1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
# 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20, 21 and 22 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mioara Cosuleanu Romania |
| - | - |
| Silver | Jackline Maranga Kenya |
| Bronze | Kutre Dulecha Ethiopia |

## Results

### Final

22 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Mioara Cosuleanu | Romania | 2:04.95 |
| | Jackline Maranga | Kenya | 2:05.05 |
| | Kutre Dulecha | Ethiopia | 2:05.17 |
| 4 | Grazyna Penc | Poland | 2:05.66 |
| 5 | Lyudmila Voronicheva | Russia | 2:06.66 |
| 6 | Kumiko Okamoto | Japan | 2:07.09 |
| 7 | Eleonora Berlanda | Italy | 2:07.26 |
| 8 | Szilvia Csoszánszky | Hungary | 2:10.75 |

### Semifinals

21 July

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kutre Dulecha | Ethiopia | 2:06.26 | Q |
| 2 | Grazyna Penc | Poland | 2:06.63 | Q |
| 3 | Eleonora Berlanda | Italy | 2:06.67 | Q |
| 3 | Lyudmila Voronicheva | Russia | 2:06.67 | Q |
| 5 | Lavinia Miroiu | Romania | 2:06.78 | |
| 6 | Romana Sanigová | Czech Republic | 2:07.40 | |
| 7 | Jolanda Steblovnik | Slovenia | 2:09.35 | |
| 8 | Nuria Fernández | Spain | 2:11.38 | |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jackline Maranga | Kenya | 2:04.07 | Q |
| 2 | Mioara Cosuleanu | Romania | 2:04.73 | Q |
| 3 | Kumiko Okamoto | Japan | 2:05.19 | Q |
| 4 | Szilvia Csoszánszky | Hungary | 2:06.41 | Q |
| 5 | Yekaterina Fedotova | Russia | 2:06.44 | |
| 6 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:07.00 | |
| 7 | Tytti Reho | Finland | 2:09.52 | |
| 8 | Shura Hotesa | Ethiopia | 2:15.08 | |

### Heats

20 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kutre Dulecha | Ethiopia | 2:06.74 | Q |
| 2 | Mioara Cosuleanu | Romania | 2:06.75 | Q |
| 3 | Tytti Reho | Finland | 2:07.22 | q |
| 4 | Jolanda Steblovnik | Slovenia | 2:07.63 | q |
| 5 | Vicki Freeborn | Australia | 2:07.68 | |
| 6 | Marie-Louise Henning | South Africa | 2:07.81 | |
| 7 | Jeina Mitchell | United Kingdom | 2:12.68 | |
| 8 | Mercy Kaunda | Malawi | 2:14.75 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lavinia Miroiu | Romania | 2:06.74 | Q |
| 2 | Eleonora Berlanda | Italy | 2:06.75 | Q |
| 3 | Shura Hotesa | Ethiopia | 2:07.22 | q |
| 4 | Nuria Fernández | Spain | 2:07.63 | q |
| 5 | Dorothea Lee | United Kingdom | 2:07.68 | |
| 6 | Heather DeGeest | Canada | 2:07.81 | |
| 7 | Tatyana Borisova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:12.68 | |
| 8 | Liu Huirong | China | 2:14.75 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jackline Maranga | Kenya | 2:05.22 | Q |
| 2 | Romana Sanigová | Czech Republic | 2:06.25 | Q |
| 3 | Szilvia Csoszánszky | Hungary | 2:06.48 | q |
| 4 | Yekaterina Fedotova | Russia | 2:07.52 | q |
| 5 | Martina Hauke | Germany | 2:09.35 | |
| 6 | Sandra Stals | Belgium | 2:21.94 | |
| 7 | Natalia Estefania | Angola | 2:23.01 | |
| 8 | Jowanna McMullen | United States | 2:24.55 | |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Grazyna Penc | Poland | 2:07.75 | Q |
| 2 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:08.11 | Q |
| 3 | Andrea Šuldesová | Czech Republic | 2:08.23 | |
| 4 | Anda Vukadinovic | FR Yugoslavia | 2:09.68 | |
| 5 | Julian Reynolds | United States | 2:09.85 | |
| 6 | Michelle Ballentine | Jamaica | 2:10.65 | |
| 7 | Miriam Maseková | Slovakia | 2:11.54 | |
| 8 | Dithapelo Molefi | Botswana | 2:12.96 | |

**Heat 5**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lyudmila Voronicheva | Russia | 2:07.87 | Q |
| 2 | Kumiko Okamoto | Japan | 2:08.42 | Q |
| 3 | Jelena Stanisavljevic | FR Yugoslavia | 2:09.70 | |
| 4 | Sarah Jamieson | Australia | 2:10.14 | |
| 5 | Plamena Zhekova | Bulgaria | 2:10.51 | |
| 6 | Salina Kosgei | Kenya | 2:13.24 | |
| 7 | Mairelín Fuentes | Cuba | 2:13.46 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 39 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

* Angola (1)
* Australia (2)
* Belgium (1)
* Botswana (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (1)
* China (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Finland (1)
* Germany (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Malawi (1)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (2)
* Russia (2)
* Slovakia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* FR Yugoslavia (2)
