# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10, 11, and 12 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ajeé Wilson United States |
| Silver | Jessica Judd Great Britain |
| Bronze | Manal El Bahraoui Morocco |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Pamela Jelimo (KEN) | 1:54.01 | Zürich, Switzerland | 29 August 2008 |
| Championship Record | Elena Mirela Lavric (ROM) | 2:00.06 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 11 July 2008 |
| World Junior Leading | Anastasiya Tkachuk (UKR) | 2:00.78 | Yalta, Ukraine | 28 May 2012 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: The first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain | 2:02.71 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | Winnie Nanyondo | Uganda | 2:03.00 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai | Kenya | 2:03.22 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | 9 | Sonja Mosler | Germany | 2:03.36 | q, PB |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Anastasiya Tkachuk | Ukraine | 2:04.19 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:04.74 | Q, New Jersey |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Khadija El Moussaoui | Morocco | 2:05.63 | q, PB |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | Emily Dudgeon | Great Britain | 2:05.73 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Síofra Cléirigh Büttner | Ireland | 2:05.87 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Dureti Edao | Ethiopia | 2:05.91 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | 5 | Manal El Bahraoui | Morocco | 2:06.07 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | Simoya Campbell | Jamaica | 2:06.18 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Maruša Mišmaš | Slovenia | 2:06.25 | q |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Halimah Nakaayi | Uganda | 2:06.38 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Julia Zrinyi | Canada | 2:06.64 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Marta Pen | Portugal | 2:06.75 | q, PB |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Rénelle Lamote | France | 2:06.89 | q |
| 18 | 4 | 5 | Ajeé Wilson | United States | 2:07.04 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 9 | Devan Wiebe | Canada | 2:07.04 | Q |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Camille Laplace | France | 2:07.07 | q |
| 21 | 2 | 8 | Monique Stander | South Africa | 2:07.08 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | 4 | Christine Gees | Germany | 2:07.11 | Q |
| 23 | 3 | 6 | Teshon Adderley | Bahamas | 2:07.18 | |
| 24 | 4 | 6 | Akiho Fukuzato | Japan | 2:07.25 | |
| 25 | 2 | 9 | Syntia Ellward | Poland | 2:07.32 | |
| 26 | 4 | 7 | Olena Sidorska | Ukraine | 2:07.52 | |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Mizuki Yamamoto | Japan | 2:07.59 | |
| 28 | 6 | 4 | Flávia de Lima | Brazil | 2:07.78 | Q |
| 29 | 6 | 2 | Danielle Aragon | United States | 2:07.84 | Q |
| 30 | 2 | 3 | Aleksandra Astakhova | Belarus | 2:08.03 | |
| 31 | 6 | 7 | Asli Arik | Turkey | 2:08.68 | |
| 32 | 1 | 8 | Johanna Matintalo | Finland | 2:09.05 | |
| 33 | 4 | 3 | Sanda Kociš | Croatia | 2:09.51 | |
| 34 | 5 | 8 | Iuliana Madalina Leonte | Romania | 2:09.61 | |
| 35 | 6 | 3 | Desreen Montague | Jamaica | 2:10.22 | |
| 36 | 3 | 5 | Marta Frechilla | Spain | 2:11.97 | |
| 37 | 5 | 9 | Irene Baldessari | Italy | 2:12.15 | |
| 38 | 6 | 6 | Zeyetuna Mohammed | Ethiopia | 2:12.47 | |
| 39 | 5 | 4 | Thato Makhafola | South Africa | 2:16.82 | |
| 40 | 2 | 5 | Tatyana Yurchenko | Kazakhstan | 2:20.02 | |
| 41 | 6 | 8 | Marija Stambolic | Serbia | 2:29.85 | |
| 42 | 3 | 9 | Domingas Tchiaca | Angola | 2:35.97 | |
| | 4 | 8 | Shimenege Agber | Nigeria | DNS | |
| | 6 | 9 | Aicha Bilal Fall | Mauritania | DNS | |

### Semi-final

Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain | 2:02.30 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Emily Dudgeon | Great Britain | 2:02.32 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Winnie Nanyondo | Uganda | 2:02.38 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | Ajeé Wilson | United States | 2:02.43 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Anastasiya Tkachuk | Ukraine | 2:02.50 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Sonja Mosler | Germany | 2:02.82 | q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:03.15 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Manal El Bahraoui | Morocco | 2:03.18 | q |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Agatha Jeruto Kimaswai | Kenya | 2:03.98 | |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Khadija El Moussaoui | Morocco | 2:04.17 | PB |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Danielle Aragon | United States | 2:04.19 | PB |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Christine Gees | Germany | 2:04.58 | PB |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Monique Stander | South Africa | 2:05.29 | |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Devan Wiebe | Canada | 2:05.40 | PB |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Marta Pen | Portugal | 2:05.45 | PB |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Rénelle Lamote | France | 2:05.83 | |
| 17 | 1 | 9 | Síofra Cléirigh Büttner | Ireland | 2:06.70 | |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Flávia de Lima | Brazil | 2:07.03 | |
| 19 | 1 | 3 | Maruša Mišmaš | Slovenia | 2:07.23 | |
| 20 | 1 | 8 | Dureti Edao | Ethiopia | 2:07.91 | |
| 21 | 3 | 3 | Camille Laplace | France | 2:08.04 | |
| 22 | 3 | 4 | Julia Zrinyi | Canada | 2:09.63 | |
| - | 2 | 9 | Halimah Nakaayi | Uganda | DQ | |
| - | 1 | 4 | Simoya Campbell | Jamaica | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 9 | Ajeé Wilson | United States | 2:00.91 | PB |
| | 6 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain | 2:00.96 | PB |
| | 3 | Manal El Bahraoui | Morocco | 2:03.09 | |
| 4 | 2 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:03.23 | |
| 5 | 8 | Sonja Mosler | Germany | 2:04.07 | |
| 6 | 7 | Emily Dudgeon | Great Britain | 2:04.68 | |
| 7 | 4 | Anastasiia Tkachuk | Ukraine | 2:04.92 | |
| 8 | 5 | Winnie Nanyondo | Uganda | 2:07.23 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 30 countries participated in the event.
* Angola (1)
* Bahamas (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (2)
* Croatia (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Iceland (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kenya (1)
* Morocco (2)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Uganda (2)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)