2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres

The boys' 800 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 15, 16 and 18 July 2015.[1]

Boys' 800 metres
at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates15, 16 and 18 July
Competitors37 from 29 nations
Winning time1:45.58
Medalists
gold medal    Kenya
silver medal    Kenya
bronze medal    Brazil
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Records

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

World Youth Best   Mohammed Aman (ETH) 1:43.37 Rieti, Italy 10 September 2011
Championship Record   Leonard Kirwa Kosencha (KEN) 1:44.08 Lille, France 9 July 2011
World Youth Leading   Willy Tarbei (KEN) 1:44.51 Nairobi, Kenya 17 June 2015

Results

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Round 1

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First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 5 Omer Amano   Ethiopia 1:50.31 Q
2 2 Willy Tarbei   Kenya 1:50.92 Q
3 2 Theuns Ehlers   South Africa 1:51.22 Q
4 3 Kipyegon Bett   Kenya 1:51.38 Q
5 4 Ben Greenwood   Great Britain 1:51.58 Q
6 3 Kazuyoshi Tamogami   Japan 1:51.89 Q
7 5 Iskander Jhinaoui   Tunisia 1:52.04 Q, PB
8 2 Godfrey Chama   Zambia 1:52.28 Q, SB
9 4 Andrea Romani   Italy 1:52.35 Q
10 4 Andrey Belokon   Russia 1:52.47 Q
11 4 Thierry-Orden Dagbetin   France 1:52.54 Q
12 4 Leon Clarke   Jamaica 1:52.64 q
13 2 Warsame Doley   Sweden 1:52.68 Q
14 4 Andrej Mitašík   Slovakia 1:52.70 q
15 3 Ryan Sánchez   Puerto Rico 1:52.92 Q
16 3 Tahar Lazaar   Algeria 1:53.03 Q
17 5 Cameron Cooper   United States 1:53.04 Q
18 5 Takuto Hanamura   Japan 1:53.17 Q
19 3 Luis Fernando Pires   Brazil 1:53.26 q
20 1 Pascal Kleyer   Germany 1:53.28 Q
21 1 Beant Singh   India 1:53.32 Q
22 5 Václav Staněk   Czech Republic 1:53.33 q
23 1 Achraf El-Maliky   Morocco 1:53.44 Q
24 1 Conor Dunne   United States 1:53.60 Q
25 2 Dean Ellenwood   Canada 1:53.70
26 4 Tilen Šimenko Lalič   Slovenia 1:53.98 PB
27 1 Eduardo Romero   Spain 1:54.37
28 4 Siro Piña   Spain 1:54.79
29 2 Athanásios Kalákos   Greece 1:54.88
30 3 Mohammed Al-Bzaznah   Iraq 1:55.13
31 5 Anass Mghar   Morocco 1:55.35
32 2 El-Hadi Hamid   Sudan 1:55.43
33 1 Marcell Kovács   Hungary 1:55.81
33 5 Richárd Süli   Hungary 1:55.81
35 5 Zinedine Selis   Costa Rica 1:56.18
36 3 Taylor Lyman   Canada 2:02.05
1 Temam Tura   Ethiopia DQ

Semifinal

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First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.[3]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 Kipyegon Bett   Kenya 1:47.11 Q
2 2 Willy Tarbei   Kenya 1:48.68 Q
3 1 Kazuyoshi Tamogami   Japan 1:50.31 Q, PB
4 3 Omer Amano   Ethiopia 1:50.56 Q
5 2 Luis Fernando Pires   Brazil 1:50.67 Q, PB
6 1 Leon Clarke   Jamaica 1:50.70 q, PB
7 3 Theuns Ehlers   South Africa 1:51.01 Q
8 1 Pascal Kleyer   Germany 1:51.41 q
9 3 Andrea Romani   Italy 1:51.54
10 3 Godfrey Chama   Zambia 1:51.56 SB
11 3 Conor Dunne   United States 1:51.63 PB
12 2 Achraf El-Maliky   Morocco 1:52.23
13 1 Warsame Doley   Sweden 1:52.34
14 1 Beant Singh   India 1:52.53
15 2 Iskander Jhinaoui   Tunisia 1:53.44
16 2 Thierry-Orden Dagbetin   France 1:54.47
17 2 Cameron Cooper   United States 1:54.71
18 3 Ryan Sánchez   Puerto Rico 1:57.02
19 1 Andrej Mitašík   Slovakia 1:57.09
20 2 Takuto Hanamura   Japan 1:57.69
21 1 Ben Greenwood   Great Britain 1:59.06
22 2 Tahar Lazaar   Algeria 2:00.31
23 3 Andrey Belokon   Russia 2:02.38
3 Václav Staněk   Czech Republic DNS

Final

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[4]

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
  Willy Tarbei   Kenya 1:45.58
  Kipyegon Bett   Kenya 1:45.86
  Luis Fernando Pires   Brazil 1:48.61 PB
4 Omer Amano   Ethiopia 1:49.11
5 Theuns Ehlers   South Africa 1:49.32 PB
6 Leon Clarke   Jamaica 1:51.71
7 Kazuyoshi Tamogami   Japan 1:52.58
8 Pascal Kleyer   Germany 1:55.92

References

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  1. ^ "Timetable". World Athletics.
  2. ^ "800 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ "800 Metres Boys - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 16 July 2015.
  4. ^ "800 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 July 2015.