2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres
| Boys' 800 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero | |||||||||
| Dates | 15, 16 and 18 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 29 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:45.58 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The boys' 800 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 15, 16 and 18 July 2015.[1]
Records
[edit]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 | Willy Tarbei (KEN)
|
1:44.51 | Nairobi, Kenya | 17 June 2015 |
Results
[edit]Round 1
[edit]First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.[2]
Semifinal
[edit]First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Kipyegon Bett | Kenya |
1:47.11 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Willy Tarbei | Kenya |
1:48.68 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Kazuyoshi Tamogami |  Japan |
1:50.31 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | Omer Amano | Ethiopia |
1:50.56 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Luis Fernando Pires |  Brazil |
1:50.67 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Leon Clarke |  Jamaica |
1:50.70 | q, PB |
| 7 | 3 | Theuns Ehlers |  South Africa |
1:51.01 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Pascal Kleyer |  Germany |
1:51.41 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Andrea Romani |  Italy |
1:51.54 | |
| 10 | 3 | Godfrey Chama |  Zambia |
1:51.56 | SB |
| 11 | 3 | Conor Dunne |  United States |
1:51.63 | PB |
| 12 | 2 | Achraf El-Maliky |  Morocco |
1:52.23 | |
| 13 | 1 | Warsame Doley |  Sweden |
1:52.34 | |
| 14 | 1 | Beant Singh |  India |
1:52.53 | |
| 15 | 2 | Iskander Jhinaoui |  Tunisia |
1:53.44 | |
| 16 | 2 | Thierry-Orden Dagbetin |  France |
1:54.47 | |
| 17 | 2 | Cameron Cooper | United States |
1:54.71 | |
| 18 | 3 | Ryan Sánchez |  Puerto Rico |
1:57.02 | |
| 19 | 1 | Andrej Mitašík |  Slovakia |
1:57.09 | |
| 20 | 2 | Takuto Hanamura | Japan |
1:57.69 | |
| 21 | 1 | Ben Greenwood |  Great Britain |
1:59.06 | |
| 22 | 2 | Tahar Lazaar |  Algeria |
2:00.31 | |
| 23 | 3 | Andrey Belokon |  Russia |
2:02.38 | |
| – | 3 | Václav Staněk |  Czech Republic |
DNS |
Final
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Willy Tarbei | Kenya |
1:45.58 | |
 |
Kipyegon Bett | Kenya |
1:45.86 | |
 |
Luis Fernando Pires | Brazil |
1:48.61 | PB |
| 4 | Omer Amano | Ethiopia |
1:49.11 | |
| 5 | Theuns Ehlers | South Africa |
1:49.32 | PB |
| 6 | Leon Clarke | Jamaica |
1:51.71 | |
| 7 | Kazuyoshi Tamogami | Japan |
1:52.58 | |
| 8 | Pascal Kleyer | Germany |
1:55.92 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Timetable". World Athletics.
- ^ "800 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 15 July 2015.
- ^ "800 Metres Boys - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 16 July 2015.
- ^ "800 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 July 2015.