2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

2014 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 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Eugene, Oregon, USA, at Hayward Field on 25, 26 and 27 July.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Medalists[]

Gold	Alfred Kipketer  Kenya
Silver	Kenya
Bronze	Andreas Almgren  Sweden

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Nijel Amos (BOT)	1:41.73	London, Great Britain	9 August 2012
Championship Record		1:43.79	Barcelona, Spain	15 July 2012
World Junior Leading	Robert Biwott (KEN)	1:44.69	Shanghai, China	18 May 2014
Broken records during the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics

Results[]

Final[]

27 July
Start time: 16:13 Temperature: 29 °C Humidity: 35 %

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	4	1:43.95	WJL
		Kenya	6	1:45.14	PB
	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	3	1:45.65	NJR
4	Thiago André	Brazil	8	1:46.06	PB
5	Jena Umar	Ethiopia	5	1:46.23	PB
6		United States	1	1:47.13	PB
7	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	2	1:47.31	PB
8	Kyle Langford	United Kingdom	7	1:55.21

Intermediate times:
400m: 49.42 Alfred Kipketer

Semifinals[]

26 July
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Summary[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		United States	1:48.04	Q
2		Kenya	1:48.09	Q
3	Thiago André	Brazil	1:48.16	Q
4	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	1:48.57	q PB
5	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	1:48.67	Q
6	Kyle Langford	United Kingdom	1:48.76	Q
7	Jena Umar	Ethiopia	1:48.81	q
8	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	1:48.87	Q
9		Austria	1:48.94
10		Italy	1:49.40
11		France	1:49.79
12		Ireland	1:49.97
13		Slovenia	1:50.06
14		Belarus	1:50.19
15		Spain	1:50.81
16	Tony van Diepen	Netherlands	1:50.86
17		United Kingdom	1:51.12
18		Algeria	1:51.28
19		Ethiopia	1:51.41
20		Puerto Rico	1:51.53
21		Belgium	1:51.57
22		Austria	1:52.73
23	Luke Mathews	Australia	1:55.92
	Konstantin Tolokonnikov	Russia	DNF

Details[]

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Semifinal 1[]

27 July
Start time: 16:21 Temperature: 31 °C Humidity: 27%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	3	1:48.67	Q
2	Kyle Langford	United Kingdom	6	1:48.76	Q
3	Jena Umar	Ethiopia	5	1:48.81	q
4	Tony van Diepen	Netherlands	1	1:50.86
5		Puerto Rico	2	1:51.53
6		Belgium	4	1:51.57
7		Austria	7	1:52.73
8	Luke Mathews	Australia	8	1:55.92

Intermediate times:
400m: 54.36 Alfred Kipketer

Semifinal 2[]

27 July
Start time: 16:30 Temperature: 31 °C Humidity: 27%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1		Kenya	5	1:48.09	Q
2	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	3	1:48.87	Q
3		France	4	1:49.79
4		Ireland	6	1:49.97
5		Slovenia	2	1:50.06
6		Belarus	1	1:50.19
7		Spain	7	1:50.81
8		United Kingdom	8	1:51.12

Intermediate times:
400m: 53.94

Semifinal 3[]

27 July
Start time: 16:38 Temperature: 31 °C Humidity: 27%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1		United States	6	1:48.04	Q
2	Thiago André	Brazil	5	1:48.16	Q
3	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	2	1:48.57	q PB
4		Austria	3	1:48.94
5		Italy	8	1:49.40
6		Algeria	1	1:51.28
7		Ethiopia	4	1:51.41
	Konstantin Tolokonnikov	Russia	7	DNF

Intermediate times:
400m: 53.86

Heats[]

