1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
| Events at the 1988 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 | ||
| 3000 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 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 July.[1][2]
Medalists
| Gold | Jonah Birir Kenya |
| Silver | Kevin McKay United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Melford Homela Zimbabwe |
Results
Final
29 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jonah Birir | Kenya | 1:50.03 | |
 | Kevin McKay | United Kingdom | 1:50.79 | |
 | Melford Homela | Zimbabwe | 1:51.34 | |
| 4 | Predrag Melnjak |  Yugoslavia | 1:52.07 | |
| 5 | Giuseppe D'Urso |  Italy | 1:53.34 | |
| 6 | Mariusz Hawrylak |  Poland | 1:55.14 | |
| 7 | Joachim Dehmel |  West Germany | 1:55.68 | |
| 8 | Oleg Yefimov |  Soviet Union | 1:55.74 |
Semifinals
28 July
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:52.16 | Q |
| 2 | Joachim Dehmel | West Germany | 1:52.23 | Q |
| 3 | Pavel Hujer |  Czechoslovakia | 1:52.27 | |
| 4 | Neil Chomos |  Canada | 1:53.38 | |
| 5 | Isaac Viciosa |  Spain | 1:53.43 | |
| 6 | Stéphane Bonnaud |  France | 1:54.86 | |
| 7 | Simon Still |  Australia | 1:55.90 | |
| 8 | Mohamed Shawki Abdullah |  Qatar | 1:56.26 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonah Birir | Kenya | 1:51.32 | Q |
| 2 | Melford Homela | Zimbabwe | 1:51.48 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Burgess | United Kingdom | 1:51.60 | |
| 4 | Luis Javier González | Spain | 1:51.98 | |
| 5 | Philippe Appoline | France | 1:52.00 | |
| 6 | Mikhail Tsyoma | Soviet Union | 1:52.20 | |
| 7 | D'Juan Strozier |  United States | 1:53.13 | |
| 8 | Andrea Benvenuti | Italy | 1:57.48 |
Semifinal 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin McKay | United Kingdom | 1:49.22 | Q |
| 2 | Predrag Melnjak | Yugoslavia | 1:49.40 | Q |
| 3 | Mariusz Hawrylak | Poland | 1:49.60 | q |
| 4 | Oleg Yefimov | Soviet Union | 1:49.86 | q |
| 5 | Luis Cadogan |  Cuba | 1:49.99 | |
| 6 | Sergey Mitov | .svg.png){kind=small} Bulgaria | 1:50.55 | |
| 7 | Colin Mathieson | Canada | 1:50.87 | |
| 8 | Benito Mpwewe |  Tanzania | 18:30.30 |
Heats
27 July
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 1:51.12 | Q |
| 2 | Luis Cadogan | Cuba | 1:51.32 | Q |
| 3 | Luis Javier González | Spain | 1:51.77 | Q |
| 4 | Philippe Appoline | France | 1:52.18 | q |
| 5 | Paulo Estiveira |  Portugal | 1:53.81 | |
| 6 | Felizardo Sardenia | .svg.png){kind=small} Philippines | 1:54.13 | |
| 7 | Yoshikazu Tachi |  Japan | 1:55.04 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joachim Dehmel | West Germany | 1:50.21 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Burgess | United Kingdom | 1:50.37 | Q |
| 3 | Stéphane Bonnaud | France | 1:51.83 | Q |
| 4 | Momodou Bello N'Jie |  Gambia | 1:58.07 | |
| 5 | Peter Merchant |  Antigua and Barbuda | 2:07.76 | |
| 6 | Fransua Woldemarian | .svg.png){kind=small} Ethiopia | DQ |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin McKay | United Kingdom | 1:49.86 | Q |
| 2 | Melford Homela | Zimbabwe | 1:49.93 | Q |
| 3 | Mohamed Shawki Abdullah | Qatar | 1:50.02 | Q |
| 4 | Oleg Yefimov | Soviet Union | 1:50.33 | q |
| 5 | Odd Magne Øgried |  Norway | 1:54.64 | |
| 6 | Lyle Tenfingers |  American Samoa | DQ | |
| 7 | Oliver Münzer |  Austria | DNF |
Heat 4
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonah Birir | Kenya | 1:50.56 | Q |
| 2 | Mikhail Tsyoma | Soviet Union | 1:51.13 | Q |
| 3 | Andrea Benvenuti | Italy | 1:51.60 | Q |
| 4 | Simon Still | Australia | 1:51.86 | q |
| 5 | Bernard Henry | .svg.png){kind=small} Saint Lucia | 1:56.47 | |
| 6 | Lawrence Lenin | United States | DQ |
Heat 5
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariusz Hawrylak | Poland | 1:50.41 | Q |
| 2 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 1:50.76 | Q |
| 3 | Benito Mpwewe | Tanzania | 1:51.15 | Q |
| 4 | Sergey Mitov | Bulgaria | 1:51.83 | q |
| 5 | Neil Chomos | Canada | 1:52.39 | q |
| 6 | Wilson Kipketer | Kenya | DQ |
Heat 6
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavel Hujer | Czechoslovakia | 1:52.48 | Q |
| 2 | Predrag Melnjak | Yugoslavia | 1:52.88 | Q |
| 3 | D'Juan Strozier | United States | 1:52.95 | Q |
| 4 | Colin Mathieson | Canada | 1:52.99 | q |
| 5 | Kenneth Nielsen | Norway | 1:53.46 | |
| 6 | Greg Whitfield | Australia | 1:54.03 | |
| 7 | Chern Srichudanu |  Thailand | 1:54.57 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.
- American Samoa (1)
- Antigua and Barbuda (1)
- Australia (2)
- Austria (1)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Canada (2)
- Cuba (1)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Ethiopia (1)
- France (2)
- Gambia (1)
- Italy (2)
- Japan (1)
- Kenya (2)
- Norway (2)
- Philippines (1)
- Poland (1)
- Portugal (1)
- Qatar (1)
- Saint Lucia (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Spain (2)
- Tanzania (1)
- Thailand (1)
- United Kingdom (2)
- United States (2)
- West Germany (1)
- Yugoslavia (1)
- Zimbabwe (1)
References
- ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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