The boys' 800 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 9 July.Timetable
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeLeonard Kirwa Kosencha Mohammed Aman Timothy Kitum
Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World Youth Best1:44.34Conegliano, Italy 17 June 2005Championship Record1:48.42Marrakesh, Morocco15 July 2005World Youth Leading1:45.74Montreuil-sous-Bois, France7 June 2011
During the competition, Leonard Kirwa Kosencha lowered Belal Mansoor Ali's world youth best to 1:44.08, thereby establishing a new championship record, too.
Heats Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Mohammed Aman 1:53.17 Q 2 4 Nader Belhanbel 1:53.44 Q 3 5 Mihn Kyun Cho 1:53.54 Q, PB 4 7 Mihai Romas 1:53.73 5 1 John Apolinário 1:54.15 6 2 Benjámin Ludvig 1:54.30 PB 7 3 Ashley Riley 1:57.40
Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Tyler Smith 1:51.64 Q 2 1 Cameron Thornton 1:52.34 Q 3 6 William Gurton 1:52.80 Q 4 5 Kevin Angulo 1:54.69 5 2 Nemanja Kojić 1:54.97 6 7 Zachary Ryan Devaraj 1:57.36 7 3 Aleksandr Kozinets 1:59.04 PB 8 8 Brandon Parris 1:59.48
Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 Hamza Driouch 1:50.55 Q 2 4 Gaëtan Manceaux 1:52.30 Q 3 2 Nikolaus Franzmair 1:52.88 Q, PB 4 5 Luy de Lima 1:53.73 5 3 Riri Reste 1:55.30 PB 6 6 Alexandr Kurlov 1:58.83 7 1 Faisal Abdo Majrashi 2:02.11
Heat 4 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Abdelkerim Mohammed Hussein 1:51.01 Q, PB 2 3 Esrael Awoke 1:51.75 Q 3 1 Elliot Slade 1:52.25 Q 4 2 Tre'tez Kinnaird 1:52.81 q 5 6 Saúl Martínez 1:53.23 q 6 8 Alberto Mamba 1:53.68 PB 7 5 Andre Timothy Colebrook 1:55.38 8 7 Dominik Stadlmann 1:56.47
Heat 5 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Leonard Kirwa Kosencha 1:49.32 Q, PB 2 7 Brandon McBride 1:51.55 Q 3 1 Patrick Zwicker 1:51.64 Q 4 5 Andreas Almgren 1:52.46 q 5 3 Mohamed Belbachir 1:54.58 6 2 Chibuzor Igiliegbe 1:57.97 8 Artiom Cozacioc DQ 2 Elnazeer Abdelgader DNS
Heat 6 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 Wesley Vázquez 1:51.71 Q 2 2 Brecht Bertels 1:52.53 Q 3 1 Jun Mitake 1:52.69 Q 4 5 Abdessalem Ayouni 1:53.81 PB 5 4 Ville Lampinen 1:53.99 6 6 Ilie Macovei 1:54.84 7 3 Nick Flammang 1:55.18 PB 8 8 Sayed Ali 1:56.39 PB
Heat 7 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Timothy Kitum 1:52.63 Q 2 7 Nijel Amos 1:52.72 Q 3 4 Patryk Wróbel 1:53.83 Q 4 2 Roald Frøskeland 1:54.27 5 6 Víctor Emilio Ortiz 1:54.28 PB 6 8 Daniel Andújar 1:54.83 7 5 Komnen Cvijovic 1:56.87 8 3 Jerrad Mason 1:59.32
Semifinals Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Hamza Driouch 1:48.93 Q 2 5 Abdelkerim Mohammed Hussein 1:49.24 Q, PB 3 6 Esrael Awoke 1:49.49 q 4 3 Brandon McBride 1:51.00 5 8 Brecht Bertels 1:51.28 6 7 Jun Mitake 1:51.68 7 1 William Gurton 1:52.42 8 2 Saúl Martínez 1:52.86 PB
Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Leonard Kirwa Kosencha 1:47.11 Q, CR 2 5 Mohammed Aman 1:47.72 Q 3 3 Cameron Thornton 1:49.64 4 6 Tyler Smith 1:49.67 PB 5 8 Elliot Slade 1:52.25 6 1 Andreas Almgren 1:52.26 7 7 Patryk Wróbel 1:53.70 8 2 Mihn Kyun Cho 1:54.38
Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Nijel Amos 1:48.54 Q 2 1 Timothy Kitum 1:48.80 Q, PB 3 3 Wesley Vázquez 1:49.24 q 4 5 Patrick Zwicker 1:50.56 5 6 Tre'tez Kinnaird 1:50.64 6 2 Nikolaus Franzmair 1:51.45 PB 7 8 Gaëtan Manceaux 1:51.63 8 7 Nader Belhanbel 1:52.45
Final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Leonard Kirwa Kosencha 1:44.08 WYB 6 Mohammed Aman 1:44.68 PB 8 Timothy Kitum 1:44.98 PB 4 4 Hamza Driouch 1:46.39 PB 5 3 Nijel Amos 1:47.28 PB 6 2 Esrael Awoke 1:48.94 PB 7 7 Wesley Vázquez 1:51.25 8 1 Abdelkerim Mohammed Hussein 1:51.85
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