The men's 800 metres event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 17, 18 and 20 October.
Medalists Gold Nicholas Wachira Silver Florent Lacasse Bronze Antonio Manuel Reina
Results
Final 20 October Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Nicholas Wachira 1:47.16 Florent Lacasse 1:47.61 Antonio Manuel Reina 1:47.90 4 Salem Amer Al-Badri 1:48.51 5 Arnoud Okken 1:49.10 6 Abdelkabir Louraïbi 1:49.88 7 Jason Stewart 1:50.34 8 Aldwyn Sappleton 1:50.63 9 Abdul Rahman Suleiman 1:50.92
Semifinals 18 October
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Florent Lacasse 1:48.13 Q 2 Nicholas Wachira 1:48.30 Q 3 Salem Amer Al-Badri 1:48.44 Q 4 Mohamed Osman 1:51.19 5 Aldwyn Sappleton 1:52.56 q 6 Jako Burgers 1:53.40 7 Fernando Almeida 1:54.52 8 Amine Laâlou 3:00.54
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Antonio Manuel Reina 1:49.06 Q 2 Arnoud Okken 1:49.42 Q 3 Abdelkabir Louraïbi 1:49.80 Q 4 Abdul Rahman Suleiman 1:50.14 q 5 Jason Stewart 1:50.27 q 6 Vincent Kemboi 1:50.29 7 Nick Devenport 1:52.81 8 Tom Vanchaze 1:54.65
Heats 17 October
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Florent Lacasse 1:51.05 Q 2 Abdul Rahman Suleiman 1:51.39 Q 3 Vincent Kemboi 1:51.43 Q 4 Amine Laâlou 1:51.55 q 5 Manuel Olmedo 1:51.65 6 Hamza Abdenouz 1:51.69 7 Primesh Kumar 1:56.80 8 Setefano Mika 2:02.72
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Arnoud Okken 1:49.81 Q 2 Tom Vanchaze 1:50.15 Q 3 Aldwyn Sappleton 1:50.36 Q 4 Abdelkabir Louraïbi 1:50.80 q 5 Jako Burgers 1:51.43 q 6 Dominik Erhardt 1:51.95 7 Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:53.14 8 Ebrima Ceesay 1:57.98
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nicholas Wachira 1:50.91 Q 2 Salem Amer Al-Badri 1:51.13 Q 3 Fernando Almeida 1:52.21 Q 4 Mandla Nkosi 1:56.01 5 Raymond Adams 1:56.93 6 Banzragch Batmunkh 1:59.68
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Antonio Manuel Reina 1:50.84 Q 2 Nick Devenport 1:51.15 Q 3 Mohamed Osman 1:51.45 Q 4 Jason Stewart 1:51.57 q 5 Anthony Lilley 1:52.48 6 Moussa Aoudjali 2:00.73 7 Florent Battistel 2:04.40
Participation According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.
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