2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22, 23 and 24 July.

Medalists

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Gold Kipyegon Bett
  Kenya
Silver Willy Tarbei [fr]
  Kenya
Bronze Mostafa Smaili
  Morocco

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record   Nijel Amos (BOT) 1:41.73 London, United Kingdom 9 August 2012
Championship Record   Nijel Amos (BOT) 1:43.79 Barcelona, Spain 15 July 2012
World Junior Leading   Donavan Brazier (USA) 1:43.55 Eugene, United States 10 June 2016

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 3 Riadh Chninni   Tunisia 1:48.40 Q
2 3 Teddese Lemi   Ethiopia 1:48.45 Q
3 3 Robert Heppenstall   Canada 1:48.69 Q
4 3 Lachlan Barber   Australia 1:48.82 Q
5 2 Willy Tarbei [fr]   Kenya 1:48.95 Q
6 3 Benediktas Mickus   Lithuania 1:49.05 q
7 2 Ayoub Sniba   Morocco 1:49.20 Q
8 2 Gorata Gabankitse   Botswana 1:49.29 Q
9 3 Vincent Crisp   United States 1:49.32 q
10 5 James Preston   New Zealand 1:49.69 Q
11 2 Ignacio Fontes   Spain 1:49.69 Q
12 1 Mostafa Smaili   Morocco 1:49.82 Q
13 5 Ryan Sánchez   Puerto Rico 1:49.97 Q
14 2 Pascal Kleyer   Germany 1:50.18 q
15 1 Andreas Kramer   Sweden 1:50.19 Q
16 5 Jesús Tonatiu López   Mexico 1:50.33 Q
17 1 George Kusche   South Africa 1:50.40 Q
18 5 Daniel Rowden   Great Britain 1:50.69 Q
19 5 Michael Petersen   Canada 1:50.77 q
19 4 Kipyegon Bett   Kenya 1:50.82 Q
20 1 Bacha Morka   Ethiopia 1:50.88 Q
21 2 Mateusz Borkowski   Poland 1:50.93
23 4 Brian Bell   United States 1:50.97 Q
24 5 Andriy Aliksiychuk   Ukraine 1:51.39
25 1 Beant Singh   India 1:51.73
26 4 Joseph Deng   Australia 1:51.77 Q
27 4 Dennis Biederbick   Germany 1:52.03 Q
28 1 Ramazan Barbaros   Turkey 1:52.42
29 4 Spencer Thomas   Great Britain 1:52.54
30 4 Markus Einan   Norway 1:53.61
31 1 Bilal Bilano   Indonesia 1:54.26 PB
32 2 Gabriele Aquaro   Italy 1:55.92
33 4 Justice Dreischor   Aruba 1:57.74

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 3 Kipyegon Bett   Kenya 1:46.37 Q
2 1 Mostafa Smaili   Morocco 1:46.51 Q
3 1 Riadh Chninni   Tunisia 1:47.11 Q, NU20R
4 1 Robert Heppenstall   Canada 1:47.13 q
5 3 Jesús Tonatiu López   Mexico 1:47.25 Q
6 1 Brian Bell   United States 1:47.49 q
7 3 George Kusche   South Africa 1:47.53
8 3 Teddese Lemi   Ethiopia 1:47.53 PB
9 1 Andreas Kramer   Sweden 1:47.65 PB
10 1 Dennis Biederbick   Germany 1:47.70 PB
11 1 James Preston   New Zealand 1:48.06 NU20R
12 2 Willy Tarbei [fr]   Kenya 1:48.27 Q
13 2 Gorata Gabankitse   Botswana 1:48.31 Q, PB
14 2 Joseph Deng   Australia 1:48.49
15 2 Vincent Crisp   United States 1:48.63
16 2 Ignacio Fontes   Spain 1:48.88
17 3 Lachlan Barber   Australia 1:48.91
18 2 Ryan Sánchez   Puerto Rico 1:49.43
19 3 Benediktas Mickus   Lithuania 1:49.44
20 3 Daniel Rowden   Great Britain 1:49.58
21 2 Pascal Kleyer   Germany 1:49.84
22 1 Bacha Morka   Ethiopia 1:51.27
23 2 Michael Petersen   Canada 1:51.76
24 3 Ayoub Sniba   Morocco 1:53.86

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Note
  Kipyegon Bett   Kenya 1:44.95 SB
  Willy Tarbei [fr]   Kenya 1:45.50
  Mostafa Smaili   Morocco 1:46.02
4 Jesús Tonatiu López   Mexico 1:46.70
5 Robert Heppenstall   Canada 1:47.33
6 Riadh Chninni   Tunisia 1:47.38
7 Brian Bell   United States 1:47.68
8 Gorata Gabankitse   Botswana 1:48.40

References

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  1. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Final results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 October 2017.