1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the
1996 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 women
10,000 m men
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
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
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 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Claudia Gesell
 Germany
Silver Kathleen Friedrich
 Germany
Bronze Nancy Jebet Langat
 Kenya

Results

Final

23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Claudia Gesell  Germany 2:02.67
2nd Kathleen Friedrich  Germany 2:02.70
3rd Nancy Jebet Langat  Kenya 2:03.21
4 Mairelín Fuentes  Cuba 2:03.49
5 Anca Safta  Romania 2:03.64
6 Rhode Senekal-Snyman  South Africa 2:04.59
7 Marilena Zevedeanu  Romania 2:08.19
8 Natalya Yevdokimova  Ukraine 2:10.77

Semifinals

22 August

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anca Safta  Romania 2:05.99 Q
2 Kathleen Friedrich  Germany 2:06.08 Q
3 Mairelín Fuentes  Cuba 2:06.73 Q
4 Natalya Yevdokimova  Ukraine 2:07.54 Q
5 Tytti Reho  Finland 2:07.67
6 Laetitia Valdonado  France 2:09.34
7 Oksana Zbrozhek  Russia 2:12.58
8 Shura Hotesa  Ethiopia DQ IAAF rule 141.2

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Claudia Gesell  Germany 2:06.23 Q
2 Nancy Jebet Langat  Kenya 2:06.79 Q
3 Marilena Zevedeanu  Romania 2:07.22 Q
4 Rhode Senekal-Snyman  South Africa 2:07.40 Q
5 Miriam Maseková  Slovakia 2:07.65
6 Tara Mendoza  United States 2:08.95
7 Hasna Benhassi  Morocco 2:25.00
8 Sintayahu Fikre  Ethiopia DNS

Heats

21 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nancy Jebet Langat  Kenya 2:08.02 Q
2 Tytti Reho  Finland 2:08.48 Q
3 Rhode Senekal-Snyman  South Africa 2:08.50 Q
4 Bi Tanna  China 2:08.82
5 Natalia Rodríguez  Spain 2:09.09
6 Lena Nilsson  Sweden 2:09.12
7 Cherryl Escat  Philippines 2:14.63
8 Zolveik Ruíz  Panama 2:19.11

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anca Safta  Romania 2:06.24 Q
2 Mairelín Fuentes  Cuba 2:06.25 Q
3 Laetitia Valdonado  France 2:07.46 Q
4 Oksana Zbrozhek  Russia 2:08.42 q
5 Natalya Yevdokimova  Ukraine 2:08.80 q
6 Tamieka Grizzle  United States 2:11.48
7 Alli Li Yin Yee  Hong Kong 2:15.49

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Miriam Maseková  Slovakia 2:08.75 Q
2 Kathleen Friedrich  Germany 2:09.17 Q
3 Sintayahu Fikre  Ethiopia 2:10.27 Q
4 Margaret Chirchir  Kenya 2:10.34
5 Marie-Louise Henning  South Africa 2:10.90
6 Melanie Bradley  Australia 2:11.12
7 Zhang Jinqing  China 2:14.04

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Claudia Gesell  Germany 2:05.66 Q
2 Shura Hotesa  Ethiopia 2:06.57 Q
3 Hasna Benhassi  Morocco 2:07.12 Q
4 Tara Mendoza  United States 2:07.56 q
5 Marilena Zevedeanu  Romania 2:08.43 q
6 Jelena Stanisavljevic  Yugoslavia 2:09.88
7 Sonja Roman  Slovenia 2:10.63

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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