25 July
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Summary[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Kenya	1:47.84	Q
2	Thiago André	Brazil	1:48.05	Q
3		Austria	1:49.07	Q PB
4		Austria	1:49.30	Q
5		Belgium	1:49.40	q
6	Jena Umar	Ethiopia	1:49.44	Q
7		Belarus	1:49.48	q PB
8	Kyle Langford	United Kingdom	1:49.73	Q
9	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	1:49.80	Q
10		Slovenia	1:49.84	q
11		United Kingdom	1:49.89	Q
12		Italy	1:49.96	Q
13	Tony van Diepen	Netherlands	1:50.04	Q
14		United States	1:50.07	Q
15		Puerto Rico	1:50.10	Q PB
16		Algeria	1:50.15	q
17		France	1:50.18	q
18	Konstantin Tolokonnikov	Russia	1:50.19	q
19	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	1:50.27	Q
20		Spain	1:50.53
21		Ireland	1:50.69	Q
22	Luke Mathews	Australia	1:50.76	Q
23		Spain	1:50.77	Q
24	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	Qatar	1:50.79
25		Netherlands	1:50.90
26	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	1:50.99	Q
27		Australia	1:51.02
28		Ethiopia	1:51.23	Q
29		Canada	1:51.26
30	Andrés Arroyo	Puerto Rico	1:51.63
31		Canada	1:51.66
32		Turkey	1:51.73
33		Morocco	1:51.76
34		Italy	1:51.87
35		Jamaica	1:51.89
36		Eritrea	1:52.16
37		Switzerland	1:52.26
38	Marc Reuther	Germany	1:52.33
39		Denmark	1:52.35
40	Jesús Tonatiu López	Mexico	1:52.59
41		Hungary	1:52.73
42		Ireland	1:52.86
43		United States	1:53.98
44		DR Congo	1:54.81	PB
45		Qatar	1:55.17
46		Trinidad and Tobago	1:56.40
47	Pol Moya	Andorra	1:58.44
		Mexico	DQ	163.3(a)

Details[]

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Heat 1[]

27 July
Start time: 12:48 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 50%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Luke Mathews	Australia	1	1:50.76	Q
2	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	7	1:50.99	Q
3		Ethiopia	8	1:51.23	Q
4	Andrés Arroyo	Puerto Rico	3	1:51.63
5	Marc Reuther	Germany	4	1:52.33
6		DR Congo	5	1:54.81	PB
7		Qatar	2	1:55.17
		Mexico	6	DQ	163.3(a)

Note:
IAAF Rule 163.3(a) - Lane infringement

Intermediate times:
400m: 57.26 Kalle Berglund

Heat 2[]

27 July
Start time: 12:55 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 50%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	2	1:50.27	Q
2		Ireland	8	1:50.69	Q
3		Spain	4	1:50.77	Q
4		Australia	1	1:51.02
5		Canada	6	1:51.66
6		Switzerland	5	1:52.26
7		Denmark	7	1:52.35
8		United States	3	1:53.98

Intermediate times:
400m: 55.17 Andreas Almgren

Heat 3[]

27 July
Start time: 13:01 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 50%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	4	1:49.80	Q
2	Tony van Diepen	Netherlands	5	1:50.04	Q
3		United States	8	1:50.07	Q
4		France	2	1:50.18	q
5		Canada	3	1:51.26
6		Turkey	6	1:51.73
7		Eritrea	1	1:52.16
8		Hungary	7	1:52.73

Intermediate times:
400m: 54.79 Alfred Kipketer

Heat 4[]

27 July
Start time: 13:07 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 50%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Jena Umar	Ethiopia	4	1:49.44	Q
2	Kyle Langford	United Kingdom	3	1:49.73	Q
3		Italy	7	1:49.96	Q
4	Konstantin Tolokonnikov	Russia	8	1:50.19	q
5		Netherlands	2	1:50.90
6		Jamaica	6	1:51.89
7	Jesús Tonatiu López	Mexico	5	1:52.59
8		Trinidad and Tobago	1	1:56.40

Intermediate times:
400m: 54.31 Jena Umar

Heat 5[]

27 July
Start time: 13:13 Temperature: 24 °C Humidity: 41%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1		Kenya	3	1:47.84	Q
2	Thiago André	Brazil	5	1:48.05	Q
3		Austria	1	1:49.07	Q PB
4		Belgium	4	1:49.40	q
5		Belarus	6	1:49.48	q PB
6		Slovenia	2	1:49.84	q
7		Italy	7	1:51.87
8	Pol Moya	Andorra	8	1:58.44

Intermediate times:
400m: 53.24

Heat 6[]

27 July
Start time: 13:18 Temperature: 24 °C Humidity: 41%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1		Austria	3	1:49.30	Q
2		United Kingdom	6	1:49.89	Q
3		Puerto Rico	1	1:50.10	Q PB
4		Algeria	4	1:50.15	q
5		Spain	2	1:50.53
6	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	Qatar	7	1:50.79
7		Morocco	8	1:51.76
8		Ireland	5	1:52.86

Intermediate times:
400m: 52.07

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 33 countries participated in the event.

References[]

External links[]

• WJC14 800 metres schedule