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

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]

Medalists

Gold	Margaret Nyairera Wambui
Silver	Sahily Diago
Bronze	Georgia Wassall

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	1:54.01	Zürich, Switzerland	29 August 2008
Championship Record	2:00.06	Bydgoszcz, Poland	11 July 2008
World Junior Leading	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	Lane	Notes
	align=left	align=left	8	2:00.49	PB
	align=left	align=left	3	2:02.11
	align=left	align=left	6	2:02.71
4	align=left	align=left	7	2:04.12
5	align=left	align=left	1	2:06.16
6	align=left	align=left	5	2:09.38
	align=left	align=left	4	DNF
	align=left	align=left	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	Time
1	align=left	align=left	2:03.60	Q
2	align=left	align=left	2:03.72	Q PB
3	align=left	align=left	2:04.00	Q PB
4	align=left	align=left	2:04.62	Q
5	align=left	align=left	2:04.84	Q
6	align=left	align=left	2:04.99	q
7	align=left	align=left	2:05.37	Q PB
7	align=left	align=left	2:05.37	q
9	align=left	align=left	2:07.28
9	align=left	align=left	2:07.28
11	align=left	align=left	2:08.46
12	align=left	align=left	2:08.60
13	align=left	align=left	2:08.76
14	align=left	align=left	2:10.03
15	align=left	align=left	2:10.40
16	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	4	2:03.60	Q
2	align=left	align=left	8	2:03.72	Q PB
3	align=left	align=left	6	2:04.00	Q PB
4	align=left	align=left	3	2:04.99	q
5	align=left	align=left	5	2:07.28
6	align=left	align=left	7	2:10.03
7	align=left	align=left	1	2:10.40
8	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	5	2:04.62	Q
2	align=left	align=left	3	2:04.84	Q
3	align=left	align=left	1	2:05.37	Q PB
4	align=left	align=left	6	2:05.37	q
5	align=left	align=left	8	2:07.28
6	align=left	align=left	2	2:08.46
7	align=left	align=left	7	2:08.60
8	align=left	align=left	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	Time
1	align=left	align=left	2:03.41	Q
2	align=left	align=left	2:04.24	Q PB
3	align=left	align=left	2:04.47	Q
4	align=left	align=left	2:04.53	Q
5	align=left	align=left	2:04.60	Q
6	align=left	align=left	2:04.89	Q PB
7	align=left	align=left	2:05.56	q
8	align=left	align=left	2:05.69	Q
9	align=left	align=left	2:05.84	Q
10	align=left	align=left	2:06.15	Q
11	align=left	align=left	2:06.38	Q
12	align=left	align=left	2:06.49	q PB
13	align=left	align=left	2:06.91	Q
13	align=left	align=left	2:06.91	Q
15	align=left	align=left	2:06.97	q PB
16	align=left	align=left	2:07.04	q
17	align=left	align=left	2:07.26	SB
18	align=left	align=left	2:07.30	PB
19	align=left	align=left	2:07.38
20	align=left	align=left	2:07.50	PB
21	align=left	align=left	2:07.57
22	align=left	align=left	2:08.01
23	align=left	align=left	2:08.06
24	align=left	align=left	2:08.50
25	align=left	align=left	2:09.65
26	align=left	align=left	2:10.97
27	align=left	align=left	2:11.99
28	align=left	align=left	2:20.90
	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	3	2:03.41	Q
2	align=left	align=left	1	2:04.53	Q
3	align=left	align=left	2	2:04.89	Q PB
4	align=left	align=left	8	2:05.56	q
5	align=left	align=left	4	2:06.49	q PB
6	align=left	align=left	5	2:07.04	q
7	align=left	align=left	6	2:07.30	PB
	align=left	align=left	7	DNF

Intermediate times:
400m: 59.65 Sarah Schmidt

Heat 2

24 July
Start time: 12:21 Temperature: 22 °C Humidity: 53%

Rank	Name	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	4	2:05.69	Q
2	align=left	align=left	2	2:06.15	Q
3	align=left	align=left	8	2:06.91	Q
4	align=left	align=left	6	2:07.26	SB
5	align=left	align=left	3	2:07.38
6	align=left	align=left	7	2:10.97
7	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	5	2:04.47	Q
2	align=left	align=left	4	2:06.38	Q
3	align=left	align=left	3	2:06.91	Q
4	align=left	align=left	7	2:06.97	q PB
5	align=left	align=left	8	2:07.50	PB
6	align=left	align=left	6	2:08.01
7	align=left	align=left	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	Lane	Notes
1	align=left	align=left	4	2:04.24	Q PB
2	align=left	align=left	3	2:04.60	Q
3	align=left	align=left	2	2:05.84	Q
4	align=left	align=left	5	2:07.57
5	align=left	align=left	7	2:08.50
6	align=left	align=left	6	2:09.65
7	align=left	align=left	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.

External links

WJC14 400 metres schedule

Notes and References

Web site: IAAF World Junior Championships 2014 Timetable By Discipline. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140426135409/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-junior-championships/iaaf-world-junior-championships-2014-4954/timetable/bydiscipline/men/400-metres. 2014-04-26.