1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 1996 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		women
10,000 m		men
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		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 800 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August.

Medalists

Gold	Claudia Gesell Germany
Silver	Kathleen Friedrich Germany
Bronze	Nancy Jebet Langat Kenya

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Claudia Gesell	Germany	2:02.67
	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	2:02.70
	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:03.21
4	Mairelín Fuentes	Cuba	2:03.49
5	Anca Safta	Romania	2:03.64
6	Rhode Senekal-Snyman	South Africa	2:04.59
7	Marilena Zevedeanu	Romania	2:08.19
8	Natalya Yevdokimova	Ukraine	2:10.77

Semifinals

22 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anca Safta	Romania	2:05.99	Q
2	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	2:06.08	Q
3	Mairelín Fuentes	Cuba	2:06.73	Q
4	Natalya Yevdokimova	Ukraine	2:07.54	Q
5	Tytti Reho	Finland	2:07.67
6	Laetitia Valdonado	France	2:09.34
7	Oksana Zbrozhek	Russia	2:12.58
	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	DQ	IAAF rule 141.2

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Gesell	Germany	2:06.23	Q
2	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:06.79	Q
3	Marilena Zevedeanu	Romania	2:07.22	Q
4	Rhode Senekal-Snyman	South Africa	2:07.40	Q
5	Miriam Maseková	Slovakia	2:07.65
6	Tara Mendoza	United States	2:08.95
7	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	2:25.00
	Sintayahu Fikre	Ethiopia	DNS

Heats

21 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:08.02	Q
2	Tytti Reho	Finland	2:08.48	Q
3	Rhode Senekal-Snyman	South Africa	2:08.50	Q
4	Bi Tanna	China	2:08.82
5	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	2:09.09
6	Lena Nilsson	Sweden	2:09.12
7	Cherryl Escat	Philippines	2:14.63
8	Zolveik Ruíz	Panama	2:19.11

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anca Safta	Romania	2:06.24	Q
2	Mairelín Fuentes	Cuba	2:06.25	Q
3	Laetitia Valdonado	France	2:07.46	Q
4	Oksana Zbrozhek	Russia	2:08.42	q
5	Natalya Yevdokimova	Ukraine	2:08.80	q
6	Tamieka Grizzle	United States	2:11.48
7	Alli Li Yin Yee	Hong Kong	2:15.49

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Miriam Maseková	Slovakia	2:08.75	Q
2	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	2:09.17	Q
3	Sintayahu Fikre	Ethiopia	2:10.27	Q
4	Margaret Chirchir	Kenya	2:10.34
5	Marie-Louise Henning	South Africa	2:10.90
6	Melanie Bradley	Australia	2:11.12
7	Zhang Jinqing	China	2:14.04

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Gesell	Germany	2:05.66	Q
2	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	2:06.57	Q
3	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	2:07.12	Q
4	Tara Mendoza	United States	2:07.56	q
5	Marilena Zevedeanu	Romania	2:08.43	q
6	Jelena Stanisavljevic	Yugoslavia	2:09.88
7	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	2:10.63

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

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