# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 11 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Abubaker Kaki Sudan |
| Silver | Geoffrey Kibet Kenya |
| Bronze | André Olivier South Africa |

## Results
### Final

11 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 1:45.60 |
| | Geoffrey Kibet | Kenya | 1:46.23 |
| | André Olivier | South Africa | 1:47.57 |
| 4 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:47.91 |
| 5 | Diomar de Souza | Brazil | 1:49.80 |
| 6 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy | 1:50.65 |
| 7 | Amine El-Manaoui | Morocco | 1:51.43 |
| 8 | James Kaan | Australia | 1:52.41 |

### Semifinals

9 July

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Amine El-Manaoui | Morocco | 1:48.90 | Q |
| 2 | Geoffrey Kibet | Kenya | 1:49.04 | Q |
| 3 | James Kaan | Australia | 1:49.25 | q |
| 4 | Sebastian Keiner | Germany | 1:49.99 | |
| 5 | Shiferaw Wole | Ethiopia | 1:50.11 | |
| 6 | Rick Ward | United Kingdom | 1:51.97 | |
| 7 | Jan Van Den Broeck | Belgium | 1:53.11 | |
| 8 | Oriol Bonet | Spain | 1:53.98 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 1:46.71 | Q |
| 2 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:47.16 | Q |
| 3 | Diomar de Souza | Brazil | 1:49.01 | q |
| 4 | Henok Tesfaye | Ethiopia | 1:49.35 | |
| 4 | Robin Rohlén | Sweden | 1:49.35 | |
| 6 | Elijah Greer | United States | 1:50.47 | |
| 7 | Felix Konchellah | Kenya | 1:51.56 | |
| 8 | Kevin López | Spain | 1:53.57 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy | 1:48.38 | Q |
| 2 | André Olivier | South Africa | 1:48.62 | Q |
| 3 | Aleksandr Sheplyakov | Russia | 1:49.39 | |
| 4 | Ali Al-Deraan | Saudi Arabia | 1:49.45 | |
| 5 | Martin Hrstka | Czech Republic | 1:50.07 | |
| 6 | Ewen Sabatier | France | 1:50.34 | |
| 7 | Tayron Reyes | Dominican Republic | 1:50.61 | |
| 8 | Olivier Collin | Canada | 1:51.60 | |

### Heats

8 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Abubaker Kaki | Sudan | 1:50.92 | Q |
| 2 | Shiferaw Wole | Ethiopia | 1:50.96 | Q |
| 3 | Martin Hrstka | Czech Republic | 1:51.57 | Q |
| 4 | Mohamed Saykouk | Morocco | 1:51.82 | |
| 5 | Johan Svensson | Sweden | 1:52.64 | |
| 6 | Bilal Gagui | Algeria | 1:53.00 | |
| 7 | Alessandro Schiavone | Switzerland | 1:53.06 | |
| 8 | Julio Alfonso Pérez | Peru | 1:54.58 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Felix Konchellah | Kenya | 1:51.72 | Q |
| 2 | Rick Ward | United Kingdom | 1:51.73 | Q |
| 3 | Henok Tesfaye | Ethiopia | 1:51.92 | Q |
| 4 | Jost Kozan | Slovenia | 1:52.31 | |
| 5 | Benjamin Herriau | France | 1:52.37 | |
| 6 | Raaghid Fredericks | South Africa | 1:52.60 | |
| 7 | Cihat Ulus | Turkey | 1:52.72 | |
| 8 | Donte Holmes | United States | 1:52.88 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Adam Kszczot | Poland | 1:51.80 | Q |
| 2 | Robin Rohlén | Sweden | 1:52.04 | Q |
| 3 | Sebastian Keiner | Germany | 1:52.22 | Q |
| 4 | Artyom Kazban | Ukraine | 1:53.18 | |
| 5 | Jerome Kahia | Belgium | 1:53.30 | |
| 6 | Chris Smith | United Kingdom | 1:53.36 | |
| 7 | Rafith Rodríguez | Colombia | 1:53.72 | |
| 8 | Garvyn Nero | Trinidad and Tobago | 2:06.82 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Giordano Benedetti | Italy | 1:49.71 | Q |
| 2 | Jan Van Den Broeck | Belgium | 1:49.72 | Q |
| 3 | Diomar de Souza | Brazil | 1:49.77 | Q |
| 4 | Geoffrey Kibet | Kenya | 1:49.81 | q |
| 5 | Oriol Bonet | Spain | 1:51.71 | q |
| 6 | Dániel Kállay | Hungary | 1:53.02 | |
| 7 | Kim Jae-Yeol | South Korea | 1:53.52 | |
| 8 | Tilek Bekenbaev | Kyrgyzstan | 1:59.87 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Amine El-Manaoui | Morocco | 1:50.96 | Q |
| 2 | Kevin López | Spain | 1:51.08 | Q |
| 3 | Ewen Sabatier | France | 1:51.44 | Q |
| 4 | André Olivier | South Africa | 1:51.45 | q |
| 5 | Ali Al-Deraan | Saudi Arabia | 1:51.55 | q |
| 6 | Ronny Heck | Germany | 1:51.78 | |
| 7 | Fábio Gonçalves | Portugal | 1:52.61 | |
| 8 | Emrah Çoban | Turkey | 1:54.35 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandr Sheplyakov | Russia | 1:50.16 | Q |
| 2 | Tayron Reyes | Dominican Republic | 1:50.18 | Q |
| 3 | James Kaan | Australia | 1:50.28 | Q |
| 4 | Olivier Collin | Canada | 1:50.42 | q |
| 5 | Elijah Greer | United States | 1:50.73 | q |
| 6 | Wojciech Jarosz | Poland | 1:52.30 | |
| 7 | Farhan Ahmed | Pakistan | 1:56.48 | |
| 8 | Salifou Oumarou | Niger | 1:56.77 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 35 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Morocco (2)
* Niger (1)
* Pakistan (1)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sudan (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Turkey (2)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)