2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13, 14 and 15 July.[1]

Men's 800 metres at the 2018 World U20 Championships
Venue	Ratina Stadium
Dates	13, 14 and 15 July
Competitors	29 from 20 nations
Winning time	1:46.45
Medalists
Solomon Lekuta    Kenya   Ngeno Kipngetich    Kenya   Eliott Crestan    Belgium

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 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	Tolesa Bodena (ETH)	1:45.56	Huelva, Spain	8 June 2018

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	Solomon Lekuta	Kenya	1:48.19	Q
2	3	Marino Bloudek	Croatia	1:48.54	Q
3	3	Markhim Lonsdale	Great Britain	1:48.60	Q, SB
4	3	Adisu Girma	Ethiopia	1:48.60	q
5	1	Josh Hoey	United States	1:48.86	Q
6	1	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	1:48.92	Q
7	4	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1:49.03	Q
8	1	Sven Cepuš	Croatia	1:49.03	Q, SB
9	1	Juan Diego Castro	Costa Rica	1:49.18	q, NJR
10	3	Pieter Sisk	Belgium	1:49.40	q
11	3	Oussama Cherrad	Algeria	1:49.40	q, PB
12	4	Marcelo Pereira	Portugal	1:49.49	Q, PB
13	4	Rey Rivera	United States	1:49.53	Q
14	4	Eduardo Romero	Spain	1:49.56
15	1	Beant Singh	India	1:49.66
16	2	Simone Barontini	Italy	1:49.73	Q
17	1	Mohamed Abouettahery	Morocco	1:50.15
18	3	Lachlan Raper	Australia	1:50.23
19	2	Alex Botterill	Great Britain	1:50.26	Q
20	4	Andrea Romani	Italy	1:50.28
21	4	Marco Vilca	Peru	1:50.47
22	2	Mehmet Çelik	Turkey	1:50.61	Q
23	2	Kimar Farquharson	Jamaica	1:50.76
24	1	Archie Wallis	Australia	1:51.25
25	2	Ruach Chuol Padhal	Canada	1:51.61
26	2	Lőrinc Varga	Hungary	1:51.67
27	1	Oskar Schwarzer	Germany	1:52.39
28	4	Charaf Zahir	Morocco	1:52.95
	2	Teddese Lemi	Ethiopia	DQ

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1:46.81	Q
2	2	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	1:46.84	Q, NJR
3	2	Simone Barontini	Italy	1:47.35	Q, PB
4	2	Oussama Cherrad	Algeria	1:47.36	q, PB
5	1	Solomon Lekuta	Kenya	1:47.56	Q
6	2	Markhim Lonsdale	Great Britain	1:47.73	q, SB
7	1	Adisu Girma	Ethiopia	1:47.88	Q
8	1	Alex Botterill	Great Britain	1:47.97	Q
9	1	Josh Hoey	United States	1:48.07	PB
10	2	Marino Bloudek	Croatia	1:48.20	, SB
11	1	Sven Cepuš	Croatia	1:48.38	PB
12	1	Mehmet Çelik	Turkey	1:48.53	PB
13	1	Juan Diego Castro	Costa Rica	1:49.13	NJR
14	1	Pieter Sisk	Belgium	1:49.82
15	2	Rey Rivera	United States	1:50.48
16	2	Marcelo Pereira	Portugal	1:57.88

Final

[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	5	Solomon Lekuta	Kenya	1:46.35
	4	Ngeno Kipngetich	Kenya	1:46.45	PB
	6	Eliott Crestan	Belgium	1:47.27
4	2	Adisu Girma	Ethiopia	1:47.58	PB
5	3	Simone Barontini	Italy	1:51.08
6	1	Alex Botterill	Great Britain	1:51.64
7	7	Markhim Lonsdale	Great Britain	1:57.39
	8	Oussama Cherrad	Algeria	DQ

References

1. "2018 World U20 Championships Tampere Timetable by day". IAAF.org. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
2. "800 Metres Men – Round 1 – Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
3. "800 Metres Men – Semi-Final – Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
4. "800 Metres Men – Final – Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 16 July 2018.