1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
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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 the 6th, 7th and 9th of 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 |
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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 Mérah-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 | Öznur 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 |
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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 Formanová | ![]() | 1:59.71 | Q |
9 | 2 | Toni Hodgkinson | ![]() | 2:00.25 | Q |
10 | 2 | Natalya Dukhnova | ![]() | 2:00.91 | |
11 | 2 | Nouria Mérah-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 |
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![]() | 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 |
References
- Results
- IAAF