1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Selina Chirchir   Kenya
Silver	Gabriela Sedláková   Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Adriana Dumitru   Romania

Results

Final

18 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	2:01.40
	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:01.49
	Adriana Dumitru	Romania	2:01.93
4	Lynne Robinson	United Kingdom	2:02.18
5	Katja Prochnow	East Germany	2:03.81
6	Ellen Kiessling	East Germany	2:05.10
7	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	2:07.75
8	Eva-Christina Coqui	West Germany	2:08.41

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:05.18	Q
2	Ellen Kiessling	East Germany	2:05.30	Q
3	Lynne Robinson	United Kingdom	2:05.35	Q
4	Denisa Zavelca	Romania	2:05.44
5	Dorota Buczkowska	Poland	2:05.82
6	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	2:07.51
7	Andrea Stuart	New Zealand	2:07.77
8	Masako Matsumoto	Japan	2:08.88

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	2:04.00	Q
2	Adriana Dumitru	Romania	2:04.54	Q
3	Katja Prochnow	East Germany	2:04.79	Q
4	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	2:04.99	q
5	Eva-Christina Coqui	West Germany	2:05.33	q
6	Monica Magnusson	Sweden	2:05.53
7	Beata Hoffman	Poland	2:05.86
8	Yvonne van der Kolk	Netherlands	2:07.08

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	2:07.1	Q
2	Louise Stuart	United Kingdom	2:10.2	Q
3	Maura Savon	Cuba	2:10.5
4	Petra Arnett	Canada	2:10.5
5	Sasithorn Chantanuhong	Thailand	2:12.4
6	Beena Peter	India	2:12.5

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:06.41	Q
2	Monica Magnusson	Sweden	2:06.84	Q
3	Michelle O'Rourke	Australia	2:07.18
4	Luisa do Nascimento	Brazil	2:07.93
5	Patrizia Morreale	Italy	2:13.02
6	Lorie Ann Adams	Guyana	2:20.38
7	Lieketseng Mpopelle	Lesotho	2:36.01

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Katja Prochnow	East Germany	2:05.64	Q
2	Dorota Buczkowska	Poland	2:05.92	Q
3	Yvonne van der Kolk	Netherlands	2:06.82	q
4	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	2:06.86	q
5	Masako Matsumoto	Japan	2:07.14	q
6	Donya Mohamed	Iraq	2:19.96
7	Alma Leticia Jiménez	Guatemala	2:23.61

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Denisa Zavelca	Romania	2:06.97	Q
2	Lynne Robinson	United Kingdom	2:07.15	Q
3	Sophie Scamps	Australia	2:07.31
4	Anastasía Giannákou	Greece	2:10.90
5	Mireille Sankaatsing	Suriname	2:13.52
6	Shola Lynch	United States	2:14.52
7	Leila Dahmane	Tunisia	2:18.66

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ellen Kiessling	East Germany	2:05.18	Q
2	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	2:05.60	Q
3	Beata Hoffman	Poland	2:07.01	q
4	Valerie Bertrand	United States	2:11.00
5	Andrea Thomas	Jamaica	2:13.69
6	Niusha Mansilla	Bolivia	2:21.10
7	Puseletso Monkoe	Lesotho	2:25.74

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Adriana Dumitru	Romania	2:07.06	Q
2	Eva-Christina Coqui	West Germany	2:07.38	Q
3	Jayne Heathcote	United Kingdom	2:07.43
4	Jennifer Mawby	Canada	2:09.68
5	Maribel Silvestre	Dominican Republic	2:17.09
6	Bertine Tré Gogo	Côte d'Ivoire	2:19.58

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.

•   Algeria (1)
•   Australia (2)
•   Bolivia (1)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Canada (2)
• Côte d'Ivoire (1)
•   Cuba (1)
•   Czechoslovakia (1)
•   Dominican Republic (1)
•   East Germany (2)
•   Greece (1)
•   Guatemala (1)
•   Guyana (1)
•   India (1)
•   Iraq (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Jamaica (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (1)
•   Lesotho (2)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Romania (2)
•   Suriname (1)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Thailand (1)
•   Tunisia (1)
•   United Kingdom (3)
•   United States (2)
•   West Germany (1)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015