1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the
1988 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Road events
20 km road run men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women'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.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Birthe Bruhns
 East Germany
Silver Catalina Gheorghiu
 Romania
Bronze Dorota Buczkowska
 Poland

Results

Final

29 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Birthe Bruhns  East Germany 2:00.67
2nd Catalina Gheorghiu  Romania 2:01.96
3rd Dorota Buczkowska  Poland 2:02.94
4 Olga Burkanova  Soviet Union 2:04.94
5 Carol Holmen  Canada 2:06.60
6 Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia 2:07.56
7 Luminita Avasiloaie  Romania 2:07.61
8 Daniele Steinecke  East Germany 2:08.18

Semifinals

28 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Birthe Bruhns  East Germany 2:06.08 Q
2 Catalina Gheorghiu  Romania 2:06.33 Q
3 Olga Burkanova  Soviet Union 2:06.74 Q
4 Lizzy Immesoete  Belgium 2:06.84
5 Helena Zímová  Czechoslovakia 2:07.21
6 Carla Sacramento  Portugal 2:07.24
7 Paula Fryer  United Kingdom 2:09.04
8 Erzsebet Todorán  Hungary 2:09.99

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia 2:05.43 Q
2 Dorota Buczkowska  Poland 2:05.68 Q
3 Daniele Steinecke  East Germany 2:06.15 Q
4 Luminita Avasiloaie  Romania 2:06.38 q
5 Carol Holmen  Canada 2:06.64 q
6 Daniela Di Santo  Italy 2:07.68
7 Mónika Balint  Hungary 2:08.33
8 Shola Lynch  United States 2:09.80

Heats

27 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia 2:05.96 Q
2 Olga Burkanova  Soviet Union 2:06.21 Q
3 Mónika Balint  Hungary 2:06.45 Q
4 Carol Holmen  Canada 2:06.80 q
5 Paula Fryer  United Kingdom 2:07.20 q
6 Ausa Mwendachabe  Zambia 2:14.72
7 Olga Zapeda  Honduras 2:34.73

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Daniele Steinecke  East Germany 2:07.18 Q
2 Helena Zímová  Czechoslovakia 2:07.22 Q
3 Luminita Avasiloaie  Romania 2:07.42 Q
4 Grete Slettom  Norway 2:07.69
5 Nathalie Rouillard  Canada 2:07.88
6 Mireille Sankaatsing  Suriname 2:11.47

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lizzy Immesoete  Belgium 2:09.34 Q
2 Catalina Gheorghiu  Romania 2:09.60 Q
3 Dorota Buczkowska  Poland 2:10.45 Q
4 Marlen Estévez  Cuba 2:11.73
5 Chandel Marion  United States 2:17.57
6 Lorie Ann Adams  Guyana DQ
7 Célia dos Santos  Brazil DQ

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Birthe Bruhns  East Germany 2:06.73 Q
2 Erzsebet Todorán  Hungary 2:07.12 Q
3 Carla Sacramento  Portugal 2:07.15 Q
4 Daniela Di Santo  Italy 2:07.18 q
5 Shola Lynch  United States 2:07.52 q
6 Alma Leticia Jiménez  Guatemala 2:07.54
7 Sonia Escalera  Puerto Rico DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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