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

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.

Medalists Gold Jonah Birir Silver Kevin McKay Bronze Melford Homela

Results Final 29 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jonah Birir 1:50.03 Kevin McKay 1:50.79 Melford Homela 1:51.34 4 Predrag Melnjak 1:52.07 5 Giuseppe D'Urso 1:53.34 6 Mariusz Hawrylak 1:55.14 7 Joachim Dehmel 1:55.68 8 Oleg Yefimov 1:55.74

Semifinals 28 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Giuseppe D'Urso 1:52.16 Q 2 Joachim Dehmel 1:52.23 Q 3 Pavel Hujer 1:52.27 4 Neil Chomos 1:53.38 5 Isaac Viciosa 1:53.43 6 Stéphane Bonnaud 1:54.86 7 Simon Still 1:55.90 8 Mohamed Shawki Abdullah 1:56.26

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jonah Birir 1:51.32 Q 2 Melford Homela 1:51.48 Q 3 Paul Burgess 1:51.60 4 Luis Javier González 1:51.98 5 Philippe Appoline 1:52.00 6 Mikhail Tsyoma 1:52.20 7 D'Juan Strozier 1:53.13 8 Andrea Benvenuti 1:57.48

Semifinal 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kevin McKay 1:49.22 Q 2 Predrag Melnjak 1:49.40 Q 3 Mariusz Hawrylak 1:49.60 q 4 Oleg Yefimov 1:49.86 q 5 Luis Cadogan 1:49.99 6 Sergey Mitov 1:50.55 7 Colin Mathieson 1:50.87 8 Benito Mpwewe 18:30.30

Heats 27 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Giuseppe D'Urso 1:51.12 Q 2 Luis Cadogan 1:51.32 Q 3 Luis Javier González 1:51.77 Q 4 Philippe Appoline 1:52.18 q 5 Paulo Estiveira 1:53.81 6 Felizardo Sardenia 1:54.13 7 Yoshikazu Tachi 1:55.04

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Joachim Dehmel 1:50.21 Q 2 Paul Burgess 1:50.37 Q 3 Stéphane Bonnaud 1:51.83 Q 4 Momodou Bello N'Jie 1:58.07 5 Peter Merchant 2:07.76 Fransua Woldemarian DQ

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kevin McKay 1:49.86 Q 2 Melford Homela 1:49.93 Q 3 Mohamed Shawki Abdullah 1:50.02 Q 4 Oleg Yefimov 1:50.33 q 5 Odd Magne Øgried 1:54.64 Lyle Tenfingers DQ Oliver Münzer DNF

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jonah Birir 1:50.56 Q 2 Mikhail Tsyoma 1:51.13 Q 3 Andrea Benvenuti 1:51.60 Q 4 Simon Still 1:51.86 q 5 Bernard Henry 1:56.47 Lawrence Lenin DQ

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mariusz Hawrylak 1:50.41 Q 2 Isaac Viciosa 1:50.76 Q 3 Benito Mpwewe 1:51.15 Q 4 Sergey Mitov 1:51.83 q 5 Neil Chomos 1:52.39 q Wilson Kipketer DQ

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Pavel Hujer 1:52.48 Q 2 Predrag Melnjak 1:52.88 Q 3 D'Juan Strozier 1:52.95 Q 4 Colin Mathieson 1:52.99 q 5 Kenneth Nielsen 1:53.46 6 Greg Whitfield 1:54.03 7 Chern Srichudanu 1:54.57

Participation According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

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