Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres
# Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2010 Asian Games was held at the Aoti Main Stadium, Guangzhou, China on 24–25 November.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Wednesday, 24 November 2010 | 18:50 | Round 1 |
| Thursday, 25 November 2010 | 17:40 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:41.11 | Rieti, Italy | 29 August 2010 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN) | 1:42.79 | Monaco | 29 July 2008 |
| Games Record | Lee Jin-il (KOR) | 1:45.72 | Hiroshima, Japan | 12 October 1994 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNF — Did not finish
* DNS — Did not start
* DSQ — Disqualified

### Round 1

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

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sajjad Moradi (IRI) | 1:49.05 | Q |
| 2 | Masato Yokota (JPN) | 1:49.26 | Q |
| 3 | Sajeesh Joseph (IND) | 1:49.58 | |
| 4 | Zhang Haikun (CHN) | 1:50.01 | |
| 5 | Abdulaziz Ladan (KSA) | 1:50.39 | |
| 6 | Sergey Pakura (KGZ) | 1:51.25 | |
| 7 | Watcharin Waekachi (THA) | 1:52.35 | |
| — | Nguyễn Đình Cương (VIE) | DSQ | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Adnan Taess (IRQ) | 1:49.94 | Q |
| 2 | Mohammad Al-Azemi (IOC) | 1:50.07 | Q |
| 3 | Francis Sagayaraj (IND) | 1:50.18 | |
| 4 | Geabel Al-Muradi (YEM) | 1:53.27 | |
| — | Farkhod Kuralov (TJK) | DSQ | |
| — | Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN) | DNS | |
| DQ | Abdelnasser Awajna (PLE) | 2:03.93 | |

* Abdelnasser Awajna of Palestine originally finished 5th in the heat, but was later disqualified after he tested positive for Norandrosterone.

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA) | 1:46.47 | Q |
| 2 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT) | 1:46.87 | Q |
| 3 | Belal Mansoor Ali (BRN) | 1:47.37 | q |
| 4 | Amir Moradi (IRI) | 1:47.98 | q |
| 5 | Yang Xiaofei (CHN) | 1:48.02 | |
| 6 | Saud Abdelkarim (UAE) | 1:50.41 | |
| 7 | Ajmal Amirov (TJK) | 1:53.34 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Sajjad Moradi (IRI) | 1:45.45 | GR |
| | Adnan Taess (IRQ) | 1:45.88 | |
| | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT) | 1:46.19 | |
| 4 | Masato Yokota (JPN) | 1:46.48 | |
| 5 | Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA) | 1:46.86 | |
| 6 | Mohammad Al-Azemi (IOC) | 1:47.51 | |
| 7 | Belal Mansoor Ali (BRN) | 1:49.03 | |
| — | Amir Moradi (IRI) | DNF | |
