Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres
# Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 30 September – 1 October.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Tuesday, 30 September 2014 | 20:40 | Round 1 |
| Wednesday, 1 October 2014 | 19:20 | 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
* 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 | Abdulaziz Ladan (KSA) | 1:48.85 | Q |
| 2 | Jamal Hairane (QAT) | 1:48.91 | Q |
| 3 | Adnan Taess (IRQ) | 1:49.03 | q |
| 4 | Dương Văn Thái (VIE) | 1:50.66 | |
| 5 | Kim Jun-young (KOR) | 1:51.81 | |
| 6 | Gal-Erdenegiin Odkhüü (MGL) | 1:53.69 | |
| 7 | Ahmed Hassan (MDV) | 1:56.46 | |
| — | Sajjad Moradi (IRI) | DNS | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT) | 1:49.50 | Q |
| 2 | Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN) | 1:49.56 | Q |
| 3 | Sajeesh Joseph (IND) | 1:49.90 | q |
| 4 | Choi Hyeon-gi (KOR) | 1:50.15 | |
| 5 | Farkhod Kuralov (TJK) | 1:50.55 | |
| 6 | Asyeikhany Akhyt (MGL) | 1:55.49 | |
| 7 | Nurgazy Asankulov (KGZ) | 1:57.40 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Abraham Rotich (BRN) | 1:47.95 | Q |
| 2 | Teng Haining (CHN) | 1:48.82 | Q |
| 3 | Mohammad Al-Azemi (KUW) | 1:51.63 | |
| 4 | Sho Kawamoto (JPN) | 1:53.24 | |
| 5 | Mukti Bahadur Khadka (NEP) | 1:55.20 | |
| 6 | Almazbek Kazibekov (KGZ) | 1:55.90 | |
| 7 | Shifaz Mohamed (MDV) | 2:02.58 | |
| — | Wesam Al-Massri (PLE) | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Adnan Taess (IRQ) | 1:47.48 |
| | Teng Haining (CHN) | 1:47.81 |
| | Jamal Hairane (QAT) | 1:48.25 |
| 4 | Sajeesh Joseph (IND) | 1:49.59 |
| — | Yusuf Saad Kamel (BRN) | DNF |
| — | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT) | DSQ |
| — | Abdulaziz Ladan (KSA) | DSQ |
| — | Abraham Rotich (BRN) | DSQ |
