2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 17, 18 and 20 October.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Nicholas Wachira
  Kenya
Silver Florent Lacasse
  France
Bronze Antonio Manuel Reina
  Spain

Results edit

Final edit

20 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Nicholas Wachira   Kenya 1:47.16
  Florent Lacasse   France 1:47.61
  Antonio Manuel Reina   Spain 1:47.90
4 Salem Amer Al-Badri   Qatar 1:48.51
5 Arnoud Okken   Netherlands 1:49.10
6 Abdelkabir Louraïbi   Morocco 1:49.88
7 Jason Stewart   New Zealand 1:50.34
8 Aldwyn Sappleton   Jamaica 1:50.63
9 Abdul Rahman Suleiman   Qatar 1:50.92

Semifinals edit

18 October

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Florent Lacasse   France 1:48.13 Q
2 Nicholas Wachira   Kenya 1:48.30 Q
3 Salem Amer Al-Badri   Qatar 1:48.44 Q
4 Mohamed Osman   Saudi Arabia 1:51.19
5 Aldwyn Sappleton   Jamaica 1:52.56 q
6 Jako Burgers   South Africa 1:53.40
7 Fernando Almeida   Portugal 1:54.52
8 Amine Laâlou   Morocco 3:00.54

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Antonio Manuel Reina   Spain 1:49.06 Q
2 Arnoud Okken   Netherlands 1:49.42 Q
3 Abdelkabir Louraïbi   Morocco 1:49.80 Q
4 Abdul Rahman Suleiman   Qatar 1:50.14 q
5 Jason Stewart   New Zealand 1:50.27 q
6 Vincent Kemboi   Kenya 1:50.29
7 Nick Devenport   United States 1:52.81
8 Tom Vanchaze   Belgium 1:54.65

Heats edit

17 October

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Florent Lacasse   France 1:51.05 Q
2 Abdul Rahman Suleiman   Qatar 1:51.39 Q
3 Vincent Kemboi   Kenya 1:51.43 Q
4 Amine Laâlou   Morocco 1:51.55 q
5 Manuel Olmedo   Spain 1:51.65
6 Hamza Abdenouz   Algeria 1:51.69
7 Primesh Kumar   India 1:56.80
8 Setefano Mika   Samoa 2:02.72

Heat 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Arnoud Okken   Netherlands 1:49.81 Q
2 Tom Vanchaze   Belgium 1:50.15 Q
3 Aldwyn Sappleton   Jamaica 1:50.36 Q
4 Abdelkabir Louraïbi   Morocco 1:50.80 q
5 Jako Burgers   South Africa 1:51.43 q
6 Dominik Erhardt   Germany 1:51.95
7 Ismail Ahmed Ismail   Sudan 1:53.14
8 Ebrima Ceesay   Gambia 1:57.98

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nicholas Wachira   Kenya 1:50.91 Q
2 Salem Amer Al-Badri   Qatar 1:51.13 Q
3 Fernando Almeida   Portugal 1:52.21 Q
4 Mandla Nkosi   South Africa 1:56.01
5 Raymond Adams   United Kingdom 1:56.93
6 Banzragch Batmunkh   Mongolia 1:59.68

Heat 4 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Antonio Manuel Reina   Spain 1:50.84 Q
2 Nick Devenport   United States 1:51.15 Q
3 Mohamed Osman   Saudi Arabia 1:51.45 Q
4 Jason Stewart   New Zealand 1:51.57 q
5 Anthony Lilley   Ireland 1:52.48
6 Moussa Aoudjali   Chad 2:00.73
7 Florent Battistel   Monaco 2:04.40

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2000 Santiago CHI Oct 17-22, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015