Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 800 metres
# Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 800 metres

The boys’ 800 m competition at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 22–25 August 2014 in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 22 August 2014 | 21:00 | Heats |
| 25 August 2014 | 19:55 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

Eight fastest athletes advanced to Final A, the others advanced to Final B, or C according to their times.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Myles Marshall (USA) | 1:50.22 | | FA |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Mohamed El Amrani (MAR) | 1:50.26 | PB | FA |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Geofrey Balimumiti (UGA) | 1:50.43 | PB | FA |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Ryan Patterson (AUS) | 1:50.68 | PB | FA |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Idriss Moussa Youssouf (QAT) | 1:50.77 | PB | FA |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Tom Elmer (SUI) | 1:51.12 | | FA |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Bacha Morka (ETH) | 1:51.18 | | FA |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Godfrey Chama (ZAM) | 1:51.29 | PB | FA |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Madalin Gheban (ROU) | 1:51.45 | | FB |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Benediktas Mickus (LTU) | 1:51.54 | PB | FB |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | Abdi Aden Abdi (DJI) | 1:51.62 | PB | FB |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Sabry Salem Mohamed Asar (EGY) | 1:52.35 | | FB |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Anthony Kiptoo (KEN) | 1:52.55 | | FB |
| 14 | 3 | 8 | Gorata Gabanketse (BOT) | 1:54.66 | | FB |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Adam Abdelgader (SUD) | 1:56.44 | | FB |
| 16 | 2 | 5 | Izidor Ralaimihaja (MAD) | 2:00.93 | | FC |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Tahar Lazaar (ALG) | 2:00.99 | | FC |
| 18 | 3 | 3 | Raoul Yeguelet (CAF) | 2:02.45 | | FC |
| 19 | 2 | 3 | Domingos Dos Santos (TLS) | 2:03.88 | PB | FC |
| | 1 | 8 | Ahmed Hussein Hassan (SOM) | DSQ | | FC |
| | 3 | 6 | Mazunzo Kasiteni (MAW) | DSQ | | FC |

### Finals

**Final A**

| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | 7 | Myles Marshall (USA) | 1:49.14 | |
| | 2 | 4 | Geofrey Balimumiti (UGA) | 1:49.37 | PB |
| | 3 | 2 | Bacha Morka (ETH) | 1:49.73 | |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Mohamed El Amrani (MAR) | 1:49.99 | PB |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Ryan Patterson (AUS) | 1:50.58 | PB |
| 6 | 6 | 8 | Tom Elmer (SUI) | 1:52.35 | |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | Godfrey Chama (ZAM) | 1:52.49 | |
| | | 9 | Idriss Moussa Youssouf (QAT) | DSQ | |

**Final B**

| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 8 | 6 | Benediktas Mickus (LTU) | 1:52.40 |
| 2 | 9 | 5 | Madalin Gheban (ROU) | 1:52.56 |
| 3 | 10 | 4 | Abdi Aden Abdi (DJI) | 1:53.24 |
| 4 | 11 | 3 | Sabry Salem Mohamed Asar (EGY) | 1:54.18 |
| 5 | 12 | 2 | Adam Abdelgader (SUD) | 1:56.26 |
| 6 | 13 | 8 | Gorata Gabanketse (BOT) | 1:58.30 |
| | | 7 | Anthony Kiptoo (KEN) | DSQ |

**Final C**

| Rank | Final Placing | Lane | Athlete | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 14 | 4 | Tahar Lazaar (ALG) | 1:59.45 | |
| 2 | 15 | 3 | Izidor Ralaimihaja (MAD) | 2:00.35 | |
| 3 | 16 | 7 | Mazunzo Kasiteni (MAW) | 2:00.70 | PB |
| 4 | 17 | 6 | Domingos Dos Santos (TLS) | 2:02.58 | PB |
| 5 | 18 | 5 | Raoul Yeguelet (CAF) | 2:04.07 | |
| | | 2 | Ahmed Hussein Hassan (SOM) | DNS | |
