1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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The men's 800 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August. [1] [2]

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Medalists

Gold Joseph Mutua
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver Tom Lerwill
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Bronze Grant Cremer
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Results

Final

23 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Joseph Mutua Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:48.21
Silver medal icon.svg Tom Lerwill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:48.40
Bronze medal icon.svg Grant Cremer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:48.46
4 Japheth Kimutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:48.97
5 Nils Schumann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:49.44
6 Viktors Lācis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1:50.11
7 Zach Whitmarsh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:50.26
8 James Nolan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:51.88

Semifinals

22 August

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Japheth Kimutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:45.63Q
2 Tom Lerwill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:47.27Q
3 Zach Whitmarsh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:47.33Q
4 James Nolan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:47.55Q
5 Clyde Colenso Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:47.84
6 Hirohisa Muramatsu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:48.65
7 Abdul Rahman Abdullah Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1:49.88
8 Roman Hanzel Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:53.02

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Grant Cremer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:48.72Q
2 Viktors Lācis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1:48.91Q
3 Nils Schumann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:48.98Q
4 Joseph Mutua Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:49.21Q
5 Kazutomo Iwasaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:49.32
6 Tim Rogge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:49.46
7 Roman Oravec Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:50.23
8 Jean-Patrick Nduwimana Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1:50.50

Heats

21 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Roman Oravec Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:52.88Q
2 Hirohisa Muramatsu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:53.38Q
3 Reuben Silwimba Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 1:53.99
4 Youcef Abdi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:54.12
5 Moses Kavuma Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1:54.69
6 Momodou Lamin Drammeh Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 1:55.09
7 Kuripitone Betham Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa 2:01.75

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 James Nolan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:49.02Q
2 Tom Lerwill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:49.22Q
3 Zach Whitmarsh Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:49.33q
4 Tim Rogge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:49.47q
5 Juan Delgado Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:50.26
6 István Nagy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:50.64
7 Lkhagvasuren Choisuren Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 2:11.85
Nhlanhla Dlamini Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland DQ(163.3)

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jean-Patrick Nduwimana Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 1:51.05Q
2 Nils Schumann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:51.27Q
3 Robert True Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:51.68
4 Said Basweidan Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 1:52.21
5 Meelis Tammre Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:52.83
6 Vane Stojanov Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 1:53.20
7 Chris Votu Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 2:06.21

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Japheth Kimutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:47.89Q
2 Abdul Rahman Abdullah Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1:49.95Q
3 Israel Domínguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:51.91
4 Clyde McIntosh Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:52.17
5 Paweł Czapiewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:53.02
6 Davi de Jesús Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:53.49
7 Mohamed Yagoub Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 1:55.34

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Clyde Colenso Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:48.83Q
2 Grant Cremer Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:48.84Q
3 Viktors Lācis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1:49.06q
4 Kazutomo Iwasaki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:49.33q
5 Roman Tarasov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:53.04
6 Péter Berezvai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:53.36
7 Lionel Barranco Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands 2:06.73
8 David Dexter Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 2:11.15

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Joseph Mutua Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:49.99Q
2 Roman Hanzel Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:50.81Q
3 Robin Martin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:51.33
4 Djabir Saïd-Guerni Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:52.06
5 Werner Botha Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:52.83
6 Craig Wood Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:53.27
7 Rickard Pell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:57.01
8 Henele Taliai Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 2:05.97

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015