1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the
1992 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
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
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 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16, 17 and 18 September.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Lu Yi
 China
Silver Chen Yumei
 China
Bronze Kati Kovacs
 Germany

Results

Final

18 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Lu Yi  China 2:02.91
2nd, silver medalist(s) Chen Yumei  China 2:03.14
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Kati Kovacs  Germany 2:03.81
4 Natalya Zaytseva  Commonwealth of Independent States 2:04.76
5 Monica Lundgren  Sweden 2:05.33
6 Melissa Baker  Australia 2:05.34
7 Salina Kosgei  Kenya 2:13.48
8 Séverine Foulon  France DQ

Semifinals

17 September

Semifinal 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Chen Yumei  China 2:04.27 Q
2 Kati Kovacs  Germany 2:04.39 Q
3 Séverine Foulon  France 2:04.46 Q
4 Melissa Baker  Australia 2:04.49 Q
5 Emma James  New Zealand 2:04.58
6 Michelle Wilkinson  United Kingdom 2:06.71
7 Mariana Florea  Romania 2:08.00
8 Irina Bezmenova  Commonwealth of Independent States 2:09.32

Semifinal 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lu Yi  China 2:03.96 Q
2 Natalya Zaytseva  Commonwealth of Independent States 2:06.68 Q
3 Salina Kosgei  Kenya 2:06.86 Q
4 Monica Lundgren  Sweden 2:06.93 Q
5 Aurica Rautu  Romania 2:07.22
6 Andrea Šuldesová  Czechoslovakia 2:08.30
7 Kim Hae-Yeong  South Korea 2:08.80
8 Rachael Rowberry  New Zealand 2:17.17

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Kati Kovacs  Germany 2:04.98 Q
2 Séverine Foulon  France 2:06.19 Q
3 Melissa Baker  Australia 2:06.21 Q
4 Andrea Šuldesová  Czechoslovakia 2:08.15 q
5 Michelle Wilkinson  United Kingdom 2:08.56 q
6 Rachael Rowberry  New Zealand 2:09.77 q

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Chen Yumei  China 2:11.18 Q
2 Emma James  New Zealand 2:12.39 Q
3 Mariana Florea  Romania 2:13.05 Q
4 Yumiko Tokuda  Japan 2:14.19
5 Fátima dos Santos  Brazil 2:14.60

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Salina Kosgei  Kenya 2:07.57 Q
2 Natalya Zaytseva  Commonwealth of Independent States 2:08.53 Q
3 Monica Lundgren  Sweden 2:09.04 Q
4 Kim Hae-Yeong  South Korea 2:09.95 q
5 Ludmila Formanová  Czechoslovakia 2:22.34
6 Alison Cano  Gibraltar 2:22.68

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lu Yi  China 2:03.75 Q
2 Irina Bezmenova  Commonwealth of Independent States 2:08.11 Q
3 Aurica Rautu  Romania 2:09.80 Q
4 Plamena Aleksandrova  Bulgaria 2:15.90
5 Jowanna McMullen  United States 2:16.24
6 Jackline Maranga  Kenya DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 Mar 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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