The men's 800 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16, 17 and 19 July.

Medalists Gold Alex Kipchirchir Silver Salem Amer Al-Badri Bronze David Fiegen

Results

Final 19 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Alex Kipchirchir 1:46.59 Salem Amer Al-Badri 1:46.63 David Fiegen 1:46.66 4 Adam Abdou 1:46.86 5 Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:47.20 6 José Manuel Cortés 1:47.44 7 Mohamed Battani 1:48.18 8 Manuel Olmedo 1:56.73

Semifinals 17 July

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Alex Kipchirchir 1:49.55 Q 2 Adam Abdou 1:49.61 Q 3 Manuel Olmedo 1:49.72 Q 4 Yuriy Koldin 1:49.99 5 Ricky Soos 1:50.17 6 Richard Smith 1:50.29 7 Prince Mumba 1:50.96 8 Andrew Ellerton 1:52.08 9 Roman Fosti 1:53.36

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:46.36 Q 2 David Fiegen 1:46.40 Q 3 Salem Amer Al-Badri 1:46.82 Q 4 José Manuel Cortés 1:46.92 q 5 Mohamed Battani 1:48.46 q 6 Cosmas Rono Kipkorir 1:49.83 7 Antoine Martiak 1:52.37 8 Frank Francois 1:53.67

Heats 16 July

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Adam Abdou 1:48.93 Q 2 Antoine Martiak 1:49.03 Q 3 Manuel Olmedo 1:49.21 q 4 Tom Osborne 1:52.16 5 Mahmoud Abuattaya 1:56.61 6 Park Ji-Yun 1:58.21 7 Daryl Vassallo 2:01.16

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Alex Kipchirchir 1:48.26 Q 2 Ricky Soos 1:48.82 Q 3 Andrew Ellerton 1:49.45 q 4 Roman Fosti 1:50.23 q 5 Arno Hoevink 1:52.15 6 Werner Botha 1:52.84

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Fiegen 1:49.86 Q 2 Frank Francois 1:50.10 Q 3 Yuriy Koldin 1:50.15 q 4 Ibrahim Siddiq 1:50.79 5 Sylvester Chishiba 1:51.00 6 James Aaron 1:51.06 7 Domen Znidaric 1:56.74

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Salem Amer Al-Badri 1:49.63 Q 2 Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:50.13 Q 3 Onalenna Oabona 1:50.48 4 Walid Meliani 1:50.62 5 Jermaine Myers 1:50.93 6 Bonolo Maboa 1:51.25 7 Prince Mumba 1:51.86 q

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 José Manuel Cortés 1:49.28 Q 2 Mohamed Battani 1:49.45 Q 3 Cosmas Rono Kipkorir 1:49.62 q 4 Richard Smith 1:50.17 q 5 Erik Sproll 1:50.57 6 Thiago Chyaromont 1:53.65 7 Tai Payne 2:09.88

Participation According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

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