SEA Games 2025 men's 800m results: "Joshua" was overtaken in the final stretch and finished second, earning the silver medal.
On 15 December 2025, the 33rd SEA Games 2025, hosted by Thailand, held its fifth day of athletics competition at Suphachalasai Stadium.
A key event was the men's 800 meters, where Joshua Robert Atkinson, a Thai-Australian runner, aimed to reclaim his title as SEA Games champion. Previously, he won gold in the men's 400 meters with a SEA Games record of 45.13 seconds and took silver in the mixed 4×400 meters relay.
Joshua Robert Atkinson competed for his second gold at SEA Games 2025 but finished second with a time of 1 minute 49.24 seconds, overtaken by Loranya Hussein from the Philippines in the last 50 meters straight.
This result gave Joshua Robert Atkinson his second silver medal at SEA Games 2025. He still hopes to reclaim the championship in the men's 4×400 meters relay, having previously won four gold medals in Vietnam in 2021 (400m, 800m, men's 4×400m relay, and mixed 4×400m relay).