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

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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.[1][2]

Medalists

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

Results

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Final

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11 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elena Mirela Lavric  Romania 2:00.06
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Merve Aydın  Turkey 2:00.92
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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9 July

Semifinal 1

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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

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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

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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

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8 July

Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015