# 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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 Kenya |
| Silver | Salem Amer Al-Badri Qatar |
| Bronze | David Fiegen Luxembourg |

## Results
### Final

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

### Semifinals

17 July

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alex Kipchirchir | Kenya | 1:49.55 | Q |
| 2 | Adam Abdou | Qatar | 1:49.61 | Q |
| 3 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 1:49.72 | Q |
| 4 | Yuriy Koldin | Russia | 1:49.99 | |
| 5 | Ricky Soos | United Kingdom | 1:50.17 | |
| 6 | Richard Smith | United States | 1:50.29 | |
| 7 | Prince Mumba | Zambia | 1:50.96 | |
| 8 | Andrew Ellerton | Canada | 1:52.08 | |
| 9 | Roman Fosti | Estonia | 1:53.36 | |

#### Semifinal 2

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

### Heats

16 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Adam Abdou | Qatar | 1:48.93 | Q |
| 2 | Antoine Martiak | France | 1:49.03 | Q |
| 3 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 1:49.21 | q |
| 4 | Tom Osborne | New Zealand | 1:52.16 | |
| 5 | Mahmoud Abuattaya | Palestine | 1:56.61 | |
| 6 | Park Ji-Yun | South Korea | 1:58.21 | |
| 7 | Daryl Vassallo | Gibraltar | 2:01.16 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alex Kipchirchir | Kenya | 1:48.26 | Q |
| 2 | Ricky Soos | United Kingdom | 1:48.82 | Q |
| 3 | Andrew Ellerton | Canada | 1:49.45 | q |
| 4 | Roman Fosti | Estonia | 1:50.23 | q |
| 5 | Arno Hoevink | Netherlands | 1:52.15 | |
| 6 | Werner Botha | Australia | 1:52.84 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Fiegen | Luxembourg | 1:49.86 | Q |
| 2 | Frank Francois | United States | 1:50.10 | Q |
| 3 | Yuriy Koldin | Russia | 1:50.15 | q |
| 4 | Ibrahim Siddiq | Sudan | 1:50.79 | |
| 5 | Sylvester Chishiba | Zambia | 1:51.00 | |
| 6 | James Aaron | Australia | 1:51.06 | |
| 7 | Domen Znidaric | Slovenia | 1:56.74 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Salem Amer Al-Badri | Qatar | 1:49.63 | Q |
| 2 | Ismail Ahmed Ismail | Sudan | 1:50.13 | Q |
| 3 | Onalenna Oabona | Botswana | 1:50.48 | |
| 4 | Walid Meliani | Algeria | 1:50.62 | |
| 5 | Jermaine Myers | Jamaica | 1:50.93 | |
| 6 | Bonolo Maboa | South Africa | 1:51.25 | |
| 7 | Prince Mumba | Zambia | 1:51.86 | q |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | José Manuel Cortés | Spain | 1:49.28 | Q |
| 2 | Mohamed Battani | Morocco | 1:49.45 | Q |
| 3 | Cosmas Rono Kipkorir | Kenya | 1:49.62 | q |
| 4 | Richard Smith | United States | 1:50.17 | q |
| 5 | Erik Sproll | Canada | 1:50.57 | |
| 6 | Thiago Chyaromont | Brazil | 1:53.65 | |
| 7 | Tai Payne | Guyana | 2:09.88 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (2)
* Botswana (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (2)
* Estonia (1)
* France (1)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Qatar (2)
* Russia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sudan (2)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* Zambia (2)