1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 800 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27, 28 and 29 July.

Medalists

Gold	Birthe Bruhns East Germany
Silver	Catalina Gheorghiu Romania
Bronze	Dorota Buczkowska Poland

Results

Final

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Birthe Bruhns	East Germany	2:00.67
	Catalina Gheorghiu	Romania	2:01.96
	Dorota Buczkowska	Poland	2:02.94
4	Olga Burkanova	Soviet Union	2:04.94
5	Carol Holmen	Canada	2:06.60
6	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	2:07.56
7	Luminita Avasiloaie	Romania	2:07.61
8	Daniele Steinecke	East Germany	2:08.18

Semifinals

28 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Birthe Bruhns	East Germany	2:06.08	Q
2	Catalina Gheorghiu	Romania	2:06.33	Q
3	Olga Burkanova	Soviet Union	2:06.74	Q
4	Lizzy Immesoete	Belgium	2:06.84
5	Helena Zímová	Czechoslovakia	2:07.21
6	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	2:07.24
7	Paula Fryer	United Kingdom	2:09.04
8	Erzsebet Todorán	Hungary	2:09.99

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	2:05.43	Q
2	Dorota Buczkowska	Poland	2:05.68	Q
3	Daniele Steinecke	East Germany	2:06.15	Q
4	Luminita Avasiloaie	Romania	2:06.38	q
5	Carol Holmen	Canada	2:06.64	q
6	Daniela Di Santo	Italy	2:07.68
7	Mónika Balint	Hungary	2:08.33
8	Shola Lynch	United States	2:09.80

Heats

27 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Snežana Pajkić	Yugoslavia	2:05.96	Q
2	Olga Burkanova	Soviet Union	2:06.21	Q
3	Mónika Balint	Hungary	2:06.45	Q
4	Carol Holmen	Canada	2:06.80	q
5	Paula Fryer	United Kingdom	2:07.20	q
6	Ausa Mwendachabe	Zambia	2:14.72
7	Olga Zapeda	Honduras	2:34.73

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Daniele Steinecke	East Germany	2:07.18	Q
2	Helena Zímová	Czechoslovakia	2:07.22	Q
3	Luminita Avasiloaie	Romania	2:07.42	Q
4	Grete Slettom	Norway	2:07.69
5	Nathalie Rouillard	Canada	2:07.88
6	Mireille Sankaatsing	Suriname	2:11.47

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lizzy Immesoete	Belgium	2:09.34	Q
2	Catalina Gheorghiu	Romania	2:09.60	Q
3	Dorota Buczkowska	Poland	2:10.45	Q
4	Marlen Estévez	Cuba	2:11.73
5	Chandel Marion	United States	2:17.57
	Lorie Ann Adams	Guyana	DQ
	Célia dos Santos	Brazil	DQ

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Birthe Bruhns	East Germany	2:06.73	Q
2	Erzsebet Todorán	Hungary	2:07.12	Q
3	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	2:07.15	Q
4	Daniela Di Santo	Italy	2:07.18	q
5	Shola Lynch	United States	2:07.52	q
6	Alma Leticia Jiménez	Guatemala	2:07.54
	Sonia Escalera	Puerto Rico	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

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