2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 2003 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 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003 at 20:50h.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ)	1:59.89
	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	2:00.18
	Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS)	2:00.29
4.	Mina Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:01.09
5.	Claudia Gesell (GER)	2:01.84
6.	Diane Cummins (CAN)	2:02.48
7.	Akosua Serwaa (GHA)	2:03.24
—	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	DNS

Semi-Final

• Held on Sunday 24 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	1:59.26
2.	Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS)	1:59.39
3.	Joanne Fenn (GBR)	2:00.56
4.	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	2:00.88
5.	Faith Macharia (KEN)	2:01.30
6.	Brigita Langerholc (SLO)	2:01.58
7.	Jen Toomey (USA)	2:02.35
8.	Tamsyn Lewis (AUS)	2:05.11

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ)	1:58.45
2.	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	1:58.86
3.	Diane Cummins (CAN)	1:59.58
4.	Akosua Serwaa (GHA)	2:00.42
5.	Maria Cioncan (ROU)	2:00.72
6.	Lucia Klocová (SVK)	2:00.73
7.	Natalya Evdokimova (RUS)	2:01.17
8.	Heidi Jensen (DEN)	2:01.73

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Mina Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:00.57
2.	Claudia Gesell (GER)	2:01.01
3.	Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:01.34
4.	Svetlana Klyuka (RUS)	2:01.61
5.	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	2:01.85
6.	Judit Varga (HUN)	2:02.20
7.	Anita Brägger (SUI)	2:02.34
8.	Agnes Samaria (NAM)	2:02.66

Heats

Held on Sunday 24 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Natalya Evdokimova (RUS)	2:01.05
2.	Mina Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:01.10
3.	Judit Varga (HUN)	2:01.47
4.	Jen Toomey (USA)	2:01.75
5.	Heidi Jensen (DEN)	2:02.01
6.	Esther Desviat (ESP)	2:03.42
7.	Charlotte Moore (GBR)	2:03.80
8.	Marie-Lyne Joseph (DMA)	2:17.73

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ)	2:00.81
2.	Claudia Gesell (GER)	2:01.06
3.	Lucia Klocová (SVK)	2:01.14
4.	Joanne Fenn (GBR)	2:01.27
5.	Faith Macharia (KEN)	2:01.36
6.	Agnes Samaria (NAM)	2:01.51
7.	Brigita Langerholc (SLO)	2:01.55
8.	Noelly Bibiche Mankatu (COD)	2:07.12
9.	Uyanga Khaynkhirvaa (MGL)	2:27.96

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS)	2:03.74
2.	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	2:03.75
3.	Maria Cioncan (ROU)	2:03.90
4.	Jearl Miles Clark (USA)	2:04.21
5.	Abir Nakhli (TUN)	2:04.43
6.	Adriana Muñoz (CUB)	2:04.58
7.	Sandra Stals (BEL)	2:06.12
8.	Adama Njie (GAM)	2:17.04

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	2:03.39
2.	Svetlana Klyuka (RUS)	2:03.68
3.	Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:04.01
4.	Tanya Blake (MLT)	2:04.61
5.	Yuliya Krevsun (UKR)	2:04.93
6.	Tatjana Borisova (KGZ)	2:05.31
7.	Myint Myint Aye (MYA)	2:05.41
8.	Tatyana Roslanova (KAZ)	2:07.98

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	2:01.06
2.	Anita Brägger (SUI)	2:01.09
3.	Akosua Serwaa (GHA)	2:01.17
4.	Diane Cummins (CAN)	2:01.20
5.	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	2:01.24
6.	Tamsyn Lewis (AUS)	2:01.43
7.	Wesam Abubkheet (PLE)	2:29.86
—	Jolanda Čeplak (SLO)	DNS

See also

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games - Women's 800 metres

References