# 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13, 14 and 16 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Majid Saeed Sultan Qatar |
| Silver | Alfred Kirwa Yego Kenya |
| Bronze | Selahattin Çobanoğlu Turkey |

## Results
### Final

16 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Majid Saeed Sultan | Qatar | 1:47.33 |
| | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Kenya | 1:47.39 |
| | Selahattin Çobanoğlu | Turkey | 1:47.71 |
| 4 | Kévin Hautcœur | France | 1:48.37 |
| 5 | Elijah Boit | Kenya | 1:48.76 |
| 6 | Bocar Kane | France | 1:49.08 |
| 7 | Bonolo Maboa | South Africa | 1:49.85 |
| 8 | Michael Rimmer | United Kingdom | 1:50.59 |

### Semifinals

14 July

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Selahattin Çobanoğlu | Turkey | 1:49.70 | Q |
| 2 | Bocar Kane | France | 1:49.86 | Q |
| 3 | Elijah Boit | Kenya | 1:49.98 | Q |
| 4 | Michael Rimmer | United Kingdom | 1:50.05 | q |
| 5 | Thomas Matthys | Belgium | 1:50.41 | |
| 6 | Reuben Twijukye | Uganda | 1:50.51 | |
| 7 | Alexandr Osmolovich | Ukraine | 1:51.18 | |
| 8 | Kleberson Davide | Brazil | 1:51.97 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Kenya | 1:49.02 | Q |
| 2 | Majid Saeed Sultan | Qatar | 1:49.53 | Q |
| 3 | Bonolo Maboa | South Africa | 1:49.53 | Q |
| 4 | Kévin Hautcœur | France | 1:49.58 | q |
| 5 | Diego Gomes | Brazil | 1:50.63 | |
| 6 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1:50.79 | |
| 7 | Timothy Harris | United States | 1:50.97 | |
| 8 | René Bauschinger | Germany | 1:51.30 | |

### Heats

13 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Kenya | 1:48.96 | Q |
| 2 | Bonolo Maboa | South Africa | 1:49.31 | Q |
| 3 | Majid Saeed Sultan | Qatar | 1:49.34 | q |
| 4 | Kleberson Davide | Brazil | 1:50.44 | q |
| 5 | Dávid Takács | Hungary | 1:50.98 | |
| 6 | Sifiso Magagula | Swaziland | 2:01.92 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Reuben Twijukye | Uganda | 1:49.50 | Q |
| 2 | Kévin Hautcœur | France | 1:49.88 | Q |
| 3 | Diego Gomes | Brazil | 1:49.93 | q |
| 4 | Timothy Harris | United States | 1:50.75 | q |
| 5 | Chris Gowell | United Kingdom | 1:51.31 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elijah Boit | Kenya | 1:51.77 | Q |
| 2 | René Bauschinger | Germany | 1:51.96 | Q |
| 3 | Luis Alberto Marco | Spain | 1:52.85 | |
| 4 | Sydney Mafologela | South Africa | 1:52.94 | |
| 5 | Kamil Gawrys | Poland | 1:53.74 | |
| 6 | Ross Ridgewell | Australia | 1:54.88 | |
| 7 | Telva Brinkfield | French Polynesia | 2:03.53 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Thomas Matthys | Belgium | 1:50.98 | Q |
| 2 | Jozef Repčík | Slovakia | 1:51.30 | Q |
| 3 | Stephens Akena | Uganda | 1:51.51 | |
| 4 | Werner Botha | Australia | 1:51.64 | |
| 5 | Rachid Omar Alaya | Tunisia | 1:52.42 | |
| 6 | Marcus Mayes | United States | 1:53.18 | |
| 7 | Xavier D'Aumale | Monaco | 2:08.65 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Selahattin Çobanoğlu | Turkey | 1:49.19 | Q |
| 2 | Alexandr Osmolovich | Ukraine | 1:49.58 | Q |
| 3 | Michael Rimmer | United Kingdom | 1:49.64 | q |
| 4 | Bocar Kane | France | 1:50.72 | q |
| 5 | Florin Gania | Romania | 1:50.89 | |
| 6 | Fabio Bortolotti | Italy | 1:56.63 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (2)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (2)
* France (2)
* French Polynesia (1)
* Germany (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Monaco (1)
* Poland (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Romania (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (1)
* Swaziland (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Uganda (2)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)