2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19, 20 and 21 July.

Medalists

Gold	Samantha Watson United States
Silver	Aaliyah Miller United States
Bronze	Tigist Ketema Ethiopia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
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	Habitam Alemu (ETH)	1:59.14	Doha, Qatar	6 May 2016

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	Tigist Ketema	Ethiopia	2:05.51	Q
2	2	Josephine Kiplangat	Kenya	2:05.69	Q
3	2	Sarah Billings	Australia	2:06.13	Q
4	1	Marta Hirpato	Bahrain	2:06.21	Q
5	1	Foziya Niguse	Ethiopia	2:06.25	Q
6	2	Jazz Shukla	Canada	2:06.59	Q, PB
7	2	Abitha Mary Manuel	India	2:06.91	q, PB
8	4	Samantha Watson	United States	2:07.30	Q
9	4	Elise Vanderelst	Belgium	2:07.70	Q
10	4	Mareen Kalis	Germany	2:07.95	Q
11	3	Alison Andrews-Paul	New Zealand	2:08.13	Q
12	1	Adrianna Czapla	Poland	2:08.16	Q
13	1	Aaliyah Miller	United States	2:08.21	Q
14	2	Nataliya Pyrozhenko	Ukraine	2:08.31	q
15	1	Carla Sweeney	Ireland	2:08.41	q
16	3	Arletis Thaureaux	Cuba	2:08.44	Q
17	3	Victoria Tachinski	Canada	2:08.48	Q
18	3	Alina Ammann	Germany	2:08.63	Q
19	1	Saija Seppä	Finland	2:08.94	q
20	3	Lilyana Georgieva	Bulgaria	2:09.28
21	4	Salomé Afonso	Portugal	2:09.43	Q
22	4	Georgia Hansen	Australia	2:09.51
23	3	Oliwia Pakuła	Poland	2:09.53
24	2	Vendula Hluchá	Czech Republic	2:09.64
25	3	Amalie Sæten	Norway	2:09.67
26	5	Betty Chepkemoi Sigei	Kenya	2:10.96	Q
27	5	Louise Shanahan	Ireland	2:11.00	Q
28	5	Esther Chebet	Uganda	2:11.18	Q
29	1	Jarly Marin	Colombia	2:11.42
30	5	Johana Arrieta	Colombia	2:11.72	Q
31	5	Arina Kleshchukova	Kyrgyzstan	2:11.98
32	4	Honorine Iribagiza	Rwanda	2:12.30
33	5	Elena Bellò	Italy	2:13.05
34	5	Lili Das	India	2:13.45
	4	Zorana Grujić	Serbia	DQ	R163.3(a)
	3	Aminat Alabi	Nigeria	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	Aaliyah Miller	United States	2:04.36	Q
2	3	Samantha Watson	United States	2:04.50	Q
3	3	Victoria Tachinski	Canada	2:04.55	Q
4	2	Marta Hirpato	Bahrain	2:05.09	Q
5	1	Tigist Ketema	Ethiopia	2:05.13	Q
6	1	Elise Vanderelst	Belgium	2:05.32	q
7	2	Mareen Kalis	Germany	2:05.45	Q
8	3	Betty Chepkemoi Sigei	Kenya	2:05.46	q
9	2	Arletis Thaureaux	Cuba	2:05.47	PB
10	2	Esther Chebet	Uganda	2:05.47
11	1	Jazz Shukla	Canada	2:06.24	PB
12	2	Alison Andrews-Paul	New Zealand	2:06.32	PB
13	3	Foziya Niguse	Ethiopia	2:06.84
14	2	Sarah Billings	Australia	2:06.86
15	3	Johana Arrieta	Colombia	2:07.18
16	3	Carla Sweeney	Ireland	2:07.78
17	3	Saija Seppä	Finland	2:07.91	PB
18	3	Salomé Afonso	Portugal	2:08.09
19	1	Alina Ammann	Germany	2:08.11
20	1	Louise Shanahan	Ireland	2:08.43	SB
21	1	Nataliya Pyrozhenko	Ukraine	2:08.44
22	2	Abitha Mary Manuel	India	2:09.80
23	2	Josephine Kiplangat	Kenya	2:09.98
24	1	Adrianna Czapla	Poland	2:11.44

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Samantha Watson	United States	2:04.52
	Aaliyah Miller	United States	2:05.06
	Tigist Ketema	Ethiopia	2:05.13
4	Elise Vanderelst	Belgium	2:05.82
5	Marta Hirpato	Bahrain	2:06.04
6	Victoria Tachinski	Canada	2:06.11
7	Betty Chepkemoi Sigei	Kenya	2:06.27
8	Mareen Kalis	Germany	2:06.32