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

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]

Medalists

GoldDavid Sharpe
 United Kingdom
SilverManuel Balmaceda
 Chile
BronzeAndriy Sudnik
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

18 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
David Sharpe United Kingdom1:48.32
Manuel Balmaceda Chile1:48.91
Andriy Sudnik Soviet Union1:48.93
4Predrag Melnjak Yugoslavia1:49.54
5Paul Williams United Kingdom1:49.78
6Sergey Timofeyev Soviet Union1:49.92
7Geoffrey Seurey Kenya1:50.28
8George Kersh United States1:50.41

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Andriy Sudnik Soviet Union1:50.31Q
2David Sharpe United Kingdom1:50.38Q
3John Ndhlovu Zimbabwe1:50.60
4Richard Brant Canada1:50.67
5Keiichiro Nakamura Japan1:50.81
6Anders Persson Sweden1:51.67
7Tadelle Abebe Ethiopia1:52.38
8Bouazza Noualla Algeria1:52.42

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Predrag Melnjak Yugoslavia1:48.25Q
2Geoffrey Seurey Kenya1:48.71Q
3Sergey Timofeyev Soviet Union1:48.95q
4George Kersh United States1:49.02q
5Alexander Adam West Germany1:49.88
6Samir Benfarès France1:50.76
7Momouni Apiou Côte d'Ivoire1:53.59
8Cameron Orr Australia1:56.04

Semifinal 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Manuel Balmaceda Chile1:49.75Q
2Paul Williams United Kingdom1:50.03Q
3Anthony Christie Jamaica1:50.05
4Marek Szymkowicz Poland1:50.27
5David Moore United States1:50.66
6Miroslav Chochkov Bulgaria1:50.87
7Bernd Müller West Germany1:51.94
8Joseph Meli Kiprobon Kenya1:52.02

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1David Moore United States1:49.82Q
2Cameron Orr Australia1:50.81Q
3Anders Persson Sweden1:51.04Q
4Momouni Apiou Côte d'Ivoire1:51.27q
5Philippos Tandis Greece1:52.39
6Omar Ibrahim Egypt1:53.07
7Eduardo Cabrera Mexico1:55.05
8Momodou Bello N'Jie Gambia1:55.24

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Andriy Sudnik Soviet Union1:50.54Q
2Keiichiro Nakamura Japan1:50.57Q
3Paul Williams United Kingdom1:50.83Q
4Alexander Adam West Germany1:51.46q
5Riccardo Cardone Italy1:51.57
6Honest Umbe Tanzania1:51.60
7Guillermo Ghersi Peru1:56.32
8Mahamat Nour Amdaye Chad1:56.90
9Sergio Iván Gómez Guatemala1:59.01

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1David Sharpe United Kingdom1:51.49Q
2Manuel Balmaceda Chile1:51.51Q
3Richard Brant Canada1:51.56Q
4Ado Maude Nigeria1:51.69
5Peter Hepworth Australia1:52.75
6Hossain Milzer Bangladesh1:54.81
7Lucien Simon Antigua and Barbuda1:54.92
8Alan Bunce New Zealand1:54.92

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1John Ndhlovu Zimbabwe1:49.53Q
2Predrag Melnjak Yugoslavia1:49.86Q
3Marek Szymkowicz Poland1:50.09Q
4Joseph Meli Kiprobon Kenya1:50.58q
5Santiago Gutiérrez Spain1:53.37
6Ricardo Morrison Panama1:53.99
7Moses Phiri Zambia1:54.49
8Mansour Al-Balushi Oman1:56.17

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1George Kersh United States1:51.66Q
2Sergey Timofeyev Soviet Union1:51.72Q
3Bernd Müller West Germany1:51.82Q
4António de Oliveira Brazil1:51.96
5Brahim El-Ghazali Morocco1:52.56
6Mitoshi Wada Japan1:53.61
7Patrick Haas Austria1:54.66
8Ingemar Sluis Netherlands Antilles1:57.26
9Bernard Henry Saint Lucia2:00.22

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Geoffrey Seurey Kenya1:50.13Q
2Samir Benfarès France1:50.79Q
3Bouazza Noualla Algeria1:51.13Q
4Howard Jackson Canada1:51.51
5Joseph Sean Trinidad and Tobago1:52.78
6Saravanan Arjunan Singapore1:59.05

Heat 7

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Anthony Christie Jamaica1:51.22Q
2Miroslav Chochkov Bulgaria1:51.61Q
3Tadelle Abebe Ethiopia1:52.26Q
4Fabio Di Vito Italy1:52.85
5Steinn Jóhannsson Iceland1:56.72

Participation

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

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
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