2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 11 July.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Abubaker Kaki
  Sudan
Silver Geoffrey Kibet
  Kenya
Bronze André Olivier
  South Africa

Results

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Final

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11 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Abubaker Kaki   Sudan 1:45.60
  Geoffrey Kibet   Kenya 1:46.23
  André Olivier   South Africa 1:47.57
4 Adam Kszczot   Poland 1:47.91
5 Diomar de Souza   Brazil 1:49.80
6 Giordano Benedetti   Italy 1:50.65
7 Amine El-Manaoui   Morocco 1:51.43
8 James Kaan   Australia 1:52.41

Semifinals

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9 July

Semifinal 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Amine El-Manaoui   Morocco 1:48.90 Q
2 Geoffrey Kibet   Kenya 1:49.04 Q
3 James Kaan   Australia 1:49.25 q
4 Sebastian Keiner   Germany 1:49.99
5 Shiferaw Wole   Ethiopia 1:50.11
6 Rick Ward   United Kingdom 1:51.97
7 Jan Van Den Broeck   Belgium 1:53.11
8 Oriol Bonet   Spain 1:53.98

Semifinal 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Abubaker Kaki   Sudan 1:46.71 Q
2 Adam Kszczot   Poland 1:47.16 Q
3 Diomar de Souza   Brazil 1:49.01 q
4 Henok Tesfaye   Ethiopia 1:49.35
4 Robin Rohlén   Sweden 1:49.35
6 Elijah Greer   United States 1:50.47
7 Felix Konchellah   Kenya 1:51.56
8 Kevin López   Spain 1:53.57

Semifinal 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Giordano Benedetti   Italy 1:48.38 Q
2 André Olivier   South Africa 1:48.62 Q
3 Aleksandr Sheplyakov   Russia 1:49.39
4 Ali Al-Deraan   Saudi Arabia 1:49.45
5 Martin Hrstka   Czech Republic 1:50.07
6 Ewen Sabatier   France 1:50.34
7 Tayron Reyes   Dominican Republic 1:50.61
8 Olivier Collin   Canada 1:51.60

Heats

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8 July

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Abubaker Kaki   Sudan 1:50.92 Q
2 Shiferaw Wole   Ethiopia 1:50.96 Q
3 Martin Hrstka   Czech Republic 1:51.57 Q
4 Mohamed Saykouk   Morocco 1:51.82
5 Johan Svensson   Sweden 1:52.64
6 Bilal Gagui   Algeria 1:53.00
7 Alessandro Schiavone    Switzerland 1:53.06
8 Julio Alfonso Pérez   Peru 1:54.58

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Felix Konchellah   Kenya 1:51.72 Q
2 Rick Ward   United Kingdom 1:51.73 Q
3 Henok Tesfaye   Ethiopia 1:51.92 Q
4 Jost Kozan   Slovenia 1:52.31
5 Benjamin Herriau   France 1:52.37
6 Raaghid Fredericks   South Africa 1:52.60
7 Cihat Ulus   Turkey 1:52.72
8 Donte Holmes   United States 1:52.88

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Adam Kszczot   Poland 1:51.80 Q
2 Robin Rohlén   Sweden 1:52.04 Q
3 Sebastian Keiner   Germany 1:52.22 Q
4 Artyom Kazban   Ukraine 1:53.18
5 Jerome Kahia   Belgium 1:53.30
6 Chris Smith   United Kingdom 1:53.36
7 Rafith Rodríguez   Colombia 1:53.72
8 Garvyn Nero   Trinidad and Tobago 2:06.82

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Giordano Benedetti   Italy 1:49.71 Q
2 Jan Van Den Broeck   Belgium 1:49.72 Q
3 Diomar de Souza   Brazil 1:49.77 Q
4 Geoffrey Kibet   Kenya 1:49.81 q
5 Oriol Bonet   Spain 1:51.71 q
6 Dániel Kállay   Hungary 1:53.02
7 Kim Jae-Yeol   South Korea 1:53.52
8 Tilek Bekenbaev   Kyrgyzstan 1:59.87

Heat 5

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Amine El-Manaoui   Morocco 1:50.96 Q
2 Kevin López   Spain 1:51.08 Q
3 Ewen Sabatier   France 1:51.44 Q
4 André Olivier   South Africa 1:51.45 q
5 Ali Al-Deraan   Saudi Arabia 1:51.55 q
6 Ronny Heck   Germany 1:51.78
7 Fábio Gonçalves   Portugal 1:52.61
8 Emrah Çoban   Turkey 1:54.35

Heat 6

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aleksandr Sheplyakov   Russia 1:50.16 Q
2 Tayron Reyes   Dominican Republic 1:50.18 Q
3 James Kaan   Australia 1:50.28 Q
4 Olivier Collin   Canada 1:50.42 q
5 Elijah Greer   United States 1:50.73 q
6 Wojciech Jarosz   Poland 1:52.30
7 Farhan Ahmed   Pakistan 1:56.48
8 Salifou Oumarou   Niger 1:56.77

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015