1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 1993 World Championships
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
10,000 m		men		women
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
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday 1993-08-17.

Doping disqualification

Liliya Nurutdinova (Russia) was disqualified after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.^[1][2][3]

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:55.43
	Lyubov Gurina (RUS)	1:57.10
	Ella Kovacs (ROM)	1:57.92
4.	Diane Modahl (GBR)	1:59.42
5.	Meredith Rainey-Valmon (USA)	1:59.57
6.	Liu Li (CHN)	2:04.45
7.	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	2:19.89
—	Liliya Nurutdinova (RUS)	DSQ

Semifinals

• Held on Sunday 1993-08-15

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:58.69
2.	Liu Li (CHN)	1:58.96
3.	Diane Modahl (GBR)	1:59.12
4.	Liliya Nurutdinova (RUS)	1:59.17
5.	Christine Wachtel (GER)	1:59.86
6.	Amy Wickus (USA)	2:00.55
7.	Oksana Mernikova (BLR)	2:01.20
8.	Gladys Wamuyu (KEN)	2:02.13

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	1:57.31
2.	Ella Kovacs (ROM)	1:57.46
3.	Meredith Rainey-Valmon (USA)	1:57.63
4.	Lyubov Gurina (RUS)	1:57.82
5.	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	1:58.64
6.	Birthe Bruhns (GER)	1:59.66
7.	Sabine Zwiener (GER)	2:00.77
8.	Maria Magnolia Figueiredo (BRA)	2:01.01

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 1993-08-14

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Liu Li (CHN)	1:59.60
2.	Lyubov Gurina (RUS)	1:59.90
3.	Christine Wachtel (GER)	2:01.42
4.	Satu Jaaskelainen (FIN)	2:03.66
5.	Carla Sacramento (POR)	2:03.74
6.	Sheila Seebaluck (MRI)	2:10.54
7.	Ablavi Agbenyeke (TOG)	2:23.19
–	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	2:01.46
2.	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	2:01.70
3.	Natalya Dukhnova (BLR)	2:01.78
4.	Wang Yuan (CHN)	2:02.98
5.	Luciana Mendes (BRA)	2:03.55
6.	Shiny Abraham-Wilson (IND)	2:06.64
7.	Alia Al Matari (JOR)	2:15.23
8.	Shermaine Ross (GRN)	2:15.84

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Diane Modahl (GBR)	2:00.80
2.	Liliya Nurutdinova (RUS)	2:00.85
3.	Amy Wickus (USA)	2:00.91
4.	Sabine Zwiener (GER)	2:01.37
5.	Oksana Mernikova (BLR)	2:01.65
6.	Anna Brzezińska (POL)	2:01.67
7.	Laurence Niyonsaba (RWA)	2:12.52

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Ella Kovacs (ROM)	2:01.36
2.	Maria Magnolia Figueiredo (BRA)	2:01.91
3.	Joetta Clark (USA)	2:02.15
4.	Fabia Trabaldo (ITA)	2:02.36
5.	Yelena Storchovaya (UKR)	2:03.50
6.	Edith Nakiyingi (UGA)	2:07.81
7.	Karolina Tanona (FIJ)	2:15.12

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:59.81
2.	Meredith Rainey-Valmon (USA)	1:59.87
3.	Birthe Bruhns (GER)	2:00.29
4.	Gladys Wamuyu (KEN)	2:01.59
5.	Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)	2:01.94
6.	Lorie Ann Adams (GUY)	2:09.77
7.	Tamador Ismail (SUD)	2:41.51

See also

• 1990 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Helsinki)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Atlanta)

References

1. Phil Hersh: Dopers, Ex-dopers And `Hmmm' Take Spotlight, Chicago Tribune, 22 August 1993
2. Liliya Nurutdinova, Sports-Reference.com
3. Butler, Mark (2015). "Doping violations at IAAF World Championships". IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Handbook. Monaco: IAAF. pp. 75–78.

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