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

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
	Desta Asgedom	Ethiopia	1:46.35
	Jonah Birir	Kenya	1:46.61
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	Steven Roberts	Barbados	DQ	IAAF rule 141.2

Participation

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

•   Algeria (1)
•   Argentina (1)
•   Australia (2)
•   Barbados (1)
•   Bulgaria (1)
•   Canada (2)
•   China (1)
•   Cuba (1)
•   Czechoslovakia (2)
•   Denmark (1)
•   East Germany (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (1)
•   Greece (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Jamaica (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Mauritius (1)
•   Netherlands (2)
•   North Yemen (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Romania (2)
•   Singapore (1)
•   Soviet Union (2)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Tanzania (1)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   United States (2)
•   Venezuela (1)
•   West Germany (1)
•   Yugoslavia (2)

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 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015