2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
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 | Edwin Kiplagat Melly 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 | Edwin Kiplagat Melly | 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 | Elnazeer Abdelgader | Sudan | 1:48.66 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Wesley Vazquez |  Puerto Rico | 1:48.78 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Tyler Smith | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 1:48.78 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | Shaquille Dill |  Bermuda | 1:49.06 | q, PB |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Anthonio Mascoll |  Barbados | 1:49.31 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Nikolaus Franzmair |  Austria | 1:49.31 | q, NJ |
| 14 | 1 | 9 | Ben Waterman |  Great Britain | 1:49.48 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | Shaquille Walker |  United States | 1:49.55 | q |
| 16 | 1 | 4 | Brad Mathas |  New Zealand | 1:49.73 | |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Joren Bouckaert | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | Kevin Stadler |  Germany | 1:50.39 | Q |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Sean Molloy | Great Britain | 1:50.43 | |
| 24 | 6 | 8 | Radouane Baaziri |  Morocco | 1:50.45 | Q |
| 24 | 1 | 1 | Guilherme Pinto |  Portugal | 1:50.45 | PB |
| 26 | 6 | 4 | Thapelo Madiba |  South Africa | 1:50.52 | Q |
| 27 | 6 | 9 | Muayad Mohamed Ahmed | Qatar | 1:50.57 | Q |
| 28 | 7 | 5 | Oleksandr Shelest |  Ukraine | 1:50.70 | PB |
| 29 | 2 | 3 | Filip Ingebrigtsen |  Norway | 1:50.74 | |
| 30 | 1 | 3 | Tanner Sork | United States | 1:50.80 | |
| 31 | 7 | 3 | Víctor Emilio Ortiz |  Costa Rica | 1:51.01 | |
| 32 | 6 | 3 | Brecht Bertels | Belgium | 1:51.18 | |
| 33 | 3 | 9 | Robert Lister | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 1:51.42 | |
| 34 | 7 | 4 | Alejandro Peirano |  Chile | 1:51.45 | |
| 35 | 4 | 9 | Ignacio Díaz-Cano | Spain | 1:51.62 | |
| 36 | 5 | 3 | Mark English |  Ireland | 1:51.74 | Q |
| 37 | 6 | 7 | Mohamed Amine Layachi | Algeria | 1:51.84 | |
| 38 | 5 | 7 | Dennis Krüger | Germany | 1:51.86 | Q |
| 39 | 7 | 9 | Karl Griffin | Ireland | 1:51.98 | |
| 40 | 6 | 2 | Žan Kozan | Slovenia | 1:52.01 | |
| 41 | 7 | 2 | Soufiane El Kabbouri |  Italy | 1:52.11 | |
| 42 | 4 | 8 | Valentin Voicu |  Romania | 1:52.18 | |
| 43 | 4 | 7 | Christos Dimitriou |  Cyprus | 1:52.59 | |
| 44 | 7 | 8 | Geabel Ali Al-Muradi |  Yemen | 1:52.73 | PB |
| 45 | 4 | 6 | Alberto Mamba |  Mozambique | 1:52.91 | |
| 46 | 2 | 8 | Mark London |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1:53.23 | |
| 47 | 1 | 6 | Shota Kozuma | Japan | 1:53.40 | |
| 48 | 5 | 1 | Dominik Stadlmann | Austria | 1:53.78 | Q |
| 49 | 5 | 8 | Artur Kuciapski |  Poland | 1:53.95 | |
| 50 | 5 | 6 | Joel Hogarth | Australia | 1:53.98 | |
| 51 | 1 | 7 | Roald H. Frøskeland | Norway | 1:54.12 | |
| 52 | 6 | 6 | Julian Oakley | New Zealand | 1:54.74 | |
| 53 | 6 | 5 | Nemanja Kojić |  Serbia | 1:54.79 | |
| 54 | 5 | 2 | Jorge Collares |  Uruguay | 1:55.19 | PB |
| 55 | 3 | 7 | Jacopo Lahbi | Italy | 1:55.45 | |
| 56 | 2 | 4 | Alex Beddoes |  Cook Islands | 1:58.30 | NJ |
| 57 | 5 | 5 | Mohamed Ahmed Ismail | Sudan | 1:58.65 | |
| 58 | 1 | 5 | Agit Mutlu |  Turkey | 2:00.60 | |
| 59 | 4 | 3 | Rondre Lewis |  Belize | 2:03.67 | PB |
| 5 | 9 | Fiker Belete | 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 | Edwin Kiplagat Melly | 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 | Radouane Baaziri | 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 | Nikolaus Franzmair | Austria | 1:49.71 | |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Muayad Mohamed Ahmed | Qatar | 1:49.79 | |
| 12 | 1 | 9 | Dennis Krüger | 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 | Elnazeer Abdelgader | Sudan | 1:51.18 | |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Shaquille Walker | United States | 1:51.43 | |
| 18 | 3 | 9 | Anthonio Mascoll | Barbados | 1:51.44 | |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | Shaquille Dill | Bermuda | 1:51.66 | |
| 20 | 2 | 3 | Kevin Stadler | Germany | 1:52.23 | |
| 21 | 1 | 3 | Dominik Stadlmann | Austria | 1:52.43 | |
| 22 | 1 | 6 | Thapelo Madiba | South Africa | 1:53.10 | |
| 23 | 1 | 8 | Ben Waterman | Great Britain | 1:53.78 | |
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Tyler Smith | Canada | 1:54.95 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6 | Nijel Amos | Botswana | 1:43.79 | CR |
 | 5 | Timothy Kitum | Kenya | 1:44.56 | |
 | 4 | Edwin Kiplagat Melly | 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 | Dennis Krüger | Germany | 1:46.92 | PB |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 60 athletes from 41 countries participated in the event.
- Algeria (2)
- Australia (2)
- Austria (2)
- Barbados (1)
- Belgium (2)
- Belize (1)
- Bermuda (1)
- Botswana (1)
- Canada (2)
- Chile (1)
- Cook Islands (1)
- Costa Rica (1)
- Cyprus (1)
- Ethiopia (2)
- Germany (2)
- Ireland (2)
- Italy (2)
- Japan (2)
- Kenya (2)
- Morocco (1)
- Mozambique (1)
- New Zealand (2)
- Norway (2)
- Poland (1)
- Portugal (1)
- Puerto Rico (1)
- Qatar (2)
- Romania (1)
- Serbia (1)
- Slovenia (2)
- South Africa (1)
- Spain (2)
- Sudan (2)
- Sweden (1)
- Trinidad and Tobago (1)
- Turkey (1)
- Ukraine (1)
- United Kingdom (2)
- United States (2)
- Uruguay (1)
- Yemen (1)
References
- "14th IAAF World Junior Championships IAAF World U20 Championships - iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org.
- 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
- IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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