# 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 800 metres

The girls' 800 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 7, 8 and 10 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Ajeé Wilson United States | Wang Chunyu China | Jessica Judd Great Britain |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Wang Yuan (CHN) | 1:57.18 | Beijing, China | 8 September 1993 |
| Championship Record | Cherono Koech (KEN) | 2:01.67 | Bressanone, Italy | 12 July 2009 |
| World Youth Leading | Amy Weissenbach (USA) | 2:02.04 | Clovis, United States | 4 June 2011 |

## Heats

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Agatha Jeruto | Kenya | 2:07.80 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Manal El-Bahraoui | Morocco | 2:08.63 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Sahily Diago | Cuba | 2:10.68 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Thato Makhafola | South Africa | 2:10.83 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Dagmar Fæster Olsen | Denmark | 2:10.98 | |
| 6 | 8 | Ailin Funes | Argentina | 2:11.50 | |
| 7 | 6 | Valērija Linkeviča | Latvia | 2:12.65 | |
| 8 | 1 | Abike Funmilola Egbeniyi | Nigeria | 2:15.30 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Alem Gereziher | Ethiopia | 2:06.72 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 8 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain | 2:07.35 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Akiho Fukuzato | Japan | 2:07.64 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Julia Zrinyi | Canada | 2:08.24 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 6 | Camille Laplace | France | 2:08.95 | q, PB |
| 6 | 4 | Iuliana Chelaru | Romania | 2:13.30 | |
| 7 | 2 | Marta Frechilla | Spain | 2:13.63 | |
| 8 | 5 | Domingas Tchiaca | Angola | 2:32.78 | PB |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Wang Chunyu | China | 2:06.19 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 3 | Miho Nakata | Japan | 2:07.72 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Amy Weissenbach | United States | 2:08.09 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Sofiya Shemsu | Ethiopia | 2:10.29 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Betty Strandberg | Sweden | 2:10.54 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Maria Florea | Romania | 2:12.98 | |
| 7 | 6 | Sonia Gaskin | Barbados | 2:14.66 | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Ajeé Wilson | United States | 2:14.07 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Katie Snowden | Great Britain | 2:14.10 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Marleena Eubanks | Jamaica | 2:14.32 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Nataliya Pryshchepa | Ukraine | 2:14.35 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Sofia Ennaoui | Poland | 2:14.73 | |
| 6 | 7 | Winta Berhane | Eritrea | 2:15.16 | PB |
| 7 | 5 | Jenna Westaway | Canada | 2:15.34 | |
| 8 | 4 | Katrine Reinholdt Rasmussen | Denmark | 2:17.37 | |

### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Christine Gess | Germany | 2:09.18 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Olena Sidorska | Ukraine | 2:09.27 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | Camilla De Bleecker | Belgium | 2:09.58 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Simoya Campbell | Jamaica | 2:09.62 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Linda Cheruiyot | Kenya | 2:09.86 | q, PB |
| 6 | 8 | Jenny Blundell | Australia | 2:10.72 | q |
| 7 | 5 | Halimah Nakaayi | Uganda | 2:13.59 | |
| 8 | 2 | Emilija Milanović | Serbia | 2:16.34 | |

## Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Wang Chunyu | China | 2:05.13 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Christine Gess | Germany | 2:05.62 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Alem Gereziher | Ethiopia | 2:06.34 | q, PB |
| 4 | 7 | Julia Zrinyi | Canada | 2:06.78 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | Sahily Diago | Cuba | 2:08.25 | |
| 6 | 8 | Nataliya Pryshchepa | Ukraine | 2:08.30 | |
| 7 | 2 | Camille Laplace | France | 2:09.75 | |
| 8 | 1 | Linda Cheruiyot | Kenya | 2:11.20 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Katie Snowden | Great Britain | 2:05.67 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Amy Weissenbach | United States | 2:05.84 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Akiho Fukuzato | Japan | 2:07.02 | PB |
| 4 | 8 | Agatha Jeruto | Kenya | 2:07.52 | PB |
| 5 | 7 | Jenny Blundell | Australia | 2:09.15 | |
| 6 | 2 | Thato Makhafola | South Africa | 2:12.02 | |
| 7 | 6 | Simoya Campbell | Jamaica | 2:15.22 | |
| 8 | 1 | Sofiya Shemsu | Ethiopia | 2:15.58 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ajeé Wilson | United States | 2:03.17 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 3 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain | 2:03.80 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Manal El-Bahraoui | Morocco | 2:06.56 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Miho Nakata | Japan | 2:07.17 | |
| 5 | 2 | Olena Sidorska | Ukraine | 2:07.20 | SB |
| 6 | 1 | Betty Strandberg | Sweden | 2:10.90 | |
| 7 | 8 | Marleena Eubanks | Jamaica | 2:12.47 | |
| 8 | 7 | Camilla De Bleecker | Belgium | 2:16.40 | |

## Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Ajeé Wilson | United States | 2:02.64 | PB |
| | 7 | Wang Chunyu | China | 2:03.23 | PB |
| | 5 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain | 2:03.43 | |
| 4 | 6 | Amy Weissenbach | United States | 2:03.59 | |
| 5 | 2 | Alem Gereziher | Ethiopia | 2:04.59 | PB |
| 6 | 1 | Manal El-Bahraoui | Morocco | 2:04.80 | PB |
| 7 | 8 | Katie Snowden | Great Britain | 2:05.64 | |
| 8 | 4 | Christine Gess | Germany | 2:05.66 | |