2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16, 17 and 19 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Alex Kipchirchir   Kenya
Silver	Salem Amer Al-Badri   Qatar
Bronze	David Fiegen   Luxembourg

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Alex Kipchirchir	Kenya	1:46.59
	Salem Amer Al-Badri	Qatar	1:46.63
	David Fiegen	Luxembourg	1:46.66
4	Adam Abdou	Qatar	1:46.86
5	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:47.20
6	José Manuel Cortés	Spain	1:47.44
7	Mohamed Battani	Morocco	1:48.18
8	Manuel Olmedo	Spain	1:56.73

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alex Kipchirchir	Kenya	1:49.55	Q
2	Adam Abdou	Qatar	1:49.61	Q
3	Manuel Olmedo	Spain	1:49.72	Q
4	Yuriy Koldin	Russia	1:49.99
5	Ricky Soos	United Kingdom	1:50.17
6	Richard Smith	United States	1:50.29
7	Prince Mumba	Zambia	1:50.96
8	Andrew Ellerton	Canada	1:52.08
9	Roman Fosti	Estonia	1:53.36

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:46.36	Q
2	David Fiegen	Luxembourg	1:46.40	Q
3	Salem Amer Al-Badri	Qatar	1:46.82	Q
4	José Manuel Cortés	Spain	1:46.92	q
5	Mohamed Battani	Morocco	1:48.46	q
6	Cosmas Rono Kipkorir	Kenya	1:49.83
7	Antoine Martiak	France	1:52.37
8	Frank Francois	United States	1:53.67

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Adam Abdou	Qatar	1:48.93	Q
2	Antoine Martiak	France	1:49.03	Q
3	Manuel Olmedo	Spain	1:49.21	q
4	Tom Osborne	New Zealand	1:52.16
5	Mahmoud Abuattaya	Palestine	1:56.61
6	Park Ji-Yun	South Korea	1:58.21
7	Daryl Vassallo	Gibraltar	2:01.16

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alex Kipchirchir	Kenya	1:48.26	Q
2	Ricky Soos	United Kingdom	1:48.82	Q
3	Andrew Ellerton	Canada	1:49.45	q
4	Roman Fosti	Estonia	1:50.23	q
5	Arno Hoevink	Netherlands	1:52.15
6	Werner Botha	Australia	1:52.84

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Fiegen	Luxembourg	1:49.86	Q
2	Frank Francois	United States	1:50.10	Q
3	Yuriy Koldin	Russia	1:50.15	q
4	Ibrahim Siddiq	Sudan	1:50.79
5	Sylvester Chishiba	Zambia	1:51.00
6	James Aaron	Australia	1:51.06
7	Domen Znidaric	Slovenia	1:56.74

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Salem Amer Al-Badri	Qatar	1:49.63	Q
2	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:50.13	Q
3	Onalenna Oabona	Botswana	1:50.48
4	Walid Meliani	Algeria	1:50.62
5	Jermaine Myers	Jamaica	1:50.93
6	Bonolo Maboa	South Africa	1:51.25
7	Prince Mumba	Zambia	1:51.86	q

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	José Manuel Cortés	Spain	1:49.28	Q
2	Mohamed Battani	Morocco	1:49.45	Q
3	Cosmas Rono Kipkorir	Kenya	1:49.62	q
4	Richard Smith	United States	1:50.17	q
5	Erik Sproll	Canada	1:50.57
6	Thiago Chyaromont	Brazil	1:53.65
7	Tai Payne	Guyana	2:09.88

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

•   Algeria (1)
•   Australia (2)
•   Botswana (1)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Canada (2)
•   Estonia (1)
•   France (1)
•   Gibraltar (1)
•   Guyana (1)
•   Jamaica (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Luxembourg (1)
•   Morocco (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Palestine (1)
•   Qatar (2)
•   Russia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (1)
•   South Korea (1)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sudan (2)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (2)
•   Zambia (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015