2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
2002 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
10,000 m walk men women
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 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16, 17 and 19 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Alex Kipchirchir
 Kenya
Silver Salem Amer Al-Badri
 Qatar
Bronze David Fiegen
 Luxembourg

Results

Final

19 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Alex Kipchirchir  Kenya 1:46.59
2nd, silver medalist(s) Salem Amer Al-Badri  Qatar 1:46.63
3rd, bronze medalist(s) David Fiegen  Luxembourg 1:46.66
4 Adam Abdou  Qatar 1:46.86
5 Ismail Ahmed Ismail  Sudan 1:47.20
6 José Manuel Cortés  Spain 1:47.44
7 Mohamed Battani  Morocco 1:48.18
8 Manuel Olmedo  Spain 1:56.73

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Alex Kipchirchir  Kenya 1:49.55 Q
2 Adam Abdou  Qatar 1:49.61 Q
3 Manuel Olmedo  Spain 1:49.72 Q
4 Yuriy Koldin  Russia 1:49.99
5 Ricky Soos  United Kingdom 1:50.17
6 Richard Smith  United States 1:50.29
7 Prince Mumba  Zambia 1:50.96
8 Andrew Ellerton  Canada 1:52.08
9 Roman Fosti  Estonia 1:53.36

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ismail Ahmed Ismail  Sudan 1:46.36 Q
2 David Fiegen  Luxembourg 1:46.40 Q
3 Salem Amer Al-Badri  Qatar 1:46.82 Q
4 José Manuel Cortés  Spain 1:46.92 q
5 Mohamed Battani  Morocco 1:48.46 q
6 Cosmas Rono Kipkorir  Kenya 1:49.83
7 Antoine Martiak  France 1:52.37
8 Frank Francois  United States 1:53.67

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Adam Abdou  Qatar 1:48.93 Q
2 Antoine Martiak  France 1:49.03 Q
3 Manuel Olmedo  Spain 1:49.21 q
4 Tom Osborne  New Zealand 1:52.16
5 Mahmoud Abuattaya  Palestine 1:56.61
6 Park Ji-Yun  South Korea 1:58.21
7 Daryl Vassallo  Gibraltar 2:01.16

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Alex Kipchirchir  Kenya 1:48.26 Q
2 Ricky Soos  United Kingdom 1:48.82 Q
3 Andrew Ellerton  Canada 1:49.45 q
4 Roman Fosti  Estonia 1:50.23 q
5 Arno Hoevink  Netherlands 1:52.15
6 Werner Botha  Australia 1:52.84

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Fiegen  Luxembourg 1:49.86 Q
2 Frank Francois  United States 1:50.10 Q
3 Yuriy Koldin  Russia 1:50.15 q
4 Ibrahim Siddiq  Sudan 1:50.79
5 Sylvester Chishiba  Zambia 1:51.00
6 James Aaron  Australia 1:51.06
7 Domen Znidaric  Slovenia 1:56.74

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Salem Amer Al-Badri  Qatar 1:49.63 Q
2 Ismail Ahmed Ismail  Sudan 1:50.13 Q
3 Onalenna Oabona  Botswana 1:50.48
4 Walid Meliani  Algeria 1:50.62
5 Jermaine Myers  Jamaica 1:50.93
6 Bonolo Maboa  South Africa 1:51.25
7 Prince Mumba  Zambia 1:51.86 q

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 José Manuel Cortés  Spain 1:49.28 Q
2 Mohamed Battani  Morocco 1:49.45 Q
3 Cosmas Rono Kipkorir  Kenya 1:49.62 q
4 Richard Smith  United States 1:50.17 q
5 Erik Sproll  Canada 1:50.57
6 Thiago Chyaromont  Brazil 1:53.65
7 Tai Payne  Guyana 2:09.88

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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