2011 Asian Championships Statistics – Men’s 800m

Can Sajad Moradi become only the second man to successfully defend title at this event? The last year’s Asian list leader Bilal Mansour Ali could win first gold medal for BRN in this event.

All time performance list at the Asian Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 1:44.27 Majed Saeed Sultan QAT 1 2005 2 2 1:44.73 Abdulrahman Sulaiman QAT 2 Incheon 2005 3 3 1:44.74 Sadjad Moradi IRI 3 Incheon 2005 4 4 1:45.78 Mohamed Obeid Al-Salhi KSA 4 Incheon 2005 5 5 1:46.20 Adam Abdu Adam Ali QAT 1 Manila 2003 6 6 1:46.67 Mohamed M Al-Azimi KUW 5 Incheon 2005 7 7 1:46.95 Salem Amer Al-Badri QAT 2 Manila 2003 8 8 1:47.09 Rashid Mohammed BRN 3 Manila 2003 8 8 1:47.09 Adnan Taees Akkar IRQ 6 Incheon 2005 10 10 1:47.37 Batumalai Rajakumar MAS 1 Djakarta 1985 11 1:47.38 Sadjad Moradi 4 Manila 2003 12 11 1:47.71 Cheng Bing CHN 1 Fukuoka 1998 13 12 1:47.74 Abdulhassan Hassan Abdulrahman QAT 2 Fukuoka 1998 14 13 1:47.8 Sri Ram Singh IND 1 Seoul 1975 15 14 1:47.81 Mohamed Ismail Yousef QAT 1 Singapore 1987 16 15 1:47.99 Charles Borromeo IND 2 Djakarta 1985 17 16 1:48:00 Ryu Tae-Kyung KOR 2 Singapore 1987 18 1:48.08 Mohamed Obeid Al-Salhi 1h1 Incheon 2005 19 17 1:48.16 Mohmoud Al-Khairat SYR 3 Fukuoka 1998 20 1:48.18 Ryu Tae-Kyung KOR 3 Djakarta 1985 20 18 1:48.18 Kim Soon-Hyung KOR 4 Fukuoka 1998 22 19 1:48.20 Boris Kaveshnikov KGZ 5 Fukuoka 1998 23 20 1:48.24 Lee Jin-Il KOR 1 Manila 1993 24 21 1:48.27 Ramasamy Haridas MAS 3 Singapore 1987 25 22 1:48.4 Takashi Ishii JPN 2 Seoul 1975 26 23 1:48.43 Manabu Isshi JPN 6 Fukuoka 1998 27 1:48.47 Sajad Moradi 1h1 Amman 2007 28 1:48.50 Sajad Moradi 1h2 Manila 2003 29 24 1:48.5 Pratap Kumar IND 3 Seoul 1975

Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 0.79 1:48.24 Lee Jin-Il KOR Manila 1993 Min 0.00 1:50:05 Kim Yong-Hwan KOR Djakarta 1995

Best Marks for Places in the Asian Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 1:44.27 Majed Saeed Sultan QAT Incheon 2005 2 1:44.73 Abdulrahman Sulaiman QAT Incheon 2005 3 1:44.74 Sadjad Moradi IRI Incheon 2005 4 1:45.78 Mohamed Obeid Al-Salhi KSA Incheon 2005 5 1:46.67 Mohamed M Al-Azimi KUW Incheon 2005 6 1:47.09 Adnan Taees Akkar IRQ Incheon 2005

Fastest time in each round (3 rounds contested only in 1973, 1991, 2002) Round Time Name Nat Venue Year Final 1:44.27 Majed Saeed Sultan QAT Incheon 2005 Semi-final 1:50.00 Jossey Mathew IND Kuala Lumpur 1991 First round 1:48.08 Mohamed Obeid Al-Salhi KSA Incheon 2005

Multiple Gold Medalists: Lee Jin-Il (KOR): 1991, 1993

Number of Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze QAT 3 5 3 KOR 3 3 2 IRI 3 1 2 IND 2 2 3 KUW 1 3 PAK 1 1 IRQ 1 1 MAS 1 1 CHN 1 1 KAZ 1 KSA 1 JPN 3 2 BRN 1 TPE 1 SYR 1

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze QAT 2005 Majed Saeed Sultan Abdulrahman Sulaiman QAT 2003 Adam Abdu Adam Ali Salem Amer Al-Badri QAT 2002 Salem Amer Al-Badri Adam Abdu Adam Ali KOR 2000 Kim Soon-Hyung Lee Jae-Hun KOR 1993 Lee Jin-Il Kim Yong-Hwan KUW 1983 Najem Abdullah Matlaq Khalid Khalifa IND 1975 Sri Ram Singh Pratap Kumar

400m – 800m double gold medalist: Name Nation 400m 800m 4x400mR Venue Year Sri Ram Singh IND Gold Gold Gold Seoul 1975

800m – 1500m double gold medalist: None

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event Nation Men Women Venue Year CHN Cheng Bing Zhang Jian Fukuoka 1998 IND Abraham Rajan Geeta Zutshi Tokyo 1981

