| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2008 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | Fabiano Peçanha |  BRA | 1:44.60o | 1:49.03 | 
| 2 | 43 | Yusuf Saad KAMEL |  BRN | 1:43.11o | 1:48.03 | 
| 3 | 133 | Richard Hill |  GBR | 1:45.10o | 1:47.64 | 
| 4 | 359 | Khadevis Robinson |  USA | 1:43.68o | 1:46.95 | 
| 5 | 276 | Dmitriy Bogdanov |  RUS | 1:44.33o | 1:46.24 | 
| 6 | 94 | Manuel OLMEDO |  ESP | 1:45.13o | 1:48.85 | 
| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2008 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 274 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi |  RSA | 1:42.89o | 1:45.25o | 
| 2 | 238 | Robert Lathouwers |  NED | 1:46.7o | 1:46.7o | 
| 3 | 311 | Jozef Repcìk |  SVK | 1:46.43o | 1:47.06 | 
| 4 | 327 | Abraham Chepkirwok |  UGA | 1:44.78o | 1:47.20 | 
| 5 | 309 | Abubaker Kaki |  SUD | 1:43.90o | 1:46.06 | 
| 6 | 313 | Mattias Claesson |  SWE | 1:46.43o | 1:48.37 | 
| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2008 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 299 | Abdoulaye Wagne |  SEN | 1:45.08o | 1:49.07 | 
| 2 | 181 | Lukas Rifesser |  ITA | 1:47.59o | 1:48.21 | 
| 3 | 88 | Eugenio Barrios |  ESP | 1:44.84o | 1:47.32 | 
| 4 | 214 | Dmitrijs Milkevics |  LAT | 1:43.67o | 1:46.09 | 
| 5 | 364 | Nick Symmonds |  USA | 1:44.54o | 1:46.96 | 
| 6 | 170 | Ehsan Mohajershojaei |  IRI | 1:45.90o | 1:48.68 |