1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Claudia Gesell   Germany
Silver	Kathleen Friedrich   Germany
Bronze	Nancy Jebet Langat   Kenya

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Claudia Gesell	Germany	2:02.67
	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	2:02.70
	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:03.21
4	Mairelín Fuentes	Cuba	2:03.49
5	Anca Safta	Romania	2:03.64
6	Rhode Senekal-Snyman	South Africa	2:04.59
7	Marilena Zevedeanu	Romania	2:08.19
8	Natalya Yevdokimova	Ukraine	2:10.77

Semifinals

22 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anca Safta	Romania	2:05.99	Q
2	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	2:06.08	Q
3	Mairelín Fuentes	Cuba	2:06.73	Q
4	Natalya Yevdokimova	Ukraine	2:07.54	Q
5	Tytti Reho	Finland	2:07.67
6	Laetitia Valdonado	France	2:09.34
7	Oksana Zbrozhek	Russia	2:12.58
	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	DQ	IAAF rule 141.2

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Gesell	Germany	2:06.23	Q
2	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:06.79	Q
3	Marilena Zevedeanu	Romania	2:07.22	Q
4	Rhode Senekal-Snyman	South Africa	2:07.40	Q
5	Miriam Maseková	Slovakia	2:07.65
6	Tara Mendoza	United States	2:08.95
7	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	2:25.00
	Sintayahu Fikre	Ethiopia	DNS

Heats

21 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:08.02	Q
2	Tytti Reho	Finland	2:08.48	Q
3	Rhode Senekal-Snyman	South Africa	2:08.50	Q
4	Bi Tanna	China	2:08.82
5	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	2:09.09
6	Lena Nilsson	Sweden	2:09.12
7	Cherryl Escat	Philippines	2:14.63
8	Zolveik Ruíz	Panama	2:19.11

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anca Safta	Romania	2:06.24	Q
2	Mairelín Fuentes	Cuba	2:06.25	Q
3	Laetitia Valdonado	France	2:07.46	Q
4	Oksana Zbrozhek	Russia	2:08.42	q
5	Natalya Yevdokimova	Ukraine	2:08.80	q
6	Tamieka Grizzle	United States	2:11.48
7	Alli Li Yin Yee	Hong Kong	2:15.49

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Miriam Maseková	Slovakia	2:08.75	Q
2	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	2:09.17	Q
3	Sintayahu Fikre	Ethiopia	2:10.27	Q
4	Margaret Chirchir	Kenya	2:10.34
5	Marie-Louise Henning	South Africa	2:10.90
6	Melanie Bradley	Australia	2:11.12
7	Zhang Jinqing	China	2:14.04

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Gesell	Germany	2:05.66	Q
2	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	2:06.57	Q
3	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	2:07.12	Q
4	Tara Mendoza	United States	2:07.56	q
5	Marilena Zevedeanu	Romania	2:08.43	q
6	Jelena Stanisavljevic	Yugoslavia	2:09.88
7	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	2:10.63

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   China (2)
•   Cuba (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Hong Kong (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Morocco (1)
•   Panama (1)
•   Philippines (1)
•   Romania (2)
•   Russia (1)
•   Slovakia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (2)
•   Spain (1)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Ukraine (1)
•   United States (2)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015