# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 800 metres

The girls' 800 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 11, 12 and 14 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Aníta Hinriksdóttir Iceland | Dureti Edao Ethiopia | Raevyn Rogers United States |

## 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 | Mercy Cherono (KEN) | 2:01.67 | Bressanone, Italy | 12 July 2009 |
| World Youth Leading | Mary Cain (USA) | 1:59.51 | Eugene, OR, United States | 1 June 2013 |

## Heats

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Kokeb Tesfaye | Ethiopia | 2:07.27 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 7 | Raevyn Rogers | United States | 2:08.17 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Renée Eykens | Belgium | 2:08.41 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Mareen Kalis | Germany | 2:08.80 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Chelsea Jarvis | Great Britain | 2:09.73 | q |
| 6 | 5 | Yuliya Moroz | Ukraine | 2:11.64 | |
| 7 | 3 | Eleonora Vandi | Italy | 2:15.11 | |
| 8 | 1 | Lakeisha Warner | British Virgin Islands | 2:17.08 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:04.79 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Dureti Edao | Ethiopia | 2:05.20 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Faheemah Scraders | Bermuda | 2:08.91 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 7 | Johanna Matintalo | Finland | 2:09.54 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Natálie Kolajová | Czech Republic | 2:12.14 | |
| 6 | 6 | Maria Larsen | Denmark | 2:12.96 | |
| 7 | 4 | Jana van der Merwe | South Africa | 2:15.06 | |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ersula Farrow | United States | 2:09.98 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Elena Bellò | Italy | 2:10.00 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 7 | Emily Jenkinson | Great Britain | 2:10.04 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Sandra Kočiš | Croatia | 2:10.87 | q |
| 5 | 8 | Tarryn Davey | New Zealand | 2:10.93 | |
| 6 | 6 | Bridget O'Neill | Canada | 2:13.50 | |
| 7 | 2 | Elena Strutinschi | Romania | 2:18.32 | |
| 8 | 5 | Maryna Duts | Ukraine | 2:19.03 | |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Georgia Wassall | Australia | 2:08.18 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Esther Asamu | Nigeria | 2:09.10 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Kailee Sawyer | Canada | 2:09.59 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Emma Stähr | Germany | 2:11.10 | |
| 5 | 4 | Fatma Arik | Turkey | 2:11.74 | |
| 6 | 3 | Lina Grišiūtė | Lithuania | 2:12.39 | |
| | 7 | Jarinter Mwasya | Kenya | DQ | |

## Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:02.43 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Raevyn Rogers | United States | 2:05.35 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Renée Eykens | Belgium | 2:06.73 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Chelsea Jarvis | Great Britain | 2:07.74 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Elena Bellò | Italy | 2:08.69 | |
| 6 | 7 | Johanna Matintalo | Finland | 2:10.48 | |
| 7 | 6 | Sandra Kočiš | Croatia | 2:11.07 | |
| | 8 | Kokeb Tesfaye | Ethiopia | DQ | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Dureti Edao | Ethiopia | 2:05.89 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Georgia Wassall | Australia | 2:05.96 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ersula Farrow | United States | 2:06.75 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 7 | Mareen Kalis | Germany | 2:07.84 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Emily Jenkinson | Great Britain | 2:08.10 | |
| 6 | 5 | Kailee Sawyer | Canada | 2:08.99 | |
| 7 | 1 | Faheemah Scraders | Bermuda | 2:09.30 | |
| 8 | 8 | Esther Asamu | Nigeria | 2:09.91 | |

## Final

Results:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:01.13 | CR |
| | 6 | Dureti Edao | Ethiopia | 2:03.25 | PB |
| | 5 | Raevyn Rogers | United States | 2:03.32 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | Georgia Wassall | Australia | 2:04.32 | |
| 5 | 8 | Chelsea Jarvis | Great Britain | 2:07.01 | |
| 6 | 2 | Renée Eykens | Belgium | 2:07.70 | |
| 7 | 7 | Mareen Kalis | Germany | 2:08.38 | |
| 8 | 1 | Ersula Farrow | United States | 2:13.56 | |