title: 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres
text: # 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres
  
  The Boys' 800 metres at the 2017 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12–15 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ## 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 | Tolesa Bodena (ETH) | 1:47.20 | Assela, Ethiopia | 16 June 2017 |
  
  ## Heats
  
  Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.
  
  | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Mikhail Soloshenko | Kyrgyzstan |
  | 1 | 3 | William Devantier | Denmark |
  | 1 | 4 | Tolesa Bodena | Ethiopia |
  | 1 | 5 | José Guillermo Peñalver | Venezuela |
  | 1 | 6 | Jenito Acirio Guezane | Mozambique |
  | 1 | 7 | Cristian Gabriel Voicu | Romania |
  | 1 | 8 | Tyrese Reid | Jamaica |
  | 2 | 2 | Noah Kiprono | Kenya |
  | 2 | 3 | Fredd Ponce | Nicaragua |
  | 2 | 4 | Mihai Razvan Vasiliu | Romania |
  | 2 | 5 | Juan Diego Castro | Costa Rica |
  | 2 | 6 | Abdellah Mouzlib | Morocco |
  | 2 | 7 | Kimar Farquharson | Jamaica |
  | 2 | 8 | Erdem Öz | Turkey |
  | 3 | 2 | Marco Vilca | Peru |
  | 3 | 3 | Rok Markelj | Slovenia |
  | 3 | 4 | Melese Nberet | Ethiopia |
  | 3 | 5 | Joshua Kibet | Uganda |
  | 3 | 6 | Eduardas Rimas Survilas | Lithuania |
  | 3 | 7 | Alfred Chawonza | Zimbabwe |
  | 3 | 8 | Oussama Cherrad | Algeria |
  | 4 | 2 | Jan Vukovic | Slovenia |
  | 4 | 3 | Ntuthuko Ndimande | South Africa |
  | 4 | 4 | Japhet Kibiwott Toroitich | Kenya |
  | 4 | 5 | Stavros Spyrou | Cyprus |
  | 4 | 6 | Diego Facundo Alegre | Argentina |
  | 4 | 7 | Bekele Apenyo | Uganda |
  | 4 | 8 | Charaf Zahir | Morocco |
  