2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres
| Events at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics  | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||||
| 100 m | boys | girls | ||||
| 200 m | boys | girls | ||||
| 400 m | boys | girls | ||||
| 800 m | boys | girls | ||||
| 1500 m | boys | girls | ||||
| 3000 m | boys | girls | ||||
| 100 m hurdles | girls | |||||
| 110 m hurdles | boys | |||||
| 400 m hurdles | boys | girls | ||||
| 2000 m steeplechase |
boys | girls | ||||
| Medley relay | boys | girls | ||||
| 5000 m walk | girls | |||||
| 10,000 m walk | boys | |||||
| Field events | ||||||
| Long jump | boys | girls | ||||
| Triple jump | boys | girls | ||||
| High jump | boys | girls | ||||
| Pole vault | boys | girls | ||||
| Shot put | boys | girls | ||||
| Discus throw | boys | girls | ||||
| Javelin throw | boys | girls | ||||
| Hammer throw | boys | girls | ||||
| Combined events | ||||||
| Heptathlon | girls | |||||
| Decathlon | boys | |||||
The Men's 800 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Nord Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 8 July.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Leonard Kirwa Kosencha  Kenya |
Mohammed Aman  Ethiopia |
Timothy Kitum Kenya |
Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best |  Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR) |
1:44.34 | Conegliano, Italy | 17 June 2005 |
| Championship Record | Gilbert Keter Kipkurui (KEN) |
1:48.42 | Marrakesh, Morocco | 15 July 2005 |
| World Youth Leading | Mohammed Aman (ETH) |
1:45.74 | Montreuil-sous-Bois, France | 7 June 2011 |
During the competition, Leonard Kirwa Kosencha lowered Belal Mansoor Ali's world youth best to 1:44.08, thereby establishing a new championship record, too.
Heats
Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.[2]
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia | 1:53.17 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Nader Belhanbel |  Morocco | 1:53.44 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Mihn Kyun Cho |  Denmark | 1:53.54 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 7 | Mihai Romas |  Romania | 1:53.73 | |
| 5 | 1 | John Apolinário |  Brazil | 1:54.15 | |
| 6 | 2 | Benjámin Ludvig |  Hungary | 1:54.30 | PB |
| 7 | 3 | Ashley Riley |  Bahamas | 1:57.40 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Tyler Smith |  Canada | 1:51.64 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Cameron Thornton |  United States | 1:52.34 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | William Gurton |  Great Britain | 1:52.80 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Kevin Angulo |  Ecuador | 1:54.69 | |
| 5 | 2 | Nemanja Kojić |  Serbia | 1:54.97 | |
| 6 | 7 | Zachary Ryan Devaraj |  Singapore | 1:57.36 | |
| 7 | 3 | Aleksandr Kozinets |  Estonia | 1:59.04 | PB |
| 8 | 8 | Brandon Parris |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1:59.48 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Hamza Driouch |  Qatar | 1:50.55 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Gaëtan Manceaux |  France | 1:52.30 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Nikolaus Franzmair |  Austria | 1:52.88 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | Luy de Lima | Brazil | 1:53.73 | |
| 5 | 3 | Riri Reste |  Madagascar | 1:55.30 | PB |
| 6 | 6 | Alexandr Kurlov |  Kazakhstan | 1:58.83 | |
| 7 | 1 | Faisal Abdo Majrashi |  Saudi Arabia | 2:02.11 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Abdelkerim Mohammed Hussein |  Eritrea | 1:51.01 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 3 | Esrael Awoke | Ethiopia | 1:51.75 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Elliot Slade | Great Britain | 1:52.25 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Tre'tez Kinnaird | United States | 1:52.81 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Saúl Martínez |  Spain | 1:53.23 | q |
| 6 | 8 | Alberto Mamba |  Mozambique | 1:53.68 | PB |
| 7 | 5 | Andre Timothy Colebrook | Bahamas | 1:55.38 | |
