2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres
| 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | boys | girls |
| 200 m | boys | girls |
| 400 m | boys | girls |
| 800 m | girls | |
| 1500 m | boys | girls |
| 3000 m | boys | girls |
| 5000 m | boys | girls |
| 100 m hurdles | girls | |
| 110 m hurdles | boys | |
| 400 m hurdles | boys | girls |
| 2000 m s'chase | boys | girls |
| Medley relay | boys | girls |
| 5000 m walk | girls | |
| 10,000 m walk | boys | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | boys | girls |
| Triple jump | boys | girls |
| High jump | boys | girls |
| Pole vault | boys | girls |
| Shot put | boys | girls |
| Discus throw | boys | girls |
| Javelin throw | boys | girls |
| Hammer throw | boys | girls |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | girls | |
| Decathlon | boys | |
The Boys' 800 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12–15 July.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best |  Mohammed Aman (ETH)
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1:43.37 | Rieti, Italy | 10 September 2011 |
| Championship Record |  Leonard Kirwa Kosencha (KEN)
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1:44.08 | Lille, France | 9 July 2011 |
| World Youth Leading | Tolesa Bodena (ETH)
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1:47.20 | Assela, Ethiopia | 16 June 2017 |
Heats
Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | Mikhail Soloshenko |  Kyrgyzstan |
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| 1 | 3 | William Devantier |  Denmark |
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| 1 | 4 | Tolesa Bodena | Ethiopia |
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| 1 | 5 | José Guillermo Peñalver |  Venezuela |
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| 1 | 6 | Jenito Acirio Guezane |  Mozambique |
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| 1 | 7 | Cristian Gabriel Voicu |  Romania |
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| 1 | 8 | Tyrese Reid |  Jamaica |
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| 2 | 2 | Noah Kiprono | Kenya |
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| 2 | 3 | Fredd Ponce |  Nicaragua |
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| 2 | 4 | Mihai Razvan Vasiliu | Romania |
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| 2 | 5 | Juan Diego Castro |  Costa Rica |
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| 2 | 6 | Abdellah Mouzlib |  Morocco |
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| 2 | 7 | Kimar Farquharson | Jamaica |
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| 2 | 8 | Erdem Öz |  Turkey |
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| 3 | 2 | Marco Vilca |  Peru |
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| 3 | 3 | Rok Markelj |  Slovenia |
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| 3 | 4 | Melese Nberet | Ethiopia |
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| 3 | 5 | Joshua Kibet |  Uganda |
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| 3 | 6 | Eduardas Rimas Survilas |  Lithuania |
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| 3 | 7 | Alfred Chawonza |  Zimbabwe |
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| 3 | 8 | Oussama Cherrad |  Algeria |
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| 4 | 2 | Jan Vukovic | Slovenia |
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| 4 | 3 | Ntuthuko Ndimande |  South Africa |
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| 4 | 4 | Japhet Kibiwott Toroitich | Kenya |
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| 4 | 5 | Stavros Spyrou |  Cyprus |
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| 4 | 6 | Diego Facundo Alegre |  Argentina |
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| 4 | 7 | Bekele Apenyo | Uganda |
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| 4 | 8 | Charaf Zahir | Morocco |