1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the
1986 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
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
2000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Road events
20 km road run men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
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 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Selina Chirchir
 Kenya
Silver Gabriela Sedláková
 Czechoslovakia
Bronze Adriana Dumitru
 Romania

Results

Final

18 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Selina Chirchir  Kenya 2:01.40
2nd, silver medalist(s) Gabriela Sedláková  Czechoslovakia 2:01.49
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Adriana Dumitru  Romania 2:01.93
4 Lynne Robinson  United Kingdom 2:02.18
5 Katja Prochnow  East Germany 2:03.81
6 Ellen Kiessling  East Germany 2:05.10
7 Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia 2:07.75
8 Eva-Christina Coqui  West Germany 2:08.41

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gabriela Sedláková  Czechoslovakia 2:05.18 Q
2 Ellen Kiessling  East Germany 2:05.30 Q
3 Lynne Robinson  United Kingdom 2:05.35 Q
4 Denisa Zavelca  Romania 2:05.44
5 Dorota Buczkowska  Poland 2:05.82
6 Hassiba Boulmerka  Algeria 2:07.51
7 Andrea Stuart  New Zealand 2:07.77
8 Masako Matsumoto  Japan 2:08.88

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Selina Chirchir  Kenya 2:04.00 Q
2 Adriana Dumitru  Romania 2:04.54 Q
3 Katja Prochnow  East Germany 2:04.79 Q
4 Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia 2:04.99 q
5 Eva-Christina Coqui  West Germany 2:05.33 q
6 Monica Magnusson  Sweden 2:05.53
7 Beata Hoffman  Poland 2:05.86
8 Yvonne van der Kolk  Netherlands 2:07.08

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Selina Chirchir  Kenya 2:07.1 Q
2 Louise Stuart  United Kingdom 2:10.2 Q
3 Maura Savon  Cuba 2:10.5
4 Petra Arnett  Canada 2:10.5
5 Sasithorn Chantanuhong  Thailand 2:12.4
6 Beena Peter  India 2:12.5

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gabriela Sedláková  Czechoslovakia 2:06.41 Q
2 Monica Magnusson  Sweden 2:06.84 Q
3 Michelle O'Rourke  Australia 2:07.18
4 Luisa do Nascimento  Brazil 2:07.93
5 Patrizia Morreale  Italy 2:13.02
6 Lorie Ann Adams  Guyana 2:20.38
7 Lieketseng Mpopelle  Lesotho 2:36.01

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Katja Prochnow  East Germany 2:05.64 Q
2 Dorota Buczkowska  Poland 2:05.92 Q
3 Yvonne van der Kolk  Netherlands 2:06.82 q
4 Hassiba Boulmerka  Algeria 2:06.86 q
5 Masako Matsumoto  Japan 2:07.14 q
6 Donya Mohamed  Iraq 2:19.96
7 Alma Leticia Jiménez  Guatemala 2:23.61

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Denisa Zavelca  Romania 2:06.97 Q
2 Lynne Robinson  United Kingdom 2:07.15 Q
3 Sophie Scamps  Australia 2:07.31
4 Anastasía Giannákou  Greece 2:10.90
5 Mireille Sankaatsing  Suriname 2:13.52
6 Shola Lynch  United States 2:14.52
7 Leila Dahmane  Tunisia 2:18.66

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ellen Kiessling  East Germany 2:05.18 Q
2 Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia 2:05.60 Q
3 Beata Hoffman  Poland 2:07.01 q
4 Valerie Bertrand  United States 2:11.00
5 Andrea Thomas  Jamaica 2:13.69
6 Niusha Mansilla  Bolivia 2:21.10
7 Puseletso Monkoe  Lesotho 2:25.74

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Adriana Dumitru  Romania 2:07.06 Q
2 Eva-Christina Coqui  West Germany 2:07.38 Q
3 Jayne Heathcote  United Kingdom 2:07.43
4 Jennifer Mawby  Canada 2:09.68
5 Maribel Silvestre  Dominican Republic 2:17.09
6 Bertine Tré Gogo  Côte d'Ivoire 2:19.58

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 32 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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