1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 July.

Medalists

Gold	Selina Chirchir Kenya
Silver	Gabriela Sedláková Czechoslovakia
Bronze	Adriana Dumitru Romania

Results

Final

18 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	2:01.40
	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:01.49
	Adriana Dumitru	Romania	2:01.93
4	Lynne Robinson	United Kingdom	2:02.18
5	Katja Prochnow	East Germany	2:03.81
6	Ellen Kiessling	East Germany	2:05.10
7	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	2:07.75
8	Eva-Christina Coqui	West Germany	2:08.41

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:05.18	Q
2	Ellen Kiessling	East Germany	2:05.30	Q
3	Lynne Robinson	United Kingdom	2:05.35	Q
4	Denisa Zavelca	Romania	2:05.44
5	Dorota Buczkowska	Poland	2:05.82
6	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	2:07.51
7	Andrea Stuart	New Zealand	2:07.77
8	Masako Matsumoto	Japan	2:08.88

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	2:04.00	Q
2	Adriana Dumitru	Romania	2:04.54	Q
3	Katja Prochnow	East Germany	2:04.79	Q
4	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	2:04.99	q
5	Eva-Christina Coqui	West Germany	2:05.33	q
6	Monica Magnusson	Sweden	2:05.53
7	Beata Hoffman	Poland	2:05.86
8	Yvonne van der Kolk	Netherlands	2:07.08

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	2:07.1	Q
2	Louise Stuart	United Kingdom	2:10.2	Q
3	Maura Savon	Cuba	2:10.5
4	Petra Arnett	Canada	2:10.5
5	Sasithorn Chantanuhong	Thailand	2:12.4
6	Beena Peter	India	2:12.5

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:06.41	Q
2	Monica Magnusson	Sweden	2:06.84	Q
3	Michelle O'Rourke	Australia	2:07.18
4	Luisa do Nascimento	Brazil	2:07.93
5	Patrizia Morreale	Italy	2:13.02
6	Lorie Ann Adams	Guyana	2:20.38
7	Lieketseng Mpopelle	Lesotho	2:36.01

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Katja Prochnow	East Germany	2:05.64	Q
2	Dorota Buczkowska	Poland	2:05.92	Q
3	Yvonne van der Kolk	Netherlands	2:06.82	q
4	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	2:06.86	q
5	Masako Matsumoto	Japan	2:07.14	q
6	Donya Mohamed	Iraq	2:19.96
7	Alma Leticia Jiménez	Guatemala	2:23.61

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Denisa Zavelca	Romania	2:06.97	Q
2	Lynne Robinson	United Kingdom	2:07.15	Q
3	Sophie Scamps	Australia	2:07.31
4	Anastasía Giannákou	Greece	2:10.90
5	Mireille Sankaatsing	Suriname	2:13.52
6	Shola Lynch	United States	2:14.52
7	Leila Dahmane	Tunisia	2:18.66

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ellen Kiessling	East Germany	2:05.18	Q
2	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	2:05.60	Q
3	Beata Hoffman	Poland	2:07.01	q
4	Valerie Bertrand	United States	2:11.00
5	Andrea Thomas	Jamaica	2:13.69
6	Niusha Mansilla	Bolivia	2:21.10
7	Puseletso Monkoe	Lesotho	2:25.74

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Adriana Dumitru	Romania	2:07.06	Q
2	Eva-Christina Coqui	West Germany	2:07.38	Q
3	Jayne Heathcote	United Kingdom	2:07.43
4	Jennifer Mawby	Canada	2:09.68
5	Maribel Silvestre	Dominican Republic	2:17.09
6	Bertine Tré Gogo	Côte d'Ivoire	2:19.58

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.

• Algeria (1)
• Australia (2)
• Bolivia (1)
• Brazil (1)
• Canada (2)
• Côte d'Ivoire (1)
• Cuba (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• Dominican Republic (1)
• East Germany (2)
• Greece (1)
• Guatemala (1)
• Guyana (1)
• India (1)
• Iraq (1)
• Italy (1)
• Jamaica (1)
• Japan (1)
• Kenya (1)
• Lesotho (2)
• Netherlands (1)
• New Zealand (1)
• Poland (2)
• Romania (2)
• Suriname (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Thailand (1)
• Tunisia (1)
• United Kingdom (3)
• United States (2)
• West Germany (1)
• Yugoslavia (1)