2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10, 11, and 12 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

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Gold Ajeé Wilson
 United States
Silver Jessica Judd
 Great Britain
Bronze Manal El Bahraoui
 Morocco

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Pamela Jelimo (KEN) 1:54.01 Zürich, Switzerland 29 August 2008
Championship Record  Elena Mirela Lavric (ROM) 2:00.06 Bydgoszcz, Poland 11 July 2008
World Junior Leading  Anastasiya Tkachuk (UKR) 2:00.78 Yalta, Ukraine 28 May 2012

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 4 Jessica Judd  Great Britain 2:02.71 Q
2 1 7 Winnie Nanyondo  Uganda 2:03.00 Q, PB
3 1 5 Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai  Kenya 2:03.22 Q, PB
4 1 9 Sonja Mosler  Germany 2:03.36 q, PB
5 5 5 Anastasiya Tkachuk  Ukraine 2:04.19 Q
6 5 6 Aníta Hinriksdóttir  Iceland 2:04.74 Q, New Jersey
7 1 6 Khadija El Moussaoui  Morocco 2:05.63 q, PB
8 3 4 Emily Dudgeon  Great Britain 2:05.73 Q
9 5 3 Síofra Cléirigh Büttner  Ireland 2:05.87 Q
10 3 3 Dureti Edao  Ethiopia 2:05.91 Q
11 6 5 Manal El Bahraoui  Morocco 2:06.07 Q
12 3 8 Simoya Campbell  Jamaica 2:06.18 Q
13 5 7 Maruša Mišmaš  Slovenia 2:06.25 q
14 2 7 Halimah Nakaayi  Uganda 2:06.38 Q
15 2 4 Julia Zrinyi  Canada 2:06.64 Q
16 3 2 Marta Pen  Portugal 2:06.75 q, PB
17 3 7 Rénelle Lamote  France 2:06.89 q
18 4 5 Ajeé Wilson  United States 2:07.04 Q
18 4 9 Devan Wiebe  Canada 2:07.04 Q
20 1 3 Camille Laplace  France 2:07.07 q
21 2 8 Monique Stander  South Africa 2:07.08 Q
22 4 4 Christine Gees  Germany 2:07.11 Q
23 3 6 Teshon Adderley  Bahamas 2:07.18
24 4 6 Akiho Fukuzato  Japan 2:07.25
25 2 9 Syntia Ellward  Poland 2:07.32
26 4 7 Olena Sidorska  Ukraine 2:07.52
27 2 6 Mizuki Yamamoto  Japan 2:07.59
28 6 4 Flávia de Lima  Brazil 2:07.78 Q
29 6 2 Danielle Aragon  United States 2:07.84 Q
30 2 3 Aleksandra Astakhova  Belarus 2:08.03
31 6 7 Asli Arik  Turkey 2:08.68
32 1 8 Johanna Matintalo  Finland 2:09.05
33 4 3 Sanda Kociš  Croatia 2:09.51
34 5 8 Iuliana Madalina Leonte  Romania 2:09.61
35 6 3 Desreen Montague  Jamaica 2:10.22
36 3 5 Marta Frechilla  Spain 2:11.97
37 5 9 Irene Baldessari  Italy 2:12.15
38 6 6 Zeyetuna Mohammed  Ethiopia 2:12.47
39 5 4 Thato Makhafola  South Africa 2:16.82
40 2 5 Tatyana Yurchenko  Kazakhstan 2:20.02
41 6 8 Marija Stambolic  Serbia 2:29.85
42 3 9 Domingas Tchiaca  Angola 2:35.97
4 8 Shimenege Agber  Nigeria DNS
6 9 Aicha Bilal Fall  Mauritania DNS

Semi-final

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Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 3 4 Jessica Judd  Great Britain 2:02.30 Q
2 2 5 Emily Dudgeon  Great Britain 2:02.32 Q, PB
3 3 7 Winnie Nanyondo  Uganda 2:02.38 Q, PB
4 2 7 Ajeé Wilson  United States 2:02.43 Q, PB
5 1 5 Anastasiya Tkachuk  Ukraine 2:02.50 Q
6 2 6 Sonja Mosler  Germany 2:02.82 q, PB
7 1 6 Aníta Hinriksdóttir  Iceland 2:03.15 Q, NR
8 1 7 Manal El Bahraoui  Morocco 2:03.18 q
9 3 5 Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai  Kenya 2:03.98
10 3 6 Khadija El Moussaoui  Morocco 2:04.17 PB
11 3 2 Danielle Aragon  United States 2:04.19 PB
12 3 4 Christine Gees  Germany 2:04.58 PB
13 2 4 Monique Stander  South Africa 2:05.29
14 2 3 Devan Wiebe  Canada 2:05.40 PB
15 1 2 Marta Pen  Portugal 2:05.45 PB
16 2 8 Rénelle Lamote  France 2:05.83
17 1 9 Síofra Cléirigh Büttner  Ireland 2:06.70
18 2 2 Flávia de Lima  Brazil 2:07.03
19 1 3 Maruša Mišmaš  Slovenia 2:07.23
20 1 8 Dureti Edao  Ethiopia 2:07.91
21 3 3 Camille Laplace  France 2:08.04
22 3 4 Julia Zrinyi  Canada 2:09.63
- 2 9 Halimah Nakaayi  Uganda DQ
- 1 4 Simoya Campbell  Jamaica DNS

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 Ajeé Wilson  United States 2:00.91 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Jessica Judd  Great Britain 2:00.96 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Manal El Bahraoui  Morocco 2:03.09
4 2 Aníta Hinriksdóttir  Iceland 2:03.23
5 8 Sonja Mosler  Germany 2:04.07
6 7 Emily Dudgeon  Great Britain 2:04.68
7 4 Anastasiia Tkachuk  Ukraine 2:04.92
8 5 Winnie Nanyondo  Uganda 2:07.23

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=800/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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