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1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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The women's 800 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21, 22 and 23 August.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Claudia Gesell
 Germany
Silver Kathleen Friedrich
 Germany
Bronze Nancy Jebet Langat
 Kenya

Results

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Final

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23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Claudia Gesell  Germany 2:02.67
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kathleen Friedrich  Germany 2:02.70
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nancy Jebet Langat  Kenya 2:03.21
4 Mairelín Fuentes  Cuba 2:03.49
5 Anca Safta  Romania 2:03.64
6 Rhode Senekal-Snyman  South Africa 2:04.59
7 Marilena Zevedeanu  Romania 2:08.19
8 Natalya Yevdokimova  Ukraine 2:10.77

Semifinals

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22 August

Semifinal 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anca Safta  Romania 2:05.99 Q
2 Kathleen Friedrich  Germany 2:06.08 Q
3 Mairelín Fuentes  Cuba 2:06.73 Q
4 Natalya Yevdokimova  Ukraine 2:07.54 Q
5 Tytti Reho  Finland 2:07.67
6 Laetitia Valdonado  France 2:09.34
7 Oksana Zbrozhek  Russia 2:12.58
Shura Hotesa  Ethiopia DQ IAAF rule 141.2

Semifinal 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Claudia Gesell  Germany 2:06.23 Q
2 Nancy Jebet Langat  Kenya 2:06.79 Q
3 Marilena Zevedeanu  Romania 2:07.22 Q
4 Rhode Senekal-Snyman  South Africa 2:07.40 Q
5 Miriam Maseková  Slovakia 2:07.65
6 Tara Mendoza  United States 2:08.95
7 Hasna Benhassi  Morocco 2:25.00
Sintayahu Fikre  Ethiopia DNS

Heats

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21 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nancy Jebet Langat  Kenya 2:08.02 Q
2 Tytti Reho  Finland 2:08.48 Q
3 Rhode Senekal-Snyman  South Africa 2:08.50 Q
4 Bi Tanna  China 2:08.82
5 Natalia Rodríguez  Spain 2:09.09
6 Lena Nilsson  Sweden 2:09.12
7 Cherryl Escat  Philippines 2:14.63
8 Zolveik Ruíz  Panama 2:19.11

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Anca Safta  Romania 2:06.24 Q
2 Mairelín Fuentes  Cuba 2:06.25 Q
3 Laetitia Valdonado  France 2:07.46 Q
4 Oksana Zbrozhek  Russia 2:08.42 q
5 Natalya Yevdokimova  Ukraine 2:08.80 q
6 Tamieka Grizzle  United States 2:11.48
7 Alli Li Yin Yee  Hong Kong 2:15.49

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Miriam Maseková  Slovakia 2:08.75 Q
2 Kathleen Friedrich  Germany 2:09.17 Q
3 Sintayahu Fikre  Ethiopia 2:10.27 Q
4 Margaret Chirchir  Kenya 2:10.34
5 Marie-Louise Henning  South Africa 2:10.90
6 Melanie Bradley  Australia 2:11.12
7 Zhang Jinqing  China 2:14.04

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Claudia Gesell  Germany 2:05.66 Q
2 Shura Hotesa  Ethiopia 2:06.57 Q
3 Hasna Benhassi  Morocco 2:07.12 Q
4 Tara Mendoza  United States 2:07.56 q
5 Marilena Zevedeanu  Romania 2:08.43 q
6 Jelena Stanisavljevic  Yugoslavia 2:09.88
7 Sonja Roman  Slovenia 2:10.63

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015