2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
Appearance
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]
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Nigel Amos Botswana |
Silver | Timothy Kitum Kenya |
Bronze | Edwin Kiplagat Melly Kenya |
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
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 | ||||
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Championship Record | Nigel Amos (BOT) | 1:43.79 | Barcelona, Spain | 15 July 2012 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 3 fastest times (q) qualified
Semi-final
[edit]Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
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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 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
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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 |
Participation
[edit]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)
References
[edit]- ^ "14th IAAF World Junior Championships IAAF World U20 Championships - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015