1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 800 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28, 29 and 31 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	William Chirchir  Kenya
Silver	Wilfred Bungei  Kenya
Bronze	Paskar Owor  Uganda

Results[]

Final[]

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	William Chirchir	Kenya	1:47.23
	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1:47.53
	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:48.20
4	João Pires	Portugal	1:48.22
5	Bram Som	Netherlands	1:48.36
6		United Kingdom	1:48.77
7	Dmitriy Bogdanov	Russia	1:48.91
8		Jamaica	1:49.25

Semifinals[]

29 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United Kingdom	1:50.65	Q
2	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1:50.70	Q
3		Jamaica	1:50.76	Q
4		South Africa	1:51.01
5	Nicolas Aïssat	France	1:51.11
6		Switzerland	1:51.11
7		Ethiopia	1:51.19
8		Morocco	1:51.49

Semifinal 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	William Chirchir	Kenya	1:48.93	Q
2	João Pires	Portugal	1:49.05	Q
3	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:49.25	Q
4	Dmitriy Bogdanov	Russia	1:49.31	q
5	Bram Som	Netherlands	1:49.80	q
6	Joeri Jansen	Belgium	1:53.46
7		Palestine	1:54.51
		Brazil	DNS

Heats[]

28 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wilfred Bungei	Kenya	1:49.47	Q
2		Jamaica	1:49.59	Q
3		Brazil	1:50.41	q
4		Japan	1:50.58
5		Colombia	1:51.23
6		Algeria	1:56.89
7		Rwanda	2:01.29

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	João Pires	Portugal	1:50.73	Q
2		Palestine	1:51.18	Q
3	Sergio Gallardo	Spain	1:51.32
4		Jamaica	1:51.60
5		Algeria	1:51.94
6		United States	1:52.19
7		British Virgin Islands	1:55.98
8		Solomon Islands	2:00.43

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United Kingdom	1:49.92	Q
2		Ethiopia	1:50.28	Q
3	Nicolas Aïssat	France	1:50.30	q
4		Spain	1:50.75
5		Australia	1:50.91
6		South Korea	1:54.38
7		India	1:56.41
8		Vanuatu	1:56.79

Heat 4[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Paskar Owor	Uganda	1:51.99	Q
2	Bram Som	Netherlands	1:52.15	Q
3	Jasmin Salihović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:52.28
4		Australia	1:53.27
5		Sweden	1:54.80
6		Brazil	1:56.68
7		Dominica	1:57.03
8		Monaco	2:00.31

Heat 5[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dmitriy Bogdanov	Russia	1:52.64	Q
2		South Africa	1:52.97	Q
3		South Korea	1:53.14
4		Belarus	1:53.16
5		United States	1:53.16
6		Morocco	1:53.25
7	Florent Lacasse	France	1:54.42
8		Germany	1:55.99

Heat 6[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Joeri Jansen	Belgium	1:50.84	Q
2		Morocco	1:51.91	Q
3		Italy	1:52.01
4		Germany	1:52.20
5	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	1:53.10
6		United Kingdom	1:53.79
7		São Tomé and Príncipe	1:58.09
8		Madagascar	2:00.09

Heat 7[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	William Chirchir	Kenya	1:51.78	Q
2		Switzerland	1:51.89	Q
3		Belgium	1:52.29
4		South Africa	1:54.08
5		Italy	1:55.89
6		Sudan	1:56.38
7		Sweden	1:58.12

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 54 athletes from 38 countries participated in the event.

References[]