1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28, 29 and 31 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Olga Mikayeva  Russia
Silver	Nancy Jebet Langat  Kenya
Bronze	Naomi Misoi  Kenya

Results

Final

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olga Mikayeva	Russia	2:05.34
	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:05.43
	Naomi Misoi	Kenya	2:05.77
4	Liu Qifang	China	2:06.44
5	Mihaela Stancescu	Romania	2:06.90
6	Josiane Tito	Brazil	2:07.52
7	Jeannette Hoffmann	Germany	2:07.91
8	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	2:08.39

Semifinals

29 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olga Mikayeva	Russia	2:06.50	Q
2	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:06.76	Q
3	Mihaela Stancescu	Romania	2:07.00	Q
4	Lindsay Hyatt	United States	2:07.15
5	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	2:07.24
6	Ludivine Michel	Belgium	2:07.27
7	Juliane Becker	Germany	2:08.91
8	Reina Sasaki	Japan	2:11.09

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Naomi Misoi	Kenya	2:05.38	Q
2	Jeannette Hoffmann	Germany	2:05.43	Q
3	Liu Qifang	China	2:05.44	Q
4	Josiane Tito	Brazil	2:05.52	q
5	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	2:05.80	q
6	Ryoko Takezawa	Japan	2:06.37
7	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	2:08.10
8	Hanan Khiouich	Morocco	2:13.78

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	2:10.10	Q
2	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:10.11	Q
3	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	2:10.75	Q
4	Iris Fuentes-Pila	Spain	2:11.07
5	Lena Nilsson	Sweden	2:11.33
6	Stephanie Schoeman	South Africa	2:12.25
7	Motselisi Anna Mojaki	Lesotho	2:15.85

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olga Mikayeva	Russia	2:06.57	Q
2	Mihaela Stancescu	Romania	2:06.77	Q
3	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	2:07.48	Q
4	Josiane Tito	Brazil	2:07.98	q
5	Karla Burger	Namibia	2:10.39
6	Lee Ya-Hui	Chinese Taipei	2:10.43
7	Courtney Inman	Canada	2:10.62

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Naomi Misoi	Kenya	2:08.00	Q
2	Jeannette Hoffmann	Germany	2:08.51	Q
3	Hanan Khiouich	Morocco	2:09.03	Q
4	Ryoko Takezawa	Japan	2:09.21	q
5	Lauren Elms	Australia	2:11.85
6	Kelly Edge	New Zealand	2:13.13

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ludivine Michel	Belgium	2:05.62	Q
2	Liu Qifang	China	2:06.28	Q
3	Lindsay Hyatt	United States	2:06.30	Q
4	Juliane Becker	Germany	2:06.36	q
5	Reina Sasaki	Japan	2:09.63	q
6	Melissa de Leon	Trinidad and Tobago	2:12.06
7	Ramomene Boikhutso	Botswana	2:18.45

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Botswana (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  China (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Kyrgyzstan (1)
•  Lesotho (1)
•  Morocco (1)
•  Namibia (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•  United States (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015