1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20, 21 and 22 July.

Medalists

Gold	Mioara Cosuleanu Romania
Silver	Jackline Maranga Kenya
Bronze	Kutre Dulecha Ethiopia

Results

Final

22 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mioara Cosuleanu	Romania	2:04.95
	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	2:05.05
	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	2:05.17
4	Grazyna Penc	Poland	2:05.66
5	Lyudmila Voronicheva	Russia	2:06.66
6	Kumiko Okamoto	Japan	2:07.09
7	Eleonora Berlanda	Italy	2:07.26
8	Szilvia Csoszánszky	Hungary	2:10.75

Semifinals

21 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	2:06.26	Q
2	Grazyna Penc	Poland	2:06.63	Q
3	Eleonora Berlanda	Italy	2:06.67	Q
3	Lyudmila Voronicheva	Russia	2:06.67	Q
5	Lavinia Miroiu	Romania	2:06.78
6	Romana Sanigová	Czech Republic	2:07.40
7	Jolanda Steblovnik	Slovenia	2:09.35
8	Nuria Fernández	Spain	2:11.38

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	2:04.07	Q
2	Mioara Cosuleanu	Romania	2:04.73	Q
3	Kumiko Okamoto	Japan	2:05.19	Q
4	Szilvia Csoszánszky	Hungary	2:06.41	Q
5	Yekaterina Fedotova	Russia	2:06.44
6	Mayte Martínez	Spain	2:07.00
7	Tytti Reho	Finland	2:09.52
8	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	2:15.08

Heats

20 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	2:06.74	Q
2	Mioara Cosuleanu	Romania	2:06.75	Q
3	Tytti Reho	Finland	2:07.22	q
4	Jolanda Steblovnik	Slovenia	2:07.63	q
5	Vicki Freeborn	Australia	2:07.68
6	Marie-Louise Henning	South Africa	2:07.81
7	Jeina Mitchell	United Kingdom	2:12.68
8	Mercy Kaunda	Malawi	2:14.75

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lavinia Miroiu	Romania	2:06.74	Q
2	Eleonora Berlanda	Italy	2:06.75	Q
3	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	2:07.22	q
4	Nuria Fernández	Spain	2:07.63	q
5	Dorothea Lee	United Kingdom	2:07.68
6	Heather DeGeest	Canada	2:07.81
7	Tatyana Borisova	Kyrgyzstan	2:12.68
8	Liu Huirong	China	2:14.75

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	2:05.22	Q
2	Romana Sanigová	Czech Republic	2:06.25	Q
3	Szilvia Csoszánszky	Hungary	2:06.48	q
4	Yekaterina Fedotova	Russia	2:07.52	q
5	Martina Hauke	Germany	2:09.35
6	Sandra Stals	Belgium	2:21.94
7	Natalia Estefania	Angola	2:23.01
8	Jowanna McMullen	United States	2:24.55

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Grazyna Penc	Poland	2:07.75	Q
2	Mayte Martínez	Spain	2:08.11	Q
3	Andrea Šuldesová	Czech Republic	2:08.23
4	Anda Vukadinovic	Yugoslavia	2:09.68
5	Julian Reynolds	United States	2:09.85
6	Michelle Ballentine	Jamaica	2:10.65
7	Miriam Maseková	Slovakia	2:11.54
8	Dithapelo Molefi	Botswana	2:12.96

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Voronicheva	Russia	2:07.87	Q
2	Kumiko Okamoto	Japan	2:08.42	Q
3	Jelena Stanisavljevic	Yugoslavia	2:09.70
4	Sarah Jamieson	Australia	2:10.14
5	Plamena Zhekova	Bulgaria	2:10.51
6	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:13.24
7	Mairelín Fuentes	Cuba	2:13.46

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

• Angola (1)
• Australia (2)
• Belgium (1)
• Botswana (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Canada (1)
• China (1)
• Cuba (1)
• Czech Republic (2)
• Ethiopia (2)
• Finland (1)
• Germany (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Italy (1)
• Jamaica (1)
• Japan (1)
• Kenya (2)
• Kyrgyzstan (1)
• Malawi (1)
• Poland (1)
• Romania (2)
• Russia (2)
• Slovakia (1)
• Slovenia (1)
• South Africa (1)
• Spain (2)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (2)
• Yugoslavia (2)