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

2008 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	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
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 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	Kenya
Bronze	André Olivier  South Africa

Results[]

Final[]

11 July

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

Semifinals[]

9 July

Semifinal 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Amine El-Manaoui	Morocco	1:48.90	Q
2		Kenya	1:49.04	Q
3		Australia	1:49.25	q
4		Germany	1:49.99
5		Ethiopia	1:50.11
6		United Kingdom	1:51.97
7	Jan Van Den Broeck	Belgium	1:53.11
8		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		Brazil	1:49.01	q
4		Ethiopia	1:49.35
4		Sweden	1:49.35
6	Elijah Greer	United States	1:50.47
7		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		Russia	1:49.39
4	Ali Al-Deraan	Saudi Arabia	1:49.45
5		Czech Republic	1:50.07
6		France	1:50.34
7		Dominican Republic	1:50.61
8		Canada	1:51.60

Heats[]

8 July

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Abubaker Kaki	Sudan	1:50.92	Q
2		Ethiopia	1:50.96	Q
3		Czech Republic	1:51.57	Q
4		Morocco	1:51.82
5		Sweden	1:52.64
6		Algeria	1:53.00
7		Switzerland	1:53.06
8		Peru	1:54.58

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Kenya	1:51.72	Q
2		United Kingdom	1:51.73	Q
3		Ethiopia	1:51.92	Q
4		Slovenia	1:52.31
5		France	1:52.37
6		South Africa	1:52.60
7		Turkey	1:52.72
8		United States	1:52.88

Heat 3[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Adam Kszczot	Poland	1:51.80	Q
2		Sweden	1:52.04	Q
3		Germany	1:52.22	Q
4		Ukraine	1:53.18
5		Belgium	1:53.30
6		United Kingdom	1:53.36
7	Rafith Rodríguez	Colombia	1:53.72
8		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		Brazil	1:49.77	Q
4		Kenya	1:49.81	q
5		Spain	1:51.71	q
6		Hungary	1:53.02
7		South Korea	1:53.52
8		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		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		Germany	1:51.78
7		Portugal	1:52.61
8		Turkey	1:54.35

Heat 6[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Russia	1:50.16	Q
2		Dominican Republic	1:50.18	Q
3		Australia	1:50.28	Q
4		Canada	1:50.42	q
5	Elijah Greer	United States	1:50.73	q
6		Poland	1:52.30
7	Farhan Ahmed	Pakistan	1:56.48
8		Niger	1:56.77

Participation[]

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

References[]