2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Eugene, Oregon, United States, at Hayward Field on 22, 23 and 24 July.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Medalists

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Gold Margaret Nyairera Wambui
 Kenya
Silver Sahily Diago
 Cuba
Bronze Georgia Wassall
 Australia

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record  Pamela Jelimo (KEN) 1:54.01 Zürich, Switzerland 29 August 2008
Championship Record  Elena Mirela Lavric (ROU) 2:00.06 Bydgoszcz, Poland 11 July 2008
World Junior Leading  Sahily Diago (CUB) 1:57.74 Havana, Cuba 25 May 2014
Broken records during the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics
 

Results

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Final

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24 July
Start time: 20:01 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 46 %

Rank Name Nationality Lane Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Margaret Nyairera Wambui  Kenya 8 2:00.49 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sahily Diago  Cuba 3 2:02.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georgia Wassall  Australia 6 2:02.71
4 Georgia Griffith  Australia 7 2:04.12
5 Sara Souhi  Morocco 1 2:06.16
6 Zeyituna Mohammed  Ethiopia 5 2:09.38
Aníta Hinriksdóttir  Iceland 4 DNF
Maximila Imali  Kenya 2 DNF

Intermediate times:
400m: 56.33 Aníta Hinriksdóttir

Semifinals

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23 July
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Summary

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sahily Diago  Cuba 2:03.60 Q
2 Margaret Nyairera Wambui  Kenya 2:03.72 Q PB
3 Georgia Griffith  Australia 2:04.00 Q PB
4 Zeyituna Mohammed  Ethiopia 2:04.62 Q
5 Georgia Wassall  Australia 2:04.84 Q
6 Aníta Hinriksdóttir  Iceland 2:04.99 q
7 Sara Souhi  Morocco 2:05.37 Q PB
7 Maximila Imali  Kenya 2:05.37 q
9 Dureti Edao  Ethiopia 2:07.28
9 Katelyn Ayers  Canada 2:07.28
11 Arantza Hernández  Mexico 2:08.46
12 Sarah Schmidt  Germany 2:08.60
13 Sabrina Southerland  United States 2:08.76
14 Alina Ammann  Germany 2:10.03
15 Gena Löfstrand  South Africa 2:10.40
16 Erinn Stenman-Fahey  Canada 2:15.35

Details

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First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Semifinal 1
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24 July
Start time: 12:58 Temperature: 16 °C Humidity: 88%

Rank Name Nationality Lane Time Notes
1 Sahily Diago  Cuba 4 2:03.60 Q
2 Margaret Nyairera Wambui  Kenya 8 2:03.72 Q PB
3 Georgia Griffith  Australia 6 2:04.00 Q PB
4 Aníta Hinriksdóttir  Iceland 3 2:04.99 q
5 Dureti Edao  Ethiopia 5 2:07.28
6 Alina Ammann  Germany 7 2:10.03
7 Gena Löfstrand  South Africa 1 2:10.40
8 Erinn Stenman-Fahey  Canada 2 2:15.35

Intermediate times:
400m: 1:00.76 Aníta Hinriksdóttir

Semifinal 2
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24 July
Start time: 13:05 Temperature: 16 °C Humidity: 88%

Rank Name Nationality Lane Time Notes
1 Zeyituna Mohammed  Ethiopia 5 2:04.62 Q
2 Georgia Wassall  Australia 3 2:04.84 Q
3 Sara Souhi  Morocco 1 2:05.37 Q PB
4 Maximila Imali  Kenya 6 2:05.37 q
5 Katelyn Ayers  Canada 8 2:07.28
6 Arantza Hernández  Mexico 2 2:08.46
7 Sarah Schmidt  Germany 7 2:08.60
8 Sabrina Southerland  United States 4 2:08.76

Intermediate times:
400m: 1:01.10 Zeyituna Mohammed

Heats

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22 July
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Summary

