2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
Appearance
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
Gold | Ajee' Wilson United States |
Silver | Jessica Judd Great Britain |
Bronze | Manal El Bahraoui Morocco |
Records
Prior to the competition[update], 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
Heats
Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified
Semi-Final
Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | Ajee' Wilson | United States | 2:00.91 | PB | |
6 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain | 2:00.96 | PB | |
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
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
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=800/combCode=hash/timetable.html
- ^ 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
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