2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres

Boys' 800 metres
at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueRSC Olimpiyskiy
Dates10 July (heats)
11 July (semifinal)
13 July (final)
Competitors41
Winning time1:48.01 WYL
Medalists
gold medal    Kenya
silver medal    Russia
bronze medal    Great Britain
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The boys' 800 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 10, 11 and 13 July.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Alfred Kipketer
 Kenya
Konstantin Tolokonnikov
 Russia
Kyle Langford
 Great Britain

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best  Mohammed Aman (ETH) 1:43.37 Rieti, Italy 10 September 2011
Championship Record  Leonard Kirwa Kosencha (KEN) 1:44.08 Lille, France 9 July 2011
World Youth Leading  Robert Biwott (KEN) 1:46.98 Tokyo, Japan 5 May 2013

Heats

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.[1]

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Patrick Kiprotich Ronoh  Kenya 1.51.50 Q
2 6 Jay-be van Rooyen  South Africa 1.52.05 Q
3 5 Matúš Talán  Slovakia 1.52.70 Q, PB
4 1 Sondre Dingsør Skogen  Norway 1.52.75 Q, PB
5 4 Bojan Stanisic  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.53.23 q, PB
6 8 Sabry Salem Mohamed  Egypt 1.53.40
7 3 Robert Ford  United States 1.53.61
8 7 Riadh Chninni  Tunisia 1.58.77

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Marc Reuther  Germany 1:52.86 Q
2 1 William Levay  Sweden 1:53.13 Q
3 6 Mohamed Elnour Mohamed  Qatar 1:53.37 Q
4 4 Gerard Badia  Spain 1:53.39 Q
5 2 Sebastian Ursachi  Romania 1:54.11
6 8 Thomas Oxland  Canada 1:55.60 PB
  3 Fathi Ahmed Adam  Sudan DQ
  7 Tsegay Tesfemariam  Eritrea DNS

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Alfred Kipketer  Kenya 1:50.14 Q, PB
2 3 Mamush Lencha  Ethiopia 1:50.30 Q
3 5 Konstantin Tolokonnikov  Russia 1:51.22 Q
4 1 Hristos Kotitsas  Greece 1:52.88 Q
5 2 Jesús Tonatiú López  Mexico 1:54.40
6 4 Marco Lano  Italy 1:54.63
7 7 Cosmin Trofin  Romania 1:56.58
8 6 Frangueira Fernando  Angola 2:05.81 PB
  8 Serdal Karatas  Turkey DQ

Heat 4

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Kyle Langford  Great Britain 1:51:88 Q
2 6 Abrahaley Tadesse  Ethiopia 1:51:92 Q, PB
3 1 Philip Lonmon  Germany 1:52:02 Q
4 2 Axel Vives  Spain 1:52:44 Q
5 8 Henri Lacoste  France 1:52:61 q
6 3 Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen  Denmark 1:52:98 q, PB
7 4 Carter Day  Canada 1:53:13 q
8 7 Dmytro Baydalyuk  Ukraine 1:53:63 PB

Heat 5

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Oussama Nabil  Morocco 1:53:49 Q
2 6 Louis Rawlings  France 1:53:88 Q
3 8 Yeoryios Kiloglou  Greece 1:53:95 Q
4 3 Jacopo Peron  Italy 1:54:19 Q
5 1 Edvard Kamperud Nygaard  Norway 1:55:99
6 2 Jhonny Pacheco  Venezuela 1:56:49
7 5 Naif Obaid Mashnafi  Saudi Arabia 1:57:29
  4 Hamid Sulema Ferej  Eritrea DNS

Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.[2]

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Alfred Kipketer  Kenya 1:48.38 Q, PB
2 Mamush Lencha  Ethiopia 1:48.68 Q, SB
3 Kyle Langford  Great Britain 1:48.85 q, PB
4 Louis Rawlings  France 1:52.59
5 Yeoryios Kiloglou  Greece 1:53.05
6 Gerard Badia  Spain 1:53.53
7 Matúš Talán  Slovakia 1:54.02
8 Sondre Dingsør Skogen  Norway 2:00.67

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Konstantin Tolokonnikov  Russia 1:50.92 Q
2 Abrahaley Tadesse  Ethiopia 1:51.06 Q, PB
3 Philip Lonmon  Germany 1:51.25
4 Henri Lacoste  France 1:53.44
5 Carter Day  Canada 1:53.69
6 Bojan Stanisic  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:54.56
7 William Levay  Sweden 1:54.97
8 Jay-be van Rooyen  South Africa 1:57.02

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Patrick Kiprotich Ronoh  Kenya 1:49.50 Q, PB
2 Oussama Nabil  Morocco 1:49.95 Q
3 Marc Reuther  Germany 1:50.08 q, PB
4 Mohamed Elnour Mohamed  Qatar 1:50.66 PB
5 Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen  Denmark 1:52.19 PB
6 Axel Vives  Spain 1:53.59
7 Jacopo Peron  Italy 1:57.75
  Hristos Kotitsas  Greece DQ

Final

Results:[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alfred Kipketer  Kenya 1:48.01 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Konstantin Tolokonnikov  Russia 1:48.29 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kyle Langford  Great Britain 1:48.32 PB
4 Mamush Lencha  Ethiopia 1:49.85
5 Marc Reuther  Germany 1:50.05 PB
6 Oussama Nabil  Morocco 1:50.28
7 Abrahaley Tadesse  Ethiopia 1:50.60 PB
8 Patrick Kiprotich Ronoh  Kenya 1:51.53

References

  1. ^ "800 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 July 2013.
  2. ^ "800 Metres Boys - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 11 July 2013.
  3. ^ "800 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 13 July 2013.