1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
# 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 12, 13 and 14 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Tom McKean Great Britain | Charles Nkazamyampi Burundi | Nico Motchebon Germany |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Tom McKean | Great Britain | 1:49.09 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Luc Bernaert | Belgium | 1:49.25 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 1:49.34 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Charles Nkazamyampi | Burundi | 1:49.52 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Nico Motchebon | Germany | 1:49.52 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Lee Jin-il | South Korea | 1:49.60 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Freddie Williams | Canada | 1:49.71 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Jack Armour | United States | 1:49.99 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Pablo Squella | Chile | 1:50.11 | q |
| 10 | 3 | Kennedy Osei | Ghana | 1:50.14 | q, NR |
| 11 | 2 | Mbiganyi Thee | Botswana | 1:50.50 | Q, NR |
| 12 | 2 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:50.52 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Khalifa Kasmi | Morocco | 1:50.57 | |
| 14 | 1 | Ray Brown | United States | 1:50.60 | |
| 15 | 2 | Martin Steele | Great Britain | 1:50.71 | |
| 15 | 3 | Gilmar Santos | Brazil | 1:50.71 | |
| 17 | 2 | Hezekiél Sepeng | South Africa | 1:50.79 | |
| 18 | 4 | Leon Haan | Netherlands | 1:50.87 | |
| 19 | 2 | Paul Ruto | Kenya | 1:50.94 | |
| 20 | 3 | Luis Migueles | Argentina | 1:51.03 | |
| 21 | 4 | Michael Wildner | Austria | 1:51.59 | |
| 22 | 4 | Mukundi Mubenga | Zaire | 1:55.35 | NR |

### Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Tom McKean | Great Britain | 1:47.05 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Freddie Williams | Canada | 1:47.93 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Nico Motchebon | Germany | 1:47.98 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Charles Nkazamyampi | Burundi | 1:48.17 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Luc Bernaert | Belgium | 1:48.24 | q |
| 6 | 1 | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 1:48.56 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Mbiganyi Thee | Botswana | 1:48.56 | NR |
| 8 | 1 | Jack Armour | United States | 1:49.03 | |
| 9 | 2 | Kennedy Osei | Ghana | 1:49.80 | NR |
| 10 | 1 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:50.07 | |
| 11 | 1 | Pablo Squella | Chile | 1:50.25 | |
| 12 | 2 | Lee Jin-il | South Korea | 1:50.46 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Tom McKean | Great Britain | 1:47.29 |
| | Charles Nkazamyampi | Burundi | 1:47.62 |
| | Nico Motchebon | Germany | 1:48.15 |
| 4 | Luc Bernaert | Belgium | 1:48.30 |
| 5 | Freddie Williams | Canada | 1:51.26 |
| | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | DNF |
