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

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.

Medalists Gold Elena Mirela Lavric Silver Merve Aydın Bronze Machteld Mulder

Results

Final 11 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Elena Mirela Lavric 2:00.06 Merve Aydın 2:00.92 Machteld Mulder 2:02.05 4 Alison Leonard 2:02.15 5 Winny Chebet 2:04.13 6 Sofia Öberg 2:05.07 7 Trychelle Kingdom 2:06.84 8 Amina Bakhit 2:10.71

Semifinals 9 July

Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Merve Aydın 2:06.94 Q 2 Machteld Mulder 2:07.91 Q 3 Stefanie Barmet 2:08.70 4 Angie Smit 2:08.73 5 Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi 2:08.83 6 Lynsey Sharp 2:09.00 7 Yekaterina Zavyalova 2:10.07 8 Natalija Piliušina 2:10.90

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

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

Heats 8 July

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

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Amina Bakhit 2:08.16 Q 2 Djeneba Camara 2:08.26 Q 3 Alison Leonard 2:08.26 Q 4 Katarina Zarudnaya 2:08.27 Q 5 Anne Kesselring 2:08.33 q 6 Tintu Luka 2:09.20 q 7 Sianne Toemoe 2:09.48 8 Ciara Everard 2:09.85 9 Camilla Dencer 2:10.32

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sofia Öberg 2:08.16 Q 2 Machteld Mulder 2:09.10 Q 3 Khadija Afrayat 2:09.34 Q 4 Bindu Simon Rajam 2:09.51 Q 5 Natoya Goule 2:09.55 6 Medina Kadir 2:10.15 7 Heidi Pappila 2:11.23 8 Alicja Benedyk 2:11.92 Rana Masood DNF

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Merve Aydın 2:06.89 Q 2 Trychelle Kingdom 2:07.77 Q 3 Yekaterina Zavyalova 2:07.77 Q 4 Angie Smit 2:08.15 Q 5 Jessica Zeidler 2:08.83 q 6 Ruriko Kubo 2:09.70 7 Caster Semenya 2:11.98 8 Sarah McCurdy 2:12.67 9 Ehssan Arbab 2:13.22

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

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

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