2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 18 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	David Rudisha   Kenya
Silver	Jackson Kivuva   Kenya
Bronze	Abraham Chepkirwok   Uganda

Results

Final

18 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:47.40
	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:47.64
	Abraham Chepkirwok	Uganda	1:47.79
4	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1:48.25
5	Rabii Doukkana	Morocco	1:48.39
6	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	1:48.46
7	Belal Mansour Ali	Bahrain	1:49.09
8	Andy González	Cuba	1:53.61

Semifinals

16 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:48.56	Q
2	Andy González	Cuba	1:48.85	Q
3	Robin Schembera	Germany	1:49.41
4	James Brewer	United Kingdom	1:49.53
5	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	1:49.69
6	Jeff Lastennet	France	1:50.30
7	Jamaal James	Trinidad and Tobago	1:50.42
8	Tor Pöllänen	Sweden	1:51.78

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Abraham Chepkirwok	Uganda	1:47.72	Q
2	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1:47.90	Q
3	Lachlan Renshaw	Australia	1:48.26
4	Masato Yokota	Japan	1:48.98
5	Wilyam Rabih	Sudan	1:49.31
6	Dirk Gouws	South Africa	1:49.97
7	Mekonnen Gebremedhine	Ethiopia	1:50.47
8	Aleš Veselý	Czech Republic	1:51.16

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:47.24	Q
2	Belal Mansour Ali	Bahrain	1:47.54	Q
3	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	1:47.63	q
4	Rabii Doukana	Morocco	1:47.99	q
5	Nadjim Manseur	Algeria	1:48.06
6	Dmitrijs Jurkevičs	Latvia	1:49.56
7	Florian Carvalho	France	1:49.98
8	Mark Mitchell	United Kingdom	1:53.51

Heats

15 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Rudisha	Kenya	1:49.12	Q
2	Mark Mitchell	United Kingdom	1:50.08	Q
3	Robin Schembera	Germany	1:50.42	Q
4	Shaka Ntsimako	Botswana	1:51.07
5	Jordan Chipangama	Zambia	1:51.27
6	Ali Al-Deraan	Saudi Arabia	1:51.69
7	Lahbib Izzabaha	Morocco	1:52.56
8	Geoffrey Harris	Canada	1:52.58

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Belal Mansour Ali	Bahrain	1:49.24	Q
2	Jackson Kivuva	Kenya	1:50.08	Q
3	Tor Pöllänen	Sweden	1:50.67	Q
4	Sebastian Keiner	Germany	1:50.71
5	Darren Mazzei	Canada	1:51.88
6	Jan Masenamela	South Africa	1:54.09
7	Firdavs Azizov	Tajikistan	1:56.74

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jimmy Adar	Uganda	1:49.22	Q
2	Andy González	Cuba	1:49.63	Q
3	James Brewer	United Kingdom	1:49.90	Q
4	Aleš Veselý	Czech Republic	1:50.46	q
5	Vid Trsan	Slovenia	1:50.81
6	Nick Toohey	Australia	1:51.30
7	Glauco Martino	San Marino	1:58.85

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nadjim Manseur	Algeria	1:50.24	Q
2	Marcin Lewandowski	Poland	1:50.24	Q
3	Rabii Doukana	Morocco	1:50.40	Q
4	Masato Yokota	Japan	1:50.56	q
5	Karjuan Williams	United States	1:51.58
6	David McCarthy	Ireland	1:52.41
7	Boldbaatar Shijirbagana	Mongolia	2:00.28
8	Radheshyam Kawang	Nepal	2:04.24

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Abraham Chepkirwok	Uganda	1:45.97	Q
2	Lachlan Renshaw	Australia	1:47.00	Q
3	Wilyam Rabih	Sudan	1:47.94	Q
4	Jeff Lastennet	France	1:48.13	q
5	Dirk Gouws	South Africa	1:48.48	q
6	Javier Gálvez	Spain	1:51.59
7	Brandon Jones	United States	1:55.46

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	1:48.07	Q
2	Dmitrijs Jurkevičs	Latvia	1:48.89	Q
3	Florian Carvalho	France	1:49.25	Q
4	Mekonnen Gebremedhine	Ethiopia	1:49.73	q
5	Jamaal James	Trinidad and Tobago	1:50.02	q
6	Sajeesh Joseph	India	1:51.48
7	Álvaro Campo	Spain	1:55.28

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 44 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.

•   Algeria (1)
•   Australia (2)
•   Bahrain (1)
•   Botswana (1)
•   Canada (2)
•   Cuba (1)
•   Czech Republic (1)
•   Ethiopia (1)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (2)
•   India (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Latvia (1)
•   Mongolia (1)
•   Morocco (2)
•     Nepal (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   San Marino (1)
•   Saudi Arabia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (2)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sudan (2)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Tajikistan (1)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•   Uganda (2)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   United States (2)
•   Zambia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 12 March 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015