# 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia from 1 to 3 August 2022.
42 athletes from 29 countries were originally entered to the competition. However; Sanae Hasnaoui from Morocco, Ramot Abike Jimoh from Nigeria and Tharushi Dissanayaka from Sri Lanka did not participated, while the third runner entered by the United States, Michaela Rose, was unable to compete since only two athletes per member nation can compete in each event.

## Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nationality | Mark | Location | Date |
| World U20 Record | Pamela Jelimo (KEN) | 1:54.01 | Zürich, Switzerland | 29 August 2008 |
| Championship Record | Diribe Welteji (ETH) | 1:59.74 | Tampere, Finland | 12 July 2018 |
| World U20 Leading | Juliette Whittaker (USA) | 1:59.04 | Eugene, United States | 25 June 2022 |

## Results
### Round 1

Round 1 took place on 1 August, with the 38 athletes involved being split into 5 heats, 3 heats of 8 athletes and 2 of 7. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified to the semi-final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Juliette Whittaker | United States | 2:04.92 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Dilek Koçak | Turkey | 2:05.37 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Hayley Kitching | Australia | 2:05.48 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Invida Mauriņa | Latvia | 2:05.65 | Q PB |
| 5 | 2 | Ksanet Alem | Ethiopia | 2:05.77 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Nelly Chepchirchir | Kenya | 2:06.66 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Veronika Sadek | Slovenia | 2:07.10 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Anne Gine Løvnes | Norway | 2:07.24 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Abigail Ives | Great Britain | 2:07.35 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Veera Mattila | Finland | 2:07.36 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Evaline Kipkirwok | Kenya | 2:07.69 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Celine van Heerikhuize | Netherlands | 2:07.78 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Valentina Rosamilia | Switzerland | 2:07.94 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | Claudia Hollingsworth | Australia | 2:08.21 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Lamiae Mamouni | Morocco | 2:08.27 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Martina Canazza | Italy | 2:08.69 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Ashakiran Barla | India | 2:09.01 | q |
| 18 | 1 | Hallee Knelsen | Canada | 2:09.09 | |
| 19 | 5 | Audrey Werro | Switzerland | 2:09.49 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | Wezam Tesfay | Ethiopia | 2:09.67 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Roisin Willis | United States | 2:09.68 | Q |
| 22 | 5 | Lova Perman | Sweden | 2:09.92 | Q |
| 23 | 5 | Ronja Koskela | Finland | 2:10.05 | Q |
| 24 | 4 | Macey Hilton | New Zealand | 2:10.29 | Q |
| 25 | 5 | Cosina Ermert | Germany | 2:10.36 | |
| 26 | 4 | Petja Klojčnik | Slovenia | 2:10.40 | Q |
| 27 | 4 | Iris Downes | Great Britain | 2:10.56 | |
| 28 | 4 | Avery Pearson | Canada | 2:10.94 | |
| 29 | 3 | Anita Poma | Peru | 2:11.14 | |
| 30 | 5 | Marli Dimond | South Africa | 2:11.60 | |
| 31 | 2 | Maureen Chebet | Uganda | 2:12.25 | |
| 32 | 4 | Laita Sandilea | India | 2:12.38 | |
| 33 | 2 | Ainuska Kalil Kyzy | Kyrgyzstan | 2:12.42 | PB |
| 34 | 3 | Izandri Jacobs | South Africa | 2:12.83 | |
| 35 | 2 | Karol Mosquera | Colombia | 2:14.19 | PB |
| 36 | 5 | Rushana Dwyer | Jamaica | 2:14.23 | |
| 37 | 1 | Scholastica Herman | Papua New Guinea | 2:15.89 | PB |
| 38 | 5 | Yaxury Guido | Nicaragua | 2:21.14 | |

### Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 2 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified to the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Audrey Werro | Switzerland | 2:01.25 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Veronika Sadek | Slovenia | 2:01.65 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Abigail Ives | Great Britain | 2:01.92 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Juliette Whittaker | United States | 2:01.92 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Nelly Chepchirchir | Kenya | 2:02.03 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Hayley Kitching | Australia | 2:02.12 PB | q |
| 7 | 3 | Roisin Willis | United States | 2:02.49 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Ksanet Alem | Ethiopia | 2:03.44 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Dilek Koçak | Turkey | 2:04.06 PB | |
| 10 | 3 | Valentina Rosamilia | Switzerland | 2:04.64 | |
| 11 | 2 | Lova Perman | Sweden | 2:04.92 | |
| 12 | 3 | Petja Klojčnik | Slovenia | 2:06.42 | |
| 13 | 1 | Lamiae Mamouni | Morocco | 2:06.62 | |
| 14 | 2 | Anne Gine Løvnes | Norway | 2:06.78 | |
| 15 | 3 | Ashakiran Barla | India | 2:06.86 | |
| 16 | 3 | Ronja Koskela | Finland | 2:07.21 | |
| 17 | 3 | Evaline Kipkirwok | Kenya | 2:07.40 | |
| 18 | 1 | Wezam Tesfay | Ethiopia | 2:07.62 | |
| 19 | 2 | Invida Mauriņa | Latvia | 2:09.12 | |
| 20 | 1 | Martina Canazza | Italy | 2:11.01 | |
| 21 | 1 | Celine van Heerikhuize | Netherlands | 2:11.89 | |
| 22 | 2 | Macey Hilton | New Zealand | 2:12.29 | |
| | 1 | Veera Mattila | Finland | DNF | DNF |
| | 3 | Claudia Hollingsworth | Australia | DQ | DQ |

### Final

The final (originally scheduled at 18:10) was started at 20:11 on 3 August. The results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Roisin Willis | United States | 1:59.13 | CR |
| | Audrey Werro | Switzerland | 1:59.53 | NU20R |
| | Juliette Whittaker | United States | 2:00.18 | |
| 4 | Nelly Chepchirchir | Kenya | 2:01.42 | PB |
| 5 | Veronika Sadek | Slovenia | 2:02.78 | |
| 6 | Abigail Ives | Great Britain | 2:02.89 | |
| 7 | Hayley Kitching | Australia | 2:03.44 | |
| 8 | Ksanet Alem | Ethiopia | 2:03.62 | |