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Girls' 800 metres
at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueStadium Lille Métropole
Dates7 July (heats)
8 July (semifinal)
10 July (final)
Competitors34
Winning time2:02.64 PB
Medalists
gold medal Ajeé Wilson   United States
silver medal Wang Chunyu   China
bronze medal Jessica Judd   Great Britain
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The girls' 800 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 7, 8 and 10 July.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Ajeé Wilson
 United States 		Wang Chunyu
 China 		Jessica Judd
 Great Britain

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best  Wang Yuan (CHN) 1:57.18 Beijing, China 8 September 1993
Championship Record  Cherono Koech (KEN) 2:01.67 Bressanone, Italy 12 July 2009
World Youth Leading  Amy Weissenbach (USA) 2:02.04 Clovis, United States 4 June 2011

Heats

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Agatha Jeruto  Kenya 2:07.80 Q, PB
2 2 Manal El-Bahraoui  Morocco 2:08.63 Q
3 3 Sahily Diago  Cuba 2:10.68 Q
4 5 Thato Makhafola  South Africa 2:10.83 Q
5 7 Dagmar Fæster Olsen  Denmark 2:10.98
6 8 Ailin Funes  Argentina 2:11.50
7 6 Valērija Linkeviča  Latvia 2:12.65
8 1 Abike Funmilola Egbeniyi  Nigeria 2:15.30

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Alem Gereziher  Ethiopia 2:06.72 Q, PB
2 8 Jessica Judd  Great Britain 2:07.35 Q
3 7 Akiho Fukuzato  Japan 2:07.64 Q, PB
4 1 Julia Zrinyi  Canada 2:08.24 Q, PB
5 6 Camille Laplace  France 2:08.95 q, PB
6 4 Iuliana Chelaru  Romania 2:13.30
7 2 Marta Frechilla  Spain 2:13.63
8 5 Domingas Tchiaca  Angola 2:32.78 PB

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Wang Chunyu  China 2:06.19 Q, PB
2 3 Miho Nakata  Japan 2:07.72 Q
3 5 Amy Weissenbach  United States 2:08.09 Q
4 1 Sofiya Shemsu  Ethiopia 2:10.29 Q
5 4 Betty Strandberg  Sweden 2:10.54 q
6 2 Maria Florea  Romania 2:12.98
7 6 Sonia Gaskin  Barbados 2:14.66

Heat 4

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 8 Ajeé Wilson  United States 2:14.07 Q
2 6 Katie Snowden  Great Britain 2:14.10 Q
3 2 Marleena Eubanks  Jamaica 2:14.32 Q
4 1 Nataliya Pryshchepa  Ukraine 2:14.35 Q
5 3 Sofia Ennaoui  Poland 2:14.73
6 7 Winta Berhane  Eritrea 2:15.16 PB
7 5 Jenna Westaway  Canada 2:15.34
8 4 Katrine Reinholdt Rasmussen  Denmark 2:17.37

Heat 5

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Christine Gess  Germany 2:09.18 Q
2 3 Olena Sidorska  Ukraine 2:09.27 Q, SB
3 4 Camilla De Bleecker  Belgium 2:09.58 Q
4 6 Simoya Campbell  Jamaica 2:09.62 Q
5 7 Linda Cheruiyot  Kenya 2:09.86 q, PB
6 8 Jenny Blundell  Australia 2:10.72 q
7 5 Halimah Nakaayi  Uganda 2:13.59
8 2 Emilija Milanović  Serbia 2:16.34

Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Wang Chunyu  China 2:05.13 Q, PB
2 4 Christine Gess  Germany 2:05.62 Q
3 3 Alem Gereziher  Ethiopia 2:06.34 q, PB
4 7 Julia Zrinyi  Canada 2:06.78 PB
5 6 Sahily Diago  Cuba 2:08.25
6 8 Nataliya Pryshchepa  Ukraine 2:08.30
7 2 Camille Laplace  France 2:09.75
8 1 Linda Cheruiyot  Kenya 2:11.20

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Katie Snowden  Great Britain 2:05.67 Q
2 3 Amy Weissenbach  United States 2:05.84 Q
3 4 Akiho Fukuzato  Japan 2:07.02 PB
4 8 Agatha Jeruto  Kenya 2:07.52 PB
5 7 Jenny Blundell  Australia 2:09.15
6 2 Thato Makhafola  South Africa 2:12.02
7 6 Simoya Campbell  Jamaica 2:15.22
8 1 Sofiya Shemsu  Ethiopia 2:15.58

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Ajeé Wilson  United States 2:03.17 Q, PB
2 3 Jessica Judd  Great Britain 2:03.80 Q
3 6 Manal El-Bahraoui  Morocco 2:06.56 q
4 5 Miho Nakata  Japan 2:07.17
5 2 Olena Sidorska  Ukraine 2:07.20 SB
6 1 Betty Strandberg  Sweden 2:10.90
7 8 Marleena Eubanks  Jamaica 2:12.47
8 7 Camilla De Bleecker  Belgium 2:16.40

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Ajeé Wilson  United States 2:02.64 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Wang Chunyu  China 2:03.23 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Jessica Judd  Great Britain 2:03.43
4 6 Amy Weissenbach  United States 2:03.59
5 2 Alem Gereziher  Ethiopia 2:04.59 PB
6 1 Manal El-Bahraoui  Morocco 2:04.80 PB
7 8 Katie Snowden  Great Britain 2:05.64
8 4 Christine Gess  Germany 2:05.66

References

  1. "800 Metres Girls - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 July 2011.
  2. "800 Metres Girls - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 8 July 2011.
  3. "800 Metres Girls - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 July 2011.
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