The men's 800 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28, 29 and 31 July.
Medalists Gold William Chirchir Silver Wilfred Bungei Bronze Paskar Owor
Results Final 31 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes William Chirchir 1:47.23 Wilfred Bungei 1:47.53 Paskar Owor 1:48.20 4 João Pires 1:48.22 5 Bram Som 1:48.36 6 Chris Moss 1:48.77 7 Dmitriy Bogdanov 1:48.91 8 Dwayne Miller 1:49.25
Semifinals 29 July
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Chris Moss 1:50.65 Q 2 Wilfred Bungei 1:50.70 Q 3 Dwayne Miller 1:50.76 Q 4 Lucky Hadebe 1:51.01 5 Nicolas Aïssat 1:51.11 6 Ramon Wächter 1:51.11 7 Mechal Gebreab 1:51.19 8 Rachid Khouia 1:51.49
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 William Chirchir 1:48.93 Q 2 João Pires 1:49.05 Q 3 Paskar Owor 1:49.25 Q 4 Dmitriy Bogdanov 1:49.31 q 5 Bram Som 1:49.80 q 6 Joeri Jansen 1:53.46 7 Mohamed Al-Bayed 1:54.51 Glauco Santos DNS
Heats 28 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Wilfred Bungei 1:49.47 Q 2 Dwayne Miller 1:49.59 Q 3 Glauco Santos 1:50.41 q 4 Kiyoharo Sato 1:50.58 5 John Chávez 1:51.23 6 Said Chabane 1:56.89 7 Safari Rwakabera 2:01.29
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 João Pires 1:50.73 Q 2 Mohamed Al-Bayed 1:51.18 Q 3 Sergio Gallardo 1:51.32 4 Marlon Greensword 1:51.60 5 Youcef Djebbab 1:51.94 6 Jon Stevens 1:52.19 7 Shawn Jeffers 1:55.98 8 Casper Pule 2:00.43
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Chris Moss 1:49.92 Q 2 Mechal Gebreab 1:50.28 Q 3 Nicolas Aïssat 1:50.30 q 4 Alberto Revilla 1:50.75 5 Craig Wood 1:50.91 6 Kim Myung-Hwan 1:54.38 7 Baiju Mirandi 1:56.41 8 Gerard Solomon 1:56.79
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paskar Owor 1:51.99 Q 2 Bram Som 1:52.15 Q 3 Jasmin Salihović 1:52.28 4 Nick Lorenz 1:53.27 5 Jon Andersson 1:54.80 6 Claudinel Vitor 1:56.68 7 Clive Baron 1:57.03 8 Florent Battistel 2:00.31
Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dmitriy Bogdanov 1:52.64 Q 2 Lucky Hadebe 1:52.97 Q 3 Park Ho-Min 1:53.14 4 Igor Khalavniov 1:53.16 5 Mark Hassell 1:53.16 6 Abdelkabir Louraïbi 1:53.25 7 Florent Lacasse 1:54.42 8 Tobias Ganzmann 1:55.99
Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Joeri Jansen 1:50.84 Q 2 Rachid Khouia 1:51.91 Q 3 Dario Sbrana 1:52.01 4 Jan Drees 1:52.20 5 Ivan Heshko 1:53.10 6 Simon Lees 1:53.79 7 Farid Salvaterra 1:58.09 8 Kamardin Andriantambezina 2:00.09
Heat 7 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 William Chirchir 1:51.78 Q 2 Ramon Wächter 1:51.89 Q 3 Geert Waelput 1:52.29 4 Mandla Nkosi 1:54.08 5 Francesco Roncalli 1:55.89 6 Hamed Ahmed Mohamed 1:56.38 7 Rickard Pell 1:58.12
Participation According to an unofficial count, 54 athletes from 38 countries participated in the event.
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