 | Q, SB |
| 16 | 3 | Ramil Aritkulov | Russia | 1:49.09 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | David Krummenacker | United States | 1:49.15 | |
| 18 | 1 | Majed Saeed Sultan | Qatar | 1:49.21 | |
| 19 | 1 | Joseph Mwengi Mutua | Kenya | 1:49.49 | |
| 20 | 3 | Dávid Takács |  Hungary | 1:49.61 | |
| 21 | 1 | Mouhssin Chehibi | Morocco | 1:49.84 | |
| 22 | 2 | Fadrique Iglesias |  Bolivia | 1:50.65 | NR |
| 23 | 3 | Berhanu Alemu |  Ethiopia | 1:51.07 | |
| 24 | 5 | Sajad Moradi |  Iran | 1:51.67 | SB |
| 25 | 4 | Glauco Martini |  San Marino | 1:59.25 |
Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:46.82 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:46.90 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:47.09 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1:47.23 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | James Watkins | Great Britain | 1:47.23 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Juan de Dios Jurado | Spain | 1:47.38 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | Ramil Aritkulov | Russia | 1:47.50 | |
| 8 | 1 | Amine Laalou | Morocco | 1:47.55 | |
| 9 | 2 | Arnoud Okken | Netherlands | 1:47.68 | |
| 10 | 1 | Abdulrahman Suleiman | Qatar | 1:47.87 | |
| 11 | 1 | Khadevis Robinson | United States | 1:48.30 | |
| 12 | 2 | Eugenio Barrios | Spain | 1:52.75 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:47.15 | |
 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | South Africa | 1:47.16 | |
 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy | Russia | 1:47.38 | |
| 4 | Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | 1:48.01 | |
| 5 | Juan de Dios Jurado | Spain | 1:48.44 | |
| 6 | James Watkins | Great Britain | 1:48.56 |