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

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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]

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Medalists

Gold David Sharpe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Silver Manuel Balmaceda
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Bronze Andriy Sudnik
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Results

Final

18 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg David Sharpe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:48.32
Silver medal icon.svg Manuel Balmaceda Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:48.91
Bronze medal icon.svg Andriy Sudnik Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:48.93
4 Predrag Melnjak Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:49.54
5 Paul Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:49.78
6 Sergey Timofeyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:49.92
7 Geoffrey Seurey Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:50.28
8 George Kersh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:50.41

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Andriy Sudnik Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:50.31Q
2 David Sharpe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:50.38Q
3 John Ndhlovu Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:50.60
4 Richard Brant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:50.67
5 Keiichiro Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:50.81
6 Anders Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:51.67
7 Tadelle Abebe Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia 1:52.38
8 Bouazza Noualla Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:52.42

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Predrag Melnjak Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:48.25Q
2 Geoffrey Seurey Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:48.71Q
3 Sergey Timofeyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:48.95q
4 George Kersh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:49.02q
5 Alexander Adam Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:49.88
6 Samir Benfarès Flag of France.svg  France 1:50.76
7 Momouni Apiou Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Côte d'Ivoire 1:53.59
8 Cameron Orr Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:56.04

Semifinal 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Manuel Balmaceda Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:49.75Q
2 Paul Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:50.03Q
3 Anthony Christie Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:50.05
4 Marek Szymkowicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:50.27
5 David Moore Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:50.66
6 Miroslav Chochkov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:50.87
7 Bernd Müller Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:51.94
8 Joseph Meli Kiprobon Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:52.02

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 David Moore Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:49.82Q
2 Cameron Orr Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:50.81Q
3 Anders Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:51.04Q
4 Momouni Apiou Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Côte d'Ivoire 1:51.27q
5 Philippos Tandis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:52.39
6 Omar Ibrahim Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1:53.07
7 Eduardo Cabrera Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:55.05
8 Momodou Bello N'Jie Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 1:55.24

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 David Sharpe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:51.49Q
2 Manuel Balmaceda Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:51.51Q
3 Richard Brant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:51.56Q
4 Ado Maude Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1:51.69
5 Peter Hepworth Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:52.75
6 Hossain Milzer Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1:54.81
7 Lucien Simon Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 1:54.92
8 Alan Bunce Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:54.92

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 John Ndhlovu Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:49.53Q
2 Predrag Melnjak Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:49.86Q
3 Marek Szymkowicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:50.09Q
4 Joseph Meli Kiprobon Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:50.58q
5 Santiago Gutiérrez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:53.37
6 Ricardo Morrison Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1:53.99
7 Moses Phiri Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 1:54.49
8 Mansour Al-Balushi Old Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 1:56.17

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 George Kersh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:51.66Q
2 Sergey Timofeyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:51.72Q
3 Bernd Müller Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:51.82Q
4 António de Oliveira Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 1:51.96
5 Brahim El-Ghazali Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1:52.56
6 Mitoshi Wada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:53.61
7 Patrick Haas Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:54.66
8 Ingemar Sluis Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles 1:57.26
9 Bernard Henry Flag of Saint Lucia (1979-2002).svg  Saint Lucia 2:00.22

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Geoffrey Seurey Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:50.13Q
2 Samir Benfarès Flag of France.svg  France 1:50.79Q
3 Bouazza Noualla Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:51.13Q
4 Howard Jackson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:51.51
5 Joseph Sean Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1:52.78
6 Saravanan Arjunan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1:59.05

Heat 7

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Anthony Christie Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:51.22Q
2 Miroslav Chochkov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:51.61Q
3 Tadelle Abebe Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia 1:52.26Q
4 Fabio Di Vito Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:52.85
5 Steinn Jóhannsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:56.72

Participation

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

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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 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015