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

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
	Benson Koech	Kenya	1:44.77
	Lee Jin-Il	South Korea	1:46.34
	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
	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
	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.

•   Argentina (1)
•   Australia (2)
•   Barbados (1)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Burundi (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   Chile (1)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
•   Cuba (1)
•   Ethiopia (1)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Gibraltar (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Jamaica (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Nigeria (1)
•   Qatar (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Saudi Arabia (1)
•   South Africa (2)
•   South Korea (2)
•   Spain (1)
•   Tunisia (1)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   United States (1)

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