The men's 800 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 19 September.

Medalists Gold Benson Koech Silver Lee Jin-Il Bronze Brendan Hanigan

Results Final 19 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Benson Koech 1:44.77 Lee Jin-Il 1:46.34 Brendan Hanigan 1:47.26 4 Vénuste Niyongabo 1:47.28 5 Hezekiel Sepeng 1:47.51 6 Marius van Heerden 1:48.71 7 Igor Tolokonikov 1:49.62 Davide Cadoni DQ

Semifinals 17 September

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lee Jin-Il 1:48.91 Q 2 Igor Tolokonikov 1:49.93 Q 3 Vincent Malakwen 1:50.37 4 Adam Duke 1:50.75 5 Farah Ibrahim Ali Ahmed 1:52.25 6 Ali Hakimi 1:52.50 7 Philipp Zeuch 1:56.78 8 Sasha Smiljanic 2:01.75

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Benson Koech 1:47.57 Q 2 Vénuste Niyongabo 1:47.96 Q 3 Brendan Hanigan 1:48.56 q 4 Marius van Heerden 1:49.83 q 5 Hailu Zewde 1:50.02 6 Zsombor Filep 1:50.29 7 Julio Fuentes 1:50.40 8 David Divad 1:50.64

Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Davide Cadoni 1:51.04 Q 2 Hezekiel Sepeng 1:51.12 Q 3 José Manuel Cerezo 1:51.23 4 Michael Daniel 1:52.16 5 Duncan O'Neil 1:52.18 6 Sören Schröder 1:52.69 7 Kevin Richardson 1:55.36 Kim Soon-Hyung DNF

Heats 16 September

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Benson Koech 1:48.46 Q 2 Hezekiel Sepeng 1:50.86 Q 3 Adam Duke 1:51.52 Q 4 Ali Hakimi 1:52.43 Q 5 Fidelis Kajang 1:54.10 6 Lennox Ellis 1:54.78

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lee Jin-Il 1:50.91 Q 2 Julio Fuentes 1:51.66 Q 3 José Manuel Cerezo 1:51.77 Q 4 David Divad 1:52.13 Q 5 David Matthews 1:52.56 6 Mauro González 1:52.80 7 Alexandre de Oliveira 1:53.41

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vénuste Niyongabo 1:50.60 Q 2 Sasha Smiljanic 1:50.96 Q 3 Brendan Hanigan 1:51.50 Q 4 Marius van Heerden 1:51.50 Q 5 Philipp Zeuch 1:51.79 q 6 Victor Matarrese 1:52.94 7 Paul Ignacio 2:02.32

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vincent Malakwen 1:51.88 Q 2 Kim Soon-Hyung 1:52.19 Q 3 Davide Cadoni 1:52.31 Q 4 Kevin Richardson 1:52.40 Q 5 Tomonari Ono 1:52.41 6 Paul Walker 1:52.85 7 Mohamed Atteya Al-Muwaled 1:54.47

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Michael Daniel 1:51.09 Q 2 Zsombor Filep 1:51.15 Q 3 Igor Tolokonikov 1:51.16 Q 4 Hailu Zewde 1:51.60 Q 5 Sören Schröder 1:51.93 q 6 Duncan O'Neil 1:51.99 q 7 Farah Ibrahim Ali Ahmed 1:52.04 q

Participation According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

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