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.

Medalists Gold Claudia Gesell Silver Kathleen Friedrich Bronze Nancy Jebet Langat

Results Final 23 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Claudia Gesell 2:02.67 Kathleen Friedrich 2:02.70 Nancy Jebet Langat 2:03.21 4 Mairelín Fuentes 2:03.49 5 Anca Safta 2:03.64 6 Rhode Senekal-Snyman 2:04.59 7 Marilena Zevedeanu 2:08.19 8 Natalya Yevdokimova 2:10.77

Semifinals 22 August

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

Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Claudia Gesell 2:06.23 Q 2 Nancy Jebet Langat 2:06.79 Q 3 Marilena Zevedeanu 2:07.22 Q 4 Rhode Senekal-Snyman 2:07.40 Q 5 Miriam Maseková 2:07.65 6 Tara Mendoza 2:08.95 7 Hasna Benhassi 2:25.00 Sintayahu Fikre DNS

Heats 21 August

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

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anca Safta 2:06.24 Q 2 Mairelín Fuentes 2:06.25 Q 3 Laetitia Valdonado 2:07.46 Q 4 Oksana Zbrozhek 2:08.42 q 5 Natalya Yevdokimova 2:08.80 q 6 Tamieka Grizzle 2:11.48 7 Alli Li Yin Yee 2:15.49

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

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

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

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