Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres
# Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 27 and 28 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia.

## Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Monday, 27 August 2018 | 20:05 | Round 1 |
| Tuesday, 28 August 2018 | 19:40 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:40.91 | London, United Kingdom | 9 August 2012 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN) | 1:42.79 | Monaco | 29 July 2008 |
| Games Record | Sajjad Moradi (IRI) | 1:45.45 | Guangzhou, China | 25 November 2010 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNF — Did not finish

### 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 | Jinson Johnson (IND) | 1:47.39 | Q |
| 2 | Jamal Hairane (QAT) | 1:47.45 | Q |
| 3 | Indunil Herath (SRI) | 1:47.54 | q |
| 4 | Sho Kawamoto (JPN) | 1:48.07 | q |
| 5 | Li Junlin (CHN) | 1:48.74 | |
| 6 | Dương Văn Thái (VIE) | 1:49.79 | |
| 7 | Marco Vilog (PHI) | 1:50.75 | |
| 8 | Odilshoh Ismatov (TJK) | 1:51.80 | |
| 9 | Asyeikhany Akhyt (MGL) | 1:53.89 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Abraham Rotich (BRN) | 1:48.24 | Q |
| 2 | Amir Moradi (IRI) | 1:48.31 | Q |
| 3 | Takumi Murashima (JPN) | 1:48.86 | |
| 4 | Musulman Dzholomanov (KGZ) | 1:50.28 | |
| 5 | Saud Al-Zaabi (UAE) | 1:50.94 | |
| 6 | Wempy Pelamonia (INA) | 1:54.53 | |
| 7 | Gal-Erdenegiin Odkhüü (MGL) | 1:55.07 | |
| 8 | Oh Jae-won (KOR) | 1:59.58 | |
| 9 | Manuel Belo (TLS) | 2:02.40 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla (QAT) | 1:48.25 | Q |
| 2 | Manjit Singh (IND) | 1:48.64 | Q |
| 3 | Ihab Jabbar (IRQ) | 1:48.87 | |
| 4 | Som Bahadur Kumal (NEP) | 1:50.25 | |
| 5 | Khurshidjon Akhmadaliev (UZB) | 1:51.49 | |
| 6 | Mayouf Hassan (UAE) | 1:52.02 | |
| 7 | Budiman Holle (INA) | 1:52.38 | |
| 8 | Yothin Yaprajan (THA) | 1:53.71 | |
| — | Sadik Mikhou (BRN) | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Manjit Singh (IND) | 1:46.15 |
| | Jinson Johnson (IND) | 1:46.35 |
| | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla (QAT) | 1:46.38 |
| 4 | Amir Moradi (IRI) | 1:46.55 |
| 5 | Abraham Rotich (BRN) | 1:47.05 |
| 6 | Jamal Hairane (QAT) | 1:49.05 |
| 7 | Sho Kawamoto (JPN) | 1:50.87 |
| 8 | Indunil Herath (SRI) | 1:51.36 |
