# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 19 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Benson Koech Kenya |
| Silver | Lee Jin-Il South Korea |
| Bronze | Brendan Hanigan Australia |

## Results
### Final

19 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Benson Koech | Kenya | 1:44.77 |
| | Lee Jin-Il | South Korea | 1:46.34 |
| | Brendan Hanigan | Australia | 1:47.26 |
| 4 | Vénuste Niyongabo | Burundi | 1:47.28 |
| 5 | Hezekiel Sepeng | South Africa | 1:47.51 |
| 6 | Marius van Heerden | South Africa | 1:48.71 |
| 7 | Igor Tolokonikov | Commonwealth of Independent States | 1:49.62 |
| | Davide Cadoni | Italy | DQ |

### Semifinals

17 September

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lee Jin-Il | South Korea | 1:48.91 | Q |
| 2 | Igor Tolokonikov | Commonwealth of Independent States | 1:49.93 | Q |
| 3 | Vincent Malakwen | Kenya | 1:50.37 | |
| 4 | Adam Duke | United Kingdom | 1:50.75 | |
| 5 | Farah Ibrahim Ali Ahmed | Qatar | 1:52.25 | |
| 6 | Ali Hakimi | Tunisia | 1:52.50 | |
| 7 | Philipp Zeuch | Germany | 1:56.78 | |
| 8 | Sasha Smiljanic | Canada | 2:01.75 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Benson Koech | Kenya | 1:47.57 | Q |
| 2 | Vénuste Niyongabo | Burundi | 1:47.96 | Q |
| 3 | Brendan Hanigan | Australia | 1:48.56 | q |
| 4 | Marius van Heerden | South Africa | 1:49.83 | q |
| 5 | Hailu Zewde | Ethiopia | 1:50.02 | |
| 6 | Zsombor Filep | Romania | 1:50.29 | |
| 7 | Julio Fuentes | Cuba | 1:50.40 | |
| 8 | David Divad | France | 1:50.64 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Davide Cadoni | Italy | 1:51.04 | Q |
| 2 | Hezekiel Sepeng | South Africa | 1:51.12 | Q |
| 3 | José Manuel Cerezo | Spain | 1:51.23 | |
| 4 | Michael Daniel | United States | 1:52.16 | |
| 5 | Duncan O'Neil | Jamaica | 1:52.18 | |
| 6 | Sören Schröder | Germany | 1:52.69 | |
| 7 | Kevin Richardson | Australia | 1:55.36 | |
| | Kim Soon-Hyung | South Korea | DNF | |

### Heats

16 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Benson Koech | Kenya | 1:48.46 | Q |
| 2 | Hezekiel Sepeng | South Africa | 1:50.86 | Q |
| 3 | Adam Duke | United Kingdom | 1:51.52 | Q |
| 4 | Ali Hakimi | Tunisia | 1:52.43 | Q |
| 5 | Fidelis Kajang | Nigeria | 1:54.10 | |
| 6 | Lennox Ellis | Barbados | 1:54.78 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lee Jin-Il | South Korea | 1:50.91 | Q |
| 2 | Julio Fuentes | Cuba | 1:51.66 | Q |
| 3 | José Manuel Cerezo | Spain | 1:51.77 | Q |
| 4 | David Divad | France | 1:52.13 | Q |
| 5 | David Matthews | Ireland | 1:52.56 | |
| 6 | Mauro González | Chile | 1:52.80 | |
| 7 | Alexandre de Oliveira | Brazil | 1:53.41 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vénuste Niyongabo | Burundi | 1:50.60 | Q |
| 2 | Sasha Smiljanic | Canada | 1:50.96 | Q |
| 3 | Brendan Hanigan | Australia | 1:51.50 | Q |
| 4 | Marius van Heerden | South Africa | 1:51.50 | Q |
| 5 | Philipp Zeuch | Germany | 1:51.79 | q |
| 6 | Victor Matarrese | Argentina | 1:52.94 | |
| 7 | Paul Ignacio | Gibraltar | 2:02.32 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vincent Malakwen | Kenya | 1:51.88 | Q |
| 2 | Kim Soon-Hyung | South Korea | 1:52.19 | Q |
| 3 | Davide Cadoni | Italy | 1:52.31 | Q |
| 4 | Kevin Richardson | Australia | 1:52.40 | Q |
| 5 | Tomonari Ono | Japan | 1:52.41 | |
| 6 | Paul Walker | United Kingdom | 1:52.85 | |
| 7 | Mohamed Atteya Al-Muwaled | Saudi Arabia | 1:54.47 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Michael Daniel | United States | 1:51.09 | Q |
| 2 | Zsombor Filep | Romania | 1:51.15 | Q |
| 3 | Igor Tolokonikov | Commonwealth of Independent States | 1:51.16 | Q |
| 4 | Hailu Zewde | Ethiopia | 1:51.60 | Q |
| 5 | Sören Schröder | Germany | 1:51.93 | q |
| 6 | Duncan O'Neil | Jamaica | 1:51.99 | q |
| 7 | Farah Ibrahim Ali Ahmed | Qatar | 1:52.04 | q |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (2)
* Barbados (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Burundi (1)
* Canada (1)
* Chile (1)
* Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Nigeria (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Romania (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (2)
* Spain (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (1)