2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 800 metres
| Girls' 800 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Stadium Lille Métropole | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 July (heats) 8 July (semifinal) 10 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 34 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:02.64 PB | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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
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Wang Chunyu  China
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Jessica Judd  Great Britain
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Records
Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Wang Yuan (CHN)
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1:57.18 | Beijing, China | 8 September 1993 |
| Championship Record |  Cherono Koech (KEN)
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2:01.67 | Bressanone, Italy | 12 July 2009 |
| World Youth Leading | Amy Weissenbach (USA)
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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.[1]
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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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.[2]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Ajeé Wilson | United States |
2:02.64 | PB |
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7 | Wang Chunyu | China |
2:03.23 | PB |
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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
- ^ "800 Metres Girls - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 7 July 2011.
- ^ "800 Metres Girls - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 8 July 2011.
- ^ "800 Metres Girls - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 July 2011.