2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 800 metres explained

Event:	Men's 800 metres
Competition:	2018 World U20 Championships
Venue:	Ratina Stadium
Dates:	13, 14 and 15 July
Competitors:	29
Nations:	20
Win Label:	Winning time
Win Value:	1:46.45
Gold:	Solomon Lekuta
Goldnoc:	KEN
Silver:	Ngeno Kipngetich
Silvernoc:	KEN
Bronze:	Eliott Crestan
Bronzenoc:	BEL
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The men's 800 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 13, 14 and 15 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record		1:41.73	London, United Kingdom	9 August 2012
Championship Record		1:43.79	Barcelona, Spain	15 July 2012
World Junior Leading		1:45.56	Huelva, Spain	8 June 2018

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3		align=left		1:48.19	Q
2	3		align=left		1:48.54	Q
3	3		align=left		1:48.60	Q,
4	3		align=left		1:48.60	q
5	1		align=left		1:48.86	Q
6	1		align=left		1:48.92	Q
7	4		align=left		1:49.03	Q
8	1		align=left		1:49.03	Q,
9	1		align=left		1:49.18	q,
10	3		align=left		1:49.40	q
11	3		align=left		1:49.40	q,
12	4		align=left		1:49.49	Q,
13	4		align=left		1:49.53	Q
14	4		align=left		1:49.56
15	1		align=left		1:49.66
16	2		align=left		1:49.73	Q
17	1		align=left		1:50.15
18	3		align=left		1:50.23
19	2		align=left		1:50.26	Q
20	4		align=left		1:50.28
21	4		align=left		1:50.47
22	2		align=left		1:50.61	Q
23	2		align=left		1:50.76
24	1		align=left		1:51.25
25	2		align=left		1:51.61
26	2		align=left		1:51.67
27	1		align=left		1:52.39
28	4		align=left		1:52.95
	2		align=left

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2		align=left		1:46.81	Q
2	2		align=left		1:46.84	Q,
3	2		align=left		1:47.35	Q,
4	2		align=left		1:47.36	q,
5	1		align=left		1:47.56	Q
6	2		align=left		1:47.73	q,
7	1		align=left		1:47.88	Q
8	1		align=left		1:47.97	Q
9	1		align=left		1:48.07
10	2		align=left		1:48.20	,
11	1		align=left		1:48.38
12	1		align=left		1:48.53
13	1		align=left		1:49.13
14	1		align=left		1:49.82
15	2		align=left		1:50.48
16	2		align=left		1:57.88

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	5		align=left		1:46.35
	4		align=left		1:46.45
	6		align=left		1:47.27
4	2		align=left		1:47.58
5	3		align=left		1:51.08
6	1		align=left		1:51.64
7	7		align=left		1:57.39
	8		align=left

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 World U20 Championships Tampere Timetable by day. 9 July 2018 . IAAF.org.
2. Web site: 800 Metres Men – Round 1 – Summary . IAAF. 16 July 2018.
3. Web site: 800 Metres Men – Semi-Final – Summary . IAAF. 16 July 2018.
4. Web site: 800 Metres Men – Final – Results . IAAF. 16 July 2018.