# 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres

The boys' 800 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 15, 16 and 18 July 2015.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Mohammed Aman (ETH) | 1:43.37 | Rieti, Italy | 10 September 2011 |
| Championship Record | Leonard Kirwa Kosencha (KEN) | 1:44.08 | Lille, France | 9 July 2011 |
| World Youth Leading | Willy Tarbei (KEN) | 1:44.51 | Nairobi, Kenya | 17 June 2015 |

## Results
### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 5 | Omer Amano | Ethiopia | 1:50.31 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Willy Tarbei | Kenya | 1:50.92 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Theuns Ehlers | South Africa | 1:51.22 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Kipyegon Bett | Kenya | 1:51.38 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Ben Greenwood | Great Britain | 1:51.58 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Kazuyoshi Tamogami | Japan | 1:51.89 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Iskander Jhinaoui | Tunisia | 1:52.04 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 2 | Godfrey Chama | Zambia | 1:52.28 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 4 | Andrea Romani | Italy | 1:52.35 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Andrey Belokon | Russia | 1:52.47 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Thierry-Orden Dagbetin | France | 1:52.54 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Leon Clarke | Jamaica | 1:52.64 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Warsame Doley | Sweden | 1:52.68 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Andrej Mitašík | Slovakia | 1:52.70 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Ryan Sánchez | Puerto Rico | 1:52.92 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Tahar Lazaar | Algeria | 1:53.03 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | Cameron Cooper | United States | 1:53.04 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | Takuto Hanamura | Japan | 1:53.17 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Luis Fernando Pires | Brazil | 1:53.26 | q |
| 20 | 1 | Pascal Kleyer | Germany | 1:53.28 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Beant Singh | India | 1:53.32 | Q |
| 22 | 5 | Václav Staněk | Czech Republic | 1:53.33 | q |
| 23 | 1 | Achraf El-Maliky | Morocco | 1:53.44 | Q |
| 24 | 1 | Conor Dunne | United States | 1:53.60 | Q |
| 25 | 2 | Dean Ellenwood | Canada | 1:53.70 | |
| 26 | 4 | Tilen Šimenko Lalič | Slovenia | 1:53.98 | PB |
| 27 | 1 | Eduardo Romero | Spain | 1:54.37 | |
| 28 | 4 | Siro Piña | Spain | 1:54.79 | |
| 29 | 2 | Athanásios Kalákos | Greece | 1:54.88 | |
| 30 | 3 | Mohammed Al-Bzaznah | Iraq | 1:55.13 | |
| 31 | 5 | Anass Mghar | Morocco | 1:55.35 | |
| 32 | 2 | El-Hadi Hamid | Sudan | 1:55.43 | |
| 33 | 1 | Marcell Kovács | Hungary | 1:55.81 | |
| 33 | 5 | Richárd Süli | Hungary | 1:55.81 | |
| 35 | 5 | Zinedine Selis | Costa Rica | 1:56.18 | |
| 36 | 3 | Taylor Lyman | Canada | 2:02.05 | |
| – | 1 | Temam Tura | Ethiopia | DQ | |

### Semifinal

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Kipyegon Bett | Kenya | 1:47.11 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Willy Tarbei | Kenya | 1:48.68 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Kazuyoshi Tamogami | Japan | 1:50.31 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | Omer Amano | Ethiopia | 1:50.56 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Luis Fernando Pires | Brazil | 1:50.67 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Leon Clarke | Jamaica | 1:50.70 | q, PB |
| 7 | 3 | Theuns Ehlers | South Africa | 1:51.01 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Pascal Kleyer | Germany | 1:51.41 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Andrea Romani | Italy | 1:51.54 | |
| 10 | 3 | Godfrey Chama | Zambia | 1:51.56 | SB |
| 11 | 3 | Conor Dunne | United States | 1:51.63 | PB |
| 12 | 2 | Achraf El-Maliky | Morocco | 1:52.23 | |
| 13 | 1 | Warsame Doley | Sweden | 1:52.34 | |
| 14 | 1 | Beant Singh | India | 1:52.53 | |
| 15 | 2 | Iskander Jhinaoui | Tunisia | 1:53.44 | |
| 16 | 2 | Thierry-Orden Dagbetin | France | 1:54.47 | |
| 17 | 2 | Cameron Cooper | United States | 1:54.71 | |
| 18 | 3 | Ryan Sánchez | Puerto Rico | 1:57.02 | |
| 19 | 1 | Andrej Mitašík | Slovakia | 1:57.09 | |
| 20 | 2 | Takuto Hanamura | Japan | 1:57.69 | |
| 21 | 1 | Ben Greenwood | Great Britain | 1:59.06 | |
| 22 | 2 | Tahar Lazaar | Algeria | 2:00.31 | |
| 23 | 3 | Andrey Belokon | Russia | 2:02.38 | |
| – | 3 | Václav Staněk | Czech Republic | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Willy Tarbei | Kenya | 1:45.58 | |
| | Kipyegon Bett | Kenya | 1:45.86 | |
| | Luis Fernando Pires | Brazil | 1:48.61 | PB |
| 4 | Omer Amano | Ethiopia | 1:49.11 | |
| 5 | Theuns Ehlers | South Africa | 1:49.32 | PB |
| 6 | Leon Clarke | Jamaica | 1:51.71 | |
| 7 | Kazuyoshi Tamogami | Japan | 1:52.58 | |
| 8 | Pascal Kleyer | Germany | 1:55.92 | |