2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the
2008 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 women
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 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 11 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Elena Mirela Lavric
 Romania
Silver Merve Aydın
 Turkey
Bronze Machteld Mulder
 Netherlands

Results

Final

11 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Elena Mirela Lavric  Romania 2:00.06
2nd Merve Aydın  Turkey 2:00.92
3rd Machteld Mulder  Netherlands 2:02.05
4 Alison Leonard  United Kingdom 2:02.15
5 Winny Chebet  Kenya 2:04.13
6 Sofia Öberg  Sweden 2:05.07
7 Trychelle Kingdom  Australia 2:06.84
8 Amina Bakhit  Sudan 2:10.71

Semifinals

9 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Merve Aydın  Turkey 2:06.94 Q
2 Machteld Mulder  Netherlands 2:07.91 Q
3 Stefanie Barmet   Switzerland 2:08.70
4 Angie Smit  New Zealand 2:08.73
5 Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi  Kenya 2:08.83
6 Lynsey Sharp  United Kingdom 2:09.00
7 Yekaterina Zavyalova  Russia 2:10.07
8 Natalija Piliušina  Lithuania 2:10.90

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Elena Mirela Lavric  Romania 2:05.10 Q
2 Trychelle Kingdom  Australia 2:05.66 Q
3 Tintu Luka  India 2:06.51
4 Jessica Parry  Canada 2:06.72
5 Juana Méndez  Cuba 2:06.91
6 Jessica Zeidler  Germany 2:07.43
7 Khadija Afrayat  Morocco 2:11.46
8 Djeneba Camara  France 2:15.26

Semifinal 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Alison Leonard  United Kingdom 2:04.07 Q
2 Winny Chebet  Kenya 2:04.42 Q
3 Amina Bakhit  Sudan 2:05.06 q
4 Sofia Öberg  Sweden 2:05.43 q
5 Volha Rulevich  Belarus 2:05.65
6 Anne Kesselring  Germany 2:06.66
7 Bindu Simon Rajam  India 2:10.28
8 Katarina Zarudnaya  Russia 2:10.69

Heats

8 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Elena Mirela Lavric  Romania 2:09.68 Q
2 Winny Chebet  Kenya 2:09.92 Q
3 Stefanie Barmet   Switzerland 2:10.06 Q
4 Natalija Piliušina  Lithuania 2:10.39 Q
5 Eléni Theodorakopou  Greece 2:10.79
6 Olga Bibik  Ukraine 2:10.80
7 Jessica Smith  Canada 2:11.26
8 Meliha Erdogan  Turkey 2:15.27
9 Kim Baglietto  Gibraltar 2:21.07

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Amina Bakhit  Sudan 2:08.16 Q
2 Djeneba Camara  France 2:08.26 Q
3 Alison Leonard  United Kingdom 2:08.26 Q
4 Katarina Zarudnaya  Russia 2:08.27 Q
5 Anne Kesselring  Germany 2:08.33 q
6 Tintu Luka  India 2:09.20 q
7 Sianne Toemoe  Australia 2:09.48
8 Ciara Everard  Ireland 2:09.85
9 Camilla Dencer  United States 2:10.32

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sofia Öberg  Sweden 2:08.16 Q
2 Machteld Mulder  Netherlands 2:09.10 Q
3 Khadija Afrayat  Morocco 2:09.34 Q
4 Bindu Simon Rajam  India 2:09.51 Q
5 Natoya Goule  Jamaica 2:09.55
6 Medina Kadir  Ethiopia 2:10.15
7 Heidi Pappila  Finland 2:11.23
8 Alicja Benedyk  Poland 2:11.92
9 Rana Masood  Palestine DNF

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Merve Aydın  Turkey 2:06.89 Q
2 Trychelle Kingdom  Australia 2:07.77 Q
3 Yekaterina Zavyalova  Russia 2:07.77 Q
4 Angie Smit  New Zealand 2:08.15 Q
5 Jessica Zeidler  Germany 2:08.83 q
6 Ruriko Kubo  Japan 2:09.70
7 Caster Semenya  South Africa 2:11.98
8 Sarah McCurdy  United States 2:12.67
9 Ehssan Arbab  Sudan 2:13.22

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jessica Parry  Canada 2:08.20 Q
2 Volha Rulevich  Belarus 2:08.49 Q
3 Juana Méndez  Cuba 2:08.60 Q
4 Lynsey Sharp  United Kingdom 2:08.80 Q
5 Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi  Kenya 2:09.23 q
6 Florina Pierdevara  Romania 2:09.55
7 Sheto Wencha  Ethiopia 2:12.06
8 Marina Puhach  Ukraine 2:12.44
9 Magdalena Stankiewicz  Poland 2:15.02

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, 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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