2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 17 and 19 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Janeth Jepkosgei   Kenya
Silver	Lucia Klocová   Slovakia
Bronze	Juliana de Azevedo   Brazil

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	2:00.80
	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	2:01.73
	Juliana de Azevedo	Brazil	2:03.81
4	Jemma Simpson	United Kingdom	2:04.11
5	Kitty Cziráki	Hungary	2:04.44
6	Kathrin Trauth	Germany	2:05.49
7	Natasha Pantelyeva	Russia	2:08.36
8	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	2:11.08

Heats

17 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	2:06.20	Q
2	Juliana de Azevedo	Brazil	2:06.23	Q
3	Yusneysy Santiuste	Cuba	2:06.60
4	Simona Barcau	Romania	2:06.97
5	Sajida Ramzan	Pakistan	2:16.61
6	Sharon Soussi	Gibraltar	2:22.14

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	2:04.51	Q
2	Natasha Pantelyeva	Russia	2:05.18	Q
3	Jemma Simpson	United Kingdom	2:05.60	q
4	Kitty Cziráki	Hungary	2:06.51	q
5	Naoual Baiby	Morocco	2:07.90
	Stacey Ann Livingston	Jamaica	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	2:06.76	Q
2	Kathrin Trauth	Germany	2:07.11	Q
3	Najla Jaber	Netherlands	2:08.17
4	Amal Zaytouni	Morocco	2:09.40
5	Peudo Japhet	Tanzania	2:09.77
6	Martine Nobili	Luxembourg	2:10.19
7	Carlene Robinson	Jamaica	2:10.82

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•   Brazil (1)
•   Cuba (1)
•   Ethiopia (1)
•   Germany (1)
•   Gibraltar (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Jamaica (2)
•   Kenya (1)
•   Luxembourg (1)
•   Morocco (2)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Pakistan (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   Slovakia (1)
•   Tanzania (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015