The women's 800 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.
Medalists Gold Liu Li Silver Maria Magdalena Nedelcu Bronze Aurica Rautu
Results Final 10 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Liu Li 2:03.95 Maria Magdalena Nedelcu 2:04.52 Aurica Rautu 2:04.78 4 Carla Sacramento 2:04.83 5 Larisa Popova 2:05.65 6 Qu Yunxia 2:06.60 7 Fabia Trabaldo 2:06.95 8 Patricia Djaté 2:09.26
Semifinals 9 August
Semifinal 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Liu Li 2:05.98 Q 2 Carla Sacramento 2:06.85 Q 3 Maria Magdalena Nedelcu 2:06.95 Q 4 Fabia Trabaldo 2:07.09 Q 5 Toni Hodgkinson 2:08.38 6 Anne Bruns 2:08.84 7 Stella Jongmans 2:09.89 8 Evelyn Musonda 2:13.84
Semifinal 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Qu Yunxia 2:04.09 Q 2 Aurica Rautu 2:04.57 Q 3 Patricia Djaté 2:05.05 Q 4 Larisa Popova 2:06.77 Q 5 Natalie Tait 2:08.55 6 Irma Betancourt 2:09.15 7 Maria Taneva 2:14.07 Inez Turner DQ
Heats 8 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Liu Li 2:07.41 Q 2 Natalie Tait 2:08.18 Q 3 Patricia Djaté 2:08.33 Q 4 Maria Taneva 2:09.63 q 5 Evelyn Musonda 2:10.64 q 6 Emebet Shiferaw 2:16.02 7 Elizabeth Tungaraza 2:18.25
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Maria Magdalena Nedelcu 2:11.38 Q 2 Anne Bruns 2:11.45 Q 3 Irma Betancourt 2:11.47 Q 4 Sophie Scamps 2:11.77 5 Najat Ouali 2:11.90 6 Kimberly Toney 2:12.26 7 Amna Abakar 2:28.59
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aurica Rautu 2:10.39 Q 2 Stella Jongmans 2:10.50 Q 3 Carla Sacramento 2:10.56 Q 4 Qu Yunxia 2:10.76 q 5 Séverine Foulon 2:10.88 6 Ursula Friedmann 2:12.71 Egigayehu Worku DQ IAAF rule 141.3
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Larisa Popova 2:06.61 Q 2 Inez Turner 2:06.69 Q 3 Fabia Trabaldo 2:06.79 Q 4 Toni Hodgkinson 2:07.04 q 5 Pavlina Neycheva 2:13.35
Participation According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
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