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

None 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. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2008.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140224202727/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2008.html 24 February 2014 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold Abubaker Kaki SUDSilver Geoffrey Kibet KENBronze André Olivier RSA Results Final 11 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:45.60 Geoffrey Kibet KEN 1:46.23 André Olivier RSA 1:47.57 4 Adam Kszczot POL 1:47.91 5 Diomar de Souza BRA 1:49.80 6 Giordano Benedetti ITA 1:50.65 7 Amine El-Manaoui MAR 1:51.43 8 James Kaan AUS 1:52.41 Semifinals 9 July Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Amine El-Manaoui MAR 1:48.90 Q 2 Geoffrey Kibet KEN 1:49.04 Q 3 James Kaan AUS 1:49.25 q 4 Sebastian Keiner GER 1:49.99 5 Shiferaw Wole ETH 1:50.11 6 Rick Ward UK 1:51.97 7 Jan Van Den Broeck BEL 1:53.11 8 Oriol Bonet ESP 1:53.98 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:46.71 Q 2 Adam Kszczot POL 1:47.16 Q 3 Diomar de Souza BRA 1:49.01 q 4 Henok Tesfaye ETH 1:49.35 4 Robin Rohlén SWE 1:49.35 6 Elijah Greer USA 1:50.47 7 Felix Konchellah KEN 1:51.56 8 Kevin López ESP 1:53.57 Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Giordano Benedetti ITA 1:48.38 Q 2 André Olivier RSA 1:48.62 Q 3 Aleksandr Sheplyakov RUS 1:49.39 4 Ali Al-Deraan KSA 1:49.45 5 Martin Hrstka CZE 1:50.07 6 Ewen Sabatier FRA 1:50.34 7 Tayron Reyes DOM 1:50.61 8 Olivier Collin CAN 1:51.60 Heats 8 July Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:50.92 Q 2 Shiferaw Wole ETH 1:50.96 Q 3 Martin Hrstka CZE 1:51.57 Q 4 Mohamed Saykouk MAR 1:51.82 5 Johan Svensson SWE 1:52.64 6 Bilal Gagui ALG 1:53.00 7 Alessandro Schiavone SUI 1:53.06 8 Julio Alfonso Pérez PER 1:54.58 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Felix Konchellah KEN 1:51.72 Q 2 Rick Ward UK 1:51.73 Q 3 Henok Tesfaye ETH 1:51.92 Q 4 Jost Kozan SLO 1:52.31 5 Benjamin Herriau FRA 1:52.37 6 Raaghid Fredericks RSA 1:52.60 7 Cihat Ulus TUR 1:52.72 8 Donte Holmes USA 1:52.88 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Adam Kszczot POL 1:51.80 Q 2 Robin Rohlén SWE 1:52.04 Q 3 Sebastian Keiner GER 1:52.22 Q 4 Artyom Kazban UKR 1:53.18 5 Jerome Kahia BEL 1:53.30 6 Chris Smith UK 1:53.36 7 Rafith Rodríguez COL 1:53.72 8 Garvyn Nero TRI 2:06.82 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Giordano Benedetti ITA 1:49.71 Q 2 Jan Van Den Broeck BEL 1:49.72 Q 3 Diomar de Souza BRA 1:49.77 Q 4 Geoffrey Kibet KEN 1:49.81 q 5 Oriol Bonet ESP 1:51.71 q 6 Dániel Kállay HUN 1:53.02 7 Kim Jae-Yeol KOR 1:53.52 8 Tilek Bekenbaev KGZ 1:59.87 Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Amine El-Manaoui MAR 1:50.96 Q 2 Kevin López ESP 1:51.08 Q 3 Ewen Sabatier FRA 1:51.44 Q 4 André Olivier RSA 1:51.45 q 5 Ali Al-Deraan KSA 1:51.55 q 6 Ronny Heck GER 1:51.78 7 Fábio Gonçalves POR 1:52.61 8 Emrah Çoban TUR 1:54.35 Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aleksandr Sheplyakov RUS 1:50.16 Q 2 Tayron Reyes DOM 1:50.18 Q 3 James Kaan AUS 1:50.28 Q 4 Olivier Collin CAN 1:50.42 q 5 Elijah Greer USA 1:50.73 q 6 Wojciech Jarosz POL 1:52.30 7 Farhan Ahmed PAK 1:56.48 8 Salifou Oumarou NIG 1:56.77 Participation According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event. 22em ALG (1) AUS (1) BEL (2) BRA (1) CAN (1) COL (1) CZE (1) DOM (1) ETH (2) FRA (2) GER (2) HUN (1) ITA (1) KEN (2) KGZ (1) MAR (2) NIG (1) PAK (1) PER (1) POL (2) POR (1) RUS (1) KSA (1) SLO (1) RSA (2) KOR (1) ESP (2) SUD (1) SWE (2) SUI (1) TRI (1) TUR (2) UKR (1) UK (2) USA (2) References Category:800 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships Category:Men's events at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics