2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Eugene, Oregon, USA, at Hayward Field on 25, 26 and 27 July.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Medalists

Gold	Alfred Kipketer  Kenya
Silver	Joshua Tiampati Masikonde  Kenya
Bronze	Andreas Almgren  Sweden

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Nijel Amos (BOT)	1:41.73	London, Great Britain	9 August 2012
Championship Record		1:43.79	Barcelona, Spain	15 July 2012
World Junior Leading	Robert Biwott (KEN)	1:44.69	Shanghai, China	18 May 2014
Broken records during the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics

Results

Final

27 July
Start time: 16:13 Temperature: 29 °C Humidity: 35 %

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	4	1:43.95	WJL
	Joshua Tiampati Masikonde	Kenya	6	1:45.14	PB
	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	3	1:45.65	NJR
4	Thiago André	Brazil	8	1:46.06	PB
5	Jena Umar	Ethiopia	5	1:46.23	PB
6	Tre'tez Kinnaird	United States	1	1:47.13	PB
7	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	2	1:47.31	PB
8	Kyle Langford	United Kingdom	7	1:55.21

Intermediate times:
400m: 49.42 Alfred Kipketer

Semifinals

26 July
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Summary

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tre'tez Kinnaird	United States	1:48.04	Q
2	Joshua Tiampati Masikonde	Kenya	1:48.09	Q
3	Thiago André	Brazil	1:48.16	Q
4	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	1:48.57	q PB
5	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	1:48.67	Q
6	Kyle Langford	United Kingdom	1:48.76	Q
7	Jena Umar	Ethiopia	1:48.81	q
8	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	1:48.87	Q
9	Nikolaus Franzmair	Austria	1:48.94
10	Enrico Riccobon	Italy	1:49.40
11	Nasredine Khatir	France	1:49.79
12	Karl Griffin	Ireland	1:49.97
13	Lucijan Zalokar	Slovenia	1:50.06
14	Yan Sloma	Belarus	1:50.19
15	Axel Vives	Spain	1:50.81
16	Tony van Diepen	Netherlands	1:50.86
17	Theo Blundell	United Kingdom	1:51.12
18	Takieddine Hedeilli	Algeria	1:51.28
19	Mamush Lencha	Ethiopia	1:51.41
20	Andrés González	Puerto Rico	1:51.53
21	Aurèle Vandeputte	Belgium	1:51.57
22	Dominik Stadlmann	Austria	1:52.73
23	Luke Mathews	Australia	1:55.92
	Konstantin Tolokonnikov	Russia	DNF

Details

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Semifinal 1

27 July
Start time: 16:21 Temperature: 31 °C Humidity: 27%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	3	1:48.67	Q
2	Kyle Langford	United Kingdom	6	1:48.76	Q
3	Jena Umar	Ethiopia	5	1:48.81	q
4	Tony van Diepen	Netherlands	1	1:50.86
5	Andrés González	Puerto Rico	2	1:51.53
6	Aurèle Vandeputte	Belgium	4	1:51.57
7	Dominik Stadlmann	Austria	7	1:52.73
8	Luke Mathews	Australia	8	1:55.92

Intermediate times:
400m: 54.36 Alfred Kipketer

Semifinal 2

27 July
Start time: 16:30 Temperature: 31 °C Humidity: 27%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Joshua Tiampati Masikonde	Kenya	5	1:48.09	Q
2	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	3	1:48.87	Q
3	Nasredine Khatir	France	4	1:49.79
4	Karl Griffin	Ireland	6	1:49.97
5	Lucijan Zalokar	Slovenia	2	1:50.06
6	Yan Sloma	Belarus	1	1:50.19
7	Axel Vives	Spain	7	1:50.81
8	Theo Blundell	United Kingdom	8	1:51.12

