1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 September. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Lu Yi   China
Silver	Chen Yumei   China
Bronze	Kati Kovacs   Germany

Results

Final

18 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lu Yi	China	2:02.91
	Chen Yumei	China	2:03.14
	Kati Kovacs	Germany	2:03.81
4	Natalya Zaytseva	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:04.76
5	Monica Lundgren	Sweden	2:05.33
6	Melissa Baker	Australia	2:05.34
7	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:13.48
	Séverine Foulon	France	DQ

Semifinals

17 September

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chen Yumei	China	2:04.27	Q
2	Kati Kovacs	Germany	2:04.39	Q
3	Séverine Foulon	France	2:04.46	Q
4	Melissa Baker	Australia	2:04.49	Q
5	Emma James	New Zealand	2:04.58
6	Michelle Wilkinson	United Kingdom	2:06.71
7	Mariana Florea	Romania	2:08.00
8	Irina Bezmenova	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:09.32

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lu Yi	China	2:03.96	Q
2	Natalya Zaytseva	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:06.68	Q
3	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:06.86	Q
4	Monica Lundgren	Sweden	2:06.93	Q
5	Aurica Rautu	Romania	2:07.22
6	Andrea Šuldesová	Czechoslovakia	2:08.30
7	Kim Hae-Yeong	South Korea	2:08.80
8	Rachael Rowberry	New Zealand	2:17.17

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kati Kovacs	Germany	2:04.98	Q
2	Séverine Foulon	France	2:06.19	Q
3	Melissa Baker	Australia	2:06.21	Q
4	Andrea Šuldesová	Czechoslovakia	2:08.15	q
5	Michelle Wilkinson	United Kingdom	2:08.56	q
6	Rachael Rowberry	New Zealand	2:09.77	q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chen Yumei	China	2:11.18	Q
2	Emma James	New Zealand	2:12.39	Q
3	Mariana Florea	Romania	2:13.05	Q
4	Yumiko Tokuda	Japan	2:14.19
5	Fátima dos Santos	Brazil	2:14.60

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:07.57	Q
2	Natalya Zaytseva	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:08.53	Q
3	Monica Lundgren	Sweden	2:09.04	Q
4	Kim Hae-Yeong	South Korea	2:09.95	q
5	Ludmila Formanová	Czechoslovakia	2:22.34
6	Alison Cano	Gibraltar	2:22.68

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lu Yi	China	2:03.75	Q
2	Irina Bezmenova	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:08.11	Q
3	Aurica Rautu	Romania	2:09.80	Q
4	Plamena Aleksandrova	Bulgaria	2:15.90
5	Jowanna McMullen	United States	2:16.24
	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Bulgaria (1)
•   China (2)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (2)
•   Czechoslovakia (2)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (1)
•   Gibraltar (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   New Zealand (2)
•   Romania (2)
•   South Korea (1)
•   Sweden (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015