# 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 800 metres

The girls' 800 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 16, 17 and 19 July 2015.

## 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 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir (ISL) | 2:01.13 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 14 July 2013 |
| World Youth Leading | Hawi Alemu (ETH) | 2:01.27 | Tomblaine, France | 1 July 2015 |

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Samantha Watson | United States | 2:06.05 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Gadese Ejara | Ethiopia | 2:06.26 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Foziya Niguse | Ethiopia | 2:06.91 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Carys McAulay | Great Britain | 2:07.74 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ginelle DeMone | Canada | 2:08.25 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Arina Kleshchukova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:08.72 | q, PB |
| 7 | 3 | Oliwia Olszok | Poland | 2:09.05 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Liza Kellerman | South Africa | 2:09.49 | q |
| 9 | 4 | Ekaterina Alekseeva | Russia | 2:09.52 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Marta Zenoni | Italy | 2:09.67 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Johana Arrieta | Colombia | 2:09.74 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Mary Kalekye | Kenya | 2:09.77 | q, PB |
| 13 | 1 | Mia Mørck | Denmark | 2:09.79 | q, PB |
| 14 | 2 | Honorine Iribagiza | Rwanda | 2:10.04 | Q, PB |
| 15 | 2 | Elise Vanderelst | Belgium | 2:10.20 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Jana Reinert | Germany | 2:10.28 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Amanda Thomas | United States | 2:10.41 | |
| 18 | 3 | Alina Ammann | Germany | 2:10.56 | |
| 19 | 2 | Shoko Fukuda | Japan | 2:10.79 | |
| 20 | 4 | Pietra Da Silva | Brazil | 2:11.00 | |
| 21 | 4 | Betty Chepkemoi Sigei | Kenya | 2:12.05 | |
| 22 | 4 | Helene Gottlieb | Denmark | 2:12.34 | |
| 23 | 3 | Chrissani May | Jamaica | 2:12.48 | |
| 24 | 3 | Babitha Chukkanmarthodi | India | 2:12.71 | PB |
| 25 | 2 | Alyssa Mousseau | Canada | 2:13.65 | |
| 26 | 2 | Milica Golubović | Serbia | 2:13.89 | |
| 27 | 3 | Ylva Traxler | Austria | 2:13.98 | |
| 28 | 1 | Radka Škovranová | Slovakia | 2:17.84 | |
| 29 | 4 | Enlitha Ncube | Zimbabwe | 2:19.39 | |

### Semifinal

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Marta Zenoni | Italy | 2:05.47 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Gadese Ejara | Ethiopia | 2:06.24 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Carys McAulay | Great Britain | 2:08.70 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Arina Kleshchukova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:10.79 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Samantha Watson | United States | 2:10.89 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Foziya Niguse | Ethiopia | 2:10.94 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Johana Arrieta | Colombia | 2:11.02 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Ekaterina Alekseeva | Russia | 2:11.84 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Ginelle DeMone | Canada | 2:13.21 | |
| 10 | 1 | Mia Mørck | Denmark | 2:13.44 | |
| 11 | 1 | Mary Kalekye | Kenya | 2:13.61 | |
| 12 | 1 | Liza Kellerman | South Africa | 2:14.05 | |
| 13 | 1 | Elise Vanderelst | Belgium | 2:17.03 | |
| 14 | 2 | Jana Reinert | Germany | 2:19.45 | |
| 15 | 2 | Honorine Iribagiza | Rwanda | 2:21.22 | |
| – | 2 | Oliwia Olszok | Poland | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Samantha Watson | United States | 2:03.54 | PB |
| | Gadese Ejara | Ethiopia | 2:03.67 | PB |
| | Marta Zenoni | Italy | 2:04.15 | |
| 4 | Carys McAulay | Great Britain | 2:05.31 | PB |
| 5 | Foziya Niguse | Ethiopia | 2:05.32 | PB |
| 6 | Ekaterina Alekseeva | Russia | 2:06.32 | |
| 7 | Johana Arrieta | Colombia | 2:08.44 | PB |
| 8 | Arina Kleshchukova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:13.54 | |