1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5–7.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Johan Botha South Africa	Wilson Kipketer Denmark	Nico Motchebon Germany

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:48.00	Q
2	5	Johan Botha	South Africa	1:48.07	Q
3	5	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	1:48.10	Q
4	5	Kennedy Kimwetich	Kenya	1:48.13	q
5	2	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	1:48.31	Q
6	5	Lukáš Vydra	Czech Republic	1:48.32	q, SB
7	2	Nico Motchebon	Germany	1:48.33	Q
8	1	Arthémon Hatungimana	Burundi	1:48.34	Q
9	1	James Nolan	Ireland	1:48.46	q
10	2	David Kiptoo	Kenya	1:48.61	q
11	1	Khadevis Robinson	United States	1:48.68	q, PB
12	5	Andrea Giocondi	Italy	1:49.03	q
13	2	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:49.08	q
14	1	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:49.11	q
15	4	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:49.29	Q
16	4	Tarik Bourrouag	Germany	1:49.38	Q
17	4	Andrew Hart	Great Britain	1:49.64
18	4	David Matthews	Ireland	1:49.81
19	4	Jean-Marc Destine	Haiti	1:50.37
20	2	Manabu Isshi	Japan	1:50.94
21	3	Wojciech Kałdowski	Poland	1:52.26	Q
22	3	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	1:52.38	Q
23	3	André Bucher	Switzerland	1:52.43
24	3	Shaun Farrell	New Zealand	1:52.48
25	3	Ian Roberts	Guyana	1:53.09
26	2	Naseer Ismail	Maldives	1:58.17

First 2 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Johan Botha	South Africa	1:46.65	Q
2	2	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:46.76	Q
3	2	Jean-Patrick Nduwimana	Burundi	1:46.80	PB
4	1	Nico Motchebon	Germany	1:47.05	Q
5	2	Andrea Giocondi	Italy	1:47.45	SB
6	1	James Nolan	Ireland	1:47.54	Q
7	1	Wojciech Kałdowski	Poland	1:47.58
8	1	Arthémon Hatungimana	Burundi	1:48.17
9	2	David Kiptoo	Kenya	1:48.35
10	1	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:48.61
11	3	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	1:48.74	Q
12	3	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:48.85	Q
13	3	Tarik Bourrouag	Germany	1:48.88
14	2	Lukáš Vydra	Czech Republic	1:49.18
15	3	Khadevis Robinson	United States	1:49.38
16	3	Glody Dube	Botswana	1:49.57
17	3	Kennedy Kimwetich	Kenya	1:50.18
	1	Norberto Téllez	Cuba	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Johan Botha	South Africa	1:45.47
	Wilson Kipketer	Denmark	1:45.49
	Nico Motchebon	Germany	1:45.74
4	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	1:46.47	NR
5	James Nolan	Ireland	1:47.77
6	Savieri Ngidhi	Zimbabwe	1:47.79