1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 800 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 September.^[1][2]

Gold	Lu Yi  China
Silver	Chen Yumei  China
Bronze	Kati Kovacs  Germany

18 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lu Yi	China	2:02.91
	Chen Yumei	China	2:03.14
	Kati Kovacs	Germany	2:03.81
4	Natalya Zaytseva	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:04.76
5	Monica Lundgren	Sweden	2:05.33
6	Melissa Baker	Australia	2:05.34
7	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:13.48
	Séverine Foulon	France	DQ

17 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chen Yumei	China	2:04.27	Q
2	Kati Kovacs	Germany	2:04.39	Q
3	Séverine Foulon	France	2:04.46	Q
4	Melissa Baker	Australia	2:04.49	Q
5	Emma James	New Zealand	2:04.58
6	Michelle Wilkinson	United Kingdom	2:06.71
7	Mariana Florea	Romania	2:08.00
8	Irina Bezmenova	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:09.32

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lu Yi	China	2:03.96	Q
2	Natalya Zaytseva	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:06.68	Q
3	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:06.86	Q
4	Monica Lundgren	Sweden	2:06.93	Q
5	Aurica Rautu	Romania	2:07.22
6	Andrea Šuldesová	Czechoslovakia	2:08.30
7	Kim Hae-Yeong	South Korea	2:08.80
8	Rachael Rowberry	New Zealand	2:17.17

16 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kati Kovacs	Germany	2:04.98	Q
2	Séverine Foulon	France	2:06.19	Q
3	Melissa Baker	Australia	2:06.21	Q
4	Andrea Šuldesová	Czechoslovakia	2:08.15	q
5	Michelle Wilkinson	United Kingdom	2:08.56	q
6	Rachael Rowberry	New Zealand	2:09.77	q

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Chen Yumei	China	2:11.18	Q
2	Emma James	New Zealand	2:12.39	Q
3	Mariana Florea	Romania	2:13.05	Q
4	Yumiko Tokuda	Japan	2:14.19
5	Fátima dos Santos	Brazil	2:14.60

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:07.57	Q
2	Natalya Zaytseva	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:08.53	Q
3	Monica Lundgren	Sweden	2:09.04	Q
4	Kim Hae-Yeong	South Korea	2:09.95	q
5	Ludmila Formanová	Czechoslovakia	2:22.34
6	Alison Cano	Gibraltar	2:22.68

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lu Yi	China	2:03.75	Q
2	Irina Bezmenova	Commonwealth of Independent States	2:08.11	Q
3	Aurica Rautu	Romania	2:09.80	Q
4	Plamena Aleksandrova	Bulgaria	2:15.90
5	Jowanna McMullen	United States	2:16.24
	Jackline Maranga	Kenya	DQ

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.