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

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
	align=left		align=left		1:48.32
	align=left		align=left		1:48.91
	align=left		align=left		1:48.93
4	align=left		align=left		1:49.54
5	align=left		align=left		1:49.78
6	align=left		align=left		1:49.92
7	align=left		align=left		1:50.28
8	align=left		align=left		1:50.41

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.31	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.38	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.60
4	align=left		align=left		1:50.67
5	align=left		align=left		1:50.81
6	align=left		align=left		1:51.67
7	align=left		align=left		1:52.38
8	align=left		align=left		1:52.42

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:48.25	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:48.71	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:48.95	q
4	align=left		align=left		1:49.02	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:49.88
6	align=left		align=left		1:50.76
7	align=left		align=left		1:53.59
8	align=left		align=left		1:56.04

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.75	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.03	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.05
4	align=left		align=left		1:50.27
5	align=left		align=left		1:50.66
6	align=left		align=left		1:50.87
7	align=left		align=left		1:51.94
8	align=left		align=left		1:52.02

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.82	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.81	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:51.04	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.27	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:52.39
6	align=left		align=left		1:53.07
7	align=left		align=left		1:55.05
8	align=left		align=left		1:55.24

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.54	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.57	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.83	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.46	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:51.57
6	align=left		align=left		1:51.60
7	align=left		align=left		1:56.32
8	align=left		align=left		1:56.90
9	align=left		align=left		1:59.01

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:51.49	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:51.51	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:51.56	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.69
5	align=left		align=left		1:52.75
6	align=left		align=left		1:54.81
7	align=left		align=left		1:54.92
8	align=left		align=left		1:54.92

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.53	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:49.86	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.09	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:50.58	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:53.37
6	align=left		align=left		1:53.99
7	align=left		align=left		1:54.49
8	align=left		align=left		1:56.17

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:51.66	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:51.72	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:51.82	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.96
5	align=left		align=left		1:52.56
6	align=left		align=left		1:53.61
7	align=left		align=left		1:54.66
8	align=left		align=left		1:57.26
9	align=left		align=left		2:00.22

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.13	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.79	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:51.13	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.51
5	align=left		align=left		1:52.78
6	align=left		align=left		1:59.05

Heat 7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:51.22	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:51.61	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:52.26	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:52.85
5	align=left		align=left		1:56.72

Participation

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