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

None 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. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1988.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090758/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1988.html 7 April 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 Jonah Birir KENSilver Kevin McKay UKBronze Melford Homela ZIM Results Final 29 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jonah Birir KEN 1:50.03 Kevin McKay UK 1:50.79 Melford Homela ZIM 1:51.34 4 Predrag Melnjak YUG 1:52.07 5 Giuseppe D'Urso ITA 1:53.34 6 Mariusz Hawrylak POL 1:55.14 7 Joachim Dehmel FRG 1:55.68 8 Oleg Yefimov URS 1:55.74 Semifinals 28 July Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Giuseppe D'Urso ITA 1:52.16 Q 2 Joachim Dehmel FRG 1:52.23 Q 3 Pavel Hujer TCH 1:52.27 4 Neil Chomos CAN 1:53.38 5 Isaac Viciosa ESP 1:53.43 6 Stéphane Bonnaud FRA 1:54.86 7 Simon Still AUS 1:55.90 8 Mohamed Shawki Abdullah QAT 1:56.26 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jonah Birir KEN 1:51.32 Q 2 Melford Homela ZIM 1:51.48 Q 3 Paul Burgess UK 1:51.60 4 Luis Javier González ESP 1:51.98 5 Philippe Appoline FRA 1:52.00 6 Mikhail Tsyoma URS 1:52.20 7 D'Juan Strozier USA 1:53.13 8 Andrea Benvenuti ITA 1:57.48 Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kevin McKay UK 1:49.22 Q 2 Predrag Melnjak YUG 1:49.40 Q 3 Mariusz Hawrylak POL 1:49.60 q 4 Oleg Yefimov URS 1:49.86 q 5 Luis Cadogan CUB 1:49.99 6 Sergey Mitov BUL 1971 1:50.55 7 Colin Mathieson CAN 1:50.87 8 Benito Mpwewe TAN 18:30.30 Heats 27 July Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Giuseppe D'Urso ITA 1:51.12 Q 2 Luis Cadogan CUB 1:51.32 Q 3 Luis Javier González ESP 1:51.77 Q 4 Philippe Appoline FRA 1:52.18 q 5 Paulo Estiveira POR 1:53.81 6 Felizardo Sardenia PHI 1986 1:54.13 7 Yoshikazu Tachi JPN 1:55.04 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Joachim Dehmel FRG 1:50.21 Q 2 Paul Burgess UK 1:50.37 Q 3 Stéphane Bonnaud FRA 1:51.83 Q 4 Momodou Bello N'Jie GAM 1:58.07 5 Peter Merchant ATG 2:07.76 6 Fransua Woldemarian ETH 1987 DQ Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kevin McKay UK 1:49.86 Q 2 Melford Homela ZIM 1:49.93 Q 3 Mohamed Shawki Abdullah QAT 1:50.02 Q 4 Oleg Yefimov URS 1:50.33 q 5 Odd Magne Øgried NOR 1:54.64 6 Lyle Tenfingers ASA DQ 7 Oliver Münzer AUT DNF Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jonah Birir KEN 1:50.56 Q 2 Mikhail Tsyoma URS 1:51.13 Q 3 Andrea Benvenuti ITA 1:51.60 Q 4 Simon Still AUS 1:51.86 q 5 Bernard Henry LCA 1979 1:56.47 6 Lawrence Lenin USA DQ Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mariusz Hawrylak POL 1:50.41 Q 2 Isaac Viciosa ESP 1:50.76 Q 3 Benito Mpwewe TAN 1:51.15 Q 4 Sergey Mitov BUL 1971 1:51.83 q 5 Neil Chomos CAN 1:52.39 q 6 Wilson Kipketer KEN DQ Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Pavel Hujer TCH 1:52.48 Q 2 Predrag Melnjak YUG 1:52.88 Q 3 D'Juan Strozier USA 1:52.95 Q 4 Colin Mathieson CAN 1:52.99 q 5 Kenneth Nielsen NOR 1:53.46 6 Greg Whitfield AUS 1:54.03 7 Chern Srichudanu THA 1:54.57 Participation According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event. 22em ASA (1) ATG (1) AUS (2) AUT (1) BUL 1971 (1) CAN (2) CUB (1) TCH (1) ETH 1987 (1) FRA (2) GAM (1) ITA (2) JPN (1) KEN (2) NOR (2) PHI 1986 (1) POL (1) POR (1) QAT (1) LCA 1979 (1) URS (2) ESP (2) TAN (1) THA (1) UK (2) USA (2) FRG (1) YUG (1) ZIM (1) References Category:800 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships Category:Men's events at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics