2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 800 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 18 August.

Medalists

Gold	Olga Cristea Moldova
Silver	Winny Chebet Kenya
Bronze	Rebekah Noble United States

Results

Final

18 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olga Cristea	Moldova	2:04.52
	Winny Chebet	Kenya	2:04.59
	Rebekah Noble	United States	2:04.90
4	Natalya Lupu	Ukraine	2:05.05
5	Anzhelika Shevchenko	Ukraine	2:05.23
6	Aleksandra Uvarova	Russia	2:05.43
7	Aïcha Rezig	Algeria	2:06.22
8	Elizet Banda	Zambia	2:07.71

Semifinals

16 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalya Lupu	Ukraine	2:06.37	Q
2	Winny Chebet	Kenya	2:06.41	Q
3	Emma Jackson	United Kingdom	2:06.43
4	Shannon Leinert	United States	2:07.67
5	Agnieszka Sowinska	Poland	2:08.47
6	Antonija Zalac	Croatia	2:11.19
7	Ruriko Kubo	Japan	2:11.47
8	Boglárka Bozzay	Hungary	2:14.08

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anzhelika Shevchenko	Ukraine	2:05.04	Q
2	Aïcha Rezig	Algeria	2:05.45	Q
3	Rebekah Noble	United States	2:05.56	q
4	Ayako Jinnouchi	Japan	2:05.63
5	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco	2:07.07
6	Veera Duman	Estonia	2:11.48
7	Muriel Coneo	Colombia	2:13.15
8	Machteld Mulder	Netherlands	2:15.17

Semifinal 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olga Cristea	Moldova	2:04.76	Q
2	Aleksandra Uvarova	Russia	2:05.02	Q
3	Elizet Banda	Zambia	2:05.57	q
4	Zoe Buckman	Australia	2:05.60
5	Danielle Christmas	United Kingdom	2:07.26
6	Annett Horna	Germany	2:07.54
7	Frida Flodström	Sweden	2:09.34
8	Flavious Teresa Kwamboka	Kenya	2:12.41

Heats

15 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elizet Banda	Zambia	2:08.60	Q
2	Rebekah Noble	United States	2:08.97	Q
3	Agnieszka Sowinska	Poland	2:08.97	Q
4	Zoe Buckman	Australia	2:09.02	Q
5	Anne Kesselring	Germany	2:10.09
6	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	2:10.20
7	Cristina Guevara	Mexico	2:18.59

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Emma Jackson	United Kingdom	2:05.68	Q
2	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco	2:06.85	Q
3	Annett Horna	Germany	2:07.78	Q
4	Flavious Teresa Kwamboka	Kenya	2:08.13	Q
5	Huang Jing	China	2:08.69
6	Jhuma Khatun	India	2:12.31
7	Elena Batrinu	Romania	2:13.29
8	Merve Aydın	Turkey	2:17.16

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Anzhelika Shevchenko	Ukraine	2:06.08	Q
2	Winny Chebet	Kenya	2:06.43	Q
3	Aïcha Rezig	Algeria	2:06.92	Q
4	Antonija Zalac	Croatia	2:07.09	Q
5	Shannon Leinert	United States	2:07.24	q
6	Muriel Coneo	Colombia	2:08.05	q
6	Veera Duman	Estonia	2:08.05	q
8	Angela Wagner	South Africa	2:08.51

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aleksandra Uvarova	Russia	2:06.19	Q
2	Ruriko Kubo	Japan	2:06.84	Q
3	Machteld Mulder	Netherlands	2:06.91	Q
4	Frida Flodström	Sweden	2:07.12	Q
5	Boglárka Bozzay	Hungary	2:07.87	q
6	Tong Xiaomei	China	2:09.26
7	María Panou	Greece	2:12.88

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalya Lupu	Ukraine	2:07.54	Q
2	Olga Cristea	Moldova	2:07.56	Q
3	Ayako Jinnouchi	Japan	2:07.71	Q
4	Danielle Christmas	United Kingdom	2:08.53	Q
5	Maryna Katovich	Belarus	2:09.30
6	Irina Zudikhina	Uzbekistan	2:09.65
7	Cyndie Sabattini	France	2:11.52

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

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