1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28, 29 and 31 July 1998. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Olga Mikayeva   Russia
Silver	Nancy Jebet Langat   Kenya
Bronze	Naomi Misoi   Kenya

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olga Mikayeva	Russia	2:05.34
	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:05.43
	Naomi Misoi	Kenya	2:05.77
4	Liu Qifang	China	2:06.44
5	Mihaela Stăncescu	Romania	2:06.90
6	Josiane Tito	Brazil	2:07.52
7	Jeannette Hoffmann	Germany	2:07.91
8	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	2:08.39

Semifinals

29 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olga Mikayeva	Russia	2:06.50	Q
2	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:06.76	Q
3	Mihaela Stăncescu	Romania	2:07.00	Q
4	Lindsay Hyatt	United States	2:07.15
5	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	2:07.24
6	Ludivine Michel	Belgium	2:07.27
7	Juliane Becker	Germany	2:08.91
8	Reina Sasaki	Japan	2:11.09

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Naomi Misoi	Kenya	2:05.38	Q
2	Jeannette Hoffmann	Germany	2:05.43	Q
3	Liu Qifang	China	2:05.44	Q
4	Josiane Tito	Brazil	2:05.52	q
5	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	2:05.80	q
6	Ryoko Takezawa	Japan	2:06.37
7	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	2:08.10
8	Hanan Khiouich	Morocco	2:13.78

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	2:10.10	Q
2	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:10.11	Q
3	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	2:10.75	Q
4	Iris Fuentes-Pila	Spain	2:11.07
5	Lena Nilsson	Sweden	2:11.33
6	Stephanie Schoeman	South Africa	2:12.25
7	Motselisi Anna Mojaki	Lesotho	2:15.85

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olga Mikayeva	Russia	2:06.57	Q
2	Mihaela Stăncescu	Romania	2:06.77	Q
3	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	2:07.48	Q
4	Josiane Tito	Brazil	2:07.98	q
5	Karla Burger	Namibia	2:10.39
6	Lee Ya-Hui	Chinese Taipei	2:10.43
7	Courtney Inman	Canada	2:10.62

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Naomi Misoi	Kenya	2:08.00	Q
2	Jeannette Hoffmann	Germany	2:08.51	Q
3	Hanan Khiouich	Morocco	2:09.03	Q
4	Ryoko Takezawa	Japan	2:09.21	q
5	Lauren Elms	Australia	2:11.85
6	Kelly Edge	New Zealand	2:13.13

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ludivine Michel	Belgium	2:05.62	Q
2	Liu Qifang	China	2:06.28	Q
3	Lindsay Hyatt	United States	2:06.30	Q
4	Juliane Becker	Germany	2:06.36	q
5	Reina Sasaki	Japan	2:09.63	q
6	Melissa de Leon	Trinidad and Tobago	2:12.06
7	Ramomene Boikhutso	Botswana	2:18.45

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Botswana (1)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   China (1)
•   Chinese Taipei (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Japan (2)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Kyrgyzstan (1)
•   Lesotho (1)
•   Morocco (1)
•   Namibia (1)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (1)
•   Spain (1)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•   United States (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015