Intermediate times:
400m: 53.94 Joshua Tiampati Masikonde

Semifinal 3

27 July
Start time: 16:38 Temperature: 31 °C Humidity: 27%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Tre'tez Kinnaird	United States	6	1:48.04	Q
2	Thiago André	Brazil	5	1:48.16	Q
3	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	2	1:48.57	q PB
4	Nikolaus Franzmair	Austria	3	1:48.94
5	Enrico Riccobon	Italy	8	1:49.40
6	Takieddine Hedeilli	Algeria	1	1:51.28
7	Mamush Lencha	Ethiopia	4	1:51.41
	Konstantin Tolokonnikov	Russia	7	DNF

Intermediate times:
400m: 53.86 Tre'tez Kinnaird

Heats

25 July
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Summary

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Joshua Tiampati Masikonde	Kenya	1:47.84	Q
2	Thiago André	Brazil	1:48.05	Q
3	Dominik Stadlmann	Austria	1:49.07	Q PB
4	Nikolaus Franzmair	Austria	1:49.30	Q
5	Aurèle Vandeputte	Belgium	1:49.40	q
6	Jena Umar	Ethiopia	1:49.44	Q
7	Yan Sloma	Belarus	1:49.48	q PB
8	Kyle Langford	United Kingdom	1:49.73	Q
9	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	1:49.80	Q
10	Lucijan Zalokar	Slovenia	1:49.84	q
11	Theo Blundell	United Kingdom	1:49.89	Q
12	Enrico Riccobon	Italy	1:49.96	Q
13	Tony van Diepen	Netherlands	1:50.04	Q
14	Tre'tez Kinnaird	United States	1:50.07	Q
15	Andrés González	Puerto Rico	1:50.10	Q PB
16	Takieddine Hedeilli	Algeria	1:50.15	q
17	Nasredine Khatir	France	1:50.18	q
18	Konstantin Tolokonnikov	Russia	1:50.19	q
19	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	1:50.27	Q
20	Alberto Guerrero	Spain	1:50.53
21	Karl Griffin	Ireland	1:50.69	Q
22	Luke Mathews	Australia	1:50.76	Q
23	Axel Vives	Spain	1:50.77	Q
24	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	Qatar	1:50.79
25	Vincent Hazeleger	Netherlands	1:50.90
26	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	1:50.99	Q
27	Jordan Makins	Australia	1:51.02
28	Mamush Lencha	Ethiopia	1:51.23	Q
29	Elijah Silva	Canada	1:51.26
30	Andrés Arroyo	Puerto Rico	1:51.63
31	Robert Heppenstall	Canada	1:51.66
32	Utku Çobanoğlu	Turkey	1:51.73
33	Jawad Douhri	Morocco	1:51.76
34	Lorenzo Pilati	Italy	1:51.87
35	Kevon Robinson	Jamaica	1:51.89
36	Abraham Tsegay Tesfamariam	Eritrea	1:52.16
37	Jonas Schöpfer	Switzerland	1:52.26
38	Marc Reuther	Germany	1:52.33
39	Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen	Denmark	1:52.35
40	Jesús Tonatiu López	Mexico	1:52.59
41	Gergő Kiss	Hungary	1:52.73
42	Robert Tully	Ireland	1:52.86
43	Myles Marshall	United States	1:53.98
44	Rosel Lusanga Kafwa	DR Congo	1:54.81	PB
45	Mohamed El Nour Mohamed	Qatar	1:55.17
46	Nicholas Landeau	Trinidad and Tobago	1:56.40
47	Pol Moya	Andorra	1:58.44
	Omar Rosales	Mexico	DQ	163.3(a)

Details

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Heat 1

27 July
Start time: 12:48 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 50%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Luke Mathews	Australia	1	1:50.76	Q
2	Kalle Berglund	Sweden	7	1:50.99	Q
3	Mamush Lencha	Ethiopia	8	1:51.23	Q
4	Andrés Arroyo	Puerto Rico	3	1:51.63
5	Marc Reuther	Germany	4	1:52.33
6	Rosel Lusanga Kafwa	DR Congo	5	1:54.81	PB
7	Mohamed El Nour Mohamed	Qatar	2	1:55.17
	Omar Rosales	Mexico	6	DQ	163.3(a)

