1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 19 September.

Medalists

Gold	Benson Koech Kenya
Silver	Lee Jin-Il South Korea
Bronze	Brendan Hanigan Australia

Results

Final

19 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Benson Koech	Kenya	1:44.77
	Lee Jin-Il	South Korea	1:46.34
	Brendan Hanigan	Australia	1:47.26
4	Vénuste Niyongabo	Burundi	1:47.28
5	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	1:47.51
6	Marius van Heerden	South Africa	1:48.71
7	Igor Tolokonikov	Commonwealth of Independent States	1:49.62
	Davide Cadoni	Italy	DQ

Semifinals

17 September

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lee Jin-Il	South Korea	1:48.91	Q
2	Igor Tolokonikov	Commonwealth of Independent States	1:49.93	Q
3	Vincent Malakwen	Kenya	1:50.37
4	Adam Duke	United Kingdom	1:50.75
5	Farah Ibrahim Ali Ahmed	Qatar	1:52.25
6	Ali Hakimi	Tunisia	1:52.50
7	Philipp Zeuch	Germany	1:56.78
8	Sasha Smiljanic	Canada	2:01.75

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Benson Koech	Kenya	1:47.57	Q
2	Vénuste Niyongabo	Burundi	1:47.96	Q
3	Brendan Hanigan	Australia	1:48.56	q
4	Marius van Heerden	South Africa	1:49.83	q
5	Hailu Zewde	Ethiopia	1:50.02
6	Zsombor Filep	Romania	1:50.29
7	Julio Fuentes	Cuba	1:50.40
8	David Divad	France	1:50.64

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Davide Cadoni	Italy	1:51.04	Q
2	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	1:51.12	Q
3	José Manuel Cerezo	Spain	1:51.23
4	Michael Daniel	United States	1:52.16
5	Duncan O'Neil	Jamaica	1:52.18
6	Sören Schröder	Germany	1:52.69
7	Kevin Richardson	Australia	1:55.36
	Kim Soon-Hyung	South Korea	DNF

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Benson Koech	Kenya	1:48.46	Q
2	Hezekiel Sepeng	South Africa	1:50.86	Q
3	Adam Duke	United Kingdom	1:51.52	Q
4	Ali Hakimi	Tunisia	1:52.43	Q
5	Fidelis Kajang	Nigeria	1:54.10
6	Lennox Ellis	Barbados	1:54.78

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lee Jin-Il	South Korea	1:50.91	Q
2	Julio Fuentes	Cuba	1:51.66	Q
3	José Manuel Cerezo	Spain	1:51.77	Q
4	David Divad	France	1:52.13	Q
5	David Matthews	Ireland	1:52.56
6	Mauro González	Chile	1:52.80
7	Alexandre de Oliveira	Brazil	1:53.41

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vénuste Niyongabo	Burundi	1:50.60	Q
2	Sasha Smiljanic	Canada	1:50.96	Q
3	Brendan Hanigan	Australia	1:51.50	Q
4	Marius van Heerden	South Africa	1:51.50	Q
5	Philipp Zeuch	Germany	1:51.79	q
6	Victor Matarrese	Argentina	1:52.94
7	Paul Ignacio	Gibraltar	2:02.32

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vincent Malakwen	Kenya	1:51.88	Q
2	Kim Soon-Hyung	South Korea	1:52.19	Q
3	Davide Cadoni	Italy	1:52.31	Q
4	Kevin Richardson	Australia	1:52.40	Q
5	Tomonari Ono	Japan	1:52.41
6	Paul Walker	United Kingdom	1:52.85
7	Mohamed Atteya Al-Muwaled	Saudi Arabia	1:54.47

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Michael Daniel	United States	1:51.09	Q
2	Zsombor Filep	Romania	1:51.15	Q
3	Igor Tolokonikov	Commonwealth of Independent States	1:51.16	Q
4	Hailu Zewde	Ethiopia	1:51.60	Q
5	Sören Schröder	Germany	1:51.93	q
6	Duncan O'Neil	Jamaica	1:51.99	q
7	Farah Ibrahim Ali Ahmed	Qatar	1:52.04	q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

• Argentina (1)
• Australia (2)
• Barbados (1)
• Brazil (1)
• Burundi (1)
• Canada (1)
• Chile (1)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
• Cuba (1)
• Ethiopia (1)
• France (1)
• Germany (2)
• Gibraltar (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Jamaica (1)
• Japan (1)
• Kenya (2)
• Nigeria (1)
• Qatar (1)
• Romania (1)
• Saudi Arabia (1)
• South Africa (2)
• South Korea (2)
• Spain (1)
• Tunisia (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (1)