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

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

Results

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Final

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10 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Liu Li  China 2:03.95
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maria Magdalena Nedelcu  Romania 2:04.52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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9 August

Semifinal 1

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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

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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

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8 August

Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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