2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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2012 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
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The men's 800 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13, 14, and 15 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists[]

Gold Nigel Amos
 Botswana
Silver Timothy Kitum
 Kenya
Bronze
 Kenya

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Abubaker Kaki (SUD) 1:42.69 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
Championship Record  Benson Koech (KEN) 1:44.77 Seoul, South Korea 18 September 1992
World Junior Leading  Nigel Amos (BOT) 1:43.11 Mannheim, Germany 9 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record  Nigel Amos (BOT) 1:43.79 Barcelona, Spain 15 July 2012

Results[]

The field of the 800 metres

Heats[]

Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 3 2 Jamal Hairane  Qatar 1:47.61 Q, PB
2 3 6 Jena Umar  Ethiopia 1:47.80 Q
3 4 4 Timothy Kitum  Kenya 1:47.96 Q
4 4 5 Mohamed Belbachir  Algeria 1:48.24 Q, PB
5 1 8  Kenya 1:48.27 Q, PB
6 2 1 Nijel Amos  Botswana 1:48.31 Q
7 3 5 Žan Rudolf  Slovenia 1:48.63 Q
8 2 6  Sudan 1:48.66 Q, SB
9 1 2 Wesley Vazquez  Puerto Rico 1:48.78 Q
9 4 2  Canada 1:48.78 Q
11 3 4  Bermuda 1:49.06 q, PB
12 2 2  Barbados 1:49.31 Q
12 3 3  Austria 1:49.31 q, NJ
14 1 9  Great Britain 1:49.48 Q
15 2 5 Shaquille Walker  United States 1:49.55 q
16 1 4  New Zealand 1:49.73
17 3 8  Belgium 1:49.74
18 7 7 Brandon McBride  Canada 1:49.77 Q
19 7 6 Sho Kawamoto  Japan 1:50.12 Q
20 2 7 Johan Rogestedt  Sweden 1:50.25
21 2 9 Daniel Andújar  Spain 1:50.30
22 7 1  Germany 1:50.39 Q
23 4 1  Great Britain 1:50.43
24 6 8  Morocco 1:50.45 Q
24 1 1 Guilherme Pinto  Portugal 1:50.45 PB
26 6 4  South Africa 1:50.52 Q
27 6 9  Qatar 1:50.57 Q
28 7 5  Ukraine 1:50.70 PB
29 2 3 Filip Ingebrigtsen  Norway 1:50.74
30 1 3  United States 1:50.80
31 7 3  Costa Rica 1:51.01
32 6 3  Belgium 1:51.18
33 3 9 Robert Lister  Australia 1:51.42
34 7 4 Alejandro Peirano  Chile 1:51.45
35 4 9  Spain 1:51.62
36 5 3 Mark English  Ireland 1:51.74 Q
37 6 7  Algeria 1:51.84
38 5 7  Germany 1:51.86 Q
39 7 9  Ireland 1:51.98
40 6 2  Slovenia 1:52.01
41 7 2  Italy 1:52.11
42 4 8  Romania 1:52.18
43 4 7  Cyprus 1:52.59
44 7 8  Yemen 1:52.73 PB
45 4 6 Alberto Mamba  Mozambique 1:52.91
46 2 8  Trinidad and Tobago 1:53.23
47 1 6  Japan 1:53.40
48 5 1  Austria 1:53.78 Q
49 5 8 Artur Kuciapski  Poland 1:53.95
50 5 6  Australia 1:53.98
51 1 7  Norway 1:54.12
52 6 6  New Zealand 1:54.74
53 6 5 Nemanja Kojić  Serbia 1:54.79
54 5 2  Uruguay 1:55.19 PB
55 3 7  Italy 1:55.45
56 2 4 Alex Beddoes  Cook Islands 1:58.30 NJ
57 5 5  Sudan 1:58.65
58 1 5  Turkey 2:00.60
59 4 3  Belize 2:03.67 PB
5 9  Ethiopia DQ
5 4 Carlos Díaz  Chile DNS

Semi-Final[]

Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 3 8  Kenya 1:47.08 Q, PB
2 3 5 Wesley Vazquez  Puerto Rico 1:47.37 Q
3 3 6 Brandon McBride  Canada 1:47.69 q
4 3 7 Mark English  Ireland 1:47.77 q
5 3 4  Morocco 1:48.10
6 2 5 Timothy Kitum  Kenya 1:49.09 Q
7 2 8 Mohamed Belbachir  Algeria 1:49.46 Q
8 1 7 Nijel Amos  Botswana 1:49.67 Q
9 2 4 Jena Umar  Ethiopia 1:49.68
10 3 3  Austria 1:49.71
11 3 2  Qatar 1:49.79
12 1 9  Germany 1:49.89 Q
12 2 6 Jamal Hairane  Qatar 1:49.89
14 1 5 Žan Rudolf  Slovenia 1:49.93
15 2 7 Sho Kawamoto  Japan 1:50.17
16 2 9  Sudan 1:51.18
17 2 2 Shaquille Walker  United States 1:51.43
18 3 9  Barbados 1:51.44
19 1 2  Bermuda 1:51.66
20 2 3  Germany 1:52.23
21 1 3  Austria 1:52.43
22 1 6  South Africa 1:53.10
23 1 8  Great Britain 1:53.78
24 1 4  Canada 1:54.95

Final[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Nijel Amos  Botswana 1:43.79 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Timothy Kitum  Kenya 1:44.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4  Kenya 1:44.79 PB
4 7 Wesley Vazquez  Puerto Rico 1:45.29 NJ
5 3 Mark English  Ireland 1:46.02
6 9 Brandon McBride  Canada 1:46.07 NJ
7 8 Mohamed Belbachir  Algeria 1:46.70 NJ
8 2  Germany 1:46.92 PB

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 60 athletes from 41 countries participated in the event.

References[]

  1. ^ "14th IAAF World Junior Championships IAAF World U20 Championships - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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