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

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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]

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Medalists

Gold Desta Asgedom
Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Ethiopia
Silver Jonah Birir
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze Norberto Téllez
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba

Results

Final

10 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Desta Asgedom Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Ethiopia 1:46.35
Silver medal icon.svg Jonah Birir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:46.61
Bronze medal icon.svg Norberto Téllez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:47.33
4 Wilson Kipketer Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:48.13
5 Andrew Lill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:48.54
6 Václav Hrích Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:49.36
7 Dian Petkov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:49.69
8 Mark Holcombe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:49.88

Semifinals

9 August

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jonah Birir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:49.07Q
2 Dian Petkov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:49.31Q
3 Aleksey Oleynikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:49.48
4 Alemayehu Roba Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Ethiopia 1:49.54
5 Pavel Soukup Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:49.60
6 Scott Peters Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:49.78
7 Michael Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:51.55
8 Eddy Kiemel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:58.89

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Desta Asgedom Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Ethiopia 1:47.90Q
2 Wilson Kipketer Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:48.21Q
3 Václav Hrích Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:48.43q
4 Mark Sesay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:49.56
5 Vincent Hoek Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:50.66
6 Zhou Chaohui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:51.33
7 Michael Belbeck Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:05.50
Pantelis Kolokas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece DNS

Semifinal 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Norberto Téllez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:47.96Q
2 Andrew Lill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:48.36Q
3 Mark Holcombe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:48.68q
4 David Decarpentry Flag of France.svg  France 1:49.84
5 Vebjørn Rodal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:49.94
6 Bruno Mikale Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1:52.60
7 Ingo Janich Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:58.50
Niall Bruton Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland DNS

Heats

8 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Alemayehu Roba Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Ethiopia 1:48.51Q
2 Wilson Kipketer Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:48.66Q
3 Václav Hrích Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:48.88Q
4 Michael Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:49.43q
5 Michael Belbeck Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:49.51q
6 Vincent Hoek Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:50.02q
7 Jan Dalsgaard Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:50.81
8 Tomi Kankare Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:54.45

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Desta Asgedom Flag of Ethiopia (1987-1991).svg  Ethiopia 1:49.07Q
2 Dian Petkov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:49.42Q
3 Norberto Téllez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:49.52Q
4 Pantelis Kolokas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:49.52q
5 Jorge Alanis Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:51.79
6 Zvonko Bjelkanović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:52.17
7 Henrique Meira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1:52.43
8 Amir Mhando Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 1:58.47

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Ingo Janich Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:49.15Q
2 Scott Peters Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:49.27Q
3 Zhou Chaohui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1:49.55Q
4 Niall Bruton Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1:49.64q
5 Bruno Mikale Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 1:49.73q
6 Kevin Sullivan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:51.57
7 Belkacem Aït Kaci Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:53.85
Riyadh Hugairy Flag of North Yemen.svg  North Yemen DNF

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jonah Birir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:50.36Q
2 Vebjørn Rodal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:50.58Q
3 Eddy Kiemel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:50.58Q
4 Dariusz Trudnowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:50.60
5 Draško Odrljin Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 1:50.75
6 Yuriy Tatarchuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:50.98
7 Carsten Otte Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1:52.15
8 Lewis Lacey Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:52.98

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Aleksey Oleynikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:51.00Q
2 Mark Holcombe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:51.16Q
3 Andrew Lill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:51.25Q
4 Edgardo Graglia Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:51.36
5 Marco Garzia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:51.90
6 Daniel Bălașa Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:52.37
7 Niclas Norling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:00.79
Omar Best Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela DQ

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Pavel Soukup Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:50.70Q
2 Mark Sesay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:51.02Q
3 David Decarpentry Flag of France.svg  France 1:51.32Q
4 Constantin Repca Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:51.59
5 Kealin Hannigan Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:53.17
6 Felipe Murga Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:00.16
7 Nesamani Subramaniam Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:00.27
Steven Roberts Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados DQIAAF rule 141.2

Participation

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

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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