2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 2014 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		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

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

Records

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

Final

24 July
Start time: 20:01 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 46 %

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
	Margaret Nyairera Wambui	Kenya	8	2:00.49	PB
	Sahily Diago	Cuba	3	2:02.11
	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
7	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	4	DNF
8	Maximila Imali	Kenya	2	DNF

Intermediate times:
400m: 56.33 Aníta Hinriksdóttir

Semifinals

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

Summary

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

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

Semifinal 1

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

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

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

Summary

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	Siofra Cléirigh Buttner	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
29	Arachana Ramdas Adhav	India	DNF

Details

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

Heat 1

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
8	Arachana Ramdas Adhav	India	7	DNF

Intermediate times:
400m: 59.65 Sarah Schmidt

Heat 2

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

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

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	Siofra Cléirigh Buttner	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

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

•  Australia (2)
•  Canada (2)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Iceland (1)
•  India (2)
•  Ireland (2)
•  Japan (1)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Mexico (2)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Nigeria (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  United States (2)
•  Uruguay (1)

References

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. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-junior-championships/iaaf-world-junior-championships-2014-4954/timetable/bydiscipline/men/400-metres

External links

• WJC14 400 metres schedule