1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 2000 metres steeplechase

The men's 2000 metres steeplechase event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 20 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Jon Azkueta  Spain
Silver	Johnstone Kipkoech  Kenya
Bronze	Jens Volkmann  West Germany

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jon Azkueta	Spain	5:28.56
	Johnstone Kipkoech	Kenya	5:29.56
	Jens Volkmann	West Germany	5:29.60
4	Tom Hanlon	United Kingdom	5:32.84
5	José Luis Civera	Spain	5:33.83
6	Vyacheslav Koshelev	Soviet Union	5:34.86
7	Ángel Rodríguez	Cuba	5:35.99
8	Stephen Connell	Canada	5:36.80
9	Taoufik Boukrouma	Tunisia	5:40.95
10	Abdelmaleh Amanallah	Morocco	5:40.96
11	Viktor Shevlyakov	Soviet Union	5:44.93
12	Reinhold Rogen	Italy	5:47.90
13	Tomasz Szabliński	Poland	5:48.90
	Claudio Nicostra	Italy	DNF
	Jarosław Folta	Poland	DNF

Heats

18 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Johnstone Kipkoech	Kenya	5:37.31	Q
2	Tom Hanlon	United Kingdom	5:38.18	Q
3	Jens Volkmann	West Germany	5:38.64	Q
4	Ángel Rodríguez	Cuba	5:38.74	Q
5	Jarosław Folta	Poland	5:38.79	Q
6	Viktor Shevlyakov	Soviet Union	5:38.91	q
7	José Luis Civera	Spain	5:38.99	q
8	Abdelmaleh Amanallah	Morocco	5:44.16	q
9	Reinhold Rogen	Italy	5:44.39	q
10	Clodoaldo do Carmo	Brazil	5:47.62
11	Fabrice Jonneau	France	5:48.63
12	Juan Meza	Chile	5:54.54
13	Zhelyazko Zhelev	Bulgaria	5:58.99
14	Yeóryios Avramides	Greece	6:00.00
15	Guy Schultz	Canada	6:03.26
16	Brian Lenihan	United States	6:03.34
17	Jamal Mahmoud Hamada	Palestine	6:03.38

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vyacheslav Koshelev	Soviet Union	5:41.91	Q
2	Taoufik Boukrouma	Tunisia	5:42.49	Q
3	Jon Azkueta	Spain	5:43.97	Q
4	Stephen Connell	Canada	5:44.28	Q
5	Tomasz Szabliński	Poland	5:44.71	Q
6	Claudio Nicostra	Italy	5:45.64	q
7	Andreas Fischer	West Germany	5:48.03
8	Patrick Woods	Australia	5:48.37
9	Yoshinori Kosugi	Japan	5:48.55
10	Abdel Aziz Sahere	Morocco	5:51.50
11	Yeóryios Dimitrópoulos	Greece	5:51.85
12	Guilherme Martins	Portugal	5:52.64
13	Paul Hagendoren	Netherlands	5:57.84
14	Joseph Meli Kiprobon	Kenya	5:58.18
15	José Pestana	Cuba	5:59.18
16	Michael Hedgecock	United States	6:05.51
17	Martin Holmes	New Zealand	6:08.10

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  Chile (1)
•  Cuba (2)
•  France (1)
•  Greece (2)
•  Italy (2)
•  Japan (1)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Morocco (2)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Palestine (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Soviet Union (2)
•  Spain (2)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)
•  West Germany (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015