2006 IAAF World
Junior
Track & Field Championships
Day
One a.m. session - Beijing, China
Event Title Goes
Here
***First Three in Each
Heat Below Plus Next Three Fastest Qualify For Final***
HEAT ONE
- Men's 1500m
HEAT ONE—As usual in early heats the pace was
very slow, in this case 3:11.24 at 1,200 meters. At that point Remmy
Ndiwa of Kenya, who was leading, stepped on the gas and pulled away
only to see Abdulla Abdelgadir of Sudan close with a rush but just falling
just short, 3:50.22 to 3:50.23. Simon Ayeko of Uganda was third in 3:52.
39 and Jordan Chiopangama of Zambia was fourth in 3:51.91.
Heat 1 - Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 18:05
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 464 Ndiwa Remmy Limo KEN 3:50.22 Q
2 505 Iguider Abdelati MAR 3:50.23 Q
3 675 Abdelgadir Abdalla SUD 3:52.39 Q
4 736 Ayeko Simon UGA 3:52.91
5 813 Chipangama Jordan ZAM 3:54.17
6 371 Szemeti Péter HUN 3:54.52
7 103 Marpole-Bird Justin CAN 3:54.88
8 205 Benito Víctor ESP 3:55.09
9 252 Marttinen Riku FIN 3:58.67
10 119 Gao Jie CHN 3:59.54
11 159 Djamchi Attoumani COM 4:09.89
HEAT TWO - Men's 1500m
HEAT TWO—This time first Jean Claude Niyonizigiye
of Berundi and then teammate Belai Ali also ensured a fast pace passing
800 in 2:00.73 before Fouad Elkaam of Morcocco briefly took the lead
at the 1,200 mark reached in 3:01.49. Ali retook the lead and went on
to win in 3:43.50 followed by Elkaam at 3:44.21 and Otmane Belharbazi
of France at 3:45.87 as the top three did not change positions over
the final 300 meters. Andrew Bumbalough of the U.S. and Georgetown was
always in contention and just edged out Pascal Sarwat of Tanzania, 3:47.08
to 3:47.14, to become the final time qualifier.
Heat 2 - Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 18:15
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 83 Ali Belal Mansoor BRN 3:43.50 Q
2 504 Elkaam Fouad MAR 3:44.21 Q
3 256 Belharbazi Otmane FRA 3:45.87 Q
4 761 Bumbalough Andrew USA 3:47.08 q
5 701 Sarwat Pascal Mombo TAN 3:47.14 (PB)
6 609 Setone Tshamano RSA 3:47.49
7 50 Niyonizigiye Jean Claude BDI 3:47.98
8 339 Zauber Falko GER 3:48.22
9 150 Zhang Guolin CHN 3:51.90
10 442 Sato Daiki JPN 3:56.78
11 22 Graham Adam AUS 4:00.32
187 Farah Mahamoud DJI DNS
HEAT THREE - Men's 1500m
215m into Heat #3
HEAT THREE—Geoffrey Rono of Kenya and Alvaro Rodriguez
of Spain dominated the final 300, passing 1,200 in 3:04.45 and finishing
one-two in 3:44.90 and 3:45.59. Jimmy Adar of Uganda was third in 3:45.79,
Tesegai Tewelde of Eretria was fourth in 3:45.81 and Abdelghani Bensaadi
of Algeria was fifth in 3:45.87. All three advanced as time qualifiers.
A.J. Acosta of the U.S. and El Camino High in Oceanside California fell
210 meters into the race and although never in contention, finishing
eighth with a creditable 3:50.11.
Acosta Falls 215m
Heat 3 - Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - 18:25
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 465 Rono Geoffrey Kipkoech KEN 3:44.90 Q
2 220 Rodríguez Álvaro ESP 3:45.59 Q
3 735 Adar Jimmy UGA 3:45.79 Q
4 199 Tewelde Tsegai ERI 3:45.81 q (NJ)
5 3 Bensaadi Abdelghani ALG 3:45.87 q
6 84 Bakheet Saleh Marzooq BRN 3:49.96
7 546 McLaren Hayden NZL 3:50.03
8 755 Acosta Andrew USA 3:50.11
9 535 Wiggers Tom NED 3:52.03
10 255 Amdouni Morhad FRA 3:55.86
11 493 Hlalele Leeto LES 3:59.89 (SB)
12 522 Ould Sidi Mohamed Moussa MTN 4:26.06 (PB)
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