2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 2000 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
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 800 metres event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 17, 18 and 20 October.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Nancy Jebet Langat  Kenya
Silver	Georgie Clarke  Australia
Bronze	Lucia Klocová  Slovakia

Results

Final

20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:01.51
	Georgie Clarke	Australia	2:02.28
	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	2:04.00
4	Alina Rîpanu	Romania	2:04.60
5	Esther Desviat	Spain	2:06.55
6	Tatyana Petlyuk	Ukraine	2:07.26
7	Jeruto Kiptum	Kenya	2:08.97
8	Kerstin Werner	Germany	DNS

Semifinals

18 October

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	2:06.77	Q
2	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:06.82	Q
3	Tatyana Petlyuk	Ukraine	2:07.29	Q
4	Kerstin Werner	Germany	2:07.31	q
5	Miki Nishimura	Japan	2:08.34
6	Gulmira Tasybekova	Kazakhstan	2:08.62
7	Norica Manafu	Romania	2:11.96
8	Alice Goodberg	Australia	2:14.40

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Georgie Clarke	Australia	2:06.53	Q
2	Alina Rîpanu	Romania	2:06.67	Q
3	Esther Desviat	Spain	2:06.83	Q
4	Jeruto Kiptum	Kenya	2:07.35	q
5	Mieke Geens	Belgium	2:07.46
6	Svetlana Chervan	Ukraine	2:09.67
7	Marija Papic	Yugoslavia	2:10.09
8	Mari Järvenpää	Finland	2:10.51

Heats

17 October

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gulmira Tasybekova	Kazakhstan	2:06.48	Q
2	Jeruto Kiptum	Kenya	2:07.86	Q
3	Alice Goodberg	Australia	2:08.81	Q
4	Norica Manafu	Romania	2:09.47	q
5	Sheena Gooding	Barbados	2:11.17
6	Irina Latve	Latvia	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:07.79	Q
2	Kerstin Werner	Germany	2:07.82	Q
3	Esther Desviat	Spain	2:08.41	Q
4	Mari Järvenpää	Finland	2:09.39	q
5	Svetlana Chervan	Ukraine	2:09.50	q
6	Direma Banasso	Togo	2:16.54

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alina Rîpanu	Romania	2:08.35	Q
2	Mieke Geens	Belgium	2:08.78	Q
3	Miki Nishimura	Japan	2:08.79	Q
4	Marija Papic	Yugoslavia	2:09.77	q
5	Tanya Wright	Canada	2:11.23
6	Rebecca Lyne	United Kingdom	2:20.17
7	Getrude Banda	Malawi	DQ

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Georgie Clarke	Australia	2:10.11	Q
2	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	2:10.20	Q
3	Tatyana Petlyuk	Ukraine	2:10.41	Q
4	Joanna Ross	United Kingdom	2:10.56
5	Joanna Buza	Poland	2:10.78
6	Euridice Semedo	São Tomé and Príncipe	2:11.78

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Barbados (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  Japan (1)
•  Kazakhstan (1)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Malawi (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Romania (2)
•  São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  Togo (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2000 Santiago CHI Oct 17-22, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015