2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 11 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Abubaker Kaki   Sudan
Silver	Geoffrey Kibet   Kenya
Bronze	André Olivier   South Africa

Results

Final

11 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	1:45.60
	Geoffrey Kibet	Kenya	1:46.23
	André Olivier	South Africa	1:47.57
4	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:47.91
5	Diomar de Souza	Brazil	1:49.80
6	Giordano Benedetti	Italy	1:50.65
7	Amine El-Manaoui	Morocco	1:51.43
8	James Kaan	Australia	1:52.41

Semifinals

9 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Amine El-Manaoui	Morocco	1:48.90	Q
2	Geoffrey Kibet	Kenya	1:49.04	Q
3	James Kaan	Australia	1:49.25	q
4	Sebastian Keiner	Germany	1:49.99
5	Shiferaw Wole	Ethiopia	1:50.11
6	Rick Ward	United Kingdom	1:51.97
7	Jan Van Den Broeck	Belgium	1:53.11
8	Oriol Bonet	Spain	1:53.98

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	1:46.71	Q
2	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:47.16	Q
3	Diomar de Souza	Brazil	1:49.01	q
4	Henok Tesfaye	Ethiopia	1:49.35
4	Robin Rohlén	Sweden	1:49.35
6	Elijah Greer	United States	1:50.47
7	Felix Konchellah	Kenya	1:51.56
8	Kevin López	Spain	1:53.57

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Giordano Benedetti	Italy	1:48.38	Q
2	André Olivier	South Africa	1:48.62	Q
3	Aleksandr Sheplyakov	Russia	1:49.39
4	Ali Al-Deraan	Saudi Arabia	1:49.45
5	Martin Hrstka	Czech Republic	1:50.07
6	Ewen Sabatier	France	1:50.34
7	Tayron Reyes	Dominican Republic	1:50.61
8	Olivier Collin	Canada	1:51.60

Heats

8 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	1:50.92	Q
2	Shiferaw Wole	Ethiopia	1:50.96	Q
3	Martin Hrstka	Czech Republic	1:51.57	Q
4	Mohamed Saykouk	Morocco	1:51.82
5	Johan Svensson	Sweden	1:52.64
6	Bilal Gagui	Algeria	1:53.00
7	Alessandro Schiavone	Switzerland	1:53.06
8	Julio Alfonso Pérez	Peru	1:54.58

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Felix Konchellah	Kenya	1:51.72	Q
2	Rick Ward	United Kingdom	1:51.73	Q
3	Henok Tesfaye	Ethiopia	1:51.92	Q
4	Jost Kozan	Slovenia	1:52.31
5	Benjamin Herriau	France	1:52.37
6	Raaghid Fredericks	South Africa	1:52.60
7	Cihat Ulus	Turkey	1:52.72
8	Donte Holmes	United States	1:52.88

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:51.80	Q
2	Robin Rohlén	Sweden	1:52.04	Q
3	Sebastian Keiner	Germany	1:52.22	Q
4	Artyom Kazban	Ukraine	1:53.18
5	Jerome Kahia	Belgium	1:53.30
6	Chris Smith	United Kingdom	1:53.36
7	Rafith Rodríguez	Colombia	1:53.72
8	Garvyn Nero	Trinidad and Tobago	2:06.82

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Giordano Benedetti	Italy	1:49.71	Q
2	Jan Van Den Broeck	Belgium	1:49.72	Q
3	Diomar de Souza	Brazil	1:49.77	Q
4	Geoffrey Kibet	Kenya	1:49.81	q
5	Oriol Bonet	Spain	1:51.71	q
6	Dániel Kállay	Hungary	1:53.02
7	Kim Jae-Yeol	South Korea	1:53.52
8	Tilek Bekenbaev	Kyrgyzstan	1:59.87

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Amine El-Manaoui	Morocco	1:50.96	Q
2	Kevin López	Spain	1:51.08	Q
3	Ewen Sabatier	France	1:51.44	Q
4	André Olivier	South Africa	1:51.45	q
5	Ali Al-Deraan	Saudi Arabia	1:51.55	q
6	Ronny Heck	Germany	1:51.78
7	Fábio Gonçalves	Portugal	1:52.61
8	Emrah Çoban	Turkey	1:54.35

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aleksandr Sheplyakov	Russia	1:50.16	Q
2	Tayron Reyes	Dominican Republic	1:50.18	Q
3	James Kaan	Australia	1:50.28	Q
4	Olivier Collin	Canada	1:50.42	q
5	Elijah Greer	United States	1:50.73	q
6	Wojciech Jarosz	Poland	1:52.30
7	Farhan Ahmed	Pakistan	1:56.48
8	Salifou Oumarou	Niger	1:56.77

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event.

•   Algeria (1)
•   Australia (1)
•   Belgium (2)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   Colombia (1)
•   Czech Republic (1)
•   Dominican Republic (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   France (2)
•   Germany (2)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Kyrgyzstan (1)
•   Morocco (2)
•   Niger (1)
•   Pakistan (1)
•   Peru (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   Saudi Arabia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (2)
•   South Korea (1)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sudan (1)
•   Sweden (2)
•    Switzerland (1)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•   Turkey (2)
•   Ukraine (1)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, 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