1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1986 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
2000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Road events
20 km road run men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 800 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold David Sharpe
 United Kingdom
Silver Manuel Balmaceda
 Chile
Bronze Andriy Sudnik
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

18 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st David Sharpe  United Kingdom 1:48.32
2nd Manuel Balmaceda  Chile 1:48.91
3rd Andriy Sudnik  Soviet Union 1:48.93
4 Predrag Melnjak  Yugoslavia 1:49.54
5 Paul Williams  United Kingdom 1:49.78
6 Sergey Timofeyev  Soviet Union 1:49.92
7 Geoffrey Seurey  Kenya 1:50.28
8 George Kersh  United States 1:50.41

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andriy Sudnik  Soviet Union 1:50.31 Q
2 David Sharpe  United Kingdom 1:50.38 Q
3 John Ndhlovu  Zimbabwe 1:50.60
4 Richard Brant  Canada 1:50.67
5 Keiichiro Nakamura  Japan 1:50.81
6 Anders Persson  Sweden 1:51.67
7 Tadelle Abebe  Ethiopia 1:52.38
8 Bouazza Noualla  Algeria 1:52.42

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Predrag Melnjak  Yugoslavia 1:48.25 Q
2 Geoffrey Seurey  Kenya 1:48.71 Q
3 Sergey Timofeyev  Soviet Union 1:48.95 q
4 George Kersh  United States 1:49.02 q
5 Alexander Adam  West Germany 1:49.88
6 Samir Benfarès  France 1:50.76
7 Momouni Apiou  Côte d'Ivoire 1:53.59
8 Cameron Orr  Australia 1:56.04

Semifinal 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Manuel Balmaceda  Chile 1:49.75 Q
2 Paul Williams  United Kingdom 1:50.03 Q
3 Anthony Christie  Jamaica 1:50.05
4 Marek Szymkowicz  Poland 1:50.27
5 David Moore  United States 1:50.66
6 Miroslav Chochkov  Bulgaria 1:50.87
7 Bernd Müller  West Germany 1:51.94
8 Joseph Meli Kiprobon  Kenya 1:52.02

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Moore  United States 1:49.82 Q
2 Cameron Orr  Australia 1:50.81 Q
3 Anders Persson  Sweden 1:51.04 Q
4 Momouni Apiou  Côte d'Ivoire 1:51.27 q
5 Philippos Tandis  Greece 1:52.39
6 Omar Ibrahim  Egypt 1:53.07
7 Eduardo Cabrera  Mexico 1:55.05
8 Momodou Bello N'Jie  Gambia 1:55.24

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andriy Sudnik  Soviet Union 1:50.54 Q
2 Keiichiro Nakamura  Japan 1:50.57 Q
3 Paul Williams  United Kingdom 1:50.83 Q
4 Alexander Adam  West Germany 1:51.46 q
5 Riccardo Cardone  Italy 1:51.57
6 Honest Umbe  Tanzania 1:51.60
7 Guillermo Ghersi  Peru 1:56.32
8 Mahamat Nour Amdaye  Chad 1:56.90
9 Sergio Iván Gómez  Guatemala 1:59.01

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Sharpe  United Kingdom 1:51.49 Q
2 Manuel Balmaceda  Chile 1:51.51 Q
3 Richard Brant  Canada 1:51.56 Q
4 Ado Maude  Nigeria 1:51.69
5 Peter Hepworth  Australia 1:52.75
6 Hossain Milzer  Bangladesh 1:54.81
7 Lucien Simon  Antigua and Barbuda 1:54.92
8 Alan Bunce  New Zealand 1:54.92

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 John Ndhlovu  Zimbabwe 1:49.53 Q
2 Predrag Melnjak  Yugoslavia 1:49.86 Q
3 Marek Szymkowicz  Poland 1:50.09 Q
4 Joseph Meli Kiprobon  Kenya 1:50.58 q
5 Santiago Gutiérrez  Spain 1:53.37
6 Ricardo Morrison  Panama 1:53.99
7 Moses Phiri  Zambia 1:54.49
8 Mansour Al-Balushi  Oman 1:56.17

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 George Kersh  United States 1:51.66 Q
2 Sergey Timofeyev  Soviet Union 1:51.72 Q
3 Bernd Müller  West Germany 1:51.82 Q
4 António de Oliveira  Brazil 1:51.96
5 Brahim El-Ghazali  Morocco 1:52.56
6 Mitoshi Wada  Japan 1:53.61
7 Patrick Haas  Austria 1:54.66
8 Ingemar Sluis  Netherlands Antilles 1:57.26
9 Bernard Henry  Saint Lucia 2:00.22

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Geoffrey Seurey  Kenya 1:50.13 Q
2 Samir Benfarès  France 1:50.79 Q
3 Bouazza Noualla  Algeria 1:51.13 Q
4 Howard Jackson  Canada 1:51.51
5 Joseph Sean  Trinidad and Tobago 1:52.78
6 Saravanan Arjunan  Singapore 1:59.05

Heat 7

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anthony Christie  Jamaica 1:51.22 Q
2 Miroslav Chochkov  Bulgaria 1:51.61 Q
3 Tadelle Abebe  Ethiopia 1:52.26 Q
4 Fabio Di Vito  Italy 1:52.85
5 Steinn Jóhannsson  Iceland 1:56.72

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 53 athletes from 44 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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