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]
| Gold | Nigel Amos Botswana |
| Silver | Timothy Kitum Kenya |
| Bronze | Edwin Kiplagat Melly Kenya |
Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
More information Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics ...
| 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 |
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Heats
Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified
More information Rank, Heat ...
| 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 |
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Semi-final
Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
More information Rank, Heat ...
| 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 |
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Final
More information Rank, Lane ...
| 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 |
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According to an unofficial count, 60 athletes from 41 countries participated in the event.
Algeria (2)
Australia (2)
Austria (2)
Barbados (1)
Belgium (2)
Belize (1)
Bermuda (1)
Botswana (1)
Canada (2)
Chile (1)
Cook Islands (1)
Costa Rica (1)
Cyprus (1)
Ethiopia (2)
Germany (2)
Ireland (2)
Italy (2)
Japan (2)
Kenya (2)
Morocco (1)
Mozambique (1)
New Zealand (2)
Norway (2)
Poland (1)
Portugal (1)
Puerto Rico (1)
Qatar (2)
Romania (1)
Serbia (1)
Slovenia (2)
South Africa (1)
Spain (2)
Sudan (2)
Sweden (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Turkey (1)
Ukraine (1)
United Kingdom (2)
United States (2)
Uruguay (1)
Yemen (1)
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