The Men's 800 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics

2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics

The 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the seventh edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held in Lille Métropole, France, with stadium-based events at Stadium Lille-Métropole in Villeneuve d'Ascq, on 6–10 July, 2011. Eligible athletes were aged 16 or 17 on...

 was held at the Stadium Nord Lille Métropole on 6, 7 and 8 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Leonard Kirwa Kosencha Leonard Kirwa Kosencha Leonard Kirwa Kosencha is a Kenyan middle distance runner.He won a gold medal at the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. By performing 1,44,08 at these Championships, he also broke Belal Mansoor Ali's old world youth record, which had been standing since 17 June 2005...    Kenya	Mohammed Aman Mohammed Aman (athlete) Mohammed Aman Geleto is a Ethiopian middle distance runner.He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics....    Ethiopia	Timothy Kitum   Kenya

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best		1:44.34	Conegliano Conegliano Conegliano is a town and comune of the Veneto region, Italy, in the province of Treviso, about north by rail from the town of Treviso. The population of the city is of around 36,000 people. The remains of a castle that was built in the 10th century remain on a nearby hill... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	17 June 2005
Championship Record		1:48.42	Marrakesh, Morocco Morocco Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...	15 July 2005
World Youth Leading		1:45.74	Montreuil-sous-Bois, France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	7 June 2011

During the competition, Leonard Kirwa Kosencha

Leonard Kirwa Kosencha

Leonard Kirwa Kosencha is a Kenyan middle distance runner.He won a gold medal at the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. By performing 1,44,08 at these Championships, he also broke Belal Mansoor Ali's old world youth record, which had been standing since 17 June 2005...

 lowered Belal Mansoor Ali

Belal Mansoor Ali

Belal Mansoor Ali is a middle distance runner now representing Bahrain after changing nationality from Kenya.He was born John Yego on October 17, 1988 in Kenya. A lot of controversy has surrounded his age, starting when he won the 1500 metres race at the 2005 IAAF World Youth Championships in...

's world youth best to 1:44.08, thereby establishing a new championship record, too.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Mohammed Aman Mohammed Aman (athlete) Mohammed Aman Geleto is a Ethiopian middle distance runner.He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics....		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	United Kingdom	1:52.80	Q
4	5	Kevin Angulo		1:54.69
5	2	Nemanja Kojic		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	United Kingdom	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 Leonard Kirwa Kosencha Leonard Kirwa Kosencha is a Kenyan middle distance runner.He won a gold medal at the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. By performing 1,44,08 at these Championships, he also broke Belal Mansoor Ali's old world youth record, which had been standing since 17 June 2005...		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 Vazquez		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 H. 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	United Kingdom	1:52.42
8	2	Saúl Martínez		1:52.86	PB

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Leonard Kirwa Kosencha Leonard Kirwa Kosencha Leonard Kirwa Kosencha is a Kenyan middle distance runner.He won a gold medal at the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. By performing 1,44,08 at these Championships, he also broke Belal Mansoor Ali's old world youth record, which had been standing since 17 June 2005...		1:47.11	Q, CR
2	5	Mohammed Aman Mohammed Aman (athlete) Mohammed Aman Geleto is a Ethiopian middle distance runner.He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics....		1:47.72	Q
3	3	Cameron Thornton		1:49.64
4	6	Tyler Smith		1:49.67	PB
5	8	Elliot Slade	United Kingdom	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 Vazquez		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 Leonard Kirwa Kosencha Leonard Kirwa Kosencha is a Kenyan middle distance runner.He won a gold medal at the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics. By performing 1,44,08 at these Championships, he also broke Belal Mansoor Ali's old world youth record, which had been standing since 17 June 2005...		1:44.08	WY
	6	Mohammed Aman Mohammed Aman (athlete) Mohammed Aman Geleto is a Ethiopian middle distance runner.He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics....		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 Vazquez		1:51.25
8	1	Abdelkerim Mohammed Hussein		1:51.85