The women's 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia from 1 to 3 August 2022.

42 athletes from 29 countries were originally entered to the competition. However; Sanae Hasnaoui from Morocco, Ramot Abike Jimoh from Nigeria and Tharushi Dissanayaka from Sri Lanka did not participate, while the third runner entered by the United States, Michaela Rose, was unable to compete since only two athletes per member nation can compete in each event.

Records U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: RecordAthlete & NationalityMarkLocationDateWorld U20 Record1:54.01Zürich, Switzerland29 August 2008Championship Record1:59.74Tampere, Finland12 July 2018World U20 Leading1:59.04Eugene, United States25 June 2022

Results

Round 1 Round 1 took place on 1 August, with the 38 athletes involved being split into 5 heats, 3 heats of 8 athletes and 2 of 7. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified to the semi-final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note 1 3 Juliette Whittaker 2:04.92 Q 2 3 Dilek Koçak 2:05.37 Q 3 3 Hayley Kitching 2:05.48 Q 4 3 Invida Mauriņa 2:05.65 Q 5 2 Ksanet Alem 2:05.77 Q 6 1 Nelly Chepchirchir 2:06.66 Q 7 1 Veronika Sadek 2:07.10 Q 8 3 Anne Gine Løvnes 2:07.24 q 9 2 Abigail Ives 2:07.35 Q 10 1 Veera Mattila 2:07.36 Q 11 2 Evaline Kipkirwok 2:07.69 Q 12 1 Celine van Heerikhuize 2:07.78 Q 13 2 Valentina Rosamilia 2:07.94 Q 14 5 Claudia Hollingsworth 2:08.21 Q 15 1 Lamiae Mamouni 2:08.27 q 16 2 Martina Canazza 2:08.69 q 17 1 Ashakiran Barla 2:09.01 q 18 1 Hallee Knelsen 2:09.09 19 5 Audrey Werro 2:09.49 Q 20 4 Wezam Tesfay 2:09.67 Q 21 4 Roisin Willis 2:09.68 Q 22 5 Lova Perman 2:09.92 Q 23 5 Ronja Koskela 2:10.05 Q 24 4 Macey Hilton 2:10.29 Q 25 5 Cosina Ermert 2:10.36 26 4 Petja Klojčnik 2:10.40 Q 27 4 Iris Downes 2:10.56 28 4 Avery Pearson 2:10.94 29 3 Anita Poma 2:11.14 30 5 Marli Dimond 2:11.60 31 2 Maureen Chebet 2:12.25 32 4 Laita Sandilea 2:12.38 33 2 Ainuska Kalil Kyzy 2:12.42 34 3 Izandri Jacobs 2:12.83 35 2 Karol Mosquera 2:14.19 36 5 Rushana Dwyer 2:14.23 37 1 Scholastica Herman 2:15.89 38 5 Yaxury Guido 2:21.14

Semi-final The semi-final took place on 2 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified to the final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note 1 1 Audrey Werro 2:01.25 Q 2 1 Veronika Sadek 2:01.65 Q 3 2 Abigail Ives 2:01.92 Q 4 2 Juliette Whittaker 2:01.92 Q 5 2 Nelly Chepchirchir 2:02.03 q 6 1 Hayley Kitching 2:02.12 q 7 3 Roisin Willis 2:02.49 Q 8 3 Ksanet Alem 2:03.44 Q 9 2 Dilek Koçak 2:04.06 10 3 Valentina Rosamilia 2:04.64 11 2 Lova Perman 2:04.92 12 3 Petja Klojčnik 2:06.42 13 1 Lamiae Mamouni 2:06.62 14 2 Anne Gine Løvnes 2:06.78 15 3 Ashakiran Barla 2:06.86 16 3 Ronja Koskela 2:07.21 17 3 Evaline Kipkirwok 2:07.40 18 1 Wezam Tesfay 2:07.62 19 2 Invida Mauriņa 2:09.12 20 1 Martina Canazza 2:11.01 21 1 Celine van Heerikhuize 2:11.89 22 2 Macey Hilton 2:12.29 1 Veera Mattila 3 Claudia Hollingsworth

Final The final (originally scheduled at 18:10) was started at 20:11 on 3 August. The results were as follows:

Rank Name Nationality Time Note Roisin Willis 1:59.13 Audrey Werro 1:59.53 Juliette Whittaker 2:00.18 4 Nelly Chepchirchir 2:01.42 5 Veronika Sadek 2:02.78 6 Abigail Ives 2:02.89 7 Hayley Kitching 2:03.44 8 Ksanet Alem 2:03.62

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