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.

Medalists

Gold	Elena Mirela Lavric Romania
Silver	Merve Aydın Turkey
Bronze	Machteld Mulder Netherlands

Results

Final

11 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Elena Mirela Lavric	Romania	2:00.06
	Merve Aydın	Turkey	2:00.92
	Machteld Mulder	Netherlands	2:02.05
4	Alison Leonard	United Kingdom	2:02.15
5	Winny Chebet	Kenya	2:04.13
6	Sofia Öberg	Sweden	2:05.07
7	Trychelle Kingdom	Australia	2:06.84
8	Amina Bakhit	Sudan	2:10.71

Semifinals

9 July

Semifinal 1

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

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elena Mirela Lavric	Romania	2:05.10	Q
2	Trychelle Kingdom	Australia	2:05.66	Q
3	Tintu Luka	India	2:06.51
4	Jessica Parry	Canada	2:06.72
5	Juana Méndez	Cuba	2:06.91
6	Jessica Zeidler	Germany	2:07.43
7	Khadija Afrayat	Morocco	2:11.46
8	Djeneba Camara	France	2:15.26

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alison Leonard	United Kingdom	2:04.07	Q
2	Winny Chebet	Kenya	2:04.42	Q
3	Amina Bakhit	Sudan	2:05.06	q
4	Sofia Öberg	Sweden	2:05.43	q
5	Volha Rulevich	Belarus	2:05.65
6	Anne Kesselring	Germany	2:06.66
7	Bindu Simon Rajam	India	2:10.28
8	Katarina Zarudnaya	Russia	2:10.69

Heats

8 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elena Mirela Lavric	Romania	2:09.68	Q
2	Winny Chebet	Kenya	2:09.92	Q
3	Stefanie Barmet	Switzerland	2:10.06	Q
4	Natalija Piliušina	Lithuania	2:10.39	Q
5	Eléni Theodorakopou	Greece	2:10.79
6	Olga Bibik	Ukraine	2:10.80
7	Jessica Smith	Canada	2:11.26
8	Meliha Erdogan	Turkey	2:15.27
9	Kim Baglietto	Gibraltar	2:21.07

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Amina Bakhit	Sudan	2:08.16	Q
2	Djeneba Camara	France	2:08.26	Q
3	Alison Leonard	United Kingdom	2:08.26	Q
4	Katarina Zarudnaya	Russia	2:08.27	Q
5	Anne Kesselring	Germany	2:08.33	q
6	Tintu Luka	India	2:09.20	q
7	Sianne Toemoe	Australia	2:09.48
8	Ciara Everard	Ireland	2:09.85
9	Camilla Dencer	United States	2:10.32

Heat 3

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

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Merve Aydın	Turkey	2:06.89	Q
2	Trychelle Kingdom	Australia	2:07.77	Q
3	Yekaterina Zavyalova	Russia	2:07.77	Q
4	Angie Smit	New Zealand	2:08.15	Q
5	Jessica Zeidler	Germany	2:08.83	q
6	Ruriko Kubo	Japan	2:09.70
7	Caster Semenya	South Africa	2:11.98
8	Sarah McCurdy	United States	2:12.67
9	Ehssan Arbab	Sudan	2:13.22

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jessica Parry	Canada	2:08.20	Q
2	Volha Rulevich	Belarus	2:08.49	Q
3	Juana Méndez	Cuba	2:08.60	Q
4	Lynsey Sharp	United Kingdom	2:08.80	Q
5	Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi	Kenya	2:09.23	q
6	Florina Pierdevara	Romania	2:09.55
7	Sheto Wencha	Ethiopia	2:12.06
8	Marina Puhach	Ukraine	2:12.44
9	Magdalena Stankiewicz	Poland	2:15.02

Participation

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

• Australia (2)
• Belarus (1)
• Canada (2)
• Cuba (1)
• Ethiopia (2)
• Finland (1)
• France (1)
• Germany (2)
• Gibraltar (1)
• Greece (1)
• India (2)
• Ireland (1)
• Jamaica (1)
• Japan (1)
• Kenya (2)
• Lithuania (1)
• Morocco (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• New Zealand (1)
• Palestine (1)
• Poland (2)
• Romania (2)
• Russia (2)
• South Africa (1)
• Sudan (2)
• Sweden (1)
• Switzerland (1)
• Turkey (2)
• Ukraine (2)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (2)