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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 edit

Gold David Sharpe
  United Kingdom
Silver Manuel Balmaceda
  Chile
Bronze Andriy Sudnik
  Soviet Union

Results edit

Final edit

18 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  David Sharpe   United Kingdom 1:48.32
  Manuel Balmaceda   Chile 1:48.91
  Andriy Sudnik   Soviet Union 1:48.93
4 Predrag Melnjak   Yugoslavia 1:49.54
5 Paul Williams   United Kingdom 1:49.78
6 Sergey Timofeyev   Soviet Union 1:49.92
7 Geoffrey Seurey   Kenya 1:50.28
8 George Kersh   United States 1:50.41

Semifinals edit

17 July

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andriy Sudnik   Soviet Union 1:50.31 Q
2 David Sharpe   United Kingdom 1:50.38 Q
3 John Ndhlovu   Zimbabwe 1:50.60
4 Richard Brant   Canada 1:50.67
5 Keiichiro Nakamura   Japan 1:50.81
6 Anders Persson   Sweden 1:51.67
7 Tadelle Abebe   Ethiopia 1:52.38
8 Bouazza Noualla   Algeria 1:52.42

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Predrag Melnjak   Yugoslavia 1:48.25 Q
2 Geoffrey Seurey   Kenya 1:48.71 Q
3 Sergey Timofeyev   Soviet Union 1:48.95 q
4 George Kersh   United States 1:49.02 q
5 Alexander Adam   West Germany 1:49.88
6 Samir Benfarès   France 1:50.76
7 Momouni Apiou   Côte d'Ivoire 1:53.59
8 Cameron Orr   Australia 1:56.04

Semifinal 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Manuel Balmaceda   Chile 1:49.75 Q
2 Paul Williams   United Kingdom 1:50.03 Q
3 Anthony Christie   Jamaica 1:50.05
4 Marek Szymkowicz   Poland 1:50.27
5 David Moore   United States 1:50.66
6 Miroslav Chochkov   Bulgaria 1:50.87
7 Bernd Müller   West Germany 1:51.94
8 Joseph Meli Kiprobon   Kenya 1:52.02

Heats edit

16 July

Heat 1 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Moore   United States 1:49.82 Q
2 Cameron Orr   Australia 1:50.81 Q
3 Anders Persson   Sweden 1:51.04 Q
4 Momouni Apiou   Côte d'Ivoire 1:51.27 q
5 Philippos Tandis   Greece 1:52.39
6 Omar Ibrahim   Egypt 1:53.07
7 Eduardo Cabrera   Mexico 1:55.05
8 Momodou Bello N'Jie   Gambia 1:55.24

Heat 2 edit

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

Heat 3 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Sharpe   United Kingdom 1:51.49 Q
2 Manuel Balmaceda   Chile 1:51.51 Q
3 Richard Brant   Canada 1:51.56 Q
4 Ado Maude   Nigeria 1:51.69
5 Peter Hepworth   Australia 1:52.75
6 Hossain Milzer   Bangladesh 1:54.81
7 Lucien Simon   Antigua and Barbuda 1:54.92
8 Alan Bunce   New Zealand 1:54.92

Heat 4 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 John Ndhlovu   Zimbabwe 1:49.53 Q
2 Predrag Melnjak   Yugoslavia 1:49.86 Q
3 Marek Szymkowicz   Poland 1:50.09 Q
4 Joseph Meli Kiprobon   Kenya 1:50.58 q
5 Santiago Gutiérrez   Spain 1:53.37
6 Ricardo Morrison   Panama 1:53.99
7 Moses Phiri   Zambia 1:54.49
8 Mansour Al-Balushi   Oman 1:56.17

Heat 5 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 George Kersh   United States 1:51.66 Q
2 Sergey Timofeyev   Soviet Union 1:51.72 Q
3 Bernd Müller   West Germany 1:51.82 Q
4 António de Oliveira   Brazil 1:51.96
5 Brahim El-Ghazali   Morocco 1:52.56
6 Mitoshi Wada   Japan 1:53.61
7 Patrick Haas   Austria 1:54.66
8 Ingemar Sluis   Netherlands Antilles 1:57.26
9 Bernard Henry   Saint Lucia 2:00.22

Heat 6 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Geoffrey Seurey   Kenya 1:50.13 Q
2 Samir Benfarès   France 1:50.79 Q
3 Bouazza Noualla   Algeria 1:51.13 Q
4 Howard Jackson   Canada 1:51.51
5 Joseph Sean   Trinidad and Tobago 1:52.78
6 Saravanan Arjunan   Singapore 1:59.05

Heat 7 edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anthony Christie   Jamaica 1:51.22 Q
2 Miroslav Chochkov   Bulgaria 1:51.61 Q
3 Tadelle Abebe   Ethiopia 1:52.26 Q
4 Fabio Di Vito   Italy 1:52.85
5 Steinn Jóhannsson   Iceland 1:56.72

Participation edit

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

References edit

  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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