2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 22, 23 and 24 July.

Medalists

Gold	Kipyegon Bett Kenya
Silver	Willy Tarbei Kenya
Bronze	Mostafa Smaili Morocco

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Nijel Amos (BOT)	1:41.73	London, United Kingdom	9 August 2012
Championship Record	Nijel Amos (BOT)	1:43.79	Barcelona, Spain	15 July 2012
World Junior Leading	Donavan Brazier (USA)	1:43.55	Eugene, United States	10 June 2016

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1:48.40	Q
2	3	Teddese Lemi	Ethiopia	1:48.45	Q
3	3	Robert Heppenstall	Canada	1:48.69	Q
4	3	Lachlan Barber	Australia	1:48.82	Q
5	2	Willy Tarbei	Kenya	1:48.95	Q
6	3	Benediktas Mickus	Lithuania	1:49.05	q
7	2	Ayoub Sniba	Morocco	1:49.20	Q
8	2	Gorata Gabankitse	Botswana	1:49.29	Q
9	3	Vincent Crisp	United States	1:49.32	q
10	5	James Preston	New Zealand	1:49.69	Q
11	2	Ignacio Fontes	Spain	1:49.69	Q
12	1	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1:49.82	Q
13	5	Ryan Sánchez	Puerto Rico	1:49.97	Q
14	2	Pascal Kleyer	Germany	1:50.18	q
15	1	Andreas Kramer	Sweden	1:50.19	Q
16	5	Jesús Tonatiu López	Mexico	1:50.33	Q
17	1	George Kusche	South Africa	1:50.40	Q
18	5	Daniel Rowden	Great Britain	1:50.69	Q
19	5	Michael Petersen	Canada	1:50.77	q
19	4	Kipyegon Bett	Kenya	1:50.82	Q
20	1	Bacha Morka	Ethiopia	1:50.88	Q
21	2	Mateusz Borkowski	Poland	1:50.93
23	4	Brian Bell	United States	1:50.97	Q
24	5	Andriy Aliksiychuk	Ukraine	1:51.39
25	1	Beant Singh	India	1:51.73
26	4	Joseph Deng	Australia	1:51.77	Q
27	4	Dennis Biederbick	Germany	1:52.03	Q
28	1	Ramazan Barbaros	Turkey	1:52.42
29	4	Spencer Thomas	Great Britain	1:52.54
30	4	Markus Einan	Norway	1:53.61
31	1	Bilal Bilano	Indonesia	1:54.26	PB
32	2	Gabriele Aquaro	Italy	1:55.92
33	4	Justice Dreischor	Aruba	1:57.74

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	Kipyegon Bett	Kenya	1:46.37	Q
2	1	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1:46.51	Q
3	1	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1:47.11	Q, NU20R
4	1	Robert Heppenstall	Canada	1:47.13	q
5	3	Jesús Tonatiu López	Mexico	1:47.25	Q
6	1	Brian Bell	United States	1:47.49	q
7	3	George Kusche	South Africa	1:47.53
8	3	Teddese Lemi	Ethiopia	1:47.53	PB
9	1	Andreas Kramer	Sweden	1:47.65	PB
10	1	Dennis Biederbick	Germany	1:47.70	PB
11	1	James Preston	New Zealand	1:48.06	NU20R
12	2	Willy Tarbei	Kenya	1:48.27	Q
13	2	Gorata Gabankitse	Botswana	1:48.31	Q, PB
14	2	Joseph Deng	Australia	1:48.49
15	2	Vincent Crisp	United States	1:48.63
16	2	Ignacio Fontes	Spain	1:48.88
17	3	Lachlan Barber	Australia	1:48.91
18	2	Ryan Sánchez	Puerto Rico	1:49.43
19	3	Benediktas Mickus	Lithuania	1:49.44
20	3	Daniel Rowden	Great Britain	1:49.58
21	2	Pascal Kleyer	Germany	1:49.84
22	1	Bacha Morka	Ethiopia	1:51.27
23	2	Michael Petersen	Canada	1:51.76
24	3	Ayoub Sniba	Morocco	1:53.86

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Kipyegon Bett	Kenya	1:44.95	SB
	Willy Tarbei	Kenya	1:45.50
	Mostafa Smaili	Morocco	1:46.02
4	Jesús Tonatiu López	Mexico	1:46.70
5	Robert Heppenstall	Canada	1:47.33
6	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1:47.38
7	Brian Bell	United States	1:47.68
8	Gorata Gabankitse	Botswana	1:48.40