# 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28, 29 and 31 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | William Chirchir Kenya |
| Silver | Wilfred Bungei Kenya |
| Bronze | Paskar Owor Uganda |

## Results
### Final

31 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | William Chirchir | Kenya | 1:47.23 |
| | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:47.53 |
| | Paskar Owor | Uganda | 1:48.20 |
| 4 | João Pires | Portugal | 1:48.22 |
| 5 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:48.36 |
| 6 | Chris Moss | United Kingdom | 1:48.77 |
| 7 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 1:48.91 |
| 8 | Dwayne Miller | Jamaica | 1:49.25 |

### Semifinals

29 July

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chris Moss | United Kingdom | 1:50.65 | Q |
| 2 | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:50.70 | Q |
| 3 | Dwayne Miller | Jamaica | 1:50.76 | Q |
| 4 | Lucky Hadebe | South Africa | 1:51.01 | |
| 5 | Nicolas Aïssat | France | 1:51.11 | |
| 6 | Ramon Wächter | Switzerland | 1:51.11 | |
| 7 | Mechal Gebreab | Ethiopia | 1:51.19 | |
| 8 | Rachid Khouia | Morocco | 1:51.49 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | William Chirchir | Kenya | 1:48.93 | Q |
| 2 | João Pires | Portugal | 1:49.05 | Q |
| 3 | Paskar Owor | Uganda | 1:49.25 | Q |
| 4 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 1:49.31 | q |
| 5 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:49.80 | q |
| 6 | Joeri Jansen | Belgium | 1:53.46 | |
| 7 | Mohamed Al-Bayed | Palestine | 1:54.51 | |
| | Glauco Santos | Brazil | DNS | |

### Heats

28 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wilfred Bungei | Kenya | 1:49.47 | Q |
| 2 | Dwayne Miller | Jamaica | 1:49.59 | Q |
| 3 | Glauco Santos | Brazil | 1:50.41 | q |
| 4 | Kiyoharo Sato | Japan | 1:50.58 | |
| 5 | John Chávez | Colombia | 1:51.23 | |
| 6 | Said Chabane | Algeria | 1:56.89 | |
| 7 | Safari Rwakabera | Rwanda | 2:01.29 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | João Pires | Portugal | 1:50.73 | Q |
| 2 | Mohamed Al-Bayed | Palestine | 1:51.18 | Q |
| 3 | Sergio Gallardo | Spain | 1:51.32 | |
| 4 | Marlon Greensword | Jamaica | 1:51.60 | |
| 5 | Youcef Djebbab | Algeria | 1:51.94 | |
| 6 | Jon Stevens | United States | 1:52.19 | |
| 7 | Shawn Jeffers | British Virgin Islands | 1:55.98 | |
| 8 | Casper Pule | Solomon Islands | 2:00.43 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Chris Moss | United Kingdom | 1:49.92 | Q |
| 2 | Mechal Gebreab | Ethiopia | 1:50.28 | Q |
| 3 | Nicolas Aïssat | France | 1:50.30 | q |
| 4 | Alberto Revilla | Spain | 1:50.75 | |
| 5 | Craig Wood | Australia | 1:50.91 | |
| 6 | Kim Myung-Hwan | South Korea | 1:54.38 | |
| 7 | Baiju Mirandi | India | 1:56.41 | |
| 8 | Gerard Solomon | Vanuatu | 1:56.79 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paskar Owor | Uganda | 1:51.99 | Q |
| 2 | Bram Som | Netherlands | 1:52.15 | Q |
| 3 | Jasmin Salihović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:52.28 | |
| 4 | Nick Lorenz | Australia | 1:53.27 | |
| 5 | Jon Andersson | Sweden | 1:54.80 | |
| 6 | Claudinel Vitor | Brazil | 1:56.68 | |
| 7 | Clive Baron | Dominica | 1:57.03 | |
| 8 | Florent Battistel | Monaco | 2:00.31 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dmitriy Bogdanov | Russia | 1:52.64 | Q |
| 2 | Lucky Hadebe | South Africa | 1:52.97 | Q |
| 3 | Park Ho-Min | South Korea | 1:53.14 | |
| 4 | Igor Khalavniov | Belarus | 1:53.16 | |
| 5 | Mark Hassell | United States | 1:53.16 | |
| 6 | Abdelkabir Louraïbi | Morocco | 1:53.25 | |
| 7 | Florent Lacasse | France | 1:54.42 | |
| 8 | Tobias Ganzmann | Germany | 1:55.99 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joeri Jansen | Belgium | 1:50.84 | Q |
| 2 | Rachid Khouia | Morocco | 1:51.91 | Q |
| 3 | Dario Sbrana | Italy | 1:52.01 | |
| 4 | Jan Drees | Germany | 1:52.20 | |
| 5 | Ivan Heshko | Ukraine | 1:53.10 | |
| 6 | Simon Lees | United Kingdom | 1:53.79 | |
| 7 | Farid Salvaterra | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1:58.09 | |
| 8 | Kamardin Andriantambezina | Madagascar | 2:00.09 | |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | William Chirchir | Kenya | 1:51.78 | Q |
| 2 | Ramon Wächter | Switzerland | 1:51.89 | Q |
| 3 | Geert Waelput | Belgium | 1:52.29 | |
| 4 | Mandla Nkosi | South Africa | 1:54.08 | |
| 5 | Francesco Roncalli | Italy | 1:55.89 | |
| 6 | Hamed Ahmed Mohamed | Sudan | 1:56.38 | |
| 7 | Rickard Pell | Sweden | 1:58.12 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 54 athletes from 38 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (2)
* Australia (2)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Brazil (2)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Dominica (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* India (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Madagascar (1)
* Monaco (1)
* Morocco (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (1)
* Rwanda (1)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (2)
* Spain (2)
* Sudan (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Vanuatu (1)