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.

Medalists

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

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Alex Kipchirchir	Kenya	1:46.59
	Salem Amer Al-Badri	Qatar	1:46.63
	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.

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