2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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The women's 800 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 11 July. [1] [2]

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Medalists

Gold Elena Mirela Lavric
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver Merve Aydın
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Bronze Machteld Mulder
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Results

Final

11 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Elena Mirela Lavric Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:00.06
Silver medal icon.svg Merve Aydın Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:00.92
Bronze medal icon.svg Machteld Mulder Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:02.05
4 Alison Leonard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:02.15
5 Winny Chebet Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:04.13
6 Sofia Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:05.07
7 Trychelle Kingdom Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:06.84
8 Amina Bakhit Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 2:10.71

Semifinals

9 July

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Merve Aydın Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:06.94Q
2 Machteld Mulder Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:07.91Q
3 Stefanie Barmet Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 2:08.70
4 Angie Smit Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:08.73
5 Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:08.83
6 Lynsey Sharp Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:09.00
7 Yekaterina Zavyalova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:10.07
8 Natalija Piliušina Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:10.90

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Elena Mirela Lavric Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:05.10Q
2 Trychelle Kingdom Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:05.66Q
3 Tintu Luka Flag of India.svg  India 2:06.51
4 Jessica Parry Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:06.72
5 Juana Méndez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:06.91
6 Jessica Zeidler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:07.43
7 Khadija Afrayat Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:11.46
8 Djeneba Camara Flag of France.svg  France 2:15.26

Semifinal 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Alison Leonard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:04.07Q
2 Winny Chebet Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:04.42Q
3 Amina Bakhit Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 2:05.06q
4 Sofia Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:05.43q
5 Volha Rulevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2:05.65
6 Anne Kesselring Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:06.66
7 Bindu Simon Rajam Flag of India.svg  India 2:10.28
8 Katarina Zarudnaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:10.69

Heats

8 July

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Elena Mirela Lavric Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:09.68Q
2 Winny Chebet Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:09.92Q
3 Stefanie Barmet Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 2:10.06Q
4 Natalija Piliušina Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:10.39Q
5 Eléni Theodorakopou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:10.79
6 Olga Bibik Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:10.80
7 Jessica Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:11.26
8 Meliha Erdogan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:15.27
9 Kim Baglietto Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2:21.07

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Amina Bakhit Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 2:08.16Q
2 Djeneba Camara Flag of France.svg  France 2:08.26Q
3 Alison Leonard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:08.26Q
4 Katarina Zarudnaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:08.27Q
5 Anne Kesselring Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:08.33q
6 Tintu Luka Flag of India.svg  India 2:09.20q
7 Sianne Toemoe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:09.48
8 Ciara Everard Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:09.85
9 Camilla Dencer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10.32

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Sofia Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:08.16Q
2 Machteld Mulder Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:09.10Q
3 Khadija Afrayat Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:09.34Q
4 Bindu Simon Rajam Flag of India.svg  India 2:09.51Q
5 Natoya Goule Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2:09.55
6 Medina Kadir Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:10.15
7 Heidi Pappila Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:11.23
8 Alicja Benedyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:11.92
Rana Masood Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine DNF

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Merve Aydın Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:06.89Q
2 Trychelle Kingdom Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:07.77Q
3 Yekaterina Zavyalova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:07.77Q
4 Angie Smit Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:08.15Q
5 Jessica Zeidler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:08.83q
6 Ruriko Kubo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09.70
7 Caster Semenya Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:11.98
8 Sarah McCurdy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:12.67
9 Ehssan Arbab Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 2:13.22

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jessica Parry Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:08.20Q
2 Volha Rulevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2:08.49Q
3 Juana Méndez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:08.60Q
4 Lynsey Sharp Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:08.80Q
5 Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:09.23q
6 Florina Pierdevara Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:09.55
7 Sheto Wencha Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:12.06
8 Marina Puhach Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:12.44
9 Magdalena Stankiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:15.02

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015