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[edit]
Final[edit]
10 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[edit]
9 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[edit]
8 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[edit]
According 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