2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres

The Boys' 800 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12–15 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze

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	Tolesa Bodena (ETH)	1:47.20	Assela, Ethiopia	16 June 2017

Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	2	Mikhail Soloshenko	Kyrgyzstan
	1	3	William Devantier	Denmark
	1	4	Tolesa Bodena	Ethiopia
	1	5	José Guillermo Peñalver	Venezuela
	1	6	Jenito Acirio Guezane	Mozambique
	1	7	Cristian Gabriel Voicu	Romania
	1	8	Tyrese Reid	Jamaica
	2	2	Noah Kiprono	Kenya
	2	3	Fredd Ponce	Nicaragua
	2	4	Mihai Razvan Vasiliu	Romania
	2	5	Juan Diego Castro	Costa Rica
	2	6	Abdellah Mouzlib	Morocco
	2	7	Kimar Farquharson	Jamaica
	2	8	Erdem Öz	Turkey
	3	2	Marco Vilca	Peru
	3	3	Rok Markelj	Slovenia
	3	4	Melese Nberet	Ethiopia
	3	5	Joshua Kibet	Uganda
	3	6	Eduardas Rimas Survilas	Lithuania
	3	7	Alfred Chawonza	Zimbabwe
	3	8	Oussama Cherrad	Algeria
	4	2	Jan Vukovic	Slovenia
	4	3	Ntuthuko Ndimande	South Africa
	4	4	Japhet Kibiwott Toroitich	Kenya
	4	5	Stavros Spyrou	Cyprus
	4	6	Diego Facundo Alegre	Argentina
	4	7	Bekele Apenyo	Uganda
	4	8	Charaf Zahir	Morocco