2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 2005 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		women
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

The women's 800 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6, 7 and 9 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Zulia Calatayud (Cuba)	Hasna Benhassi (Morocco)	Tatyana Andrianova (Russia)

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Heats

August 6, 2005

Heat 1

1. Hazel Clark 2:01.91 Q
2. Kenia Sinclair 2:02.18 Q
3. Mina Aït Hammou 2:02.36 Q
4. Agnes Samaria 2:02.46 Q
5. Neisha Bernard-Thomas 2:02.50
6. Brigita Langerholc 2:03.06
7. Binnaz Uslu 2:03.73
8. Marlyse Nsourou 2:14.47 (SB)

Heat 2

1. Zulia Calatayud 2:00.77 Q
2. Hasna Benhassi 2:00.77 Q
3. Kameisha Bennett 2:01.78 Q
4. Susan Scott 2:02.00 Q
5. Teodora Kolarova 2:02.45
6. Miho Sato 2:02.82
7. Marcela Britos 2:10.21
8. Markabo Djama Liban 2:50.95

Heat 3

1. Tatyana Andrianova 2:06.38 Q
2. Alice Schmidt 2:07.10 Q
3. Mayte Martínez 2:07.34 Q
4. Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk 2:07.37 Q
5. Myint Myint Aye 2:08.50
6. Marian Burnett 2:09.88

• Nahida Touhami DNS

Heat 4

1. Svetlana Cherkasova 2:00.62 Q
2. Laetitia Valdonado 2:00.87 Q
3. Sviatlana Usovich 2:01.09 Q
4. Lucia Klocová 2:01.63 Q (SB)
5. Tetiana Petlyuk 2:01.78 q (SB)
6. Seltana Aït Hammou 2:02.16
7. Elisa Cusma Piccione 2:05.95
8. Gulnaz Ara 2:13.87 (SB)

Heat 5

1. Larisa Chzhao 2:00.64 Q
2. Maria Mutola 2:00.71 Q
3. Michelle Ballentine 2:01.05 Q (SB)
4. Mihaela Neacsu 2:01.35 Q
5. Monika Gradzki 2:01.56 q
6. Letitia Vriesde 2:01.65 q (SB)
7. Diane Cummins 2:01.71 q

• Akosua Serwaa DNS

Semifinals

August 7, 2005

Heat 1

1. Hazel Clark 1:59.00 Q
2. Larisa Chzhao 1:59.07 Q
3. Maria Mutola 1:59.29 q
4. Mayte Martínez 1:59.40 q (SB)
5. Mina Aït Hammou 2:00.22
6. Mihaela Neacsu 2:00.63
7. Lucia Klocová 2:00.64 (SB)
8. Susan Scott 2:01.17 (SB)

Heat 2

1. Zulia Calatayud 1:57.92 Q (SB)
2. Svetlana Cherkasova 1:58.58 Q
3. Kenia Sinclair 1:59.45
4. Diane Cummins 2:00.10 (SB)
5. Agnes Samaria 2:00.13
6. Alice Schmidt 2:01.43
7. Letitia Vriesde 2:02.07
8. Monika Gradzki 2:02.09

Heat 3

1. Tatyana Andrianova 2:01.35 Q
2. Hasna Benhassi 2:01.59 Q
3. Laetitia Valdonado 2:01.90
4. Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk 2:02.02
5. Sviatlana Usovich 2:02.34
6. Tetiana Petlyuk 2:02.46
7. Michelle Ballentine 2:03.98

• Kameisha Bennett DNF

Final

August 9, 2005

1. Zulia Calatayud 1:58.82
2. Hasna Benhassi 1:59.42
3. Tatyana Andrianova 1:59.60
4. Maria Mutola 1:59.71
5. Mayte Martínez 1:59.99
6. Larisa Chzhao 2:00.25
7. Svetlana Cherkasova 2:00.71
8. Hazel Clark 2:01.52

External links

• Official results - IAAF.org