Athletes with both and Asian Championships Gold Medal: Name Nat Asian Championships Asian Games Sajad Moradi IRI 2009 2010 Lee Jin-Il KOR 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998 Sri Ram Singh IND 1975 1974, 1978

Last five Asian Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2009 Sajad Moradi IRI 1:48.58 Mo Mutlak Al-Azimi KUW 1:48.93 Adnan Taees Akkar IRQ 1:49.00 2007 Mo Obeid Al-Salhi KSA 1:51.73 Sajad Moradi IRI 1:52.22 Ali Abubaker Kamal QAT 1:52.88 2005 Majed Saeed Sultan QAT 1:44.27 Abdulrahman Sulaiman QAT 1:44.73 Sadjad Moradi IRI 1:44.74 2003 Adam Abdu Adam QAT 1:46.20 Salem Amer Al-Badri QAT 1:46.95 Rashid Mohammed BRN 1:47.09 2002 Ali Mikhail Kolganov KAZ 1:48.91 Salem Amer Al-Badri QAT 1:48.95 Adam Abdu Adam Ali QAT 1:49.25

Last three Asian Games: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2010 Sajad Moradi IRI 1:45.45 Adnan Taees Akkar IRQ 1:45.88 Abdulrahman Bala QAT 1:46.19 2006 Yusuf Saad Kamel BRN 1:45.74 Mohamed Al-Azimi KUW 1:46.25 Ehsan Shojaei IRI 1:47.43 2002 Rashid Mohammed BRN 1:47.12 K Mathews Binu IND 1:47.57 Li Huiquan CHN 1:47.77

All time Asian List Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:42.79 Youssef Saad Kamel BRN 2 Monaco 19 July 2008 2 1:43.11 Youssef Saad Kamel 1 Zurich 6 Aug 2004

Fastest Performances on Asian Soil Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:42.17 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1 Tokyo 16 Sept 1996 2 1:42.98 Wilson Kipketer 1 Fukuoka 13 Sept 1997

Japanese All-Comer’s List (Fastest Performances in Japan) Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:42.17 Wilson Kipketer DEN 1 Tokyo 16 Sept 1996 2 1:42.98 Wilson Kipketer 1 Fukuoka 13 Sept 1997 3 2 1:43.45 Patrick Ndururi 2 Fukuoka 13 Sept 1997

Combined 2010 & 2011 Asian List Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 1:44.80 Bilal Mansour Ali BRN 1st Villeneuve d’Ascq 24 Aug 2010 2 1:44.92 Bilal Mansour Ali 3rd Cont Cup-Split 5 Sept 2010 3 1:44.95 Bilal Mansour Ali 2nd Heusden 10 July 2010 4 1:45.28 Bilal Mansour Ali 7th ISTAF- 22 Aug 2010 5 2 1:45.35 M Mutlak Al-Azimi KUW 3rd Hengelo 29 May 2011 6 1:45.44 Bilal Mansour Ali 1st Aleppo 20 Sept 2010 7 3 1:45.45 Sadjad Moradi IRI 1 AG – 25 Nov 2010 8 1:45.52 M Mutlak Al-Azimi 3 Golden Gala -Roma 26 May 2011

Gold Medal Contenders:

Bilal Mansour Ali (BRN) DOB: 17 Oct 1983 (John Yego (KEN)) Personal Best: 1:44.02 (2007); Season Best: 1:47.22 Championships Highlights: 7th in 2005 World Championships; 7 th in 2010 Asian Games Average of top performances in 2010 and 2011 Time Race Place Date 1 1:44.80 Villeneuve d’Ascq 1st 24 Aug 2010 2 1:44.92 Cont Cup –Split 3rd 5 Sept 2010 3 1:44.95 Heu sden 2nd 10 July 2010 4 1:45.28 ISTAF -Berlin 7th 22 Aug 2010 5 1:45.44 Aleppo 1st 20 Sept 2010 Top 5 Average 1:45.1

Mohamed Mutlak Al-Azimi (KUW) DOB: 16 June 1982 Personal Best: 1:44.13 (2006); Season Best: 1:45.35 Championships Highlights: 2nd in 2006 Asian Games; 6 th in 2010 Asian Games Average of top performances in 2010 and 2011 Time Race Place Date 1 1:45.35 Hengelo 3rd 29 May 2011 2 1:45.52 Roma 3rd 26 May 2011 3 1:47.51 Asian Games – Guangzhou 6th 25 Nov 2010 4 1:47.67 Aleppo 5th 20 Sept 2010 5 1:48.93i Hanoi 2nd 2 Nov 2010 Top 5 Average 1:47.0

Sadjad Moradi (IRI) DOB: 30 Mar 1983 Personal Best: 1:44.74 (2005); Season Best: 1:47.95 Championships Highlights: 2010 Asian Games Champion; 1 st in 2009 World University Games Average of top performances in 2010 and 2011 Time Race Place Date 1 1:45.45 Asian Games – Guangzhou 1st 25 Nov 2010 2 1:45.76 Aleppo 2nd 20 Sept 2010 3 1:47.28 Asian GP - Chennai 1st 9 June 2010 4 1:47.7h Asian GP - Pune 1st 1 June 2010 5 1:4 7.95 Asian GP - Kunshan 1st 26 May 2011 Top 5 Average 1:48.0