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 edit
| Gold | Ajeé Wilson United States
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| Silver | Jessica Judd Great Britain
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| Bronze | Manal El Bahraoui Morocco
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Records edit
Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record |  Pamela Jelimo (KEN)
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1:54.01 | Zürich, Switzerland | 29 August 2008 |
| Championship Record |  Elena Mirela Lavric (ROM)
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2:00.06 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 11 July 2008 |
| World Junior Leading |  Anastasiya Tkachuk (UKR)
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2:00.78 | Yalta, Ukraine | 28 May 2012 |
Results edit
Heats edit
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 | Flavia 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 edit
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 | Flavia 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 edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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9 | Ajeé Wilson | United States |
2:00.91 | PB |
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6 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain |
2:00.96 | PB |
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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 edit
According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.
Angola (1)
Bahamas (1)
Belarus (1)
Brazil (1)
Canada (2)
Croatia (1)
Ethiopia (2)
Finland (1)
France (2)
Germany (2)
Iceland (1)
Ireland (1)
Italy (1)
Jamaica (2)
Japan (2)
Kazakhstan (1)
Kenya (1)
Morocco (2)
Poland (1)
Portugal (1)
Romania (1)
Serbia (1)
Slovenia (1)
South Africa (2)
Spain (1)
Turkey (1)
Uganda (2)
Ukraine (2)
United Kingdom (2)
United States (2)
References edit
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=800/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
- ^ 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
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015