2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

Event:	Women's 800 metres
Competition:	2018 World U20 Championships
Venue:	Ratina Stadium
Dates:	10, 11 and 12 July
Competitors:	39
Nations:	27
Win Label:	Winning time
Win Value:	1:59.74
Gold:	Diribe Welteji
Goldnoc:	ETH
Silver:	Carley Thomas
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Delia Sclabas
Bronzenoc:	SUI
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The women's 800 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10, 11 and 12 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 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		2:00.81	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	12 April 2018

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3		align=left		2:05.08	Q
2	1		align=left		2:05.13	Q
3	5		align=left		2:05.18	Q
4	1		align=left		2:05.27	Q
5	3		align=left		2:05.63	Q
6	3		align=left		2:05.72	Q
7	1		align=left		2:06.34	Q
8	3		align=left		2:06.41	Q
9	1		align=left		2:06.84	Q
10	5		align=left		2:07.24	Q
11	5		align=left		2:07.31	Q
12	5		align=left		2:07.43	Q
13	5		align=left		2:07.75	q
14	5		align=left		2:07.87	q
15	2		align=left		2:08.26	Q
16	2		align=left		2:08.57	Q
17	2		align=left		2:08.89	Q
18	3		align=left		2:09.27	q
19	5		align=left		2:09.59	q
20	1		align=left		2:09.81
21	1		align=left		2:09.82
22	2		align=left		2:09.88	Q
23	3		align=left		2:10.05
24	1		align=left		2:10.08
25	2		align=left		2:10.13
26	2		align=left		2:10.50
27	4		align=left		2:11.30	Q
28	4		align=left		2:11.43	Q
29	4		align=left		2:11.52	Q
30	3		align=left		2:11.52
31	4		align=left		2:11.61	Q
32	4		align=left		2:11.82
33	4		align=left		2:12.04
34	2		align=left		2:12.31
35	1		align=left		2:12.38
36	3		align=left		2:12.76
37	4		align=left		2:12.91
38	2		align=left		2:19.84
	5		align=left

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2		align=left		2:01.89	Q
2	1		align=left		2:01.96	Q
3	1		align=left		2:02.12	Q,
4	3		align=left		2:03.19	Q,
5	2		align=left		2:03.20	Q,
6	3		align=left		2:03.36	Q,
7	3		align=left		2:03.37	q
8	1		align=left		2:03.44	q,
9	2		align=left		2:03.72
10	3		align=left		2:03.95
11	1		align=left		2:03.95
12	2		align=left		2:04.59
13	2		align=left		2:04.81
14	3		align=left		2:05.35
15	3		align=left		2:06.53
16	3		align=left		2:06.60
17	2		align=left		2:06.85
18	1		align=left		2:06.91
19	1		align=left		2:08.02
20	2		align=left		2:08.16
21	1		align=left		2:09.85
22	2		align=left		2:10.66
23	3		align=left		2:10.70
24	1		align=left		2:11.49

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3		align=left		1:59.74
	8		align=left		2:01.13
	6		align=left		2:01.29
4	1		align=left		2:01.90
5	4		align=left		2:02.80
6	5		align=left		2:03.57
7	7		align=left		2:04.08
8	2		align=left		2:04.61

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 World U20 Championships Tampere Timetable by day. 9 July 2018 . IAAF.org.
2. Web site: 800 Metres Women – Round 1 – Summary . IAAF. 16 July 2018.
3. Web site: 800 Metres Women – Semi-Final – Summary . IAAF. 16 July 2018.
4. Web site: 800 Metres Women – Final – Summary . IAAF. 16 July 2018.