# Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 800 metres

The boys' 800 metres competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 13 and 15 October, at the Parque Polideportivo Roca.

## Schedule

All times are in local time (UTC-3).
| Date | Time | Round |
| 13 October 2018 | 16:45 | Stage 1 |
| 15 October 2018 | 15:20 | Stage 2 |

## Results
### Stage 1

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Tasew Yada | Ethiopia | 1:49.38 | QH3 |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | Mohamed Ali Gouaned | Algeria | 1:50.08 | QH3, PB |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Mehmet Çelik | Turkey | 1:50.83 | QH3 |
| 4 | 1 | 8 | Francis Leshoo Pesi | Kenya | 1:50.85 | QH3 |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Hamze Ali Hassan | Djibouti | 1:51.12 | QH3, PB |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Mohamed Abouettahery | Morocco | 1:51.17 | QH3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Anthony Vlatko | Australia | 1:51.34 | QH3 |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Athanase Vyizigiro | Burundi | 1:52.27 | QH3 |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Sreekiran Nandakumar | India | 1:52.42 | QH2 |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | Axel Vázquez Morales | Mexico | 1:52.44 | QH2 |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Elvin Josué Canales | Honduras | 1:52.52 | QH2 |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Eric Guzman | Spain | 1:52.82 | QH2 |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Cristian Voicu | Romania | 1:53.05 | QH2 |
| 14 | 1 | 4 | Jenito Acirio Guezane | Mozambique | 1:53.22 | QH2, PB |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Jakub Davidík | Czech Republic | 1:53.75 | QH2 |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Adam Masaczynski | Poland | 1:53.82 | QH2 |
| 17 | 2 | 2 | Paul Seyringer | Austria | 1:54.02 | QH2 |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Pedro Tombolim de Souza | Brazil | 1:54.45 | QH1 |
| 19 | 1 | 7 | Akoon Akoon Akoon Akoon | South Sudan | 1:54.54 | QH1 |
| 20 | 2 | 5 | Jovan Rosić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:55.14 | QH1, PB |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | João Peixoto | Portugal | 1:56.93 | QH1 |
| 22 | 3 | 3 | Kimar Farquharson | Jamaica | 1:57.51 | QH1 |
| 23 | 3 | 3 | Manuel Jacinto Chivela | Angola | 1:58.08 | QH1 |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Chester Durand | Dominica | 2:06.49 | QH1, PB |
| | 2 | 8 | Samer Ali Saleh Aljohar | Jordan | DQ | QH1, R 163.3b |

### Stage 2

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 6 | Tasew Yada | Ethiopia | 1:50.38 | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Mehmet Çelik | Turkey | 1:50.96 | |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Francis Leshoo Pesi | Kenya | 1:51.02 | |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | Mohamed Abouettahery | Morocco | 1:51.03 | |
| 5 | 3 | 8 | Hamze Ali Hassan | Djibouti | 1:51.55 | |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Mohamed Ali Gouaned | Algeria | 1:51.66 | |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Kimar Farquharson | Jamaica | 1:52.09 | |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Athanase Vyizigiro | Burundi | 1:52.78 | |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Samer Ali Saleh Aljohar | Jordan | 1:53.05 | |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Eric Guzman | Spain | 1:53.46 | |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Axel Vázquez Morales | Mexico | 1:53.84 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Adam Masaczynski | Poland | 1:54.17 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Cristian Voicu | Romania | 1:54.18 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Anthony Vlatko | Australia | 1:54.34 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Jenito Acirio Guezane | Mozambique | 1:54.72 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Jakub Davidík | Czech Republic | 1:54.75 | |
| 17 | 1 | 6 | Pedro Tombolim de Souza | Brazil | 1:55.18 | |
| 18 | 2 | 5 | Elvin Josué Canales | Honduras | 1:56.24 | |
| 19 | 1 | 8 | Manuel Jacinto Chivela | Angola | 1:58.20 | |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | João Peixoto | Portugal | 1:58.46 | |
| 21 | 1 | 5 | Jovan Rosić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:01.76 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Paul Seyringer | Austria | 2:02.19 | |
| 23 | 1 | 2 | Chester Durand | Dominica | 2:03.38 | PB |
| 24 | 2 | 6 | Sreekiran Nandakumar | India | 2:06.51 | |
| | 1 | 4 | Akoon Akoon Akoon Akoon | South Sudan | DNS | |

### Final placing

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Total |
| | Tasew Yada | Ethiopia | 1:49.38 | 1:50.38 | 3:39.76 |
| | Mohamed Ali Gouaned | Algeria | 1:50.08 | 1:51.66 | 3:41.74 |
| | Mehmet Çelik | Turkey | 1:50.83 | 1:50.96 | 3:41.79 |
| 4 | Francis Leshoo Pesi | Kenya | 1:50.85 | 1:51.02 | 3:41.87 |
| 5 | Mohamed Abouettahery | Morocco | 1:51.17 | 1:51.03 | 3:42.20 |
| 6 | Hamze Ali Hassan | Djibouti | 1:51.12 | 1:51.55 | 3:42.67 |
| 7 | Athanase Vyizigiro | Burundi | 1:52.27 | 1:52.78 | 3:45.05 |
| 8 | Anthony Vlatko | Australia | 1:51.34 | 1:54.34 | 3:45.68 |
| 9 | Axel Vázquez Morales | Mexico | 1:52.44 | 1:53.84 | 3:46.28 |
| 10 | Eric Guzman | Spain | 1:52.82 | 1:53.46 | 3:46.28 |
| 11 | Cristian Voicu | Romania | 1:53.05 | 1:54.18 | 3:47.23 |
| 12 | Jenito Acirio Guezane | Mozambique | 1:53.22 | 1:54.72 | 3:47.94 |
| 13 | Adam Masaczynski | Poland | 1:53.82 | 1:54.17 | 3:47.99 |
| 14 | Jakub Davidík | Czech Republic | 1:53.75 | 1:54.75 | 3:48.50 |
| 15 | Elvin Josué Canales | Honduras | 1:52.52 | 1:56.24 | 3:48.76 |
| 16 | Kimar Farquharson | Jamaica | 1:57.51 | 1:52.09 | 3:49.60 |
| 17 | Pedro Tombolim de Souza | Brazil | 1:54.45 | 1:55.18 | 3:49.63 |
| 18 | João Peixoto | Portugal | 1:56.93 | 1:58.46 | 3:55.39 |
| 19 | Paul Seyringer | Austria | 1:54.02 | 2:02.19 | 3:56.21 |
| 20 | Manuel Jacinto Chivela | Angola | 1:58.08 | 1:58.20 | 3:56.28 |
| 21 | Jovan Rosić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:55.14 | 2:01.76 | 3:56.90 |
| 22 | Sreekiran Nandakumar | India | 1:52.42 | 2:06.51 | 3:58.93 |
| 23 | Chester Durand | Dominica | 2:06.49 | 2:03.38 | 4:09.87 |
| | Samer Ali Saleh Aljohar | Jordan | DQ | 1:53.05 | |
| | Akoon Akoon Akoon Akoon | South Sudan | 1:54.54 | DNS | |