1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres

The men's 800 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 July.[1][2]

Medalists

GoldJonah Birir
 Kenya
SilverKevin McKay
 United Kingdom
BronzeMelford Homela
 Zimbabwe

Results

Final

29 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Jonah Birir Kenya1:50.03
Kevin McKay United Kingdom1:50.79
Melford Homela Zimbabwe1:51.34
4Predrag Melnjak Yugoslavia1:52.07
5Giuseppe D'Urso Italy1:53.34
6Mariusz Hawrylak Poland1:55.14
7Joachim Dehmel West Germany1:55.68
8Oleg Yefimov Soviet Union1:55.74

Semifinals

28 July

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Giuseppe D'Urso Italy1:52.16Q
2Joachim Dehmel West Germany1:52.23Q
3Pavel Hujer Czechoslovakia1:52.27
4Neil Chomos Canada1:53.38
5Isaac Viciosa Spain1:53.43
6Stéphane Bonnaud France1:54.86
7Simon Still Australia1:55.90
8Mohamed Shawki Abdullah Qatar1:56.26

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jonah Birir Kenya1:51.32Q
2Melford Homela Zimbabwe1:51.48Q
3Paul Burgess United Kingdom1:51.60
4Luis Javier González Spain1:51.98
5Philippe Appoline France1:52.00
6Mikhail Tsyoma Soviet Union1:52.20
7D'Juan Strozier United States1:53.13
8Andrea Benvenuti Italy1:57.48

Semifinal 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Kevin McKay United Kingdom1:49.22Q
2Predrag Melnjak Yugoslavia1:49.40Q
3Mariusz Hawrylak Poland1:49.60q
4Oleg Yefimov Soviet Union1:49.86q
5Luis Cadogan Cuba1:49.99
6Sergey Mitov Bulgaria1:50.55
7Colin Mathieson Canada1:50.87
8Benito Mpwewe Tanzania18:30.30

Heats

27 July

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Giuseppe D'Urso Italy1:51.12Q
2Luis Cadogan Cuba1:51.32Q
3Luis Javier González Spain1:51.77Q
4Philippe Appoline France1:52.18q
5Paulo Estiveira Portugal1:53.81
6Felizardo Sardenia Philippines1:54.13
7Yoshikazu Tachi Japan1:55.04

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Joachim Dehmel West Germany1:50.21Q
2Paul Burgess United Kingdom1:50.37Q
3Stéphane Bonnaud France1:51.83Q
4Momodou Bello N'Jie Gambia1:58.07
5Peter Merchant Antigua and Barbuda2:07.76
Fransua Woldemarian EthiopiaDQ

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Kevin McKay United Kingdom1:49.86Q
2Melford Homela Zimbabwe1:49.93Q
3Mohamed Shawki Abdullah Qatar1:50.02Q
4Oleg Yefimov Soviet Union1:50.33q
5Odd Magne Øgried Norway1:54.64
Lyle Tenfingers American SamoaDQ
Oliver Münzer AustriaDNF

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jonah Birir Kenya1:50.56Q
2Mikhail Tsyoma Soviet Union1:51.13Q
3Andrea Benvenuti Italy1:51.60Q
4Simon Still Australia1:51.86q
5Bernard Henry Saint Lucia1:56.47
Lawrence Lenin United StatesDQ

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Mariusz Hawrylak Poland1:50.41Q
2Isaac Viciosa Spain1:50.76Q
3Benito Mpwewe Tanzania1:51.15Q
4Sergey Mitov Bulgaria1:51.83q
5Neil Chomos Canada1:52.39q
Wilson Kipketer KenyaDQ

Heat 6

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Pavel Hujer Czechoslovakia1:52.48Q
2Predrag Melnjak Yugoslavia1:52.88Q
3D'Juan Strozier United States1:52.95Q
4Colin Mathieson Canada1:52.99q
5Kenneth Nielsen Norway1:53.46
6Greg Whitfield Australia1:54.03
7Chern Srichudanu Thailand1:54.57

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 April 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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