# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Joseph Mutua Kenya |
| Silver | Tom Lerwill United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Grant Cremer Australia |

## Results
### Final

23 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Joseph Mutua | Kenya | 1:48.21 |
| | Tom Lerwill | United Kingdom | 1:48.40 |
| | Grant Cremer | Australia | 1:48.46 |
| 4 | Japheth Kimutai | Kenya | 1:48.97 |
| 5 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:49.44 |
| 6 | Viktors Lācis | Latvia | 1:50.11 |
| 7 | Zach Whitmarsh | Canada | 1:50.26 |
| 8 | James Nolan | Ireland | 1:51.88 |

### Semifinals

22 August

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Japheth Kimutai | Kenya | 1:45.63 | Q |
| 2 | Tom Lerwill | United Kingdom | 1:47.27 | Q |
| 3 | Zach Whitmarsh | Canada | 1:47.33 | Q |
| 4 | James Nolan | Ireland | 1:47.55 | Q |
| 5 | Clyde Colenso | South Africa | 1:47.84 | |
| 6 | Hirohisa Muramatsu | Japan | 1:48.65 | |
| 7 | Abdul Rahman Abdullah | Qatar | 1:49.88 | |
| 8 | Roman Hanzel | Slovakia | 1:53.02 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Grant Cremer | Australia | 1:48.72 | Q |
| 2 | Viktors Lācis | Latvia | 1:48.91 | Q |
| 3 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:48.98 | Q |
| 4 | Joseph Mutua | Kenya | 1:49.21 | Q |
| 5 | Kazutomo Iwasaki | Japan | 1:49.32 | |
| 6 | Tim Rogge | Belgium | 1:49.46 | |
| 7 | Roman Oravec | Czech Republic | 1:50.23 | |
| 8 | Jean-Patrick Nduwimana | Burundi | 1:50.50 | |

### Heats

21 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roman Oravec | Czech Republic | 1:52.88 | Q |
| 2 | Hirohisa Muramatsu | Japan | 1:53.38 | Q |
| 3 | Reuben Silwimba | Zambia | 1:53.99 | |
| 4 | Youcef Abdi | Algeria | 1:54.12 | |
| 5 | Moses Kavuma | Uganda | 1:54.69 | |
| 6 | Momodou Lamin Drammeh | Gambia | 1:55.09 | |
| 7 | Kuripitone Betham | Western Samoa | 2:01.75 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | James Nolan | Ireland | 1:49.02 | Q |
| 2 | Tom Lerwill | United Kingdom | 1:49.22 | Q |
| 3 | Zach Whitmarsh | Canada | 1:49.33 | q |
| 4 | Tim Rogge | Belgium | 1:49.47 | q |
| 5 | Juan Delgado | Spain | 1:50.26 | |
| 6 | István Nagy | Hungary | 1:50.64 | |
| 7 | Lkhagvasuren Choisuren | Mongolia | 2:11.85 | |
| | Nhlanhla Dlamini | Swaziland | DQ | (163.3) |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jean-Patrick Nduwimana | Burundi | 1:51.05 | Q |
| 2 | Nils Schumann | Germany | 1:51.27 | Q |
| 3 | Robert True | United States | 1:51.68 | |
| 4 | Said Basweidan | Yemen | 1:52.21 | |
| 5 | Meelis Tammre | Estonia | 1:52.83 | |
| 6 | Vane Stojanov | North Macedonia | 1:53.20 | |
| 7 | Chris Votu | Solomon Islands | 2:06.21 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Japheth Kimutai | Kenya | 1:47.89 | Q |
| 2 | Abdul Rahman Abdullah | Qatar | 1:49.95 | Q |
| 3 | Israel Domínguez | Spain | 1:51.91 | |
| 4 | Clyde McIntosh | New Zealand | 1:52.17 | |
| 5 | Paweł Czapiewski | Poland | 1:53.02 | |
| 6 | Davi de Jesús | Brazil | 1:53.49 | |
| 7 | Mohamed Yagoub | Sudan | 1:55.34 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Clyde Colenso | South Africa | 1:48.83 | Q |
| 2 | Grant Cremer | Australia | 1:48.84 | Q |
| 3 | Viktors Lācis | Latvia | 1:49.06 | q |
| 4 | Kazutomo Iwasaki | Japan | 1:49.33 | q |
| 5 | Roman Tarasov | Russia | 1:53.04 | |
| 6 | Péter Berezvai | Hungary | 1:53.36 | |
| 7 | Lionel Barranco | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2:06.73 | |
| 8 | David Dexter | Vanuatu | 2:11.15 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joseph Mutua | Kenya | 1:49.99 | Q |
| 2 | Roman Hanzel | Slovakia | 1:50.81 | Q |
| 3 | Robin Martin | United States | 1:51.33 | |
| 4 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | Algeria | 1:52.06 | |
| 5 | Werner Botha | South Africa | 1:52.83 | |
| 6 | Craig Wood | Australia | 1:53.27 | |
| 7 | Rickard Pell | Sweden | 1:57.01 | |
| 8 | Henele Taliai | Tonga | 2:05.97 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 37 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (2)
* Australia (2)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Burundi (1)
* Canada (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Gambia (1)
* Germany (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Latvia (1)
* North Macedonia (1)
* Mongolia (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Poland (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Russia (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (2)
* Sudan (1)
* Swaziland (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Tonga (1)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
* Uganda (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* Vanuatu (1)
* Western Samoa (1)
* Yemen (1)
* Zambia (1)