2006 World Junior Championships
Day 1 - 8/15 - pm session
WOMEN'S 800M
HEATS
Tuesday August 15th, 2006
At Beijing, China

 

2006 World Junior Championships
Day 1 - 8/15 - am session
WOMEN'S 800 METER
HEATS

Tuesday August 15th, 2006
At Beijing, China

Women's 800 meter heats

Heat #1

 
Women's 800 - Heat 1 - Pack at the 400 - Rebekah Noble USA in sixth - Elizet Banda (Zambia) winner

HEAT ONE—Rebekah Noble of was just sixth at 400, passed by the leader in 64.93 by the leader. She moved to fourth with 100 meters remaining and then finished strong to grab second behind the winner Elizet Bando of Zambia, 2:08.60 to 2:08.97. Agnieszka Sowinska of Poland was third, also in 2:08.97 and Zoe Buckman was fourth in 2:09.02.

Heat 2

Emma Jackson (Great Britain) - Heat 2 winner

HEAT TWO—Emma Jackson of Great Britain went through the 400 in 61.29 and the 600 at 1:35.79 before winning easily in a personal best of 2:05.68. Halima Hachlaf of Morocco, Annett Horna of Germany and Flavious Kwamboka of Kenya were the other automatic qualifiers.

Heat 3

  
Anzhelika Shevchenko (Ukraine) winner of Heat 3 - Shannon Leinert (US)

 

Heat 4

Aleksandra Uvarova (Russia) Winner Heat 4

 

Heat 5

Heat 5 pack at the finish -