2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres

The boys' 800 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 9 July.[1]

Boys' 800 metres
at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueStadium Lille Métropole
Dates6 July (heats)
7 July (semifinal)
9 July (final)
Competitors54
Winning time1:44.08 WYB
Medalists
gold medal    Kenya
silver medal    Ethiopia
bronze medal    Kenya
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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Leonard Kirwa Kosencha
  Kenya
Mohammed Aman
  Ethiopia
Timothy Kitum
  Kenya

Records

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Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best   Belal Mansoor Ali (BHR) 1:44.34 Conegliano, Italy 17 June 2005
Championship Record   Gilbert Keter Kipkurui (KEN) 1:48.42 Marrakesh, Morocco 15 July 2005
World Youth Leading   Mohammed Aman (ETH) 1:45.74 Montreuil-sous-Bois, France 7 June 2011

During the competition, Leonard Kirwa Kosencha lowered Belal Mansoor Ali's world youth best to 1:44.08, thereby establishing a new championship record, too.

Heats

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Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.[2]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Mohammed Aman   Ethiopia 1:53.17 Q
2 4 Nader Belhanbel   Morocco 1:53.44 Q
3 5 Mihn Kyun Cho   Denmark 1:53.54 Q, PB
4 7 Mihai Romas   Romania 1:53.73
5 1 John Apolinário   Brazil 1:54.15
6 2 Benjámin Ludvig   Hungary 1:54.30 PB
7 3 Ashley Riley   Bahamas 1:57.40

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Tyler Smith   Canada 1:51.64 Q
2 1 Cameron Thornton   United States 1:52.34 Q
3 6 William Gurton   Great Britain 1:52.80 Q
4 5 Kevin Angulo   Ecuador 1:54.69
5 2 Nemanja Kojić   Serbia 1:54.97
6 7 Zachary Ryan Devaraj   Singapore 1:57.36
7 3 Aleksandr Kozinets   Estonia 1:59.04 PB
8 8 Brandon Parris   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:59.48

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Hamza Driouch   Qatar 1:50.55 Q
2 4 Gaëtan Manceaux   France 1:52.30 Q
3 2 Nikolaus Franzmair   Austria 1:52.88 Q, PB
4 5 Luy de Lima   Brazil 1:53.73
5 3 Riri Reste   Madagascar 1:55.30 PB
6 6 Alexandr Kurlov   Kazakhstan 1:58.83
7 1 Faisal Abdo Majrashi   Saudi Arabia 2:02.11

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Abdelkerim Mohammed Hussein   Eritrea 1:51.01 Q, PB
2 3 Esrael Awoke   Ethiopia 1:51.75 Q
3 1 Elliot Slade   Great Britain 1:52.25 Q
4 2 Tre'tez Kinnaird   United States 1:52.81 q
5 6 Saúl Martínez   Spain 1:53.23 q
6 8 Alberto Mamba   Mozambique 1:53.68 PB
7 5 Andre Timothy Colebrook   Bahamas 1:55.38
8 7 Dominik Stadlmann   Austria 1:56.47

Heat 5

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Leonard Kirwa Kosencha   Kenya 1:49.32 Q, PB
2 7 Brandon McBride   Canada 1:51.55 Q
3 1 Patrick Zwicker   Germany 1:51.64 Q
4 5 Andreas Almgren   Sweden 1:52.46 q
5 3 Mohamed Belbachir   Algeria 1:54.58
6 2 Chibuzor Igiliegbe   Nigeria 1:57.97
- 8 Artiom Cozacioc   Moldova DQ
- 2 Elnazeer Abdelgader   Sudan DNS

Heat 6

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Wesley Vázquez   Puerto Rico 1:51.71 Q
2 2 Brecht Bertels   Belgium 1:52.53 Q
3 1 Jun Mitake   Japan 1:52.69 Q
4 5 Abdessalem Ayouni   Tunisia 1:53.81 PB
5 4 Ville Lampinen   Finland 1:53.99
6 6 Ilie Macovei   Romania 1:54.84
7 3 Nick Flammang   Luxembourg 1:55.18 PB
8 8 Sayed Ali   Kuwait 1:56.39 PB

Heat 7

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Timothy Kitum   Kenya 1:52.63 Q
2 7 Nijel Amos   Botswana 1:52.72 Q
3 4 Patryk Wróbel   Poland 1:53.83 Q
4 2 Roald Frøskeland   Norway 1:54.27
5 6 Víctor Emilio Ortiz   Costa Rica 1:54.28 PB
6 8 Daniel Andújar   Spain 1:54.83
7 5 Komnen Cvijovic   Serbia 1:56.87
8 3 Jerrad Mason   Barbados 1:59.32

Semifinals

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Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.[3]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Hamza Driouch   Qatar 1:48.93 Q
2 5 Abdelkerim Mohammed Hussein   Eritrea 1:49.24 Q, PB
3 6 Esrael Awoke   Ethiopia 1:49.49 q
4 3 Brandon McBride   Canada 1:51.00
5 8 Brecht Bertels   Belgium 1:51.28
6 7 Jun Mitake   Japan 1:51.68
7 1 William Gurton   Great Britain 1:52.42
8 2 Saúl Martínez   Spain 1:52.86 PB

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Leonard Kirwa Kosencha   Kenya 1:47.11 Q, CR
2 5 Mohammed Aman   Ethiopia 1:47.72 Q
3 3 Cameron Thornton   United States 1:49.64
4 6 Tyler Smith   Canada 1:49.67 PB
5 8 Elliot Slade   Great Britain 1:52.25
6 1 Andreas Almgren   Sweden 1:52.26
7 7 Patryk Wróbel   Poland 1:53.70
8 2 Mihn Kyun Cho   Denmark 1:54.38

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Nijel Amos   Botswana 1:48.54 Q
2 1 Timothy Kitum   Kenya 1:48.80 Q, PB
3 3 Wesley Vázquez   Puerto Rico 1:49.24 q
4 5 Patrick Zwicker   Germany 1:50.56
5 6 Tre'tez Kinnaird   United States 1:50.64
6 2 Nikolaus Franzmair   Austria 1:51.45 PB
7 8 Gaëtan Manceaux   France 1:51.63
8 7 Nader Belhanbel   Morocco 1:52.45

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Leonard Kirwa Kosencha   Kenya 1:44.08 WYB
  6 Mohammed Aman   Ethiopia 1:44.68 PB
  8 Timothy Kitum   Kenya 1:44.98 PB
4 4 Hamza Driouch   Qatar 1:46.39 PB
5 3 Nijel Amos   Botswana 1:47.28 PB
6 2 Esrael Awoke   Ethiopia 1:48.94 PB
7 7 Wesley Vázquez   Puerto Rico 1:51.25
8 1 Abdelkerim Mohammed Hussein   Eritrea 1:51.85

References

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  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "800 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 6 July 2011.
  3. ^ "800 Metres Boys - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 July 2011.
  4. ^ "800 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 9 July 2011.