1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 July.

Medalists Gold Selina Chirchir Silver Gabriela Sedláková Bronze Adriana Dumitru

Results

Final 18 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Selina Chirchir 2:01.40 Gabriela Sedláková 2:01.49 Adriana Dumitru 2:01.93 4 Lynne Robinson 2:02.18 5 Katja Prochnow 2:03.81 6 Ellen Kiessling 2:05.10 7 Snežana Pajkić 2:07.75 8 Eva-Christina Coqui 2:08.41

Semifinals 17 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gabriela Sedláková 2:05.18 Q 2 Ellen Kiessling 2:05.30 Q 3 Lynne Robinson 2:05.35 Q 4 Denisa Zavelca 2:05.44 5 Dorota Buczkowska 2:05.82 6 Hassiba Boulmerka 2:07.51 7 Andrea Stuart 2:07.77 8 Masako Matsumoto 2:08.88

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Selina Chirchir 2:04.00 Q 2 Adriana Dumitru 2:04.54 Q 3 Katja Prochnow 2:04.79 Q 4 Snežana Pajkić 2:04.99 q 5 Eva-Christina Coqui 2:05.33 q 6 Monica Magnusson 2:05.53 7 Beata Hoffman 2:05.86 8 Yvonne van der Kolk 2:07.08

Heats 16 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Selina Chirchir 2:07.1 Q 2 Louise Stuart 2:10.2 Q 3 Maura Savon 2:10.5 4 Petra Arnett 2:10.5 5 Sasithorn Chantanuhong 2:12.4 6 Beena Peter 2:12.5

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gabriela Sedláková 2:06.41 Q 2 Monica Magnusson 2:06.84 Q 3 Michelle O'Rourke 2:07.18 4 Luisa do Nascimento 2:07.93 5 Patrizia Morreale 2:13.02 6 Lorie Ann Adams 2:20.38 7 Lieketseng Mpopelle 2:36.01

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Katja Prochnow 2:05.64 Q 2 Dorota Buczkowska 2:05.92 Q 3 Yvonne van der Kolk 2:06.82 q 4 Hassiba Boulmerka 2:06.86 q 5 Masako Matsumoto 2:07.14 q 6 Donya Mohamed 2:19.96 7 Alma Leticia Jiménez 2:23.61

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Denisa Zavelca 2:06.97 Q 2 Lynne Robinson 2:07.15 Q 3 Sophie Scamps 2:07.31 4 Anastasía Giannákou 2:10.90 5 Mireille Sankaatsing 2:13.52 6 Shola Lynch 2:14.52 7 Leila Dahmane 2:18.66

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ellen Kiessling 2:05.18 Q 2 Snežana Pajkić 2:05.60 Q 3 Beata Hoffman 2:07.01 q 4 Valerie Bertrand 2:11.00 5 Andrea Thomas 2:13.69 6 Niusha Mansilla 2:21.10 7 Puseletso Monkoe 2:25.74

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Adriana Dumitru 2:07.06 Q 2 Eva-Christina Coqui 2:07.38 Q 3 Jayne Heathcote 2:07.43 4 Jennifer Mawby 2:09.68 5 Maribel Silvestre 2:17.09 6 Bertine Tré Gogo 2:19.58

Participation According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.

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