2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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 Kenya
Silver	Florent Lacasse France
Bronze	Antonio Manuel Reina Spain

Results

Final

20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nicholas Wachira	Kenya	1:47.16
	Florent Lacasse	France	1:47.61
	Antonio Manuel Reina	Spain	1:47.90
4	Salem Amer Al-Badri	Qatar	1:48.51
5	Arnoud Okken	Netherlands	1:49.10
6	Abdelkabir Louraïbi	Morocco	1:49.88
7	Jason Stewart	New Zealand	1:50.34
8	Aldwyn Sappleton	Jamaica	1:50.63
9	Abdul Rahman Suleiman	Qatar	1:50.92

Semifinals

18 October

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Florent Lacasse	France	1:48.13	Q
2	Nicholas Wachira	Kenya	1:48.30	Q
3	Salem Amer Al-Badri	Qatar	1:48.44	Q
4	Mohamed Osman	Saudi Arabia	1:51.19
5	Aldwyn Sappleton	Jamaica	1:52.56	q
6	Jako Burgers	South Africa	1:53.40
7	Fernando Almeida	Portugal	1:54.52
8	Amine Laâlou	Morocco	3:00.54

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antonio Manuel Reina	Spain	1:49.06	Q
2	Arnoud Okken	Netherlands	1:49.42	Q
3	Abdelkabir Louraïbi	Morocco	1:49.80	Q
4	Abdul Rahman Suleiman	Qatar	1:50.14	q
5	Jason Stewart	New Zealand	1:50.27	q
6	Vincent Kemboi	Kenya	1:50.29
7	Nick Devenport	United States	1:52.81
8	Tom Vanchaze	Belgium	1:54.65

Heats

17 October

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Florent Lacasse	France	1:51.05	Q
2	Abdul Rahman Suleiman	Qatar	1:51.39	Q
3	Vincent Kemboi	Kenya	1:51.43	Q
4	Amine Laâlou	Morocco	1:51.55	q
5	Manuel Olmedo	Spain	1:51.65
6	Hamza Abdenouz	Algeria	1:51.69
7	Primesh Kumar	India	1:56.80
8	Setefano Mika	Samoa	2:02.72

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Arnoud Okken	Netherlands	1:49.81	Q
2	Tom Vanchaze	Belgium	1:50.15	Q
3	Aldwyn Sappleton	Jamaica	1:50.36	Q
4	Abdelkabir Louraïbi	Morocco	1:50.80	q
5	Jako Burgers	South Africa	1:51.43	q
6	Dominik Erhardt	Germany	1:51.95
7	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	Sudan	1:53.14
8	Ebrima Ceesay	Gambia	1:57.98

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nicholas Wachira	Kenya	1:50.91	Q
2	Salem Amer Al-Badri	Qatar	1:51.13	Q
3	Fernando Almeida	Portugal	1:52.21	Q
4	Mandla Nkosi	South Africa	1:56.01
5	Raymond Adams	United Kingdom	1:56.93
6	Banzragch Batmunkh	Mongolia	1:59.68

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antonio Manuel Reina	Spain	1:50.84	Q
2	Nick Devenport	United States	1:51.15	Q
3	Mohamed Osman	Saudi Arabia	1:51.45	Q
4	Jason Stewart	New Zealand	1:51.57	q
5	Anthony Lilley	Ireland	1:52.48
6	Moussa Aoudjali	Chad	2:00.73
7	Florent Battistel	Monaco	2:04.40

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

• Algeria (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Chad (1)
• France (1)
• Gambia (1)
• Germany (1)
• India (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Jamaica (1)
• Kenya (2)
• Monaco (1)
• Mongolia (1)
• Morocco (2)
• Netherlands (1)
• New Zealand (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Qatar (2)
• Samoa (1)
• Saudi Arabia (1)
• South Africa (2)
• Spain (2)
• Sudan (1)
• United Kingdom (1)
• United States (1)