1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
| Events at the 1997 World Championships  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 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 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 |  Ana Fidelia QuirotCuba (CUB) |
| Silver |  Yelena AfanasyevaRussia (RUS) |
| Bronze |  Maria MutolaMozambique (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 | Russia | 2:00.12 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2:00.88 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Luciana Mendes |  Brazil | 2:00.89 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Letitia Vriesde |  Suriname | 2:00.92 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Stella Jongmans |  Netherlands | 2:01.06 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Joetta Clark |  United States | 2:01.15 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Ludmila Formanová |  Czech Republic | 2:01.46 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Petya Strashilova |  Bulgaria | 2:01.49 | q |
| 9 | 4 | Nouria Merah-Benida |  Algeria | 2:01.49 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba | 2:01.56 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Hasna Benhassi |  Morocco | 2:01.56 | q |
| 12 | 5 | Małgorzata Rydz |  Poland | 2:01.68 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma | Russia | 2:01.87 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Yelena Martson-Buzhenko |  Ukraine | 2:02.00 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Toni Hodgkinson |  New Zealand | 2:02.21 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Rosa Kutty |  India | 2:02.22 | |
| 17 | 1 | Natalya Dukhnova |  Belarus | 2:02.39 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | Stephanie Graf |  Austria | 2:02.52 | |
| 19 | 4 | Charmaine Crooks |  Canada | 2:02.84 | |
| 20 | 1 | Linda Kisabaka |  Germany | 2:03.22 | |
| 21 | 3 | Kathy Harris-Rounds | United States | 2:03.33 | |
| 22 | 3 | Dawn Williams-Sewer |  Dominica | 2:03.35 | |
| 23 | 1 | Julia Sakara |  Zimbabwe | 2:03.55 | |
| 24 | 5 | Irina Nedelenko-Lishchinskaya | Ukraine | 2:03.56 | |
| 25 | 5 | Monika Ronnholm-Kinnunen |  Finland | 2:04.11 | |
| 26 | 1 | Oznur Dursun |  Turkey | 2:04.62 | |
| 27 | 2 | Jill Stamison-Mcmullen | United States | 2:06.16 | |
| 28 | 2 | Theoni Kostopoulou |  Greece | 2:07.32 | |
| 29 | 1 | Léontine Tsiba |  Republic of the Congo | 2:07.34 | NR |
| 30 | 2 | Jolanda Čeplak |  Slovenia | 2:10.97 | |
| 31 | 2 | Adama Njie |  Gambia | 2:13.50 | |
| 32 | 5 | Monica Randi |  San Marino | 2:16.00 | |
| 33 | 1 | Abok Shol |  Sudan | 2:16.74 | NR |
| 34 | 3 | Natalia Al Farran |  Lebanon | 2:18.11 | PB |
| 35 | 3 | Donata Mutegwamaso | .svg.png){kind=small} Rwanda | 2:25.07 | |
| 36 | 4 | Yaznee Nasheeda |  Maldives | 2:36.18 | |
| 1 | Malin Ewerlof |  Sweden | DNS | ||
| 4 | Alberta Cape |  Guinea-Bissau | DNS |
Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:57.49 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia | 1:59.05 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Stella Jongmans | Netherlands | 1:59.32 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Joetta Clark | United States | 1:59.34 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba | 1:59.37 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Luciana Mendes | Brazil | 1:59.45 | |
| 7 | 2 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 1:59.62 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Ludmila Formanova | Czech Republic | 1:59.71 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Toni Hodgkinson | New Zealand | 2:00.25 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 2:00.91 | |
| 11 | 2 | Nouria Merah-Benida | Algeria | 2:01.08 | |
| 12 | 2 | Petya Strashilova | Bulgaria | 2:01.44 | |
| 13 | 1 | Yelena Martson-Buzhenko | Ukraine | 2:02.62 | |
| 14 | 1 | Hasna Benhassi | Morocco | 2:03.70 | |
| 15 | 1 | Małgorzata Rydz | Poland | 2:05.00 | |
| 2 | Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma | Russia | DQ (DNF) | Doping |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba | 1:57.14 | |
 | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia | 1:57.56 | |
 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:57.59 | |
| 4 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 1:58.12 | |
| 5 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 1:59.52 | |
| 6 | Toni Hodgkinson | New Zealand | 2:00.40 | |
| 7 | Joetta Clark | United States | 2:02.05 | |
| 8 | Stella Jongmans | Netherlands | 2:05.50 |
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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