# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8, 9 and 11 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Elena Mirela Lavric Romania |
| Silver | Merve Aydın Turkey |
| Bronze | Machteld Mulder Netherlands |

## Results
### Final

11 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Elena Mirela Lavric | Romania | 2:00.06 |
| | Merve Aydın | Turkey | 2:00.92 |
| | Machteld Mulder | Netherlands | 2:02.05 |
| 4 | Alison Leonard | United Kingdom | 2:02.15 |
| 5 | Winny Chebet | Kenya | 2:04.13 |
| 6 | Sofia Öberg | Sweden | 2:05.07 |
| 7 | Trychelle Kingdom | Australia | 2:06.84 |
| 8 | Amina Bakhit | Sudan | 2:10.71 |

### Semifinals

9 July

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Merve Aydın | Turkey | 2:06.94 | Q |
| 2 | Machteld Mulder | Netherlands | 2:07.91 | Q |
| 3 | Stefanie Barmet | Switzerland | 2:08.70 | |
| 4 | Angie Smit | New Zealand | 2:08.73 | |
| 5 | Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi | Kenya | 2:08.83 | |
| 6 | Lynsey Sharp | United Kingdom | 2:09.00 | |
| 7 | Yekaterina Zavyalova | Russia | 2:10.07 | |
| 8 | Natalija Piliušina | Lithuania | 2:10.90 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elena Mirela Lavric | Romania | 2:05.10 | Q |
| 2 | Trychelle Kingdom | Australia | 2:05.66 | Q |
| 3 | Tintu Luka | India | 2:06.51 | |
| 4 | Jessica Parry | Canada | 2:06.72 | |
| 5 | Juana Méndez | Cuba | 2:06.91 | |
| 6 | Jessica Zeidler | Germany | 2:07.43 | |
| 7 | Khadija Afrayat | Morocco | 2:11.46 | |
| 8 | Djeneba Camara | France | 2:15.26 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alison Leonard | United Kingdom | 2:04.07 | Q |
| 2 | Winny Chebet | Kenya | 2:04.42 | Q |
| 3 | Amina Bakhit | Sudan | 2:05.06 | q |
| 4 | Sofia Öberg | Sweden | 2:05.43 | q |
| 5 | Volha Rulevich | Belarus | 2:05.65 | |
| 6 | Anne Kesselring | Germany | 2:06.66 | |
| 7 | Bindu Simon Rajam | India | 2:10.28 | |
| 8 | Katarina Zarudnaya | Russia | 2:10.69 | |

### Heats

8 July

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elena Mirela Lavric | Romania | 2:09.68 | Q |
| 2 | Winny Chebet | Kenya | 2:09.92 | Q |
| 3 | Stefanie Barmet | Switzerland | 2:10.06 | Q |
| 4 | Natalija Piliušina | Lithuania | 2:10.39 | Q |
| 5 | Eléni Theodorakopou | Greece | 2:10.79 | |
| 6 | Olga Bibik | Ukraine | 2:10.80 | |
| 7 | Jessica Smith | Canada | 2:11.26 | |
| 8 | Meliha Erdogan | Turkey | 2:15.27 | |
| 9 | Kim Baglietto | Gibraltar | 2:21.07 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Amina Bakhit | Sudan | 2:08.16 | Q |
| 2 | Djeneba Camara | France | 2:08.26 | Q |
| 3 | Alison Leonard | United Kingdom | 2:08.26 | Q |
| 4 | Katarina Zarudnaya | Russia | 2:08.27 | Q |
| 5 | Anne Kesselring | Germany | 2:08.33 | q |
| 6 | Tintu Luka | India | 2:09.20 | q |
| 7 | Sianne Toemoe | Australia | 2:09.48 | |
| 8 | Ciara Everard | Ireland | 2:09.85 | |
| 9 | Camilla Dencer | United States | 2:10.32 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sofia Öberg | Sweden | 2:08.16 | Q |
| 2 | Machteld Mulder | Netherlands | 2:09.10 | Q |
| 3 | Khadija Afrayat | Morocco | 2:09.34 | Q |
| 4 | Bindu Simon Rajam | India | 2:09.51 | Q |
| 5 | Natoya Goule | Jamaica | 2:09.55 | |
| 6 | Medina Kadir | Ethiopia | 2:10.15 | |
| 7 | Heidi Pappila | Finland | 2:11.23 | |
| 8 | Alicja Benedyk | Poland | 2:11.92 | |
| | Rana Masood | Palestine | DNF | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Merve Aydın | Turkey | 2:06.89 | Q |
| 2 | Trychelle Kingdom | Australia | 2:07.77 | Q |
| 3 | Yekaterina Zavyalova | Russia | 2:07.77 | Q |
| 4 | Angie Smit | New Zealand | 2:08.15 | Q |
| 5 | Jessica Zeidler | Germany | 2:08.83 | q |
| 6 | Ruriko Kubo | Japan | 2:09.70 | |
| 7 | Caster Semenya | South Africa | 2:11.98 | |
| 8 | Sarah McCurdy | United States | 2:12.67 | |
| 9 | Ehssan Arbab | Sudan | 2:13.22 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jessica Parry | Canada | 2:08.20 | Q |
| 2 | Volha Rulevich | Belarus | 2:08.49 | Q |
| 3 | Juana Méndez | Cuba | 2:08.60 | Q |
| 4 | Lynsey Sharp | United Kingdom | 2:08.80 | Q |
| 5 | Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi | Kenya | 2:09.23 | q |
| 6 | Florina Pierdevara | Romania | 2:09.55 | |
| 7 | Sheto Wencha | Ethiopia | 2:12.06 | |
| 8 | Marina Puhach | Ukraine | 2:12.44 | |
| 9 | Magdalena Stankiewicz | Poland | 2:15.02 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (2)
* Belarus (1)
* Canada (2)
* Cuba (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Greece (1)
* India (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Poland (2)
* Romania (2)
* Russia (2)
* South Africa (1)
* Sudan (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (2)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)