1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20, 21 and 22 July.

Medalists

Gold	Paul Byrne Australia
Silver	Japheth Kimutai Kenya
Bronze	Alain Miranda Cuba

Results

Final

22 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paul Byrne	Australia	1:47.42
	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:48.22
	Alain Miranda	Cuba	1:48.24
4	Julius Achon	Uganda	1:48.85
5	Peter Biwott	Kenya	1:49.09
6	Bekele Banbere	Ethiopia	1:49.63
7	David Krummenacker	United States	1:49.80
8	Abdul Rahman Abdullah	Qatar	1:55.67

Semifinals

21 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Julius Achon	Uganda	1:51.20	Q
2	Bekele Banbere	Ethiopia	1:51.27	Q
3	Peter Biwott	Kenya	1:51.38	Q
4	Paul Byrne	Australia	1:51.52	Q
5	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:52.00
6	Pieter van Tonder	South Africa	1:52.81
	Eddie King	United Kingdom	DNF
	Mark Griffin	United Kingdom	DNS

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:48.07	Q
2	Alain Miranda	Cuba	1:48.21	Q
3	Abdul Rahman Abdullah	Qatar	1:49.97	Q
4	David Krummenacker	United States	1:50.71	Q
5	Jean-Gilles Talin	France	1:51.82
6	Thomas Bobbert	Germany	1:52.41
7	Mengesha Feyesa	Ethiopia	1:52.65
	Roberto Parra	Spain	DNF

Heats

20 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roberto Parra	Spain	1:50.24	Q
2	Peter Biwott	Kenya	1:50.25	Q
3	James Klein	United States	1:51.46
4	António Horbach	Brazil	1:51.65
5	Nuno Lopes	Portugal	1:52.32
6	Purevsuren Puntsag-Osor	Mongolia	1:54.44
	Emanuel Andrade	Cape Verde	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alain Miranda	Cuba	1:52.35	Q
2	Andrea Longo	Italy	1:52.66	Q
3	Javier Moro	Spain	1:52.85
4	Heath Fitzpatrick	Australia	1:53.12
5	Vane Stojanov	North Macedonia	1:53.38
6	Alexis Sharangabo	Burundi	1:56.06
7	Ali Moubarak	United Arab Emirates	2:01.60

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Paul Byrne	Australia	1:51.38	Q
2	Eddie King	United Kingdom	1:51.48	Q
3	Nick Burrow	New Zealand	1:52.58
4	Stephan Kreykamp	Netherlands	1:52.61
5	Clyde Colenso	South Africa	1:53.63
6	Andrej Šljivic	Yugoslavia	1:53.94
7	Liam Byrne	Gibraltar	1:56.02

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mark Griffin	United Kingdom	1:49.27	Q
2	Pieter van Tonder	South Africa	1:50.06	Q
3	Jean-Gilles Talin	France	1:50.24	q
4	Felix Leiter	Germany	1:50.95
5	Ludo Verhaeghe	Belgium	1:51.83
6	Gilbert Mvuyikuri	Burundi	1:52.01
7	Frank Paaga	American Samoa	2:26.71

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Julius Achon	Uganda	1:49.54	Q
2	Abdul Rahman Abdullah	Qatar	1:49.58	Q
3	Mengesha Feyesa	Ethiopia	1:49.84	q
4	Thomas Bobbert	Germany	1:49.92	q
5	David Krummenacker	United States	1:50.23	q
6	Martin Jareš	Czech Republic	1:51.39
7	Anthony Quan	Guam	1:56.59

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Japheth Kimutai	Kenya	1:49.38	Q
2	Bekele Banbere	Ethiopia	1:49.61	Q
3	Tomohiro Kitamura	Japan	1:51.92
4	Salih Çakir	Turkey	1:52.09
5	Márcio da Silva	Brazil	1:53.33
6	Tenzin Yunda Yunda	Zambia	1:56.72
7	Casimiro Nse	Equatorial Guinea	1:58.25
8	Chukh Ould Kouwemil	Mauritania	2:03.78

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 43 athletes from 33 countries participated in the event.

• American Samoa (1)
• Australia (2)
• Belgium (1)
• Brazil (2)
• Burundi (2)
• Cape Verde (1)
• Cuba (1)
• Czech Republic (1)
• Equatorial Guinea (1)
• Ethiopia (2)
• France (1)
• Germany (2)
• Gibraltar (1)
• Guam (1)
• Italy (1)
• Japan (1)
• Kenya (2)
• North Macedonia (1)
• Mauritania (1)
• Mongolia (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• New Zealand (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Qatar (1)
• South Africa (2)
• Spain (2)
• Turkey (1)
• Uganda (1)
• United Arab Emirates (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)
• Zambia (1)