2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 2004 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		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 800 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13, 14 and 16 July.

Medalists

Gold	Natalya Koreyvo Belarus
Silver	Simona Barcău Romania
Bronze	Kay-Ann Thompson Jamaica

Results

Final

16 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Natalya Koreyvo	Belarus	2:01.47
	Simona Barcău	Romania	2:02.23
	Kay-Ann Thompson	Jamaica	2:02.67
4	Mariya Shapayeva	Russia	2:02.87
5	Élodie Guégan	France	2:03.68
6	Larisa Arcip	Romania	2:04.09
7	Laura Finucane	United Kingdom	2:05.69
8	Yelena Bondar	Ukraine	2:08.29
9	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco	2:09.26
	Binnaz Uslu	Turkey	DNS

Semifinals

14 July

Semifinal 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Binnaz Uslu	Turkey	2:02.85	Q
2	Mariya Shapayeva	Russia	2:03.15	Q
3	Simona Barcău	Romania	2:04.55	Q
4	Larisa Arcip	Romania	2:05.05	q
5	Kay-Ann Thompson	Jamaica	2:05.13	q
6	Charlotte Moore	United Kingdom	2:05.89
7	Yekaterina Martynova	Russia	2:06.16
8	Latavia Thomas	United States	2:09.11

Semifinal 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco	2:06.78	Q
2	Natalya Koreyvo	Belarus	2:06.78	Q
3	Yelena Bondar	Ukraine	2:06.93	Q
4	Brooke Simpson	Australia	2:07.24
5	Diana Dienel	Germany	2:07.78
6	Lydia Wafula	Kenya	2:09.05
7	Élodie Guégan	France	2:10.47	q
8	Laura Finucane	United Kingdom	2:17.59	q

Heats

13 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yekaterina Martynova	Russia	2:05.94	Q
2	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco	2:06.44	Q
3	Yelena Bondar	Ukraine	2:06.81	q
4	Marte Elden	Norway	2:07.55
5	Linda Feldberga	Latvia	2:07.63
6	Trisa Nickoley	United States	2:09.66

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Natalya Koreyvo	Belarus	2:07.68	Q
2	Charlotte Moore	United Kingdom	2:07.93	Q
3	Anna Klyushkina	Kyrgyzstan	2:08.22
4	Angela Wagner	South Africa	2:08.27
5	Marjolein Terwiel	Switzerland	2:09.26
6	Katherine Katsanevakis	Australia	2:09.36
7	Moleboheng Mafata	Lesotho	2:21.15

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Binnaz Uslu	Turkey	2:05.46	Q
2	Élodie Guégan	France	2:05.49	Q
3	Latavia Thomas	United States	2:07.17	q
4	Yuriko Kobayashi	Japan	2:07.56
5	Tatsiana Suprun	Belarus	2:08.42
6	Marlyse Nsourou	Gabon	2:14.73
7	Nadia Gomes	Cape Verde	2:32.58

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Simona Barcău	Romania	2:04.30	Q
2	Mariya Shapayeva	Russia	2:04.31	Q
3	Diana Dienel	Germany	2:04.34	q
4	Kay-Ann Thompson	Jamaica	2:06.11	q
5	Brooke Simpson	Australia	2:06.71	q
6	Lydia Wafula	Kenya	2:07.39	q
7	Julia Baier	Austria	2:10.08

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Laura Finucane	United Kingdom	2:07.10	Q
2	Larisa Arcip	Romania	2:07.32	Q
3	Marie-Noëlle Gaudin	France	2:07.93
4	Natalya Lupu	Ukraine	2:09.30
5	Akari Kishikawa	Japan	2:09.38
6	Anna Chiara Spigarolo	Italy	2:10.85
7	Jane Mwikali Muia	Kenya	2:12.04

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

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