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, USA, at Hayward Field on 22, 23 and 24 July.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Medalists[edit]

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

Records[edit]

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[edit]

Final[edit]

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[edit]

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

Summary[edit]

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[edit]

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

Semifinal 1[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Summary[edit]

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[edit]

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

Heat 1[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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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