1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres explained

The men's 800 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28, 29 and 31 July.

Medalists

Gold	William Chirchir
Silver	Wilfred Bungei
Bronze	Paskar Owor

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		1:47.23
	align=left		align=left		1:47.53
	align=left		align=left		1:48.20
4	align=left		align=left		1:48.22
5	align=left		align=left		1:48.36
6	align=left		align=left		1:48.77
7	align=left		align=left		1:48.91
8	align=left		align=left		1:49.25

Semifinals

29 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.65	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.70	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.76	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.01
5	align=left		align=left		1:51.11
6	align=left		align=left		1:51.11
7	align=left		align=left		1:51.19
8	align=left		align=left		1:51.49

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:48.93	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:49.05	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:49.25	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:49.31	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:49.80	q
6	align=left		align=left		1:53.46
7	align=left		align=left		1:54.51
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.47	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:49.59	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.41	q
4	align=left		align=left		1:50.58
5	align=left		align=left		1:51.23
6	align=left		align=left		1:56.89
7	align=left		align=left		2:01.29

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.73	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:51.18	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:51.32
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.60
5	align=left		align=left		1:51.94
6	align=left		align=left		1:52.19
7	align=left		align=left		1:55.98
8	align=left		align=left		2:00.43

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.92	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.28	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.30	q
4	align=left		align=left		1:50.75
5	align=left		align=left		1:50.91
6	align=left		align=left		1:54.38
7	align=left		align=left		1:56.41
8	align=left		align=left		1:56.79

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:51.99	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:52.15	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:52.28
4	align=left		align=left		1:53.27
5	align=left		align=left		1:54.80
6	align=left		align=left		1:56.68
7	align=left		align=left		1:57.03
8	align=left		align=left		2:00.31

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:52.64	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:52.97	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:53.14
4	align=left		align=left		1:53.16
5	align=left		align=left		1:53.16
6	align=left		align=left		1:53.25
7	align=left		align=left		1:54.42
8	align=left		align=left		1:55.99

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.84	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:51.91	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:52.01
4	align=left		align=left		1:52.20
5	align=left		align=left		1:53.10
6	align=left		align=left		1:53.79
7	align=left		align=left		1:58.09
8	align=left		align=left		2:00.09

Heat 7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:51.78	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:51.89	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:52.29
4	align=left		align=left		1:54.08
5	align=left		align=left		1:55.89
6	align=left		align=left		1:56.38
7	align=left		align=left		1:58.12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 54 athletes from 38 countries participated in the event.