2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 17, 18 and 20 October.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Nancy Jebet Langat  Kenya
Silver	Georgie Clarke  Australia
Bronze	Lucia Klocová  Slovakia

Results

Final

20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:01.51
	Georgie Clarke	Australia	2:02.28
	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	2:04.00
4	Alina Rîpanu	Romania	2:04.60
5	Esther Desviat	Spain	2:06.55
6	Tatyana Petlyuk	Ukraine	2:07.26
7	Jeruto Kiptum	Kenya	2:08.97
	Kerstin Werner	Germany	DNS

Semifinals

18 October

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	2:06.77	Q
2	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:06.82	Q
3	Tatyana Petlyuk	Ukraine	2:07.29	Q
4	Kerstin Werner	Germany	2:07.31	q
5	Miki Nishimura	Japan	2:08.34
6	Gulmira Tasybekova	Kazakhstan	2:08.62
7	Norica Manafu	Romania	2:11.96
8	Alice Goodberg	Australia	2:14.40

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Georgie Clarke	Australia	2:06.53	Q
2	Alina Rîpanu	Romania	2:06.67	Q
3	Esther Desviat	Spain	2:06.83	Q
4	Jeruto Kiptum	Kenya	2:07.35	q
5	Mieke Geens	Belgium	2:07.46
6	Svetlana Chervan	Ukraine	2:09.67
7	Marija Papic	Yugoslavia	2:10.09
8	Mari Järvenpää	Finland	2:10.51

Heats

17 October

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gulmira Tasybekova	Kazakhstan	2:06.48	Q
2	Jeruto Kiptum	Kenya	2:07.86	Q
3	Alice Goodberg	Australia	2:08.81	Q
4	Norica Manafu	Romania	2:09.47	q
5	Sheena Gooding	Barbados	2:11.17
	Irina Latve	Latvia	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:07.79	Q
2	Kerstin Werner	Germany	2:07.82	Q
3	Esther Desviat	Spain	2:08.41	Q
4	Mari Järvenpää	Finland	2:09.39	q
5	Svetlana Chervan	Ukraine	2:09.50	q
6	Direma Banasso	Togo	2:16.54

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alina Rîpanu	Romania	2:08.35	Q
2	Mieke Geens	Belgium	2:08.78	Q
3	Miki Nishimura	Japan	2:08.79	Q
4	Marija Papic	Yugoslavia	2:09.77	q
5	Tanya Wright	Canada	2:11.23
6	Rebecca Lyne	United Kingdom	2:20.17
	Getrude Banda	Malawi	DQ

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Georgie Clarke	Australia	2:10.11	Q
2	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	2:10.20	Q
3	Tatyana Petlyuk	Ukraine	2:10.41	Q
4	Joanna Ross	United Kingdom	2:10.56
5	Joanna Buza	Poland	2:10.78
6	Euridice Semedo	São Tomé and Príncipe	2:11.78

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References