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
edit| Gold | Desta Asgedom Ethiopia
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| Silver | Jonah Birir Kenya
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| Bronze | Norberto Téllez Cuba
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Results
editFinal
edit10 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
edit9 August
Semifinal 1
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit8 August
Heat 1
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
editAccording 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015