1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
These are the results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. The event took place on 6, 7 and 9 August.
Doping disqualification
Lyubov Tsyoma tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol after the semifinals and was disqualified.[1][2][3]
Medalists
Gold | ![]() Cuba (CUB) |
Silver | ![]() Russia (RUS) |
Bronze | ![]() Mozambique (MOZ) |
Results
Heats
First 2 of each Heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Yelena Afanasyeva | ![]() | 2:00.12 | Q |
2 | 4 | Maria Mutola | ![]() | 2:00.88 | Q |
3 | 5 | Luciana Mendes | ![]() | 2:00.89 | Q |
4 | 3 | Letitia Vriesde | ![]() | 2:00.92 | Q |
5 | 3 | Stella Jongmans | ![]() | 2:01.06 | Q |
6 | 4 | Joetta Clark | ![]() | 2:01.15 | Q |
7 | 1 | Ludmila Formanová | ![]() | 2:01.46 | Q |
8 | 4 | Petya Strashilova | ![]() | 2:01.49 | q |
9 | 4 | Nouria Merah-Benida | ![]() | 2:01.49 | q |
10 | 2 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | ![]() | 2:01.56 | Q |
10 | 5 | Hasna Benhassi | ![]() | 2:01.56 | q |
12 | 5 | Małgorzata Rydz | ![]() | 2:01.68 | q |
13 | 3 | Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma | ![]() | 2:01.87 | q |
14 | 2 | Yelena Martson-Buzhenko | ![]() | 2:02.00 | Q |
15 | 2 | Toni Hodgkinson | ![]() | 2:02.21 | q |
16 | 2 | Rosa Kutty | ![]() | 2:02.22 | |
17 | 1 | Natalya Dukhnova | ![]() | 2:02.39 | Q |
18 | 4 | Stephanie Graf | ![]() | 2:02.52 | |
19 | 4 | Charmaine Crooks | ![]() | 2:02.84 | |
20 | 1 | Linda Kisabaka | ![]() | 2:03.22 | |
21 | 3 | Kathy Harris-Rounds | ![]() | 2:03.33 | |
22 | 3 | Dawn Williams-Sewer | ![]() | 2:03.35 | |
23 | 1 | Julia Sakara | ![]() | 2:03.55 | |
24 | 5 | Irina Nedelenko-Lishchinskaya | ![]() | 2:03.56 | |
25 | 5 | Monika Ronnholm-Kinnunen | ![]() | 2:04.11 | |
26 | 1 | Oznur Dursun | ![]() | 2:04.62 | |
27 | 2 | Jill Stamison-Mcmullen | ![]() | 2:06.16 | |
28 | 2 | Theoni Kostopoulou | ![]() | 2:07.32 | |
29 | 1 | Léontine Tsiba | ![]() | 2:07.34 | NR |
30 | 2 | Jolanda Čeplak | ![]() | 2:10.97 | |
31 | 2 | Adama Njie | ![]() | 2:13.50 | |
32 | 5 | Monica Randi | ![]() | 2:16.00 | |
33 | 1 | Abok Shol | ![]() | 2:16.74 | NR |
34 | 3 | Natalia Al Farran | ![]() | 2:18.11 | PB |
35 | 3 | Donata Mutegwamaso | ![]() | 2:25.07 | |
36 | 4 | Yaznee Nasheeda | ![]() | 2:36.18 | |
1 | Malin Ewerlöf | ![]() | DNS | ||
4 | Alberta Cape | ![]() | DNS |
Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Maria Mutola | ![]() | 1:57.49 | Q, SB |
2 | 1 | Yelena Afanasyeva | ![]() | 1:59.05 | Q |
3 | 1 | Stella Jongmans | ![]() | 1:59.32 | Q, SB |
4 | 1 | Joetta Clark | ![]() | 1:59.34 | Q |
5 | 2 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | ![]() | 1:59.37 | Q |
6 | 1 | Luciana Mendes | ![]() | 1:59.45 | |
7 | 2 | Letitia Vriesde | ![]() | 1:59.62 | Q |
8 | 2 | Ludmila Formanova | ![]() | 1:59.71 | Q |
9 | 2 | Toni Hodgkinson | ![]() | 2:00.25 | Q |
10 | 2 | Natalya Dukhnova | ![]() | 2:00.91 | |
11 | 2 | Nouria Merah-Benida | ![]() | 2:01.08 | |
12 | 2 | Petya Strashilova | ![]() | 2:01.44 | |
13 | 1 | Yelena Martson-Buzhenko | ![]() | 2:02.62 | |
14 | 1 | Hasna Benhassi | ![]() | 2:03.70 | |
15 | 1 | Małgorzata Rydz | ![]() | 2:05.00 | |
2 | Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma | ![]() | DQ (DNF) | Doping |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ana Fidelia Quirot | ![]() | 1:57.14 | |
![]() | Yelena Afanasyeva | ![]() | 1:57.56 | |
![]() | Maria Mutola | ![]() | 1:57.59 | |
4 | Letitia Vriesde | ![]() | 1:58.12 | |
5 | Ludmila Formanová | ![]() | 1:59.52 | |
6 | Toni Hodgkinson | ![]() | 2:00.40 | |
7 | Joetta Clark | ![]() | 2:02.05 | |
8 | Stella Jongmans | ![]() | 2:05.50 |
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References
- Reuters: New stars, but same old drug in veins, New Straits Times, 12 August 1997
- Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 97-08-11, hri.org
- Butler, Mark et al. (2013). IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (archived). IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-06.
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