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

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
	align=left		align=left		1:50.03
	align=left		align=left		1:50.79
	align=left		align=left		1:51.34
4	align=left		align=left		1:52.07
5	align=left		align=left		1:53.34
6	align=left		align=left		1:55.14
7	align=left		align=left		1:55.68
8	align=left		align=left		1:55.74

Semifinals

28 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:52.16	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:52.23	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:52.27
4	align=left		align=left		1:53.38
5	align=left		align=left		1:53.43
6	align=left		align=left		1:54.86
7	align=left		align=left		1:55.90
8	align=left		align=left		1:56.26

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:51.32	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:51.48	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:51.60
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.98
5	align=left		align=left		1:52.00
6	align=left		align=left		1:52.20
7	align=left		align=left		1:53.13
8	align=left		align=left		1:57.48

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.22	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:49.40	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:49.60	q
4	align=left		align=left		1:49.86	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:49.99
6	align=left		align=left		1:50.55
7	align=left		align=left		1:50.87
8	align=left		align=left		18:30.30

Heats

27 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:51.12	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:51.32	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:51.77	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:52.18	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:53.81
6	align=left		align=left		1:54.13
7	align=left		align=left		1:55.04

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.21	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.37	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:51.83	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:58.07
5	align=left		align=left		2:07.76
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.86	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:49.93	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.02	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:50.33	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:54.64
	align=left		align=left		DQ
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.56	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:51.13	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:51.60	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.86	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:56.47
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.41	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.76	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:51.15	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.83	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:52.39	q
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:52.48	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:52.88	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:52.95	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:52.99	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:53.46
6	align=left		align=left		1:54.03
7	align=left		align=left		1:54.57

Participation

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