1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1998 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 800 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28, 29 and 31 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold William Chirchir
 Kenya
Silver Wilfred Bungei
 Kenya
Bronze Paskar Owor
 Uganda

Results

Final

31 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) William Chirchir  Kenya 1:47.23
2nd, silver medalist(s) Wilfred Bungei  Kenya 1:47.53
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Paskar Owor  Uganda 1:48.20
4 João Pires  Portugal 1:48.22
5 Bram Som  Netherlands 1:48.36
6 Chris Moss  United Kingdom 1:48.77
7 Dmitriy Bogdanov  Russia 1:48.91
8 Dwayne Miller  Jamaica 1:49.25

Semifinals

29 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Chris Moss  United Kingdom 1:50.65 Q
2 Wilfred Bungei  Kenya 1:50.70 Q
3 Dwayne Miller  Jamaica 1:50.76 Q
4 Lucky Hadebe  South Africa 1:51.01
5 Nicolas Aïssat  France 1:51.11
6 Ramon Wächter   Switzerland 1:51.11
7 Mechal Gebreab  Ethiopia 1:51.19
8 Rachid Khouia  Morocco 1:51.49

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 William Chirchir  Kenya 1:48.93 Q
2 João Pires  Portugal 1:49.05 Q
3 Paskar Owor  Uganda 1:49.25 Q
4 Dmitriy Bogdanov  Russia 1:49.31 q
5 Bram Som  Netherlands 1:49.80 q
6 Joeri Jansen  Belgium 1:53.46
7 Mohamed Al-Bayed  Palestine 1:54.51
8 Glauco Santos  Brazil DNS

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Wilfred Bungei  Kenya 1:49.47 Q
2 Dwayne Miller  Jamaica 1:49.59 Q
3 Glauco Santos  Brazil 1:50.41 q
4 Kiyoharo Sato  Japan 1:50.58
5 John Chávez  Colombia 1:51.23
6 Said Chabane  Algeria 1:56.89
7 Safari Rwakabera  Rwanda 2:01.29

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 João Pires  Portugal 1:50.73 Q
2 Mohamed Al-Bayed  Palestine 1:51.18 Q
3 Sergio Gallardo  Spain 1:51.32
4 Marlon Greensword  Jamaica 1:51.60
5 Youcef Djebbab  Algeria 1:51.94
6 Jon Stevens  United States 1:52.19
7 Shawn Jeffers  British Virgin Islands 1:55.98
8 Casper Pule  Solomon Islands 2:00.43

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Chris Moss  United Kingdom 1:49.92 Q
2 Mechal Gebreab  Ethiopia 1:50.28 Q
3 Nicolas Aïssat  France 1:50.30 q
4 Alberto Revilla  Spain 1:50.75
5 Craig Wood  Australia 1:50.91
6 Kim Myung-Hwan  South Korea 1:54.38
7 Baiju Mirandi  India 1:56.41
8 Gerard Solomon  Vanuatu 1:56.79

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paskar Owor  Uganda 1:51.99 Q
2 Bram Som  Netherlands 1:52.15 Q
3 Jasmin Salihović  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:52.28
4 Nick Lorenz  Australia 1:53.27
5 Jon Andersson  Sweden 1:54.80
6 Claudinel Vitor  Brazil 1:56.68
7 Clive Baron  Dominica 1:57.03
8 Florent Battistel  Monaco 2:00.31

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dmitriy Bogdanov  Russia 1:52.64 Q
2 Lucky Hadebe  South Africa 1:52.97 Q
3 Park Ho-Min  South Korea 1:53.14
4 Igor Khalavniov  Belarus 1:53.16
5 Mark Hassell  United States 1:53.16
6 Abdelkabir Louraïbi  Morocco 1:53.25
7 Florent Lacasse  France 1:54.42
8 Tobias Ganzmann  Germany 1:55.99

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Joeri Jansen  Belgium 1:50.84 Q
2 Rachid Khouia  Morocco 1:51.91 Q
3 Dario Sbrana  Italy 1:52.01
4 Jan Drees  Germany 1:52.20
5 Ivan Heshko  Ukraine 1:53.10
6 Simon Lees  United Kingdom 1:53.79
7 Farid Salvaterra  São Tomé and Príncipe 1:58.09
8 Kamardin Andriantambezina  Madagascar 2:00.09

Heat 7

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 William Chirchir  Kenya 1:51.78 Q
2 Ramon Wächter   Switzerland 1:51.89 Q
3 Geert Waelput  Belgium 1:52.29
4 Mandla Nkosi  South Africa 1:54.08
5 Francesco Roncalli  Italy 1:55.89
6 Hamed Ahmed Mohamed  Sudan 1:56.38
7 Rickard Pell  Sweden 1:58.12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 54 athletes from 38 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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