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

Events at the
2008 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 women
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
10,000 m walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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

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

Results

Final

11 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Abubaker Kaki  Sudan 1:45.60
2nd Geoffrey Kibet  Kenya 1:46.23
3rd 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

9 July

Semifinal 1

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

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

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

8 July

Heat 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

References

  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 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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