# 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15, 16 and 18 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Olga Cristea Moldova |
| Silver | Winny Chebet Kenya |
| Bronze | Rebekah Noble United States |

## Results
### Final

18 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Olga Cristea | Moldova | 2:04.52 |
| | Winny Chebet | Kenya | 2:04.59 |
| | Rebekah Noble | United States | 2:04.90 |
| 4 | Natalya Lupu | Ukraine | 2:05.05 |
| 5 | Anzhelika Shevchenko | Ukraine | 2:05.23 |
| 6 | Aleksandra Uvarova | Russia | 2:05.43 |
| 7 | Aïcha Rezig | Algeria | 2:06.22 |
| 8 | Elizet Banda | Zambia | 2:07.71 |

### Semifinals

16 August

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Natalya Lupu | Ukraine | 2:06.37 | Q |
| 2 | Winny Chebet | Kenya | 2:06.41 | Q |
| 3 | Emma Jackson | United Kingdom | 2:06.43 | |
| 4 | Shannon Leinert | United States | 2:07.67 | |
| 5 | Agnieszka Sowinska | Poland | 2:08.47 | |
| 6 | Antonija Zalac | Croatia | 2:11.19 | |
| 7 | Ruriko Kubo | Japan | 2:11.47 | |
| 8 | Boglárka Bozzay | Hungary | 2:14.08 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anzhelika Shevchenko | Ukraine | 2:05.04 | Q |
| 2 | Aïcha Rezig | Algeria | 2:05.45 | Q |
| 3 | Rebekah Noble | United States | 2:05.56 | q |
| 4 | Ayako Jinnouchi | Japan | 2:05.63 | |
| 5 | Halima Hachlaf | Morocco | 2:07.07 | |
| 6 | Veera Duman | Estonia | 2:11.48 | |
| 7 | Muriel Coneo | Colombia | 2:13.15 | |
| 8 | Machteld Mulder | Netherlands | 2:15.17 | |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Olga Cristea | Moldova | 2:04.76 | Q |
| 2 | Aleksandra Uvarova | Russia | 2:05.02 | Q |
| 3 | Elizet Banda | Zambia | 2:05.57 | q |
| 4 | Zoe Buckman | Australia | 2:05.60 | |
| 5 | Danielle Christmas | United Kingdom | 2:07.26 | |
| 6 | Annett Horna | Germany | 2:07.54 | |
| 7 | Frida Flodström | Sweden | 2:09.34 | |
| 8 | Flavious Teresa Kwamboka | Kenya | 2:12.41 | |

### Heats

15 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elizet Banda | Zambia | 2:08.60 | Q |
| 2 | Rebekah Noble | United States | 2:08.97 | Q |
| 3 | Agnieszka Sowinska | Poland | 2:08.97 | Q |
| 4 | Zoe Buckman | Australia | 2:09.02 | Q |
| 5 | Anne Kesselring | Germany | 2:10.09 | |
| 6 | Malika Akkaoui | Morocco | 2:10.20 | |
| 7 | Cristina Guevara | Mexico | 2:18.59 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Emma Jackson | United Kingdom | 2:05.68 | Q |
| 2 | Halima Hachlaf | Morocco | 2:06.85 | Q |
| 3 | Annett Horna | Germany | 2:07.78 | Q |
| 4 | Flavious Teresa Kwamboka | Kenya | 2:08.13 | Q |
| 5 | Huang Jing | China | 2:08.69 | |
| 6 | Jhuma Khatun | India | 2:12.31 | |
| 7 | Elena Batrinu | Romania | 2:13.29 | |
| 8 | Merve Aydın | Turkey | 2:17.16 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anzhelika Shevchenko | Ukraine | 2:06.08 | Q |
| 2 | Winny Chebet | Kenya | 2:06.43 | Q |
| 3 | Aïcha Rezig | Algeria | 2:06.92 | Q |
| 4 | Antonija Zalac | Croatia | 2:07.09 | Q |
| 5 | Shannon Leinert | United States | 2:07.24 | q |
| 6 | Muriel Coneo | Colombia | 2:08.05 | q |
| 6 | Veera Duman | Estonia | 2:08.05 | q |
| 8 | Angela Wagner | South Africa | 2:08.51 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandra Uvarova | Russia | 2:06.19 | Q |
| 2 | Ruriko Kubo | Japan | 2:06.84 | Q |
| 3 | Machteld Mulder | Netherlands | 2:06.91 | Q |
| 4 | Frida Flodström | Sweden | 2:07.12 | Q |
| 5 | Boglárka Bozzay | Hungary | 2:07.87 | q |
| 6 | Tong Xiaomei | China | 2:09.26 | |
| 7 | María Panou | Greece | 2:12.88 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Natalya Lupu | Ukraine | 2:07.54 | Q |
| 2 | Olga Cristea | Moldova | 2:07.56 | Q |
| 3 | Ayako Jinnouchi | Japan | 2:07.71 | Q |
| 4 | Danielle Christmas | United Kingdom | 2:08.53 | Q |
| 5 | Maryna Katovich | Belarus | 2:09.30 | |
| 6 | Irina Zudikhina | Uzbekistan | 2:09.65 | |
| 7 | Cyndie Sabattini | France | 2:11.52 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (1)
* Belarus (1)
* China (2)
* Colombia (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Estonia (1)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* India (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Mexico (1)
* Moldova (1)
* Morocco (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Zambia (1)