1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1992 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 800 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 19 September.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Benson Koech
 Kenya
Silver Lee Jin-Il
 South Korea
Bronze Brendan Hanigan
 Australia

Results

Final

19 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Benson Koech  Kenya 1:44.77
2nd Lee Jin-Il  South Korea 1:46.34
3rd Brendan Hanigan  Australia 1:47.26
4 Vénuste Niyongabo  Burundi 1:47.28
5 Hezekiel Sepeng  South Africa 1:47.51
6 Marius van Heerden  South Africa 1:48.71
7 Igor Tolokonikov  Commonwealth of Independent States 1:49.62
8 Davide Cadoni  Italy DQ

Semifinals

17 September

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lee Jin-Il  South Korea 1:48.91 Q
2 Igor Tolokonikov  Commonwealth of Independent States 1:49.93 Q
3 Vincent Malakwen  Kenya 1:50.37
4 Adam Duke  United Kingdom 1:50.75
5 Farah Ibrahim Ali Ahmed  Qatar 1:52.25
6 Ali Hakimi  Tunisia 1:52.50
7 Philipp Zeuch  Germany 1:56.78
8 Sasha Smiljanic  Canada 2:01.75

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Benson Koech  Kenya 1:47.57 Q
2 Vénuste Niyongabo  Burundi 1:47.96 Q
3 Brendan Hanigan  Australia 1:48.56 q
4 Marius van Heerden  South Africa 1:49.83 q
5 Hailu Zewde  Ethiopia 1:50.02
6 Zsombor Filep  Romania 1:50.29
7 Julio Fuentes  Cuba 1:50.40
8 David Divad  France 1:50.64

Semifinal 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Davide Cadoni  Italy 1:51.04 Q
2 Hezekiel Sepeng  South Africa 1:51.12 Q
3 José Manuel Cerezo  Spain 1:51.23
4 Michael Daniel  United States 1:52.16
5 Duncan O'Neil  Jamaica 1:52.18
6 Sören Schröder  Germany 1:52.69
7 Kevin Richardson  Australia 1:55.36
8 Kim Soon-Hyung  South Korea DNF

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Benson Koech  Kenya 1:48.46 Q
2 Hezekiel Sepeng  South Africa 1:50.86 Q
3 Adam Duke  United Kingdom 1:51.52 Q
4 Ali Hakimi  Tunisia 1:52.43 Q
5 Fidelis Kajang  Nigeria 1:54.10
6 Lennox Ellis  Barbados 1:54.78

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lee Jin-Il  South Korea 1:50.91 Q
2 Julio Fuentes  Cuba 1:51.66 Q
3 José Manuel Cerezo  Spain 1:51.77 Q
4 David Divad  France 1:52.13 Q
5 David Matthews  Ireland 1:52.56
6 Mauro González  Chile 1:52.80
7 Alexandre de Oliveira  Brazil 1:53.41

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vénuste Niyongabo  Burundi 1:50.60 Q
2 Sasha Smiljanic  Canada 1:50.96 Q
3 Brendan Hanigan  Australia 1:51.50 Q
4 Marius van Heerden  South Africa 1:51.50 Q
5 Philipp Zeuch  Germany 1:51.79 q
6 Victor Matarrese  Argentina 1:52.94
7 Paul Ignacio  Gibraltar 2:02.32

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vincent Malakwen  Kenya 1:51.88 Q
2 Kim Soon-Hyung  South Korea 1:52.19 Q
3 Davide Cadoni  Italy 1:52.31 Q
4 Kevin Richardson  Australia 1:52.40 Q
5 Tomonari Ono  Japan 1:52.41
6 Paul Walker  United Kingdom 1:52.85
7 Mohamed Atteya Al-Muwaled  Saudi Arabia 1:54.47

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Michael Daniel  United States 1:51.09 Q
2 Zsombor Filep  Romania 1:51.15 Q
3 Igor Tolokonikov  Commonwealth of Independent States 1:51.16 Q
4 Hailu Zewde  Ethiopia 1:51.60 Q
5 Sören Schröder  Germany 1:51.93 q
6 Duncan O'Neil  Jamaica 1:51.99 q
7 Farah Ibrahim Ali Ahmed  Qatar 1:52.04 q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 Mar 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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