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

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]

Medalists

Gold	Alfred Kipketer
Silver	Joshua Tiampati Masikonde
Bronze	Andreas Almgren

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	1:41.73	London, Great Britain	9 August 2012
Championship Record	1:43.79	Barcelona, Spain	15 July 2012
World Junior Leading	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	Lane	Notes
	align=left	align=left	4	1:43.95	WJL
	align=left	align=left	6	1:45.14	PB
	align=left	align=left	3	1:45.65	NJR
4	align=left	align=left	8	1:46.06	PB
5	align=left	align=left	5	1:46.23	PB
6	align=left	align=left	1	1:47.13	PB
7	align=left	align=left	2	1:47.31	PB
8	align=left	align=left	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	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:48.04	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:48.09	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:48.16	Q
4	align=left	align=left	1:48.57	q PB
5	align=left	align=left	1:48.67	Q
6	align=left	align=left	1:48.76	Q
7	align=left	align=left	1:48.81	q
8	align=left	align=left	1:48.87	Q
9	align=left	align=left	1:48.94
10	align=left	align=left	1:49.40
11	align=left	align=left	1:49.79
12	align=left	align=left	1:49.97
13	align=left	align=left	1:50.06
14	align=left	align=left	1:50.19
15	align=left	align=left	1:50.81
16	align=left	align=left	1:50.86
17	align=left	align=left	1:51.12
18	align=left	align=left	1:51.28
19	align=left	align=left	1:51.41
20	align=left	align=left	1:51.53
21	align=left	align=left	1:51.57
22	align=left	align=left	1:52.73
23	align=left	align=left	1:55.92
	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	3	1:48.67	Q
2	align=left	align=left	6	1:48.76	Q
3	align=left	align=left	5	1:48.81	q
4	align=left	align=left	1	1:50.86
5	align=left	align=left	2	1:51.53
6	align=left	align=left	4	1:51.57
7	align=left	align=left	7	1:52.73
8	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	5	1:48.09	Q
2	align=left	align=left	3	1:48.87	Q
3	align=left	align=left	4	1:49.79
4	align=left	align=left	6	1:49.97
5	align=left	align=left	2	1:50.06
6	align=left	align=left	1	1:50.19
7	align=left	align=left	7	1:50.81
8	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	6	1:48.04	Q
2	align=left	align=left	5	1:48.16	Q
3	align=left	align=left	2	1:48.57	q PB
4	align=left	align=left	3	1:48.94
5	align=left	align=left	8	1:49.40
6	align=left	align=left	1	1:51.28
7	align=left	align=left	4	1:51.41
	align=left	align=left	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	Time
1	align=left	align=left	1:47.84	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1:48.05	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1:49.07	Q PB
4	align=left	align=left	1:49.30	Q
5	align=left	align=left	1:49.40	q
6	align=left	align=left	1:49.44	Q
7	align=left	align=left	1:49.48	q PB
8	align=left	align=left	1:49.73	Q
9	align=left	align=left	1:49.80	Q
10	align=left	align=left	1:49.84	q
11	align=left	align=left	1:49.89	Q
12	align=left	align=left	1:49.96	Q
13	align=left	align=left	1:50.04	Q
14	align=left	align=left	1:50.07	Q
15	align=left	align=left	1:50.10	Q PB
16	align=left	align=left	1:50.15	q
17	align=left	align=left	1:50.18	q
18	align=left	align=left	1:50.19	q
19	align=left	align=left	1:50.27	Q
20	align=left	align=left	1:50.53
21	align=left	align=left	1:50.69	Q
22	align=left	align=left	1:50.76	Q
23	align=left	align=left	1:50.77	Q
24	align=left	align=left	1:50.79
25	align=left	align=left	1:50.90
26	align=left	align=left	1:50.99	Q
27	align=left	align=left	1:51.02
28	align=left	align=left	1:51.23	Q
29	align=left	align=left	1:51.26
30	align=left	align=left	1:51.63
31	align=left	align=left	1:51.66
32	align=left	align=left	1:51.73
33	align=left	align=left	1:51.76
34	align=left	align=left	1:51.87
35	align=left	align=left	1:51.89
36	align=left	align=left	1:52.16
37	align=left	align=left	1:52.26
38	align=left	align=left	1:52.33
39	align=left	align=left	1:52.35
40	align=left	align=left	1:52.59
41	align=left	align=left	1:52.73
42	align=left	align=left	1:52.86
43	align=left	align=left	1:53.98
44	align=left	align=left	1:54.81	PB
45	align=left	align=left	1:55.17
46	align=left	align=left	1:56.40
47	align=left	align=left	1:58.44
	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	1	1:50.76	Q
2	align=left	align=left	7	1:50.99	Q
3	align=left	align=left	8	1:51.23	Q
4	align=left	align=left	3	1:51.63
5	align=left	align=left	4	1:52.33
6	align=left	align=left	5	1:54.81	PB
7	align=left	align=left	2	1:55.17
	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	2	1:50.27	Q
2	align=left	align=left	8	1:50.69	Q
3	align=left	align=left	4	1:50.77	Q
4	align=left	align=left	1	1:51.02
5	align=left	align=left	6	1:51.66
6	align=left	align=left	5	1:52.26
7	align=left	align=left	7	1:52.35
8	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	4	1:49.80	Q
2	align=left	align=left	5	1:50.04	Q
3	align=left	align=left	8	1:50.07	Q
4	align=left	align=left	2	1:50.18	q
5	align=left	align=left	3	1:51.26
6	align=left	align=left	6	1:51.73
7	align=left	align=left	1	1:52.16
8	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	4	1:49.44	Q
2	align=left	align=left	3	1:49.73	Q
3	align=left	align=left	7	1:49.96	Q
4	align=left	align=left	8	1:50.19	q
5	align=left	align=left	2	1:50.90
6	align=left	align=left	6	1:51.89
7	align=left	align=left	5	1:52.59
8	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	3	1:47.84	Q
2	align=left	align=left	5	1:48.05	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1	1:49.07	Q PB
4	align=left	align=left	4	1:49.40	q
5	align=left	align=left	6	1:49.48	q PB
6	align=left	align=left	2	1:49.84	q
7	align=left	align=left	7	1:51.87
8	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	3	1:49.30	Q
2	align=left	align=left	6	1:49.89	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1	1:50.10	Q PB
4	align=left	align=left	4	1:50.15	q
5	align=left	align=left	2	1:50.53
6	align=left	align=left	7	1:50.79
7	align=left	align=left	8	1:51.76
8	align=left	align=left	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.

External links

WJC14 800 metres schedule

Notes and References

Web site: IAAF World Junior Championships 2014 Timetable By Discipline. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140426133400/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-junior-championships/iaaf-world-junior-championships-2014-4954/timetable/bydiscipline/men/800-metres. 2014-04-26.