The men's 800 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 11 July.

Medalists Gold Abubaker Kaki Silver Geoffrey Kibet Bronze André Olivier

Results Final 11 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Abubaker Kaki 1:45.60 Geoffrey Kibet 1:46.23 André Olivier 1:47.57 4 Adam Kszczot 1:47.91 5 Diomar de Souza 1:49.80 6 Giordano Benedetti 1:50.65 7 Amine El-Manaoui 1:51.43 8 James Kaan 1:52.41

Semifinals 9 July

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Amine El-Manaoui 1:48.90 Q 2 Geoffrey Kibet 1:49.04 Q 3 James Kaan 1:49.25 q 4 Sebastian Keiner 1:49.99 5 Shiferaw Wole 1:50.11 6 Rick Ward 1:51.97 7 Jan Van Den Broeck 1:53.11 8 Oriol Bonet 1:53.98

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Abubaker Kaki 1:46.71 Q 2 Adam Kszczot 1:47.16 Q 3 Diomar de Souza 1:49.01 q 4 Henok Tesfaye 1:49.35 4 Robin Rohlén 1:49.35 6 Elijah Greer 1:50.47 7 Felix Konchellah 1:51.56 8 Kevin López 1:53.57

Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Giordano Benedetti 1:48.38 Q 2 André Olivier 1:48.62 Q 3 Aleksandr Sheplyakov 1:49.39 4 Ali Al-Deraan 1:49.45 5 Martin Hrstka 1:50.07 6 Ewen Sabatier 1:50.34 7 Tayron Reyes 1:50.61 8 Olivier Collin 1:51.60

Heats 8 July

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Abubaker Kaki 1:50.92 Q 2 Shiferaw Wole 1:50.96 Q 3 Martin Hrstka 1:51.57 Q 4 Mohamed Saykouk 1:51.82 5 Johan Svensson 1:52.64 6 Bilal Gagui 1:53.00 7 Alessandro Schiavone 1:53.06 8 Julio Alfonso Pérez 1:54.58

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Felix Konchellah 1:51.72 Q 2 Rick Ward 1:51.73 Q 3 Henok Tesfaye 1:51.92 Q 4 Jost Kozan 1:52.31 5 Benjamin Herriau 1:52.37 6 Raaghid Fredericks 1:52.60 7 Cihat Ulus 1:52.72 8 Donte Holmes 1:52.88

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Adam Kszczot 1:51.80 Q 2 Robin Rohlén 1:52.04 Q 3 Sebastian Keiner 1:52.22 Q 4 Artyom Kazban 1:53.18 5 Jerome Kahia 1:53.30 6 Chris Smith 1:53.36 7 Rafith Rodríguez 1:53.72 8 Garvyn Nero 2:06.82

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Giordano Benedetti 1:49.71 Q 2 Jan Van Den Broeck 1:49.72 Q 3 Diomar de Souza 1:49.77 Q 4 Geoffrey Kibet 1:49.81 q 5 Oriol Bonet 1:51.71 q 6 Dániel Kállay 1:53.02 7 Kim Jae-Yeol 1:53.52 8 Tilek Bekenbaev 1:59.87

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Amine El-Manaoui 1:50.96 Q 2 Kevin López 1:51.08 Q 3 Ewen Sabatier 1:51.44 Q 4 André Olivier 1:51.45 q 5 Ali Al-Deraan 1:51.55 q 6 Ronny Heck 1:51.78 7 Fábio Gonçalves 1:52.61 8 Emrah Çoban 1:54.35

Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aleksandr Sheplyakov 1:50.16 Q 2 Tayron Reyes 1:50.18 Q 3 James Kaan 1:50.28 Q 4 Olivier Collin 1:50.42 q 5 Elijah Greer 1:50.73 q 6 Wojciech Jarosz 1:52.30 7 Farhan Ahmed 1:56.48 8 Salifou Oumarou 1:56.77

Participation According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event.

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