2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres
# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres

The Boys' 800 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 10–13 July.

## Medalists

* Gold: Alfred Kipketer Kenya 1:48.01
* Silver: Konstantin Tolokonnikov Russia 1:48.29
* Bronze: Kyle Langford Great Britain 1:48.32

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

| World Youth Best | Mohammed Aman (ETH) | 1:43.37 | Rieti, Italy | 10 September 2011 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship Record | Leonard Kirwa Kosencha (KEN) | 1:44.08 | Lille, France | 9 July 2011 |
| World Youth Leading | Robert Kiptoo Biwott (KEN) | 1:46.98 | Tokyo, Japan | 5 May 2013 |

## Heats

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Patrick Kiprotich Ronoh | Kenya | 1.51.50 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Jay-be van Rooyen | South Africa | 1.52.05 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Matúš Talán | Slovakia | 1.52.70 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Sondre Dingsør Skogen | Norway | 1.52.75 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 4 | Bojan Stanisic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.53.23 | q, PB |
| 6 | 8 | Sabry Salem Mohamed | Egypt | 1.53.40 | |
| 7 | 3 | Robert Ford | United States | 1.53.61 | |
| 8 | 7 | Riadh Chninni | Tunisia | 1.58.77 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Marc Reuther | Germany | 1:52.86 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | William Levay | Sweden | 1:53.13 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Mohamed Elnour Mohamed | Qatar | 1:53.37 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Gerard Badia | Spain | 1:53.39 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sebastian Ursachi | Romania | 1:54.11 | |
| 6 | 8 | Thomas Oxland | Canada | 1:55.60 | PB |
| | 3 | Fathi Ahmed Adam | Sudan | DQ | |
| | 7 | Tsegay Tesfemariam | Eritrea | DNS | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Alfred Kipketer | Kenya | 1:50.14 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 3 | Mamush Lencha | Ethiopia | 1:50.30 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Konstantin Tolokonnikov | Russia | 1:51.22 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Hristos Kotitsas | Greece | 1:52.88 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Jesús Tonatiu López | Mexico | 1:54.40 | |
| 6 | 4 | Marco Lano | Italy | 1:54.63 | |
| 7 | 7 | Cosmin Trofin | Romania | 1:56.58 | |
| 8 | 6 | Frangueira Fernando | Angola | 2:05.81 | |
| | 8 | Serdal Karatas | Turkey | DQ | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Kyle Langford | Great Britain | 1:51:88 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Abrahaley Tadesse | Ethiopia | 1:51:92 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Philip Lonmon | Germany | 1:52:02 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Axel Vives | Spain | 1:52:44 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Henri Lacoste | France | 1:52:61 | q |
| 6 | 3 | Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen | Denmark | 1:52:98 | q, PB |
| 7 | 4 | Carter Day | Canada | 1:53:13 | q |
| 8 | 7 | Dmytro Baydalyuk | Ukraine | 1:53:63 | PB |

### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | Oussama Nabil | Morocco | 1:53:49 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Louis Rawlings | France | 1:53:88 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Yeoryios Kiloglou | Greece | 1:53:95 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Jacopo Peron | Italy | 1:54:19 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Edvard Kamperud Nygaard | Norway | 1:55:99 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jhonny Pacheco | Venezuela | 1:56:49 | |
| 7 | 5 | Naif Obaid Mashnafi | Saudi Arabia | 1:57:29 | |
| | 4 | Hamid Sulema Ferej | Eritrea | DNS | |

## Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alfred Kipketer | Kenya | 1:48.38 | Q, PB |
| 2 | Mamush Lencha | Ethiopia | 1:48.68 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Kyle Langford | Great Britain | 1:48.85 | q, PB |
| 4 | Louis Rawlings | France | 1:52.59 | |
| 5 | Yeoryios Kiloglou | Greece | 1:53.05 | |
| 6 | Gerard Badia | Spain | 1:53.53 | |
| 7 | Matúš Talán | Slovakia | 1:54.02 | |
| 8 | Sondre Dingsør Skogen | Norway | 2:00.67 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Konstantin Tolokonnikov | Russia | 1:50.92 | Q |
| 2 | Abrahaley Tadesse | Ethiopia | 1:51.06 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Philip Lonmon | Germany | 1:51.25 | |
| 4 | Henri Lacoste | France | 1:53.44 | |
| 5 | Carter Day | Canada | 1:53.69 | |
| 6 | Bojan Stanisic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:54.56 | |
| 7 | William Levay | Sweden | 1:54.97 | |
| 8 | Jay-be van Rooyen | South Africa | 1:57.02 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Patrick Kiprotich Ronoh | Kenya | 1:49.50 | Q, PB |
| 2 | Oussama Nabil | Morocco | 1:49.95 | Q |
| 3 | Marc Reuther | Germany | 1:50.08 | q, PB |
| 4 | Mohamed Elnour Mohamed | Qatar | 1:50.66 | PB |
| 5 | Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen | Denmark | 1:52.19 | PB |
| 6 | Axel Vives | Spain | 1:53.59 | |
| 7 | Jacopo Peron | Italy | 1:57.75 | |
| | Hristos Kotitsas | Greece | DQ | |

## Final

Results:

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alfred Kipketer | Kenya | 1:48.01 | PB |
| 2 | Konstantin Tolokonnikov | Russia | 1:48.29 | PB |
| 3 | Kyle Langford | Great Britain | 1:48.32 | PB |
| 4 | Mamush Lencha | Ethiopia | 1:49.85 | |
| 5 | Marc Reuther | Germany | 1:50.05 | PB |
| 6 | Oussama Nabil | Morocco | 1:50.28 | |
| 7 | Abrahaley Tadesse | Ethiopia | 1:50.60 | PB |
| 8 | Patrick Kiprotich Ronoh | Kenya | 1:51.53 | |
