1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres explained

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]

Medalists

Gold	Desta Asgedom
Silver	Jonah Birir
Bronze	Peter McGovern

Results

Final

10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		1:46.35
	align=left		align=left		1:46.61
	align=left		align=left		1:47.33
4	align=left		align=left		1:48.13
5	align=left		align=left		1:48.54
6	align=left		align=left		1:49.36
7	align=left		align=left		1:49.69
8	align=left		align=left		1:49.88

Semifinals

9 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.07	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:49.31	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:49.48
4	align=left		align=left		1:49.54
5	align=left		align=left		1:49.60
6	align=left		align=left		1:49.78
7	align=left		align=left		1:51.55
8	align=left		align=left		1:58.89

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:47.90	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:48.21	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:48.43	q
4	align=left		align=left		1:49.56
5	align=left		align=left		1:50.66
6	align=left		align=left		1:51.33
7	align=left		align=left		2:05.50
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:47.96	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:48.36	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:48.68	q
4	align=left		align=left		1:49.84
5	align=left		align=left		1:49.94
6	align=left		align=left		1:52.60
7	align=left		align=left		1:58.50
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Heats

8 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:48.51	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:48.66	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:48.88	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:49.43	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:49.51	q
6	align=left		align=left		1:50.02	q
7	align=left		align=left		1:50.81
8	align=left		align=left		1:54.45

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.07	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:49.42	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:49.52	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:49.52	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:51.79
6	align=left		align=left		1:52.17
7	align=left		align=left		1:52.43
8	align=left		align=left		1:58.47

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:49.15	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:49.27	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:49.55	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:49.64	q
5	align=left		align=left		1:49.73	q
6	align=left		align=left		1:51.57
7	align=left		align=left		1:53.85
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.36	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:50.58	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:50.58	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:50.60
5	align=left		align=left		1:50.75
6	align=left		align=left		1:50.98
7	align=left		align=left		1:52.15
8	align=left		align=left		1:52.98

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:51.00	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:51.16	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:51.25	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.36
5	align=left		align=left		1:51.90
6	align=left		align=left		1:52.37
7	align=left		align=left		2:00.79
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		1:50.70	Q
2	align=left		align=left		1:51.02	Q
3	align=left		align=left		1:51.32	Q
4	align=left		align=left		1:51.59
5	align=left		align=left		1:53.17
6	align=left		align=left		2:00.16
7	align=left		align=left		2:00.27
	align=left		align=left		DQ	IAAF rule 141.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 36 countries participated in the event.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peters . Lionel . Magnusson . Tomas . WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130831125751/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1990.html . 31 August 2013 . WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") . 13 June 2015.