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

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]

Medalists

GoldElena Mirela Lavric
 Romania
SilverMerve Aydın
 Turkey
BronzeMachteld Mulder
 Netherlands

Results

Final

11 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Elena Mirela Lavric Romania2:00.06
Merve Aydın Turkey2:00.92
Machteld Mulder Netherlands2:02.05
4Alison Leonard United Kingdom2:02.15
5Winny Chebet Kenya2:04.13
6Sofia Öberg Sweden2:05.07
7Trychelle Kingdom Australia2:06.84
8Amina Bakhit Sudan2:10.71

Semifinals

9 July

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Merve Aydın Turkey2:06.94Q
2Machteld Mulder Netherlands2:07.91Q
3Stefanie Barmet  Switzerland2:08.70
4Angie Smit New Zealand2:08.73
5Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi Kenya2:08.83
6Lynsey Sharp United Kingdom2:09.00
7Yekaterina Zavyalova Russia2:10.07
8Natalija Piliušina Lithuania2:10.90

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Elena Mirela Lavric Romania2:05.10Q
2Trychelle Kingdom Australia2:05.66Q
3Tintu Luka India2:06.51
4Jessica Parry Canada2:06.72
5Juana Méndez Cuba2:06.91
6Jessica Zeidler Germany2:07.43
7Khadija Afrayat Morocco2:11.46
8Djeneba Camara France2:15.26

Semifinal 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Alison Leonard United Kingdom2:04.07Q
2Winny Chebet Kenya2:04.42Q
3Amina Bakhit Sudan2:05.06q
4Sofia Öberg Sweden2:05.43q
5Volha Rulevich Belarus2:05.65
6Anne Kesselring Germany2:06.66
7Bindu Simon Rajam India2:10.28
8Katarina Zarudnaya Russia2:10.69

Heats

8 July

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Elena Mirela Lavric Romania2:09.68Q
2Winny Chebet Kenya2:09.92Q
3Stefanie Barmet  Switzerland2:10.06Q
4Natalija Piliušina Lithuania2:10.39Q
5Eléni Theodorakopou Greece2:10.79
6Olga Bibik Ukraine2:10.80
7Jessica Smith Canada2:11.26
8Meliha Erdogan Turkey2:15.27
9Kim Baglietto Gibraltar2:21.07

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Amina Bakhit Sudan2:08.16Q
2Djeneba Camara France2:08.26Q
3Alison Leonard United Kingdom2:08.26Q
4Katarina Zarudnaya Russia2:08.27Q
5Anne Kesselring Germany2:08.33q
6Tintu Luka India2:09.20q
7Sianne Toemoe Australia2:09.48
8Ciara Everard Ireland2:09.85
9Camilla Dencer United States2:10.32

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Sofia Öberg Sweden2:08.16Q
2Machteld Mulder Netherlands2:09.10Q
3Khadija Afrayat Morocco2:09.34Q
4Bindu Simon Rajam India2:09.51Q
5Natoya Goule Jamaica2:09.55
6Medina Kadir Ethiopia2:10.15
7Heidi Pappila Finland2:11.23
8Alicja Benedyk Poland2:11.92
Rana Masood PalestineDNF

Heat 4

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Merve Aydın Turkey2:06.89Q
2Trychelle Kingdom Australia2:07.77Q
3Yekaterina Zavyalova Russia2:07.77Q
4Angie Smit New Zealand2:08.15Q
5Jessica Zeidler Germany2:08.83q
6Ruriko Kubo Japan2:09.70
7Caster Semenya South Africa2:11.98
8Sarah McCurdy United States2:12.67
9Ehssan Arbab Sudan2:13.22

Heat 5

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jessica Parry Canada2:08.20Q
2Volha Rulevich Belarus2:08.49Q
3Juana Méndez Cuba2:08.60Q
4Lynsey Sharp United Kingdom2:08.80Q
5Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi Kenya2:09.23q
6Florina Pierdevara Romania2:09.55
7Sheto Wencha Ethiopia2:12.06
8Marina Puhach Ukraine2:12.44
9Magdalena Stankiewicz Poland2:15.02

Participation

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

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
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