1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

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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]

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Medalists

Gold Jonah Birir
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver Kevin McKay
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Bronze Melford Homela
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe

Results

Final

29 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jonah Birir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:50.03
Silver medal icon.svg Kevin McKay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:50.79
Bronze medal icon.svg Melford Homela Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:51.34
4 Predrag Melnjak Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:52.07
5 Giuseppe D'Urso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:53.34
6 Mariusz Hawrylak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.14
7 Joachim Dehmel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:55.68
8 Oleg Yefimov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:55.74

Semifinals

28 July

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Giuseppe D'Urso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:52.16Q
2 Joachim Dehmel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:52.23Q
3 Pavel Hujer Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:52.27
4 Neil Chomos Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:53.38
5 Isaac Viciosa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:53.43
6 Stéphane Bonnaud Flag of France.svg  France 1:54.86
7 Simon Still Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:55.90
8 Mohamed Shawki Abdullah Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1:56.26

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jonah Birir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:51.32Q
2 Melford Homela Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:51.48Q
3 Paul Burgess Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:51.60
4 Luis Javier González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:51.98
5 Philippe Appoline Flag of France.svg  France 1:52.00
6 Mikhail Tsyoma Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:52.20
7 D'Juan Strozier Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.13
8 Andrea Benvenuti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:57.48

Semifinal 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Kevin McKay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:49.22Q
2 Predrag Melnjak Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:49.40Q
3 Mariusz Hawrylak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:49.60q
4 Oleg Yefimov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:49.86q
5 Luis Cadogan Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:49.99
6 Sergey Mitov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:50.55
7 Colin Mathieson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:50.87
8 Benito Mpwewe Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 18:30.30

Heats

27 July

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Giuseppe D'Urso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:51.12Q
2 Luis Cadogan Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:51.32Q
3 Luis Javier González Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:51.77Q
4 Philippe Appoline Flag of France.svg  France 1:52.18q
5 Paulo Estiveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:53.81
6 Felizardo Sardenia Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 1:54.13
7 Yoshikazu Tachi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.04

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Joachim Dehmel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:50.21Q
2 Paul Burgess Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:50.37Q
3 Stéphane Bonnaud Flag of France.svg  France 1:51.83Q
4 Momodou Bello N'Jie Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 1:58.07
5 Peter Merchant Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 2:07.76
Fransua Woldemarian Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Ethiopia DQ

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Kevin McKay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:49.86Q
2 Melford Homela Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1:49.93Q
3 Mohamed Shawki Abdullah Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1:50.02Q
4 Oleg Yefimov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:50.33q
5 Odd Magne Øgried Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:54.64
Lyle Tenfingers Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa DQ
Oliver Münzer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNF

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jonah Birir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:50.56Q
2 Mikhail Tsyoma Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:51.13Q
3 Andrea Benvenuti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:51.60Q
4 Simon Still Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:51.86q
5 Bernard Henry Flag of Saint Lucia (1979-2002).svg  Saint Lucia 1:56.47
Lawrence Lenin Flag of the United States.svg  United States DQ

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Mariusz Hawrylak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:50.41Q
2 Isaac Viciosa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:50.76Q
3 Benito Mpwewe Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1:51.15Q
4 Sergey Mitov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:51.83q
5 Neil Chomos Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:52.39q
Wilson Kipketer Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DQ

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Pavel Hujer Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:52.48Q
2 Predrag Melnjak Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:52.88Q
3 D'Juan Strozier Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:52.95Q
4 Colin Mathieson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:52.99q
5 Kenneth Nielsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:53.46
6 Greg Whitfield Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:54.03
7 Chern Srichudanu Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1:54.57

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

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References

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