1998 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
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
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 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28, 29 and 31 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Olga Mikayeva  Russia
Silver	Nancy Jebet Langat  Kenya
Bronze	Naomi Misoi  Kenya

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olga Mikayeva	Russia	2:05.34
	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:05.43
	Naomi Misoi	Kenya	2:05.77
4	Liu Qifang	China	2:06.44
5	Mihaela Stăncescu	Romania	2:06.90
6	Josiane Tito	Brazil	2:07.52
7	Jeannette Hoffmann	Germany	2:07.91
8	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	2:08.39

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olga Mikayeva	Russia	2:06.50	Q
2	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:06.76	Q
3	Mihaela Stăncescu	Romania	2:07.00	Q
4	Lindsay Hyatt	United States	2:07.15
5	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	2:07.24
6	Ludivine Michel	Belgium	2:07.27
7	Juliane Becker	Germany	2:08.91
8	Reina Sasaki	Japan	2:11.09

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Naomi Misoi	Kenya	2:05.38	Q
2	Jeannette Hoffmann	Germany	2:05.43	Q
3	Liu Qifang	China	2:05.44	Q
4	Josiane Tito	Brazil	2:05.52	q
5	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	2:05.80	q
6	Ryoko Takezawa	Japan	2:06.37
7	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	2:08.10
8	Hanan Khiouich	Morocco	2:13.78

28 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	2:10.10	Q
2	Nancy Jebet Langat	Kenya	2:10.11	Q
3	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	2:10.75	Q
4	Iris Fuentes-Pila	Spain	2:11.07
5	Lena Nilsson	Sweden	2:11.33
6	Stephanie Schoeman	South Africa	2:12.25
7	Motselisi Anna Mojaki	Lesotho	2:15.85

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olga Mikayeva	Russia	2:06.57	Q
2	Mihaela Stăncescu	Romania	2:06.77	Q
3	Sonja Roman	Slovenia	2:07.48	Q
4	Josiane Tito	Brazil	2:07.98	q
5	Karla Burger	Namibia	2:10.39
6	Lee Ya-Hui	Chinese Taipei	2:10.43
7	Courtney Inman	Canada	2:10.62

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Naomi Misoi	Kenya	2:08.00	Q
2	Jeannette Hoffmann	Germany	2:08.51	Q
3	Hanan Khiouich	Morocco	2:09.03	Q
4	Ryoko Takezawa	Japan	2:09.21	q
5	Lauren Elms	Australia	2:11.85
6	Kelly Edge	New Zealand	2:13.13

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ludivine Michel	Belgium	2:05.62	Q
2	Liu Qifang	China	2:06.28	Q
3	Lindsay Hyatt	United States	2:06.30	Q
4	Juliane Becker	Germany	2:06.36	q
5	Reina Sasaki	Japan	2:09.63	q
6	Melissa de Leon	Trinidad and Tobago	2:12.06
7	Ramomene Boikhutso	Botswana	2:18.45

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.