1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

None The women's 800 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1996.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131031070305/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1996.html 31 October 2013 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 Claudia Gesell GERSilver Kathleen Friedrich GERBronze Nancy Jebet Langat KEN Results Final 23 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Claudia Gesell GER 2:02.67 Kathleen Friedrich GER 2:02.70 Nancy Jebet Langat KEN 2:03.21 4 Mairelín Fuentes CUB 2:03.49 5 Anca Safta ROU 2:03.64 6 Rhode Senekal-Snyman RSA 2:04.59 7 Marilena Zevedeanu ROU 2:08.19 8 Natalya Yevdokimova UKR 2:10.77 Semifinals 22 August Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anca Safta ROU 2:05.99 Q 2 Kathleen Friedrich GER 2:06.08 Q 3 Mairelín Fuentes CUB 2:06.73 Q 4 Natalya Yevdokimova UKR 2:07.54 Q 5 Tytti Reho FIN 2:07.67 6 Laetitia Valdonado FRA 2:09.34 7 Oksana Zbrozhek RUS 2:12.58 8 Shura Hotesa ETH 1991 DQ IAAF rule 141.2 Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Claudia Gesell GER 2:06.23 Q 2 Nancy Jebet Langat KEN 2:06.79 Q 3 Marilena Zevedeanu ROU 2:07.22 Q 4 Rhode Senekal-Snyman RSA 2:07.40 Q 5 Miriam Maseková SVK 2:07.65 6 Tara Mendoza USA 2:08.95 7 Hasna Benhassi MAR 2:25.00 8 Sintayahu Fikre ETH 1991 DNS Heats 21 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nancy Jebet Langat KEN 2:08.02 Q 2 Tytti Reho FIN 2:08.48 Q 3 Rhode Senekal-Snyman RSA 2:08.50 Q 4 Bi Tanna CHN 2:08.82 5 Natalia Rodríguez ESP 2:09.09 6 Lena Nilsson SWE 2:09.12 7 Cherryl Escat PHI 1986 2:14.63 8 Zolveik Ruíz PAN 2:19.11 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Anca Safta ROU 2:06.24 Q 2 Mairelín Fuentes CUB 2:06.25 Q 3 Laetitia Valdonado FRA 2:07.46 Q 4 Oksana Zbrozhek RUS 2:08.42 q 5 Natalya Yevdokimova UKR 2:08.80 q 6 Tamieka Grizzle USA 2:11.48 7 Alli Li Yin Yee HKG 1959 2:15.49 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Miriam Maseková SVK 2:08.75 Q 2 Kathleen Friedrich GER 2:09.17 Q 3 Sintayahu Fikre ETH 1991 2:10.27 Q 4 Margaret Chirchir KEN 2:10.34 5 Marie-Louise Henning RSA 2:10.90 6 Melanie Bradley AUS 2:11.12 7 Zhang Jinqing CHN 2:14.04 Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Claudia Gesell GER 2:05.66 Q 2 Shura Hotesa ETH 1991 2:06.57 Q 3 Hasna Benhassi MAR 2:07.12 Q 4 Tara Mendoza USA 2:07.56 q 5 Marilena Zevedeanu ROU 2:08.43 q 6 Jelena Stanisavljevic FR Yugoslavia 2:09.88 7 Sonja Roman SLO 2:10.63 Participation According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event. 22em AUS (1) CHN (2) CUB (1) ETH 1991 (2) FIN (1) FRA (1) GER (2) HKG 1959 (1) KEN (2) MAR (1) PAN (1) PHI 1986 (1) ROU (2) RUS (1) SVK (1) SLO (1) RSA (2) ESP (1) SWE (1) UKR (1) USA (2) FR Yugoslavia (1) References 800 metres Category:800 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships