2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13, 14 and 16 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Majid Saeed Sultan   Qatar
Silver	Alfred Kirwa Yego   Kenya
Bronze	Selahattin Çobanoğlu   Turkey

Results

Final

16 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Majid Saeed Sultan	Qatar	1:47.33
	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Kenya	1:47.39
	Selahattin Çobanoğlu	Turkey	1:47.71
4	Kévin Hautcœur	France	1:48.37
5	Elijah Boit	Kenya	1:48.76
6	Bocar Kane	France	1:49.08
7	Bonolo Maboa	South Africa	1:49.85
8	Michael Rimmer	United Kingdom	1:50.59

Semifinals

14 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Selahattin Çobanoğlu	Turkey	1:49.70	Q
2	Bocar Kane	France	1:49.86	Q
3	Elijah Boit	Kenya	1:49.98	Q
4	Michael Rimmer	United Kingdom	1:50.05	q
5	Thomas Matthys	Belgium	1:50.41
6	Reuben Twijukye	Uganda	1:50.51
7	Alexandr Osmolovich	Ukraine	1:51.18
8	Kleberson Davide	Brazil	1:51.97

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Kenya	1:49.02	Q
2	Majid Saeed Sultan	Qatar	1:49.53	Q
3	Bonolo Maboa	South Africa	1:49.53	Q
4	Kévin Hautcœur	France	1:49.58	q
5	Diego Gomes	Brazil	1:50.63
6	Jozef Repčík	Slovakia	1:50.79
7	Timothy Harris	United States	1:50.97
8	René Bauschinger	Germany	1:51.30

Heats

13 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alfred Kirwa Yego	Kenya	1:48.96	Q
2	Bonolo Maboa	South Africa	1:49.31	Q
3	Majid Saeed Sultan	Qatar	1:49.34	q
4	Kleberson Davide	Brazil	1:50.44	q
5	Dávid Takács	Hungary	1:50.98
6	Sifiso Magagula	Swaziland	2:01.92

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Reuben Twijukye	Uganda	1:49.50	Q
2	Kévin Hautcœur	France	1:49.88	Q
3	Diego Gomes	Brazil	1:49.93	q
4	Timothy Harris	United States	1:50.75	q
5	Chris Gowell	United Kingdom	1:51.31

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elijah Boit	Kenya	1:51.77	Q
2	René Bauschinger	Germany	1:51.96	Q
3	Luis Alberto Marco	Spain	1:52.85
4	Sydney Mafologela	South Africa	1:52.94
5	Kamil Gawrys	Poland	1:53.74
6	Ross Ridgewell	Australia	1:54.88
7	Telva Brinkfield	French Polynesia	2:03.53

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Thomas Matthys	Belgium	1:50.98	Q
2	Jozef Repčík	Slovakia	1:51.30	Q
3	Stephens Akena	Uganda	1:51.51
4	Werner Botha	Australia	1:51.64
5	Rachid Omar Alaya	Tunisia	1:52.42
6	Marcus Mayes	United States	1:53.18
7	Xavier D'Aumale	Monaco	2:08.65

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Selahattin Çobanoğlu	Turkey	1:49.19	Q
2	Alexandr Osmolovich	Ukraine	1:49.58	Q
3	Michael Rimmer	United Kingdom	1:49.64	q
4	Bocar Kane	France	1:50.72	q
5	Florin Gania	Romania	1:50.89
6	Fabio Bortolotti	Italy	1:56.63

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (2)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Brazil (2)
•   France (2)
•   French Polynesia (1)
•   Germany (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Monaco (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Qatar (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Slovakia (1)
•   South Africa (2)
•   Spain (1)
•   Swaziland (1)
•   Tunisia (1)
•   Turkey (1)
•   Uganda (2)
•   Ukraine (1)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2004 Grosseto ITA Jul 12-18, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 2 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015