| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2005 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 573 | William Yiampoy |  KEN | 1:42.91 | 1:44.51 | 
| 2 | 308 | Mehdi Baala |  FRA | 1:43.15 | 1:44.74 | 
| 3 | 113 | Rashid Ramzi |  BRN | 1:44.30 | 1:44.30 | 
| 4 | 137 | Gary Reed |  CAN | 1:44.33 | 1:44.33 | 
| 5 | 553 | Wilfred Bungei |  KEN | 1:42.34 | 1:44.11 | 
| 6 | 803 | Yuriy Borzakovskiy |  RUS | 1:42.47 | 1:44.18 | 
| 7 | 111 | Belal Ali Mansoor |  BRN | 1:44.34 | 1:44.34 | 
| 8 | 14 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni |  ALG | 1:43.09 | 1:44.80 |