2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres
The Men's 800 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Nord Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 8 July.[1]
Medalists[]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Leonard Kirwa Kosencha  Kenya
|
Mohammed Aman  Ethiopia
|
Timothy Kitum Kenya
|
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best |  Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR)
|
1:44.34 | Conegliano, Italy | 17 June 2005 |
| Championship Record | (KEN)
|
1:48.42 | Marrakesh, Morocco | 15 July 2005 |
| World Youth Leading | Mohammed Aman (ETH)
|
1:45.74 | Montreuil-sous-Bois, France | 7 June 2011 |
During the competition, Leonard Kirwa Kosencha lowered Belal Mansoor Ali's world youth best to 1:44.08, thereby establishing a new championship record, too.
Heats[]
Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.[2]
Heat 1[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia |
1:53.17 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Nader Belhanbel |  Morocco |
1:53.44 | Q |
| 3 | 5 |  Denmark |
1:53.54 | Q, PB | |
| 4 | 7 |  Romania |
1:53.73 | ||
| 5 | 1 |  Brazil |
1:54.15 | ||
| 6 | 2 |  Hungary |
1:54.30 | PB | |
| 7 | 3 |  Bahamas |
1:57.40 |
Heat 2[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |  Canada |
1:51.64 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 |  United States |
1:52.34 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 |  Great Britain |
1:52.80 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 |  Ecuador |
1:54.69 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Nemanja Kojić |  Serbia |
1:54.97 | |
| 6 | 7 |  Singapore |
1:57.36 | ||
| 7 | 3 |  Estonia |
1:59.04 | PB | |
| 8 | 8 | Brandon Parris |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1:59.48 |
Heat 3[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Hamza Driouch |  Qatar |
1:50.55 | Q |
| 2 | 4 |  France |
1:52.30 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 |  Austria |
1:52.88 | Q, PB | |
| 4 | 5 | Brazil |
1:53.73 | ||
| 5 | 3 |  Madagascar |
1:55.30 | PB | |
| 6 | 6 |  Kazakhstan |
1:58.83 | ||
| 7 | 1 |  Saudi Arabia |
2:02.11 |
Heat 4[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 |  Eritrea |
1:51.01 | Q, PB | |
| 2 | 3 | Ethiopia |
1:51.75 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Great Britain |
1:52.25 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | United States |
1:52.81 | q | |
| 5 | 6 |  Spain |
1:53.23 | q | |
| 6 | 8 | Alberto Mamba |  Mozambique |
1:53.68 | PB |
| 7 | 5 | Bahamas |
1:55.38 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Austria |
1:56.47 |
Heat 5[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Leonard Kirwa Kosencha | Kenya |
1:49.32 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 7 | Brandon McBride | Canada |
1:51.55 | Q |
| 3 | 1 |  Germany |
1:51.64 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | Andreas Almgren |  Sweden |
1:52.46 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Mohamed Belbachir |  Algeria |
1:54.58 | |
| 6 | 2 |  Nigeria |
1:57.97 | ||
| - | 8 |  Moldova |
DQ | ||
| - | 2 |  Sudan |
DNS |
Heat 6[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Wesley Vazquez |  Puerto Rico |
1:51.71 | Q |
| 2 | 2 |  Belgium |
1:52.53 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 |  Japan |
1:52.69 | Q | |
| 4 | 5 | Abdessalem Ayouni |  Tunisia |
1:53.81 | PB |
| 5 | 4 |  Finland |
1:53.99 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Romania |
1:54.84 | ||
| 7 | 3 |  Luxembourg |
1:55.18 | PB | |
| 8 | 8 |  Kuwait |
1:56.39 | PB |
Heat 7[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Timothy Kitum | Kenya |
1:52.63 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Nigel Amos |  Botswana |
1:52.72 | Q |
| 3 | 4 |  Poland |
1:53.83 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 |  Norway |
1:54.27 | ||
| 5 | 6 |  Costa Rica |
1:54.28 | PB | |
| 6 | 8 | Daniel Andújar | Spain |
1:54.83 | |
| 7 | 5 | Serbia |
1:56.87 | ||
| 8 | 3 |  Barbados |
1:59.32 |
Semifinals[]
Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.[3]
Heat 1[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Hamza Driouch | Qatar |
1:48.93 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Eritrea |
1:49.24 | Q, PB | |
| 3 | 6 | Ethiopia |
1:49.49 | q | |
| 4 | 3 | Brandon McBride | Canada |
1:51.00 | |
| 5 | 8 | Belgium |
1:51.28 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Japan |
1:51.68 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Great Britain |
1:52.42 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Spain |
1:52.86 | PB |
Heat 2[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Leonard Kirwa Kosencha | Kenya |
1:47.11 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 5 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia |
1:47.72 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | United States |
1:49.64 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Tyler Smith | Canada |
1:49.67 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Great Britain |
1:52.25 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Andreas Almgren | Sweden |
1:52.26 | |
| 7 | 7 | Poland |
1:53.70 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Denmark |
1:54.38 |
Heat 3[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Nigel Amos | Botswana |
1:48.54 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Timothy Kitum | Kenya |
1:48.80 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Wesley Vazquez | Puerto Rico |
1:49.24 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Germany |
1:50.56 | ||
| 5 | 6 | United States |
1:50.64 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Austria |
1:51.45 | PB | |
| 7 | 8 | France |
1:51.63 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Nader Belhanbel | Morocco |
1:52.45 |
Final[]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
5 | Leonard Kirwa Kosencha | Kenya |
1:44.08 | WY |
 |
6 | Mohammed Aman | Ethiopia |
1:44.68 | PB |
 |
8 | Timothy Kitum | Kenya |
1:44.98 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | Hamza Driouch | Qatar |
1:46.39 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Nigel Amos | Botswana |
1:47.28 | PB |
| 6 | 2 | Ethiopia |
1:48.94 | PB | |
| 7 | 7 | Wesley Vazquez | Puerto Rico |
1:51.25 | |
| 8 | 1 | Eritrea |
1:51.85 |
References[]
- ^ Timetable
- ^ Heat results
- ^ Semifinal results
- ^ "Final results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
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