2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

2002 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
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
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The women's 800 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 17 and 19 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya
Silver	Lucia Klocová  Slovakia
Bronze	Juliana de Azevedo  Brazil

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	2:00.80
	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	2:01.73
	Juliana de Azevedo	Brazil	2:03.81
4	Jemma Simpson	United Kingdom	2:04.11
5	Kitty Cziráki	Hungary	2:04.44
6	Kathrin Trauth	Germany	2:05.49
7	Natasha Pantelyeva	Russia	2:08.36
8	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	2:11.08

17 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	2:06.20	Q
2	Juliana de Azevedo	Brazil	2:06.23	Q
3	Yusneysy Santiuste	Cuba	2:06.60
4	Simona Barcau	Romania	2:06.97
5	Sajida Ramzan	Pakistan	2:16.61
6	Sharon Soussi	Gibraltar	2:22.14

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	2:04.51	Q
2	Natasha Pantelyeva	Russia	2:05.18	Q
3	Jemma Simpson	United Kingdom	2:05.60	q
4	Kitty Cziráki	Hungary	2:06.51	q
5	Naoual Baiby	Morocco	2:07.90
	Stacey Ann Livingston	Jamaica	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Berhane Herpassa	Ethiopia	2:06.76	Q
2	Kathrin Trauth	Germany	2:07.11	Q
3	Najla Jaber	Netherlands	2:08.17
4	Amal Zaytouni	Morocco	2:09.40
5	Peudo Japhet	Tanzania	2:09.77
6	Martine Nobili	Luxembourg	2:10.19
7	Carlene Robinson	Jamaica	2:10.82

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.