2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 800 metres

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 GoldSilverBronzeAjeé Wilson Wang Chunyu Jessica Judd

Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best1:57.18Beijing, China 8 September 1993Championship Record2:01.67Bressanone, Italy12 July 2009World Youth Leading2:02.04Clovis, United States4 June 2011

Heats Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Agatha Jeruto 2:07.80 Q, PB 2 2 Manal El-Bahraoui 2:08.63 Q 3 3 Sahily Diago 2:10.68 Q 4 5 Thato Makhafola 2:10.83 Q 5 7 Dagmar Fæster Olsen 2:10.98 6 8 Ailin Funes 2:11.50 7 6 Valērija Linkeviča 2:12.65 8 1 Abike Funmilola Egbeniyi 2:15.30

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Alem Gereziher 2:06.72 Q, PB 2 8 Jessica Judd 2:07.35 Q 3 7 Akiho Fukuzato 2:07.64 Q, PB 4 1 Julia Zrinyi 2:08.24 Q, PB 5 6 Camille Laplace 2:08.95 q, PB 6 4 Iuliana Chelaru 2:13.30 7 2 Marta Frechilla 2:13.63 8 5 Domingas Tchiaca 2:32.78 PB

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 Wang Chunyu 2:06.19 Q, PB 2 3 Miho Nakata 2:07.72 Q 3 5 Amy Weissenbach 2:08.09 Q 4 1 Sofiya Shemsu 2:10.29 Q 5 4 Betty Strandberg 2:10.54 q 6 2 Maria Florea 2:12.98 7 6 Sonia Gaskin 2:14.66

Heat 4 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 8 Ajeé Wilson 2:14.07 Q 2 6 Katie Snowden 2:14.10 Q 3 2 Marleena Eubanks 2:14.32 Q 4 1 Nataliya Pryshchepa 2:14.35 Q 5 3 Sofia Ennaoui 2:14.73 6 7 Winta Berhane 2:15.16 PB 7 5 Jenna Westaway 2:15.34 8 4 Katrine Reinholdt Rasmussen 2:17.37

Heat 5 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Christine Gess 2:09.18 Q 2 3 Olena Sidorska 2:09.27 Q, SB 3 4 Camilla De Bleecker 2:09.58 Q 4 6 Simoya Campbell 2:09.62 Q 5 7 Linda Cheruiyot 2:09.86 q, PB 6 8 Jenny Blundell 2:10.72 q 7 5 Halimah Nakaayi 2:13.59 8 2 Emilija Milanović 2:16.34

Semifinals Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Wang Chunyu 2:05.13 Q, PB 2 4 Christine Gess 2:05.62 Q 3 3 Alem Gereziher 2:06.34 q, PB 4 7 Julia Zrinyi 2:06.78 PB 5 6 Sahily Diago 2:08.25 6 8 Nataliya Pryshchepa 2:08.30 7 2 Camille Laplace 2:09.75 8 1 Linda Cheruiyot 2:11.20

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Katie Snowden 2:05.67 Q 2 3 Amy Weissenbach 2:05.84 Q 3 4 Akiho Fukuzato 2:07.02 PB 4 8 Agatha Jeruto 2:07.52 PB 5 7 Jenny Blundell 2:09.15 6 2 Thato Makhafola 2:12.02 7 6 Simoya Campbell 2:15.22 8 1 Sofiya Shemsu 2:15.58

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Ajeé Wilson 2:03.17 Q, PB 2 3 Jessica Judd 2:03.80 Q 3 6 Manal El-Bahraoui 2:06.56 q 4 5 Miho Nakata 2:07.17 5 2 Olena Sidorska 2:07.20 SB 6 1 Betty Strandberg 2:10.90 7 8 Marleena Eubanks 2:12.47 8 7 Camilla De Bleecker 2:16.40

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Ajeé Wilson 2:02.64 PB 7 Wang Chunyu 2:03.23 PB 5 Jessica Judd 2:03.43 4 6 Amy Weissenbach 2:03.59 5 2 Alem Gereziher 2:04.59 PB 6 1 Manal El-Bahraoui 2:04.80 PB 7 8 Katie Snowden 2:05.64 8 4 Christine Gess 2:05.66

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