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

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1986 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
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100 m hurdleswomen
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2000 m
steeplechase		men
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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

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

Results

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Final

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18 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Sharpe  United Kingdom 1:48.32
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manuel Balmaceda  Chile 1:48.91
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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17 July

Semifinal 1

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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

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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

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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

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16 July

Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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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