2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 2001 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
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

Medalists

Gold	Maria Mutola Mozambique (MOZ)
Silver	Stephanie Graf Austria (AUT)
Bronze	Letitia Vriesde Suriname (SUR)

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	1:59.51	Q
2	1	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:59.96	Q
3	1	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	2:00.08	Q
4	1	Diane Cummins	Canada	2:00.46	Q
5	1	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	2:00.46	q
6	1	Hazel Clark	United States	2:00.56	q, SB
7	1	Anita Brägger	Switzerland	2:00.65	q
8	1	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	2:00.86	q, SB
9	3	Zulia Calatayud	Cuba	2:00.96	Q
10	3	Svetlana Cherkasova	Russia	2:00.97	Q
11	3	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	2:01.05
12	4	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2:01.78	Q
13	4	Mayte Martínez	Spain	2:01.98	Q
14	4	Svetlana Badrankova	Kazakhstan	2:02.19	Q
15	3	Peggy Babin	France	2:02.48
16	4	Irina Mistyukevich	Russia	2:02.50
17	3	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	2:03.11
18	2	Faith Macharia	Kenya	2:03.83	Q
19	2	Ivonne Teichmann	Germany	2:04.03	Q
20	2	Luciana Mendes	Brazil	2:04.16	Q
21	4	Grace Birungi	Uganda	2:04.26
22	2	Lwiza John	Tanzania	2:04.31
23	2	Natalya Tsyganova	Russia	2:04.55
24	3	Charmaine Howell	Jamaica	2:05.06
25	2	Natalya Dukhnova	Belarus	2:05.47
26	2	Tatjana Borisova	Kyrgyzstan	2:05.63
27	4	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	2:06.36
28	2	Adama Njie	Gambia	2:07.80
29	3	Mariela Alvarez	Peru	2:09.43	PB
30	3	Janill Williams	Netherlands Antilles	2:15.04
31	1	Hind Musa	Sudan	2:27.96
	4	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Bulgaria	DQ
	4	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:59.47	Q
2	2	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	1:59.58	Q
3	2	Mayte Martínez	Spain	2:00.07	Q
4	2	Faith Macharia	Kenya	2:00.24	Q
5	2	Zulia Calatayud	Cuba	2:01.04
6	1	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2:01.24	Q
7	1	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	2:01.90	Q
8	2	Luciana Mendes	Brazil	2:01.94
9	1	Diane Cummins	Canada	2:02.07	Q
10	1	Ivonne Teichmann	Germany	2:02.16	Q
11	2	Anita Brägger	Switzerland	2:02.22
12	2	Svetlana Badrankova	Kazakhstan	2:02.24
13	1	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	2:02.65
14	1	Svetlana Cherkasova	Russia	2:02.85
15	1	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	2:03.16
	1	Hazel Clark	United States	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:57.17
	Stephanie Graf	Austria	1:57.20	SB
	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	1:57.35	SB
4	Faith Macharia	Kenya	1:58.98
5	Diane Cummins	Canada	1:59.49	PB
6	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	1:59.76
7	Mayte Martínez	Spain	2:00.09
8	Ivonne Teichmann	Germany	2:04.33

References

• Results
• IAAF