1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August.[1][2]

Medalists

GoldJoseph Mutua
 Kenya
SilverTom Lerwill
 United Kingdom
BronzeGrant Cremer
 Australia

Results

Final

23 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Joseph Mutua Kenya1:48.21
Tom Lerwill United Kingdom1:48.40
Grant Cremer Australia1:48.46
4Japheth Kimutai Kenya1:48.97
5Nils Schumann Germany1:49.44
6Viktors Lācis Latvia1:50.11
7Zach Whitmarsh Canada1:50.26
8James Nolan Ireland1:51.88

Semifinals

22 August

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Japheth Kimutai Kenya1:45.63Q
2Tom Lerwill United Kingdom1:47.27Q
3Zach Whitmarsh Canada1:47.33Q
4James Nolan Ireland1:47.55Q
5Clyde Colenso South Africa1:47.84
6Hirohisa Muramatsu Japan1:48.65
7Abdul Rahman Abdullah Qatar1:49.88
8Roman Hanzel Slovakia1:53.02

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Grant Cremer Australia1:48.72Q
2Viktors Lācis Latvia1:48.91Q
3Nils Schumann Germany1:48.98Q
4Joseph Mutua Kenya1:49.21Q
5Kazutomo Iwasaki Japan1:49.32
6Tim Rogge Belgium1:49.46
7Roman Oravec Czech Republic1:50.23
8Jean-Patrick Nduwimana Burundi1:50.50

Heats

21 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Roman Oravec Czech Republic1:52.88Q
2Hirohisa Muramatsu Japan1:53.38Q
3Reuben Silwimba Zambia1:53.99
4Youcef Abdi Algeria1:54.12
5Moses Kavuma Uganda1:54.69
6Momodou Lamin Drammeh Gambia1:55.09
7Kuripitone Betham Western Samoa2:01.75

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1James Nolan Ireland1:49.02Q
2Tom Lerwill United Kingdom1:49.22Q
3Zach Whitmarsh Canada1:49.33q
4Tim Rogge Belgium1:49.47q
5Juan Delgado Spain1:50.26
6István Nagy Hungary1:50.64
7Lkhagvasuren Choisuren Mongolia2:11.85
Nhlanhla Dlamini SwazilandDQ(163.3)

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jean-Patrick Nduwimana Burundi1:51.05Q
2Nils Schumann Germany1:51.27Q
3Robert True United States1:51.68
4Said Basweidan Yemen1:52.21
5Meelis Tammre Estonia1:52.83
6Vane Stojanov North Macedonia1:53.20
7Chris Votu Solomon Islands2:06.21

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Japheth Kimutai Kenya1:47.89Q
2Abdul Rahman Abdullah Qatar1:49.95Q
3Israel Domínguez Spain1:51.91
4Clyde McIntosh New Zealand1:52.17
5Paweł Czapiewski Poland1:53.02
6Davi de Jesús Brazil1:53.49
7Mohamed Yagoub Sudan1:55.34

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Clyde Colenso South Africa1:48.83Q
2Grant Cremer Australia1:48.84Q
3Viktors Lācis Latvia1:49.06q
4Kazutomo Iwasaki Japan1:49.33q
5Roman Tarasov Russia1:53.04
6Péter Berezvai Hungary1:53.36
7Lionel Barranco Turks and Caicos Islands2:06.73
8David Dexter Vanuatu2:11.15

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Joseph Mutua Kenya1:49.99Q
2Roman Hanzel Slovakia1:50.81Q
3Robin Martin United States1:51.33
4Djabir Saïd-Guerni Algeria1:52.06
5Werner Botha South Africa1:52.83
6Craig Wood Australia1:53.27
7Rickard Pell Sweden1:57.01
8Henele Taliai Tonga2:05.97

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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