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2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13, 14, and 15 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists edit

Gold Nigel Amos
  Botswana
Silver Timothy Kitum
  Kenya
Bronze Edwin Kiplagat Melly
  Kenya

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record   Abubaker Kaki (SUD) 1:42.69 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
Championship Record   Benson Koech (KEN) 1:44.77 Seoul, South Korea 18 September 1992
World Junior Leading   Nigel Amos (BOT) 1:43.11 Mannheim, Germany 9 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record   Nigel Amos (BOT) 1:43.79 Barcelona, Spain 15 July 2012

Results edit

 
The field of the 800 metres

Heats edit

Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 3 2 Jamal Hairane   Qatar 1:47.61 Q, PB
2 3 6 Jena Umar   Ethiopia 1:47.80 Q
3 4 4 Timothy Kitum   Kenya 1:47.96 Q
4 4 5 Mohamed Belbachir   Algeria 1:48.24 Q, PB
5 1 8 Edwin Kiplagat Melly   Kenya 1:48.27 Q, PB
6 2 1 Nijel Amos   Botswana 1:48.31 Q
7 3 5 Žan Rudolf   Slovenia 1:48.63 Q
8 2 6 Elnazeer Abdelgader   Sudan 1:48.66 Q, SB
9 1 2 Wesley Vazquez   Puerto Rico 1:48.78 Q
9 4 2 Tyler Smith   Canada 1:48.78 Q
11 3 4 Shaquille Dill   Bermuda 1:49.06 q, PB
12 2 2 Anthonio Mascoll   Barbados 1:49.31 Q
12 3 3 Nikolaus Franzmair   Austria 1:49.31 q, NJ
14 1 9 Ben Waterman   Great Britain 1:49.48 Q
15 2 5 Shaquille Walker   United States 1:49.55 q
16 1 4 Brad Mathas   New Zealand 1:49.73
17 3 8 Joren Bouckaert   Belgium 1:49.74
18 7 7 Brandon McBride   Canada 1:49.77 Q
19 7 6 Sho Kawamoto   Japan 1:50.12 Q
20 2 7 Johan Rogestedt   Sweden 1:50.25
21 2 9 Daniel Andújar   Spain 1:50.30
22 7 1 Kevin Stadler   Germany 1:50.39 Q
23 4 1 Sean Molloy   Great Britain 1:50.43
24 6 8 Radouane Baaziri   Morocco 1:50.45 Q
24 1 1 Guilherme Pinto   Portugal 1:50.45 PB
26 6 4 Thapelo Madiba   South Africa 1:50.52 Q
27 6 9 Muayad Mohamed Ahmed   Qatar 1:50.57 Q
28 7 5 Oleksandr Shelest   Ukraine 1:50.70 PB
29 2 3 Filip Ingebrigtsen   Norway 1:50.74
30 1 3 Tanner Sork   United States 1:50.80
31 7 3 Víctor Emilio Ortiz   Costa Rica 1:51.01
32 6 3 Brecht Bertels   Belgium 1:51.18
33 3 9 Robert Lister   Australia 1:51.42
34 7 4 Alejandro Peirano   Chile 1:51.45
35 4 9 Ignacio Díaz-Cano   Spain 1:51.62
36 5 3 Mark English   Ireland 1:51.74 Q
37 6 7 Mohamed Amine Layachi   Algeria 1:51.84
38 5 7 Dennis Krüger   Germany 1:51.86 Q
39 7 9 Karl Griffin   Ireland 1:51.98
40 6 2 Žan Kozan   Slovenia 1:52.01
41 7 2 Soufiane El Kabbouri   Italy 1:52.11
42 4 8 Valentin Voicu   Romania 1:52.18
43 4 7 Christos Dimitriou   Cyprus 1:52.59
44 7 8 Geabel Ali Al-Muradi   Yemen 1:52.73 PB
45 4 6 Alberto Mamba   Mozambique 1:52.91
46 2 8 Mark London   Trinidad and Tobago 1:53.23
47 1 6 Shota Kozuma   Japan 1:53.40
48 5 1 Dominik Stadlmann   Austria 1:53.78 Q
49 5 8 Artur Kuciapski   Poland 1:53.95
50 5 6 Joel Hogarth   Australia 1:53.98
51 1 7 Roald H. Frøskeland   Norway 1:54.12
52 6 6 Julian Oakley   New Zealand 1:54.74
53 6 5 Nemanja Kojić   Serbia 1:54.79
54 5 2 Jorge Collares   Uruguay 1:55.19 PB
55 3 7 Jacopo Lahbi   Italy 1:55.45
56 2 4 Alex Beddoes   Cook Islands 1:58.30 NJ
57 5 5 Mohamed Ahmed Ismail   Sudan 1:58.65
58 1 5 Agit Mutlu   Turkey 2:00.60
59 4 3 Rondre Lewis   Belize 2:03.67 PB
5 9 Fiker Belete   Ethiopia DQ
5 4 Carlos Díaz   Chile DNS

Semi-final edit

Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 3 8 Edwin Kiplagat Melly   Kenya 1:47.08 Q, PB
2 3 5 Wesley Vazquez   Puerto Rico 1:47.37 Q
3 3 6 Brandon McBride   Canada 1:47.69 q
4 3 7 Mark English   Ireland 1:47.77 q
5 3 4 Radouane Baaziri   Morocco 1:48.10
6 2 5 Timothy Kitum   Kenya 1:49.09 Q
7 2 8 Mohamed Belbachir   Algeria 1:49.46 Q
8 1 7 Nijel Amos   Botswana 1:49.67 Q
9 2 4 Jena Umar   Ethiopia 1:49.68
10 3 3 Nikolaus Franzmair   Austria 1:49.71
11 3 2 Muayad Mohamed Ahmed   Qatar 1:49.79
12 1 9 Dennis Krüger   Germany 1:49.89 Q
12 2 6 Jamal Hairane   Qatar 1:49.89
14 1 5 Žan Rudolf   Slovenia 1:49.93
15 2 7 Sho Kawamoto   Japan 1:50.17
16 2 9 Elnazeer Abdelgader   Sudan 1:51.18
17 2 2 Shaquille Walker   United States 1:51.43
18 3 9 Anthonio Mascoll   Barbados 1:51.44
19 1 2 Shaquille Dill   Bermuda 1:51.66
20 2 3 Kevin Stadler   Germany 1:52.23
21 1 3 Dominik Stadlmann   Austria 1:52.43
22 1 6 Thapelo Madiba   South Africa 1:53.10
23 1 8 Ben Waterman   Great Britain 1:53.78
24 1 4 Tyler Smith   Canada 1:54.95

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
  6 Nijel Amos   Botswana 1:43.79 CR
  5 Timothy Kitum   Kenya 1:44.56
  4 Edwin Kiplagat Melly   Kenya 1:44.79 PB
4 7 Wesley Vazquez   Puerto Rico 1:45.29 NJ
5 3 Mark English   Ireland 1:46.02
6 9 Brandon McBride   Canada 1:46.07 NJ
7 8 Mohamed Belbachir   Algeria 1:46.70 NJ
8 2 Dennis Krüger   Germany 1:46.92 PB

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 60 athletes from 41 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ "14th IAAF World Junior Championships IAAF World U20 Championships - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

External links edit

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