1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

Events at the
1990 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 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Desta Asgedom
 Ethiopia
Silver Jonah Birir
 Kenya
Bronze Norberto Téllez
 Cuba

Results

Final

10 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Desta Asgedom  Ethiopia 1:46.35
2nd Jonah Birir  Kenya 1:46.61
3rd Norberto Téllez  Cuba 1:47.33
4 Wilson Kipketer  Kenya 1:48.13
5 Andrew Lill  United Kingdom 1:48.54
6 Václav Hrích  Czechoslovakia 1:49.36
7 Dian Petkov  Bulgaria 1:49.69
8 Mark Holcombe  Australia 1:49.88

Semifinals

9 August

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jonah Birir  Kenya 1:49.07 Q
2 Dian Petkov  Bulgaria 1:49.31 Q
3 Aleksey Oleynikov  Soviet Union 1:49.48
4 Alemayehu Roba  Ethiopia 1:49.54
5 Pavel Soukup  Czechoslovakia 1:49.60
6 Scott Peters  United States 1:49.78
7 Michael Williams  Jamaica 1:51.55
8 Eddy Kiemel  Netherlands 1:58.89

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Desta Asgedom  Ethiopia 1:47.90 Q
2 Wilson Kipketer  Kenya 1:48.21 Q
3 Václav Hrích  Czechoslovakia 1:48.43 q
4 Mark Sesay  United Kingdom 1:49.56
5 Vincent Hoek  Netherlands 1:50.66
6 Zhou Chaohui  China 1:51.33
7 Michael Belbeck  Canada 2:05.50
8 Pantelis Kolokas  Greece DNS

Semifinal 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Norberto Téllez  Cuba 1:47.96 Q
2 Andrew Lill  United Kingdom 1:48.36 Q
3 Mark Holcombe  Australia 1:48.68 q
4 David Decarpentry  France 1:49.84
5 Vebjørn Rodal  Norway 1:49.94
6 Bruno Mikale  Mauritius 1:52.60
7 Ingo Janich  East Germany 1:58.50
8 Niall Bruton  Ireland DNS

Heats

8 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Alemayehu Roba  Ethiopia 1:48.51 Q
2 Wilson Kipketer  Kenya 1:48.66 Q
3 Václav Hrích  Czechoslovakia 1:48.88 Q
4 Michael Williams  Jamaica 1:49.43 q
5 Michael Belbeck  Canada 1:49.51 q
6 Vincent Hoek  Netherlands 1:50.02 q
7 Jan Dalsgaard  Denmark 1:50.81
8 Tomi Kankare  Finland 1:54.45

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Desta Asgedom  Ethiopia 1:49.07 Q
2 Dian Petkov  Bulgaria 1:49.42 Q
3 Norberto Téllez  Cuba 1:49.52 Q
4 Pantelis Kolokas  Greece 1:49.52 q
5 Jorge Alanis  Spain 1:51.79
6 Zvonko Bjelkanović  Yugoslavia 1:52.17
7 Henrique Meira  Portugal 1:52.43
8 Amir Mhando  Tanzania 1:58.47

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ingo Janich  East Germany 1:49.15 Q
2 Scott Peters  United States 1:49.27 Q
3 Zhou Chaohui  China 1:49.55 Q
4 Niall Bruton  Ireland 1:49.64 q
5 Bruno Mikale  Mauritius 1:49.73 q
6 Kevin Sullivan  Canada 1:51.57
7 Belkacem Aït Kaci  Algeria 1:53.85
8 Riyadh Hugairy  North Yemen DNF

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jonah Birir  Kenya 1:50.36 Q
2 Vebjørn Rodal  Norway 1:50.58 Q
3 Eddy Kiemel  Netherlands 1:50.58 Q
4 Dariusz Trudnowski  Poland 1:50.60
5 Draško Odrljin  Yugoslavia 1:50.75
6 Yuriy Tatarchuk  Soviet Union 1:50.98
7 Carsten Otte  West Germany 1:52.15
8 Lewis Lacey  United States 1:52.98

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aleksey Oleynikov  Soviet Union 1:51.00 Q
2 Mark Holcombe  Australia 1:51.16 Q
3 Andrew Lill  United Kingdom 1:51.25 Q
4 Edgardo Graglia  Argentina 1:51.36
5 Marco Garzia  Italy 1:51.90
6 Daniel Bălașa  Romania 1:52.37
7 Niclas Norling  Sweden 2:00.79
8 Omar Best  Venezuela DQ

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pavel Soukup  Czechoslovakia 1:50.70 Q
2 Mark Sesay  United Kingdom 1:51.02 Q
3 David Decarpentry  France 1:51.32 Q
4 Constantin Repca  Romania 1:51.59
5 Kealin Hannigan  Australia 1:53.17
6 Felipe Murga  Spain 2:00.16
7 Nesamani Subramaniam  Singapore 2:00.27
8 Steven Roberts  Barbados DQ IAAF rule 141.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 36 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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