The men's 800 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August.

Medalists Gold Joseph Mutua Silver Tom Lerwill Bronze Grant Cremer

Results Final 23 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Joseph Mutua 1:48.21 Tom Lerwill 1:48.40 Grant Cremer 1:48.46 4 Japheth Kimutai 1:48.97 5 Nils Schumann 1:49.44 6 Viktors Lācis 1:50.11 7 Zach Whitmarsh 1:50.26 8 James Nolan 1:51.88

Semifinals 22 August

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Japheth Kimutai 1:45.63 Q 2 Tom Lerwill 1:47.27 Q 3 Zach Whitmarsh 1:47.33 Q 4 James Nolan 1:47.55 Q 5 Clyde Colenso 1:47.84 6 Hirohisa Muramatsu 1:48.65 7 Abdul Rahman Abdullah 1:49.88 8 Roman Hanzel 1:53.02

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Grant Cremer 1:48.72 Q 2 Viktors Lācis 1:48.91 Q 3 Nils Schumann 1:48.98 Q 4 Joseph Mutua 1:49.21 Q 5 Kazutomo Iwasaki 1:49.32 6 Tim Rogge 1:49.46 7 Roman Oravec 1:50.23 8 Jean-Patrick Nduwimana 1:50.50

Heats 21 August

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roman Oravec 1:52.88 Q 2 Hirohisa Muramatsu 1:53.38 Q 3 Reuben Silwimba 1:53.99 4 Youcef Abdi 1:54.12 5 Moses Kavuma 1:54.69 6 Momodou Lamin Drammeh 1:55.09 7 Kuripitone Betham 2:01.75

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 James Nolan 1:49.02 Q 2 Tom Lerwill 1:49.22 Q 3 Zach Whitmarsh 1:49.33 q 4 Tim Rogge 1:49.47 q 5 Juan Delgado 1:50.26 6 István Nagy 1:50.64 7 Lkhagvasuren Choisuren 2:11.85 Nhlanhla Dlamini DQ (163.3)

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jean-Patrick Nduwimana 1:51.05 Q 2 Nils Schumann 1:51.27 Q 3 Robert True 1:51.68 4 Said Basweidan 1:52.21 5 Meelis Tammre 1:52.83 6 Vane Stojanov 1:53.20 7 Chris Votu 2:06.21

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Japheth Kimutai 1:47.89 Q 2 Abdul Rahman Abdullah 1:49.95 Q 3 Israel Domínguez 1:51.91 4 Clyde McIntosh 1:52.17 5 Paweł Czapiewski 1:53.02 6 Davi de Jesús 1:53.49 7 Mohamed Yagoub 1:55.34

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Clyde Colenso 1:48.83 Q 2 Grant Cremer 1:48.84 Q 3 Viktors Lācis 1:49.06 q 4 Kazutomo Iwasaki 1:49.33 q 5 Roman Tarasov 1:53.04 6 Péter Berezvai 1:53.36 7 Lionel Barranco 2:06.73 8 David Dexter 2:11.15

Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Joseph Mutua 1:49.99 Q 2 Roman Hanzel 1:50.81 Q 3 Robin Martin 1:51.33 4 Djabir Saïd-Guerni 1:52.06 5 Werner Botha 1:52.83 6 Craig Wood 1:53.27 7 Rickard Pell 1:57.01 8 Henele Taliai 2:05.97

Participation According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.

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