1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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1988 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
5000 m walkwomen
10,000 m walkmen
Road events
20 kmmen
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High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The women's 800 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 July.[1][2]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Birthe Bruhns
 East Germany
Silver Catalina Gheorghiu
 Romania
Bronze Dorota Buczkowska
 Poland

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

29 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Birthe Bruhns  East Germany 2:00.67
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Catalina Gheorghiu  Romania 2:01.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dorota Buczkowska  Poland 2:02.94
4 Olga Burkanova  Soviet Union 2:04.94
5 Carol Holmen  Canada 2:06.60
6 Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia 2:07.56
7 Luminita Avasiloaie  Romania 2:07.61
8 Daniele Steinecke  East Germany 2:08.18

Semifinals[edit]

28 July

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Birthe Bruhns  East Germany 2:06.08 Q
2 Catalina Gheorghiu  Romania 2:06.33 Q
3 Olga Burkanova  Soviet Union 2:06.74 Q
4 Lizzy Immesoete  Belgium 2:06.84
5 Helena Zímová  Czechoslovakia 2:07.21
6 Carla Sacramento  Portugal 2:07.24
7 Paula Fryer  United Kingdom 2:09.04
8 Erzsebet Todorán  Hungary 2:09.99

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia 2:05.43 Q
2 Dorota Buczkowska  Poland 2:05.68 Q
3 Daniele Steinecke  East Germany 2:06.15 Q
4 Luminita Avasiloaie  Romania 2:06.38 q
5 Carol Holmen  Canada 2:06.64 q
6 Daniela Di Santo  Italy 2:07.68
7 Mónika Balint  Hungary 2:08.33
8 Shola Lynch  United States 2:09.80

Heats[edit]

27 July

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Snežana Pajkić  Yugoslavia 2:05.96 Q
2 Olga Burkanova  Soviet Union 2:06.21 Q
3 Mónika Balint  Hungary 2:06.45 Q
4 Carol Holmen  Canada 2:06.80 q
5 Paula Fryer  United Kingdom 2:07.20 q
6 Ausa Mwendachabe  Zambia 2:14.72
7 Olga Zapeda  Honduras 2:34.73

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Daniele Steinecke  East Germany 2:07.18 Q
2 Helena Zímová  Czechoslovakia 2:07.22 Q
3 Luminita Avasiloaie  Romania 2:07.42 Q
4 Grete Slettom  Norway 2:07.69
5 Nathalie Rouillard  Canada 2:07.88
6 Mireille Sankaatsing  Suriname 2:11.47

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lizzy Immesoete  Belgium 2:09.34 Q
2 Catalina Gheorghiu  Romania 2:09.60 Q
3 Dorota Buczkowska  Poland 2:10.45 Q
4 Marlen Estévez  Cuba 2:11.73
5 Chandel Marion  United States 2:17.57
Lorie Ann Adams  Guyana DQ
Célia dos Santos  Brazil DQ

Heat 4[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Birthe Bruhns  East Germany 2:06.73 Q
2 Erzsebet Todorán  Hungary 2:07.12 Q
3 Carla Sacramento  Portugal 2:07.15 Q
4 Daniela Di Santo  Italy 2:07.18 q
5 Shola Lynch  United States 2:07.52 q
6 Alma Leticia Jiménez  Guatemala 2:07.54
Sonia Escalera  Puerto Rico DQ

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 April 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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