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.

Medalists Gold Desta Asgedom Silver Jonah Birir Bronze Norberto Téllez

Results Final 10 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Desta Asgedom 1:46.35 Jonah Birir 1:46.61 Norberto Téllez 1:47.33 4 Wilson Kipketer 1:48.13 5 Andrew Lill 1:48.54 6 Václav Hrích 1:49.36 7 Dian Petkov 1:49.69 8 Mark Holcombe 1:49.88

Semifinals 9 August

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jonah Birir 1:49.07 Q 2 Dian Petkov 1:49.31 Q 3 Aleksey Oleynikov 1:49.48 4 Alemayehu Roba 1:49.54 5 Pavel Soukup 1:49.60 6 Scott Peters 1:49.78 7 Michael Williams 1:51.55 8 Eddy Kiemel 1:58.89

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Desta Asgedom 1:47.90 Q 2 Wilson Kipketer 1:48.21 Q 3 Václav Hrích 1:48.43 q 4 Mark Sesay 1:49.56 5 Vincent Hoek 1:50.66 6 Zhou Chaohui 1:51.33 7 Michael Belbeck 2:05.50 Pantelis Kolokas DNS

Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Norberto Téllez 1:47.96 Q 2 Andrew Lill 1:48.36 Q 3 Mark Holcombe 1:48.68 q 4 David Decarpentry 1:49.84 5 Vebjørn Rodal 1:49.94 6 Bruno Mikale 1:52.60 7 Ingo Janich 1:58.50 Niall Bruton DNS

Heats 8 August

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Alemayehu Roba 1:48.51 Q 2 Wilson Kipketer 1:48.66 Q 3 Václav Hrích 1:48.88 Q 4 Michael Williams 1:49.43 q 5 Michael Belbeck 1:49.51 q 6 Vincent Hoek 1:50.02 q 7 Jan Dalsgaard 1:50.81 8 Tomi Kankare 1:54.45

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Desta Asgedom 1:49.07 Q 2 Dian Petkov 1:49.42 Q 3 Norberto Téllez 1:49.52 Q 4 Pantelis Kolokas 1:49.52 q 5 Jorge Alanis 1:51.79 6 Zvonko Bjelkanović 1:52.17 7 Henrique Meira 1:52.43 8 Amir Mhando 1:58.47

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ingo Janich 1:49.15 Q 2 Scott Peters 1:49.27 Q 3 Zhou Chaohui 1:49.55 Q 4 Niall Bruton 1:49.64 q 5 Bruno Mikale 1:49.73 q 6 Kevin Sullivan 1:51.57 7 Belkacem Aït Kaci 1:53.85 Riyadh Hugairy DNF

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jonah Birir 1:50.36 Q 2 Vebjørn Rodal 1:50.58 Q 3 Eddy Kiemel 1:50.58 Q 4 Dariusz Trudnowski 1:50.60 5 Draško Odrljin 1:50.75 6 Yuriy Tatarchuk 1:50.98 7 Carsten Otte 1:52.15 8 Lewis Lacey 1:52.98

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aleksey Oleynikov 1:51.00 Q 2 Mark Holcombe 1:51.16 Q 3 Andrew Lill 1:51.25 Q 4 Edgardo Graglia 1:51.36 5 Marco Garzia 1:51.90 6 Daniel Bălașa 1:52.37 7 Niclas Norling 2:00.79 Omar Best DQ

Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Pavel Soukup 1:50.70 Q 2 Mark Sesay 1:51.02 Q 3 David Decarpentry 1:51.32 Q 4 Constantin Repca 1:51.59 5 Kealin Hannigan 1:53.17 6 Felipe Murga 2:00.16 7 Nesamani Subramaniam 2:00.27 Steven Roberts DQ IAAF rule 141.2

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

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