The women's 800 metres at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 5, 7 and 8 August 2026.
Records U20 standing records prior to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record 1:54.01 Zürich, Switzerland 29 August 2008 Championship Record 1:59.13 Cali, Colombia 3 August 2022 World U20 Leading 1:57.96 Oordegem, Belgium 1 August 2026
Results Round 1 Round 1 took place in the morning session on 5 August 2026. First 5 of each heat (Q) plus 2 fastest times (q) qualify to the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Živa Remic 2:09.86 2 Róża Olchawa 2:10.02 3 Zeynep Özkara 2:10.11 4 Caterina Caligiana 2:10.16 5 Derartu Shibiru 2:10.28 6 Saoirse Fitzgerald 2:10.73 7 Helena Guttke 2:11.26 8 Ana Poljak 2:12.56 9 Júlia Benianová 2:12.75
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Rin Kubo 2:03.27 2 Kevongaye Fowler 2:04.31 , 3 Giulia Macchi 2:04.44 4 Emma Fryga 2:05.08 5 Leni Hirt 2:07.63 6 Andrea Steynberg 2:13.29 7 Yue Deng 2:13.47 8 Poppy Healy 2:14.41 — Nancy Jepngetich
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Ioulianna Roussou 2:04.47 2 Ivy Boothroyd 2:04.67 3 Paige Sheppard 2:06.40 4 Anaise Meier 2:06.42 5 Mary MacLean 2:06.47 6 Olivia Solomon 2:06.55 , 7 Gaja Kovačec 2:08.38 8 Pamela Nicol Barreto 2:08.71 9 Tharushi Abhisheka Mahadura 2:16.58
Heat 4 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Habtam Gebeyehu 2:04.66 2 2:06.40 3 Carise van Rooyen 2:06.52 4 Pia Langton 2:07.06 5 Lena Pajęcka 2:09.64 6 Naomi Marjorie Cesar 2:13.19 7 Elena Ban 2:13.31 — Boh Ritchie
Heat 5 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Shaikira King 2:06.02 2 Ellie Barada 2:06.57 3 Noée Wipfli 2:06.74 4 Chloe Symon 2:07.06 5 Marion Jepchumba 2:07.69 6 Maud de Jong 2:09.16 7 Aurora Bertelsen 2:12.94 8 2:16.64
Semi-finals Semi-finals took place in the afternoon session on 7 August 2026.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Živa Remic 2:04.32 2 Róża Olchawa 2:04.34 3 Rin Kubo 2:04.37 4 Ivy Boothroyd 2:04.57 5 Ellie Barada 2:05.06 6 Noée Wipfli 2:06.97 7 Caterina Caligiana 2:07.34 8 Kevongaye Fowler 2:08.11 9 Leni Hirt 2:08.22
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Paige Sheppard 2:01.97 2 Ioulianna Roussou 2:02.95 3 Derartu Shibiru 2:03.41 , 4 2:04.04 5 Carise van Rooyen 2:04.94 6 Giulia Macchi 2:05.29 7 Emma Fryga 2:05.55 8 Mary MacLean 2:05.78 9 Marion Jepchumba 2:06.88
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Shaikira King 2:02.93 2 Habtam Gebeyehu 2:02.99 3 Chloe Symon 2:03.22 4 Zeynep Özkara 2:04.58 5 Olivia Solomon 2:06.15 6 Anaise Meier 2:07.02 7 Pia Langton 2:07.41 8 Gaja Kovačec 2:07.50 9 Lena Pajęcka 2:07.87
Final The final took in the afternoon session on 8 August 2026.
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Živa Remic 2:03.03 Ioulianna Roussou 2:03.08 Shaikira King 2:03.52 4 Habtam Gebeyehu 2:03.99 5 Rin Kubo 2:04.00 6 Chloe Symon 2:04.24 7 Derartu Shibiru 2:04.81 8 Paige Sheppard 2:06.94 9 Róża Olchawa 2:10.64
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