1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Liu Li  China
Silver	Maria Magdalena Nedelcu  Romania
Bronze	Aurica Rautu  Romania

Results

Final

10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Liu Li	China	2:03.95
	Maria Magdalena Nedelcu	Romania	2:04.52
	Aurica Rautu	Romania	2:04.78
4	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	2:04.83
5	Larisa Popova	Soviet Union	2:05.65
6	Qu Yunxia	China	2:06.60
7	Fabia Trabaldo	Italy	2:06.95
8	Patricia Djaté	France	2:09.26

Semifinals

9 August

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Liu Li	China	2:05.98	Q
2	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	2:06.85	Q
3	Maria Magdalena Nedelcu	Romania	2:06.95	Q
4	Fabia Trabaldo	Italy	2:07.09	Q
5	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	2:08.38
6	Anne Bruns	West Germany	2:08.84
7	Stella Jongmans	Netherlands	2:09.89
8	Evelyn Musonda	Zambia	2:13.84

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Qu Yunxia	China	2:04.09	Q
2	Aurica Rautu	Romania	2:04.57	Q
3	Patricia Djaté	France	2:05.05	Q
4	Larisa Popova	Soviet Union	2:06.77	Q
5	Natalie Tait	United Kingdom	2:08.55
6	Irma Betancourt	Mexico	2:09.15
7	Maria Taneva	Bulgaria	2:14.07
	Inez Turner	Jamaica	DQ

Heats

8 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Liu Li	China	2:07.41	Q
2	Natalie Tait	United Kingdom	2:08.18	Q
3	Patricia Djaté	France	2:08.33	Q
4	Maria Taneva	Bulgaria	2:09.63	q
5	Evelyn Musonda	Zambia	2:10.64	q
6	Emebet Shiferaw	Ethiopia	2:16.02
7	Elizabeth Tungaraza	Tanzania	2:18.25

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maria Magdalena Nedelcu	Romania	2:11.38	Q
2	Anne Bruns	West Germany	2:11.45	Q
3	Irma Betancourt	Mexico	2:11.47	Q
4	Sophie Scamps	Australia	2:11.77
5	Najat Ouali	Morocco	2:11.90
6	Kimberly Toney	United States	2:12.26
7	Amna Abakar	Sudan	2:28.59

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aurica Rautu	Romania	2:10.39	Q
2	Stella Jongmans	Netherlands	2:10.50	Q
3	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	2:10.56	Q
4	Qu Yunxia	China	2:10.76	q
5	Séverine Foulon	France	2:10.88
6	Ursula Friedmann	West Germany	2:12.71
	Egigayehu Worku	Ethiopia	DQ	IAAF rule 141.3

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Larisa Popova	Soviet Union	2:06.61	Q
2	Inez Turner	Jamaica	2:06.69	Q
3	Fabia Trabaldo	Italy	2:06.79	Q
4	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	2:07.04	q
5	Pavlina Neycheva	Bulgaria	2:13.35

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Bulgaria (2)
•  China (2)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  France (2)
•  Italy (1)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Romania (2)
•  Soviet Union (1)
•  Sudan (1)
•  Tanzania (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (1)
•  West Germany (2)
•  Zambia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12". WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"). Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015