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

None 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. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2008.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140224202727/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2008.html 24 February 2014 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold Elena Mirela Lavric ROUSilver Merve Aydın TURBronze Machteld Mulder NED Results Final 11 July Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Elena Mirela Lavric ROU 2:00.06 Merve Aydın TUR 2:00.92 Machteld Mulder NED 2:02.05 4 Alison Leonard UK 2:02.15 5 Winny Chebet KEN 2:04.13 6 Sofia Öberg SWE 2:05.07 7 Trychelle Kingdom AUS 2:06.84 8 Amina Bakhit SUD 2:10.71 Semifinals 9 July Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Merve Aydın TUR 2:06.94 Q 2 Machteld Mulder NED 2:07.91 Q 3 Stefanie Barmet SUI 2:08.70 4 Angie Smit NZL 2:08.73 5 Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi KEN 2:08.83 6 Lynsey Sharp UK 2:09.00 7 Yekaterina Zavyalova RUS 2:10.07 8 Natalija Piliušina LTU 2:10.90 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Elena Mirela Lavric ROU 2:05.10 Q 2 Trychelle Kingdom AUS 2:05.66 Q 3 Tintu Luka IND 2:06.51 4 Jessica Parry CAN 2:06.72 5 Juana Méndez CUB 2:06.91 6 Jessica Zeidler GER 2:07.43 7 Khadija Afrayat MAR 2:11.46 8 Djeneba Camara FRA 2:15.26 Semifinal 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Alison Leonard UK 2:04.07 Q 2 Winny Chebet KEN 2:04.42 Q 3 Amina Bakhit SUD 2:05.06 q 4 Sofia Öberg SWE 2:05.43 q 5 Volha Rulevich BLR 1995 2:05.65 6 Anne Kesselring GER 2:06.66 7 Bindu Simon Rajam IND 2:10.28 8 Katarina Zarudnaya RUS 2:10.69 Heats 8 July Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Elena Mirela Lavric ROU 2:09.68 Q 2 Winny Chebet KEN 2:09.92 Q 3 Stefanie Barmet SUI 2:10.06 Q 4 Natalija Piliušina LTU 2:10.39 Q 5 Eléni Theodorakopou GRE 2:10.79 6 Olga Bibik UKR 2:10.80 7 Jessica Smith CAN 2:11.26 8 Meliha Erdogan TUR 2:15.27 9 Kim Baglietto GIB 2:21.07 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Amina Bakhit SUD 2:08.16 Q 2 Djeneba Camara FRA 2:08.26 Q 3 Alison Leonard UK 2:08.26 Q 4 Katarina Zarudnaya RUS 2:08.27 Q 5 Anne Kesselring GER 2:08.33 q 6 Tintu Luka IND 2:09.20 q 7 Sianne Toemoe AUS 2:09.48 8 Ciara Everard IRL 2:09.85 9 Camilla Dencer USA 2:10.32 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sofia Öberg SWE 2:08.16 Q 2 Machteld Mulder NED 2:09.10 Q 3 Khadija Afrayat MAR 2:09.34 Q 4 Bindu Simon Rajam IND 2:09.51 Q 5 Natoya Goule JAM 2:09.55 6 Medina Kadir ETH 2:10.15 7 Heidi Pappila FIN 2:11.23 8 Alicja Benedyk POL 2:11.92 9 Rana Masood PLE DNF Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Merve Aydın TUR 2:06.89 Q 2 Trychelle Kingdom AUS 2:07.77 Q 3 Yekaterina Zavyalova RUS 2:07.77 Q 4 Angie Smit NZL 2:08.15 Q 5 Jessica Zeidler GER 2:08.83 q 6 Ruriko Kubo JPN 2:09.70 7 Caster Semenya RSA 2:11.98 8 Sarah McCurdy USA 2:12.67 9 Ehssan Arbab SUD 2:13.22 Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jessica Parry CAN 2:08.20 Q 2 Volha Rulevich BLR 1995 2:08.49 Q 3 Juana Méndez CUB 2:08.60 Q 4 Lynsey Sharp UK 2:08.80 Q 5 Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi KEN 2:09.23 q 6 Florina Pierdevara ROU 2:09.55 7 Sheto Wencha ETH 2:12.06 8 Marina Puhach UKR 2:12.44 9 Magdalena Stankiewicz POL 2:15.02 Participation According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event. 22em AUS (2) BLR 1995 (1) CAN (2) CUB (1) ETH (2) FIN (1) FRA (1) GER (2) GIB (1) GRE (1) IND (2) IRL (1) JAM (1) JPN (1) KEN (2) LTU (1) MAR (1) NED (1) NZL (1) PLE (1) POL (2) ROU (2) RUS (2) RSA (1) SUD (2) SWE (1) SUI (1) TUR (2) UKR (2) UK (2) USA (2) References 800 metres Category:800 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships