1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 19 September.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Benson Koech
  Kenya
Silver Lee Jin-Il
  South Korea
Bronze Brendan Hanigan
  Australia

Results

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Final

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19 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Benson Koech   Kenya 1:44.77
  Lee Jin-Il   South Korea 1:46.34
  Brendan Hanigan   Australia 1:47.26
4 Vénuste Niyongabo   Burundi 1:47.28
5 Hezekiel Sepeng   South Africa 1:47.51
6 Marius van Heerden   South Africa 1:48.71
7 Igor Tolokonikov   Commonwealth of Independent States 1:49.62
Davide Cadoni   Italy DQ

Semifinals

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17 September

Semifinal 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lee Jin-Il   South Korea 1:48.91 Q
2 Igor Tolokonikov   Commonwealth of Independent States 1:49.93 Q
3 Vincent Malakwen   Kenya 1:50.37
4 Adam Duke   United Kingdom 1:50.75
5 Farah Ibrahim Ali Ahmed   Qatar 1:52.25
6 Ali Hakimi   Tunisia 1:52.50
7 Philipp Zeuch   Germany 1:56.78
8 Sasha Smiljanic   Canada 2:01.75

Semifinal 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Benson Koech   Kenya 1:47.57 Q
2 Vénuste Niyongabo   Burundi 1:47.96 Q
3 Brendan Hanigan   Australia 1:48.56 q
4 Marius van Heerden   South Africa 1:49.83 q
5 Hailu Zewde   Ethiopia 1:50.02
6 Zsombor Filep   Romania 1:50.29
7 Julio Fuentes   Cuba 1:50.40
8 David Divad   France 1:50.64

Semifinal 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Davide Cadoni   Italy 1:51.04 Q
2 Hezekiel Sepeng   South Africa 1:51.12 Q
3 José Manuel Cerezo   Spain 1:51.23
4 Michael Daniel   United States 1:52.16
5 Duncan O'Neil   Jamaica 1:52.18
6 Sören Schröder   Germany 1:52.69
7 Kevin Richardson   Australia 1:55.36
Kim Soon-Hyung   South Korea DNF

Heats

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16 September

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Benson Koech   Kenya 1:48.46 Q
2 Hezekiel Sepeng   South Africa 1:50.86 Q
3 Adam Duke   United Kingdom 1:51.52 Q
4 Ali Hakimi   Tunisia 1:52.43 Q
5 Fidelis Kajang   Nigeria 1:54.10
6 Lennox Ellis   Barbados 1:54.78

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lee Jin-Il   South Korea 1:50.91 Q
2 Julio Fuentes   Cuba 1:51.66 Q
3 José Manuel Cerezo   Spain 1:51.77 Q
4 David Divad   France 1:52.13 Q
5 David Matthews   Ireland 1:52.56
6 Mauro González   Chile 1:52.80
7 Alexandre de Oliveira   Brazil 1:53.41

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vénuste Niyongabo   Burundi 1:50.60 Q
2 Sasha Smiljanic   Canada 1:50.96 Q
3 Brendan Hanigan   Australia 1:51.50 Q
4 Marius van Heerden   South Africa 1:51.50 Q
5 Philipp Zeuch   Germany 1:51.79 q
6 Victor Matarrese   Argentina 1:52.94
7 Paul Ignacio   Gibraltar 2:02.32

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vincent Malakwen   Kenya 1:51.88 Q
2 Kim Soon-Hyung   South Korea 1:52.19 Q
3 Davide Cadoni   Italy 1:52.31 Q
4 Kevin Richardson   Australia 1:52.40 Q
5 Tomonari Ono   Japan 1:52.41
6 Paul Walker   United Kingdom 1:52.85
7 Mohamed Atteya Al-Muwaled   Saudi Arabia 1:54.47

Heat 5

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Michael Daniel   United States 1:51.09 Q
2 Zsombor Filep   Romania 1:51.15 Q
3 Igor Tolokonikov   Commonwealth of Independent States 1:51.16 Q
4 Hailu Zewde   Ethiopia 1:51.60 Q
5 Sören Schröder   Germany 1:51.93 q
6 Duncan O'Neil   Jamaica 1:51.99 q
7 Farah Ibrahim Ali Ahmed   Qatar 1:52.04 q

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015