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aníta Hinriksdóttir  Iceland 2:03.41 Q
2 Margaret Nyairera Wambui  Kenya 2:04.24 Q PB
3 Zeyituna Mohammed  Ethiopia 2:04.47 Q
4 Georgia Griffith  Australia 2:04.53 Q
5 Sahily Diago  Cuba 2:04.60 Q
6 Katelyn Ayers  Canada 2:04.89 Q PB
7 Sarah Schmidt  Germany 2:05.56 q
8 Georgia Wassall  Australia 2:05.69 Q
9 Sabrina Southerland  United States 2:05.84 Q
10 Dureti Edao  Ethiopia 2:06.15 Q
11 Sara Souhi  Morocco 2:06.38 Q
12 Arantza Hernández  Mexico 2:06.49 q PB
13 Alina Ammann  Germany 2:06.91 Q
13 Maximila Imali  Kenya 2:06.91 Q
15 Erinn Stenman-Fahey  Canada 2:06.97 q PB
16 Gena Löfstrand  South Africa 2:07.04 q
17 Asli Arik  Turkey 2:07.26 SB
18 Mathilde Myhrvold  Norway 2:07.30 PB
19 Charlotte Mouchet  France 2:07.38
20 Livia Müller   Switzerland 2:07.50 PB
21 Jessy Joseph  India 2:07.57
22 Raevyn Rogers  United States 2:08.01
23 Aislinn Crossey  Ireland 2:08.06
24 Síofra Cléirigh Büttner  Ireland 2:08.50
25 Jennifer Adaeze Edobi  Nigeria 2:09.65
26 María Pía Fernández  Uruguay 2:10.97
27 Ryoko Hirano  Japan 2:11.99
28 Hannia Michelle Palafox  Mexico 2:20.90
Arachana Ramdas Adhav  India DNF

Details

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First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semi-Finals

Heat 1
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24 July
Start time: 12:13 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 53%

Rank Name Nationality Lane Time Notes
1 Aníta Hinriksdóttir  Iceland 3 2:03.41 Q
2 Georgia Griffith  Australia 1 2:04.53 Q
3 Katelyn Ayers  Canada 2 2:04.89 Q PB
4 Sarah Schmidt  Germany 8 2:05.56 q
5 Arantza Hernández  Mexico 4 2:06.49 q PB
6 Gena Löfstrand  South Africa 5 2:07.04 q
7 Mathilde Myhrvold  Norway 6 2:07.30 PB
Arachana Ramdas Adhav  India 7 DNF

Intermediate times:
400m: 59.65 Sarah Schmidt

Heat 2
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24 July
Start time: 12:21 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 53%

Rank Name Nationality Lane Time Notes
1 Georgia Wassall  Australia 4 2:05.69 Q
2 Dureti Edao  Ethiopia 2 2:06.15 Q
3 Alina Ammann  Germany 8 2:06.91 Q
4 Asli Arik  Turkey 6 2:07.26 SB
5 Charlotte Mouchet  France 3 2:07.38
6 María Pía Fernández  Uruguay 7 2:10.97
7 Ryoko Hirano  Japan 5 2:11.99

Intermediate times:
400m: 1:00.25 Alina Ammann

Heat 3
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24 July
Start time: 12:28 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 53%

Rank Name Nationality Lane Time Notes
1 Zeyituna Mohammed  Ethiopia 5 2:04.47 Q
2 Sara Souhi  Morocco 4 2:06.38 Q
3 Maximila Imali  Kenya 3 2:06.91 Q
4 Erinn Stenman-Fahey  Canada 7 2:06.97 q PB
5 Livia Müller   Switzerland 8 2:07.50 PB
6 Raevyn Rogers  United States 6 2:08.01
7 Aislinn Crossey  Ireland 2 2:08.06

Intermediate times:
400m: 1:00.20 Raevyn Rogers

Heat 4
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24 July
Start time: 12:34 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 53%

Rank Name Nationality Lane Time Notes
1 Margaret Nyairera Wambui  Kenya 4 2:04.24 Q PB
2 Sahily Diago  Cuba 3 2:04.60 Q
3 Sabrina Southerland  United States 2 2:05.84 Q
4 Jessy Joseph  India 5 2:07.57
5 Síofra Cléirigh Büttner  Ireland 7 2:08.50
6 Jennifer Adaeze Edobi  Nigeria 6 2:09.65
7 Hannia Michelle Palafox  Mexico 8 2:20.90

Intermediate times:
400m: 1:01.74 Margaret Nyairera Wambui

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - OREGON 2014 - TEAM MANUAL (PDF), IAAF, 27 June 2014, retrieved 21 August 2015
  2. ^ IAAF World Junior Championships - Eugene (USA) - 22-27 July 2014 - RESULTS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 21 August 2015
  3. ^ IAAF World Junior Championships - Eugene (USA) - 22-27 July 2014 - DAY 1 22 JUL FULL RESULTS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 29 August 2015
  4. ^ IAAF World Junior Championships - Eugene (USA) - 22-27 July 2014 - DAY 2 23 JUL FULL RESULTS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 29 August 2015
  5. ^ IAAF World Junior Championships - Eugene (USA) - 22-27 July 2014 - DAY 3 24 JUL FULL RESULTS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 29 August 2015
  6. ^ "IAAF World Junior Championships 2014 Timetable By Discipline". Archived from the original on 2014-04-26.
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