Note:
IAAF Rule 163.3(a) - Lane infringement

Intermediate times:
400m: 57.26 Kalle Berglund

Heat 2

27 July
Start time: 12:55 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 50%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	2	1:50.27	Q
2	Karl Griffin	Ireland	8	1:50.69	Q
3	Axel Vives	Spain	4	1:50.77	Q
4	Jordan Makins	Australia	1	1:51.02
5	Robert Heppenstall	Canada	6	1:51.66
6	Jonas Schöpfer	Switzerland	5	1:52.26
7	Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen	Denmark	7	1:52.35
8	Myles Marshall	United States	3	1:53.98

Intermediate times:
400m: 55.17 Andreas Almgren

Heat 3

27 July
Start time: 13:01 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 50%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	4	1:49.80	Q
2	Tony van Diepen	Netherlands	5	1:50.04	Q
3	Tre'tez Kinnaird	United States	8	1:50.07	Q
4	Nasredine Khatir	France	2	1:50.18	q
5	Elijah Silva	Canada	3	1:51.26
6	Utku Çobanoğlu	Turkey	6	1:51.73
7	Abraham Tsegay Tesfamariam	Eritrea	1	1:52.16
8	Gergő Kiss	Hungary	7	1:52.73

Intermediate times:
400m: 54.79 Alfred Kipketer

Heat 4

27 July
Start time: 13:07 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 50%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Jena Umar	Ethiopia	4	1:49.44	Q
2	Kyle Langford	United Kingdom	3	1:49.73	Q
3	Enrico Riccobon	Italy	7	1:49.96	Q
4	Konstantin Tolokonnikov	Russia	8	1:50.19	q
5	Vincent Hazeleger	Netherlands	2	1:50.90
6	Kevon Robinson	Jamaica	6	1:51.89
7	Jesús Tonatiu López	Mexico	5	1:52.59
8	Nicholas Landeau	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1:56.40

Intermediate times:
400m: 54.31 Jena Umar

Heat 5

27 July
Start time: 13:13 Temperature: 24 °C Humidity: 41%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Joshua Tiampati Masikonde	Kenya	3	1:47.84	Q
2	Thiago André	Brazil	5	1:48.05	Q
3	Dominik Stadlmann	Austria	1	1:49.07	Q PB
4	Aurèle Vandeputte	Belgium	4	1:49.40	q
5	Yan Sloma	Belarus	6	1:49.48	q PB
6	Lucijan Zalokar	Slovenia	2	1:49.84	q
7	Lorenzo Pilati	Italy	7	1:51.87
8	Pol Moya	Andorra	8	1:58.44

Intermediate times:
400m: 53.24 Joshua Tiampati Masikonde

Heat 6

27 July
Start time: 13:18 Temperature: 24 °C Humidity: 41%

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Nikolaus Franzmair	Austria	3	1:49.30	Q
2	Theo Blundell	United Kingdom	6	1:49.89	Q
3	Andrés González	Puerto Rico	1	1:50.10	Q PB
4	Takieddine Hedeilli	Algeria	4	1:50.15	q
5	Alberto Guerrero	Spain	2	1:50.53
6	Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	Qatar	7	1:50.79
7	Jawad Douhri	Morocco	8	1:51.76
8	Robert Tully	Ireland	5	1:52.86

Intermediate times:
400m: 52.07 Robert Tully

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 33 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Andorra (1)
•  Australia (2)
•  Austria (2)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (2)
• DR Congo (1)
•  Denmark (1)
•  Eritrea (1)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Ireland (2)
•  Italy (2)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Mexico (2)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Netherlands (2)
•  Puerto Rico (2)
•  Qatar (2)
•  Russia (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (2)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)