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

None 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. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1986.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140226005328/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1986.html 26 February 2014 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold David Sharpe UKSilver Manuel Balmaceda CHIBronze Andriy Sudnik URS Results Final 18 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes David Sharpe UK 1:48.32 Manuel Balmaceda CHI 1:48.91 Andriy Sudnik URS 1:48.93 4 Predrag Melnjak YUG 1:49.54 5 Paul Williams UK 1:49.78 6 Sergey Timofeyev URS 1:49.92 7 Geoffrey Seurey KEN 1:50.28 8 George Kersh USA 1:50.41 Semifinals 17 July Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andriy Sudnik URS 1:50.31 Q 2 David Sharpe UK 1:50.38 Q 3 John Ndhlovu ZIM 1:50.60 4 Richard Brant CAN 1:50.67 5 Keiichiro Nakamura JPN 1:50.81 6 Anders Persson SWE 1:51.67 7 Tadelle Abebe ETH 1975 1:52.38 8 Bouazza Noualla ALG 1:52.42 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Predrag Melnjak YUG 1:48.25 Q 2 Geoffrey Seurey KEN 1:48.71 Q 3 Sergey Timofeyev URS 1:48.95 q 4 George Kersh USA 1:49.02 q 5 Alexander Adam FRG 1:49.88 6 Samir Benfarès FRA 1:50.76 7 Momouni Apiou Côte d'Ivoire 1:53.59 8 Cameron Orr AUS 1:56.04 Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Manuel Balmaceda CHI 1:49.75 Q 2 Paul Williams UK 1:50.03 Q 3 Anthony Christie JAM 1:50.05 4 Marek Szymkowicz POL 1:50.27 5 David Moore USA 1:50.66 6 Miroslav Chochkov BUL 1971 1:50.87 7 Bernd Müller FRG 1:51.94 8 Joseph Meli Kiprobon KEN 1:52.02 Heats 16 July Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Moore USA 1:49.82 Q 2 Cameron Orr AUS 1:50.81 Q 3 Anders Persson SWE 1:51.04 Q 4 Momouni Apiou Côte d'Ivoire 1:51.27 q 5 Philippos Tandis GRE 1:52.39 6 Omar Ibrahim EGY 1:53.07 7 Eduardo Cabrera MEX 1:55.05 8 Momodou Bello N'Jie GAM 1:55.24 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andriy Sudnik URS 1:50.54 Q 2 Keiichiro Nakamura JPN 1:50.57 Q 3 Paul Williams UK 1:50.83 Q 4 Alexander Adam FRG 1:51.46 q 5 Riccardo Cardone ITA 1:51.57 6 Honest Umbe TAN 1:51.60 7 Guillermo Ghersi PER 1:56.32 8 Mahamat Nour Amdaye CHA 1:56.90 9 Sergio Iván Gómez GUA 1:59.01 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Sharpe UK 1:51.49 Q 2 Manuel Balmaceda CHI 1:51.51 Q 3 Richard Brant CAN 1:51.56 Q 4 Ado Maude NGR 1:51.69 5 Peter Hepworth AUS 1:52.75 6 Hossain Milzer BAN 1:54.81 7 Lucien Simon ATG 1:54.92 8 Alan Bunce NZL 1:54.92 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 John Ndhlovu ZIM 1:49.53 Q 2 Predrag Melnjak YUG 1:49.86 Q 3 Marek Szymkowicz POL 1:50.09 Q 4 Joseph Meli Kiprobon KEN 1:50.58 q 5 Santiago Gutiérrez ESP 1:53.37 6 Ricardo Morrison PAN 1:53.99 7 Moses Phiri ZAM 1964 1:54.49 8 Mansour Al-Balushi OMA 1970 1:56.17 Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 George Kersh USA 1:51.66 Q 2 Sergey Timofeyev URS 1:51.72 Q 3 Bernd Müller FRG 1:51.82 Q 4 António de Oliveira BRA 1968 1:51.96 5 Brahim El-Ghazali MAR 1:52.56 6 Mitoshi Wada JPN 1:53.61 7 Patrick Haas AUT 1:54.66 8 Ingemar Sluis AHO 1:57.26 9 Bernard Henry LCA 1979 2:00.22 Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Geoffrey Seurey KEN 1:50.13 Q 2 Samir Benfarès FRA 1:50.79 Q 3 Bouazza Noualla ALG 1:51.13 Q 4 Howard Jackson CAN 1:51.51 5 Joseph Sean TRI 1:52.78 6 Saravanan Arjunan SIN 1:59.05 Heat 7 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anthony Christie JAM 1:51.22 Q 2 Miroslav Chochkov BUL 1971 1:51.61 Q 3 Tadelle Abebe ETH 1975 1:52.26 Q 4 Fabio Di Vito ITA 1:52.85 5 Steinn Jóhannsson ISL 1:56.72 Participation According to an unofficial count, 53 athletes from 44 countries participated in the event. 22em ALG (1) ATG (1) AUS (2) AUT (1) BAN (1) BRA 1968 (1) BUL 1971 (1) CAN (2) CHA (1) CHI (1) Côte d'Ivoire (1) EGY (1) ETH 1975 (1) FRA (1) GAM (1) GRE (1) GUA (1) ISL (1) ITA (2) JAM (1) JPN (2) KEN (2) MEX (1) MAR (1) AHO (1) NZL (1) NGR (1) OMA 1970 (1) PAN (1) PER (1) POL (1) LCA 1979 (1) SIN (1) URS (2) ESP (1) SWE (1) TAN (1) TRI (1) UK (2) USA (2) FRG (2) YUG (1) ZAM 1964 (1) ZIM (1) References Category:800 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships Category:Men's events at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics