2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the
2002 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 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 17 and 19 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Janeth Jepkosgei
 Kenya
Silver Lucia Klocová
 Slovakia
Bronze Juliana de Azevedo
 Brazil

Results

Final

19 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya 2:00.80
2nd Lucia Klocová  Slovakia 2:01.73
3rd Juliana de Azevedo  Brazil 2:03.81
4 Jemma Simpson  United Kingdom 2:04.11
5 Kitty Cziráki  Hungary 2:04.44
6 Kathrin Trauth  Germany 2:05.49
7 Natasha Pantelyeva  Russia 2:08.36
8 Berhane Herpassa  Ethiopia 2:11.08

Heats

17 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lucia Klocová  Slovakia 2:06.20 Q
2 Juliana de Azevedo  Brazil 2:06.23 Q
3 Yusneysy Santiuste  Cuba 2:06.60
4 Simona Barcau  Romania 2:06.97
5 Sajida Ramzan  Pakistan 2:16.61
6 Sharon Soussi  Gibraltar 2:22.14

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya 2:04.51 Q
2 Natasha Pantelyeva  Russia 2:05.18 Q
3 Jemma Simpson  United Kingdom 2:05.60 q
4 Kitty Cziráki  Hungary 2:06.51 q
5 Naoual Baiby  Morocco 2:07.90
6 Stacey Ann Livingston  Jamaica DNF

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Berhane Herpassa  Ethiopia 2:06.76 Q
2 Kathrin Trauth  Germany 2:07.11 Q
3 Najla Jaber  Netherlands 2:08.17
4 Amal Zaytouni  Morocco 2:09.40
5 Peudo Japhet  Tanzania 2:09.77
6 Martine Nobili  Luxembourg 2:10.19
7 Carlene Robinson  Jamaica 2:10.82

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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