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.

Medalists Gold David Sharpe Silver Manuel Balmaceda Bronze Andriy Sudnik

Results

Final 18 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes David Sharpe 1:48.32 Manuel Balmaceda 1:48.91 Andriy Sudnik 1:48.93 4 Predrag Melnjak 1:49.54 5 Paul Williams 1:49.78 6 Sergey Timofeyev 1:49.92 7 Geoffrey Seurey 1:50.28 8 George Kersh 1:50.41

Semifinals 17 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andriy Sudnik 1:50.31 Q 2 David Sharpe 1:50.38 Q 3 John Ndhlovu 1:50.60 4 Richard Brant 1:50.67 5 Keiichiro Nakamura 1:50.81 6 Anders Persson 1:51.67 7 Tadelle Abebe 1:52.38 8 Bouazza Noualla 1:52.42

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Predrag Melnjak 1:48.25 Q 2 Geoffrey Seurey 1:48.71 Q 3 Sergey Timofeyev 1:48.95 q 4 George Kersh 1:49.02 q 5 Alexander Adam 1:49.88 6 Samir Benfarès 1:50.76 7 Momouni Apiou 1:53.59 8 Cameron Orr 1:56.04

Semifinal 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Manuel Balmaceda 1:49.75 Q 2 Paul Williams 1:50.03 Q 3 Anthony Christie 1:50.05 4 Marek Szymkowicz 1:50.27 5 David Moore 1:50.66 6 Miroslav Chochkov 1:50.87 7 Bernd Müller 1:51.94 8 Joseph Meli Kiprobon 1:52.02

Heats 16 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Moore 1:49.82 Q 2 Cameron Orr 1:50.81 Q 3 Anders Persson 1:51.04 Q 4 Momouni Apiou 1:51.27 q 5 Philippos Tandis 1:52.39 6 Omar Ibrahim 1:53.07 7 Eduardo Cabrera 1:55.05 8 Momodou Bello N'Jie 1:55.24

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Andriy Sudnik 1:50.54 Q 2 Keiichiro Nakamura 1:50.57 Q 3 Paul Williams 1:50.83 Q 4 Alexander Adam 1:51.46 q 5 Riccardo Cardone 1:51.57 6 Honest Umbe 1:51.60 7 Guillermo Ghersi 1:56.32 8 Mahamat Nour Amdaye 1:56.90 9 Sergio Iván Gómez 1:59.01

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Sharpe 1:51.49 Q 2 Manuel Balmaceda 1:51.51 Q 3 Richard Brant 1:51.56 Q 4 Ado Maude 1:51.69 5 Peter Hepworth 1:52.75 6 Hossain Milzer 1:54.81 7 Lucien Simon 1:54.92 8 Alan Bunce 1:54.92

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 John Ndhlovu 1:49.53 Q 2 Predrag Melnjak 1:49.86 Q 3 Marek Szymkowicz 1:50.09 Q 4 Joseph Meli Kiprobon 1:50.58 q 5 Santiago Gutiérrez 1:53.37 6 Ricardo Morrison 1:53.99 7 Moses Phiri 1:54.49 8 Mansour Al-Balushi 1:56.17

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 George Kersh 1:51.66 Q 2 Sergey Timofeyev 1:51.72 Q 3 Bernd Müller 1:51.82 Q 4 António de Oliveira 1:51.96 5 Brahim El-Ghazali 1:52.56 6 Mitoshi Wada 1:53.61 7 Patrick Haas 1:54.66 8 Ingemar Sluis 1:57.26 9 Bernard Henry 2:00.22

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Geoffrey Seurey 1:50.13 Q 2 Samir Benfarès 1:50.79 Q 3 Bouazza Noualla 1:51.13 Q 4 Howard Jackson 1:51.51 5 Joseph Sean 1:52.78 6 Saravanan Arjunan 1:59.05

Heat 7

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anthony Christie 1:51.22 Q 2 Miroslav Chochkov 1:51.61 Q 3 Tadelle Abebe 1:52.26 Q 4 Fabio Di Vito 1:52.85 5 Steinn Jóhannsson 1:56.72

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

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