1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

None The women's 800 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 July. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1988.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090758/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1988.html 7 April 2014 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES https://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold Birthe Bruhns GDRSilver Catalina Gheorghiu ROU 1965Bronze Dorota Buczkowska POL Results Final 29 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Birthe Bruhns GDR 2:00.67 Catalina Gheorghiu ROU 1965 2:01.96 Dorota Buczkowska POL 2:02.94 4 Olga Burkanova URS 2:04.94 5 Carol Holmen CAN 2:06.60 6 Snežana Pajkić YUG 2:07.56 7 Luminita Avasiloaie ROU 1965 2:07.61 8 Daniele Steinecke GDR 2:08.18 Semifinals 28 July Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Birthe Bruhns GDR 2:06.08 Q 2 Catalina Gheorghiu ROU 1965 2:06.33 Q 3 Olga Burkanova URS 2:06.74 Q 4 Lizzy Immesoete BEL 2:06.84 5 Helena Zímová TCH 2:07.21 6 Carla Sacramento POR 2:07.24 7 Paula Fryer UK 2:09.04 8 Erzsebet Todorán HUN 1957 2:09.99 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Snežana Pajkić YUG 2:05.43 Q 2 Dorota Buczkowska POL 2:05.68 Q 3 Daniele Steinecke GDR 2:06.15 Q 4 Luminita Avasiloaie ROU 1965 2:06.38 q 5 Carol Holmen CAN 2:06.64 q 6 Daniela Di Santo ITA 2:07.68 7 Mónika Balint HUN 1957 2:08.33 8 Shola Lynch USA 2:09.80 Heats 27 July Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Snežana Pajkić YUG 2:05.96 Q 2 Olga Burkanova URS 2:06.21 Q 3 Mónika Balint HUN 1957 2:06.45 Q 4 Carol Holmen CAN 2:06.80 q 5 Paula Fryer UK 2:07.20 q 6 Ausa Mwendachabe ZAM 1964 2:14.72 7 Olga Zapeda HON 1949 2:34.73 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Daniele Steinecke GDR 2:07.18 Q 2 Helena Zímová TCH 2:07.22 Q 3 Luminita Avasiloaie ROU 1965 2:07.42 Q 4 Grete Slettom NOR 2:07.69 5 Nathalie Rouillard CAN 2:07.88 6 Mireille Sankaatsing SUR 2:11.47 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lizzy Immesoete BEL 2:09.34 Q 2 Catalina Gheorghiu ROU 1965 2:09.60 Q 3 Dorota Buczkowska POL 2:10.45 Q 4 Marlen Estévez CUB 2:11.73 5 Chandel Marion USA 2:17.57 6 Lorie Ann Adams GUY DQ 7 Célia dos Santos BRA 1968 DQ Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Birthe Bruhns GDR 2:06.73 Q 2 Erzsebet Todorán HUN 1957 2:07.12 Q 3 Carla Sacramento POR 2:07.15 Q 4 Daniela Di Santo ITA 2:07.18 q 5 Shola Lynch USA 2:07.52 q 6 Alma Leticia Jiménez GUA 2:07.54 7 Sonia Escalera PUR 1952 DQ Participation According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (1) BRA 1968 (1) CAN (2) CUB (1) TCH (1) GDR (2) GUA (1) GUY (1) HON 1949 (1) HUN 1957 (2) ITA (1) NOR (1) POL (1) POR (1) PUR 1952 (1) ROU 1965 (2) URS (1) SUR (1) UK (1) USA (2) YUG (1) ZAM 1964 (1) References 800 metres Category:800 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships