The girls' 800 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 11, 12 and 14 July.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeAníta HinriksdóttirDureti EdaoRaevyn Rogers

Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best1:57.18Beijing, China8 September 1993Championship Record2:01.67Bressanone, Italy12 July 2009World Youth Leading1:59.51Eugene, OR, United States1 June 2013

Heats Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.

Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Kokeb Tesfaye 2:07.27 Q, PB 2 7 Raevyn Rogers 2:08.17 Q 3 8 Renée Eykens 2:08.41 Q 4 4 Mareen Kalis 2:08.80 q 5 2 Chelsea Jarvis 2:09.73 q 6 5 Yuliya Moroz 2:11.64 7 3 Eleonora Vandi 2:15.11 8 1 Lakeisha Warner 2:17.08

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Aníta Hinriksdóttir 2:04.79 Q 2 8 Dureti Edao 2:05.20 Q, PB 3 3 Faheemah Scraders 2:08.91 Q, PB 4 7 Johanna Matintalo 2:09.54 q 5 5 Natálie Kolajová 2:12.14 6 6 Maria Larsen 2:12.96 7 4 Jana van der Merwe 2:15.06

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Ersula Farrow 2:09.98 Q 2 4 Elena Bellò 2:10.00 Q, PB 3 7 Emily Jenkinson 2:10.04 Q 4 3 Sandra Kočiš 2:10.87 q 5 8 Tarryn Davey 2:10.93 6 6 Bridget O'Neill 2:13.50 7 2 Elena Strutinschi 2:18.32 8 5 Maryna Duts 2:19.03

Heat 4 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Georgia Wassall 2:08.18 Q 2 6 Esther Asamu 2:09.10 Q 3 5 Kailee Sawyer 2:09.59 Q 4 8 Emma Stähr 2:11.10 5 4 Fatma Arik 2:11.74 6 3 Lina Grišiūtė 2:12.39 7 Jarinter Mwasya DQ

Semifinals Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Aníta Hinriksdóttir 2:02.43 Q 2 3 Raevyn Rogers 2:05.35 Q 3 1 Renée Eykens 2:06.73 Q 4 5 Chelsea Jarvis 2:07.74 q 5 2 Elena Bellò 2:08.69 6 7 Johanna Matintalo 2:10.48 7 6 Sandra Kočiš 2:11.07 8 Kokeb Tesfaye DQ

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Dureti Edao 2:05.89 Q 2 6 Georgia Wassall 2:05.96 Q 3 2 Ersula Farrow 2:06.75 Q, PB 4 7 Mareen Kalis 2:07.84 q 5 3 Emily Jenkinson 2:08.10 6 5 Kailee Sawyer 2:08.99 7 1 Faheemah Scraders 2:09.30 8 8 Esther Asamu 2:09.91

Final Results: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Aníta Hinriksdóttir 2:01.13 CR 6 Dureti Edao 2:03.25 PB 5 Raevyn Rogers 2:03.32 PB 4 4 Georgia Wassall 2:04.32 5 8 Chelsea Jarvis 2:07.01 6 2 Renée Eykens 2:07.70 7 7 Mareen Kalis 2:08.38 8 1 Ersula Farrow 2:13.56

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