| 8 | 7 | Dominik Stadlmann | Austria | 1:56.47 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Leonard Kirwa Kosencha | Kenya | 1:49.32 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 7 | Brandon McBride | Canada | 1:51.55 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Patrick Zwicker |  Germany | 1:51.64 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Andreas Almgren |  Sweden | 1:52.46 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Mohamed Belbachir |  Algeria | 1:54.58 | |
| 6 | 2 | Chibuzor Igiliegbe |  Nigeria | 1:57.97 | |
| - | 8 | Artiom Cozacioc |  Moldova | DQ | |
| - | 2 | Elnazeer Abdelgader |  Sudan | DNS |
Heat 6
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Wesley Vazquez |  Puerto Rico | 1:51.71 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Brecht Bertels | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 1:52.53 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Jun Mitake |  Japan | 1:52.69 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Abdessalem Ayouni |  Tunisia | 1:53.81 | PB |
| 5 | 4 | Ville Lampinen |  Finland | 1:53.99 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ilie Macovei | Romania | 1:54.84 | |
| 7 | 3 | Nick Flammang |  Luxembourg | 1:55.18 | PB |
| 8 | 8 | Sayed Ali |  Kuwait | 1:56.39 | PB |
Heat 7
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Timothy Kitum | Kenya | 1:52.63 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Nigel Amos |  Botswana | 1:52.72 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Patryk Wróbel |  Poland | 1:53.83 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Roald H. Frøskeland |  Norway | 1:54.27 | |
| 5 | 6 | Víctor Emilio Ortiz |  Costa Rica | 1:54.28 | PB |
| 6 | 8 | Daniel Andújar | Spain | 1:54.83 | |
| 7 | 5 | Komnen Cvijovic | Serbia | 1:56.87 | |
| 8 | 3 | Jerrad Mason |  Barbados | 1:59.32 |
Semifinals
Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.[3]
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Hamza Driouch | Qatar | 1:48.93 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Abdelkerim Mohammed Hussein | Eritrea | 1:49.24 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 6 | Esrael Awoke | Ethiopia | 1:49.49 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Brandon McBride | Canada | 1:51.00 | |
| 5 | 8 | Brecht Bertels | Belgium | 1:51.28 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jun Mitake | Japan | 1:51.68 | |
| 7 | 1 | William Gurton | Great Britain | 1:52.42 | |
| 8 | 2 | Saúl Martínez | Spain | 1:52.86 | PB |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Leonard Kirwa Kosencha | Kenya | 1:47.11 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 5 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia | 1:47.72 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Cameron Thornton | United States | 1:49.64 | |
| 4 | 6 | Tyler Smith | Canada | 1:49.67 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Elliot Slade | Great Britain | 1:52.25 | |
| 6 | 1 | Andreas Almgren | Sweden | 1:52.26 | |
| 7 | 7 | Patryk Wróbel | Poland | 1:53.70 | |
| 8 | 2 | Mihn Kyun Cho | Denmark | 1:54.38 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Nigel Amos | Botswana | 1:48.54 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Timothy Kitum | Kenya | 1:48.80 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Wesley Vazquez | Puerto Rico | 1:49.24 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Patrick Zwicker | Germany | 1:50.56 | |
| 5 | 6 | Tre'tez Kinnaird | United States | 1:50.64 | |
| 6 | 2 | Nikolaus Franzmair | Austria | 1:51.45 | PB |
| 7 | 8 | Gaëtan Manceaux | France | 1:51.63 | |
| 8 | 7 | Nader Belhanbel | Morocco | 1:52.45 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | Leonard Kirwa Kosencha | Kenya | 1:44.08 | WY |
 | 6 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia | 1:44.68 | PB |
 | 8 | Timothy Kitum | Kenya | 1:44.98 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | Hamza Driouch | Qatar | 1:46.39 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Nigel Amos | Botswana | 1:47.28 | PB |
| 6 | 2 | Esrael Awoke | Ethiopia | 1:48.94 | PB |
| 7 | 7 | Wesley Vazquez | Puerto Rico | 1:51.25 | |
| 8 | 1 | Abdelkerim Mohammed Hussein | Eritrea | 1:51.85 |
References
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