2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres

• Gold: Alfred Kipketer  Kenya 1:48.01
• Silver: Konstantin Tolokonnikov  Russia 1:48.29
• Bronze: Kyle Langford  Great Britain 1:48.32

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	Robert Kiptoo Biwott (KEN)	1:46.98	Tokyo, Japan	5 May 2013

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.[1]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Patrick Kiprotich Ronoh	Kenya	1.51.50	Q
2	6	Jay-be van Rooyen	South Africa	1.52.05	Q
3	5	Matúš Talán	Slovakia	1.52.70	Q, PB
4	1	Sondre Dingsør Skogen	Norway	1.52.75	Q, PB
5	4	Bojan Stanisic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.53.23	q, PB
6	8	Sabry Salem Mohamed	Egypt	1.53.40
7	3	Robert Ford	United States	1.53.61
8	7	Riadh Chninni	Tunisia	1.58.77

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Marc Reuther	Germany	1:52.86	Q
2	1	William Levay	Sweden	1:53.13	Q
3	6	Mohamed Elnour Mohamed	Qatar	1:53.37	Q
4	4	Gerard Badia	Spain	1:53.39	Q
5	2	Sebastian Ursachi	Romania	1:54.11
6	8	Thomas Oxland	Canada	1:55.60	PB
	3	Fathi Ahmed Adam	Sudan	DQ
	7	Tsegay Tesfemariam	Eritrea	DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	1:50.14	Q, PB
2	3	Mamush Lencha	Ethiopia	1:50.30	Q
3	5	Konstantin Tolokonnikov	Russia	1:51.22	Q
4	1	Hristos Kotitsas	Greece	1:52.88	Q
5	2	Jesús Tonatiu López	Mexico	1:54.40
6	4	Marco Lano	Italy	1:54.63
7	7	Cosmin Trofin	Romania	1:56.58
8	6	Frangueira Fernando	Angola	2:05.81
	8	Serdal Karatas	Turkey	DQ

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Kyle Langford	Great Britain	1:51:88	Q
2	6	Abrahaley Tadesse	Ethiopia	1:51:92	Q, PB
3	1	Philip Lonmon	Germany	1:52:02	Q
4	2	Axel Vives	Spain	1:52:44	Q
5	8	Henri Lacoste	France	1:52:61	q
6	3	Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen	Denmark	1:52:98	q, PB
7	4	Carter Day	Canada	1:53:13	q
8	7	Dmytro Baydalyuk	Ukraine	1:53:63	PB

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	Oussama Nabil	Morocco	1:53:49	Q
2	6	Louis Rawlings	France	1:53:88	Q
3	8	Yeoryios Kiloglou	Greece	1:53:95	Q
4	3	Jacopo Peron	Italy	1:54:19	Q
5	1	Edvard Kamperud Nygaard	Norway	1:55:99
6	2	Jhonny Pacheco	Venezuela	1:56:49
7	5	Naif Obaid Mashnafi	Saudi Arabia	1:57:29
	4	Hamid Sulema Ferej	Eritrea	DNS

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	1:48.38	Q, PB
2	Mamush Lencha	Ethiopia	1:48.68	Q, SB
3	Kyle Langford	Great Britain	1:48.85	q, PB
4	Louis Rawlings	France	1:52.59
5	Yeoryios Kiloglou	Greece	1:53.05
6	Gerard Badia	Spain	1:53.53
7	Matúš Talán	Slovakia	1:54.02
8	Sondre Dingsør Skogen	Norway	2:00.67

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Konstantin Tolokonnikov	Russia	1:50.92	Q
2	Abrahaley Tadesse	Ethiopia	1:51.06	Q, PB
3	Philip Lonmon	Germany	1:51.25
4	Henri Lacoste	France	1:53.44
5	Carter Day	Canada	1:53.69
6	Bojan Stanisic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1:54.56
7	William Levay	Sweden	1:54.97
8	Jay-be van Rooyen	South Africa	1:57.02

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Patrick Kiprotich Ronoh	Kenya	1:49.50	Q, PB
2	Oussama Nabil	Morocco	1:49.95	Q
3	Marc Reuther	Germany	1:50.08	q, PB
4	Mohamed Elnour Mohamed	Qatar	1:50.66	PB
5	Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen	Denmark	1:52.19	PB
6	Axel Vives	Spain	1:53.59
7	Jacopo Peron	Italy	1:57.75
	Hristos Kotitsas	Greece	DQ

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Results:[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alfred Kipketer	Kenya	1:48.01	PB
2	Konstantin Tolokonnikov	Russia	1:48.29	PB
3	Kyle Langford	Great Britain	1:48.32	PB
4	Mamush Lencha	Ethiopia	1:49.85
5	Marc Reuther	Germany	1:50.05	PB
6	Oussama Nabil	Morocco	1:50.28
7	Abrahaley Tadesse	Ethiopia	1:50.60	PB
8	Patrick Kiprotich Ronoh	Kenya	1:51.53