2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 2007 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 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 25, 26 and 28 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya	Hasna Benhassi  Morocco	Mayte Martínez  Spain

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 25, 2007	19:30	Heats
August 26, 2007	19:35	Semifinals
August 28, 2007	21:20	Final

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

WR

World record

AR

Area record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	1:58.95	Q, SB
2	6	Mayte Martínez	Spain	1:59.58	Q, SB
3	6	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	1:59.72	Q, PB
4	6	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	1:59.76	q, SB
5	5	Sviatlana Usovich	Belarus	1:59.95	Q, SB
6	3	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:00.00	Q
7	1	Svetlana Klyuka	Russia	2:00.11	Q
8	3	Jennifer Meadows	United Kingdom	2:00.14	Q, PB
9	3	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	2:00.20	Q
10	4	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	2:00.31	Q
11	5	Kenia Sinclair	Jamaica	2:00.35	Q
12	5	Diane Cummins	Canada	2:00.38	Q
13	6	Élodie Guégan	France	2:00.43	q, PB
14	3	Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk	Poland	2:00.45	q
14	5	Tetyana Petlyuk	Ukraine	2:00.45	q
16	4	Jemma Simpson	United Kingdom	2:00.47	Q
17	1	Marian Burnett	Guyana	2:00.53	Q
18	3	Elisa Cusma Piccione	Italy	2:00.54	q
19	5	Hazel Clark	United States	2:00.61	q
20	4	Liliana Popescu	Romania	2:00.73	Q
21	5	Seltana Aït Hammou	Morocco	2:00.74	SB
22	1	Amina Aït Hammou	Morocco	2:00.85	Q, SB
23	6	Svetlana Cherkasova	Russia	2:00.93
24	1	Mihaela Stancescu-Neacsu	Romania	2:01.08
25	4	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	2:01.21
26	2	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	2:01.75	Q
27	2	Marilyn Okoro	United Kingdom	2:01.79	Q
28	2	Zulia Calatayud	Cuba	2:01.81	Q
29	2	Alysia Johnson	United States	2:02.11
30	4	Yuliya Krevsun	Ukraine	2:02.45
31	1	Alice Schmidt	United States	2:02.49
32	2	Rosibel García	Colombia	2:02.86
33	1	Josiane Tito	Brazil	2:03.70
34	4	Rikke Rønholt	Denmark	2:03.75	SB
35	2	Qing Liu	China	2:04.35
36	3	Eliane Saholinirina	Madagascar	2:06.57	PB
37	3	Fatimoh Muhammed	Liberia	2:07.28	NR
38	4	Ayako Jinnouchi	Japan	2:07.34
39	2	Lillian Silva	Angola	2:09.17
40	6	Elizet Banda	Zambia	2:09.90
41	1	Natalia Gallego	Andorra	2:13.46
42	1	Emilia Mikue Ondo	Equatorial Guinea	2:15.72	NR
43	6	Mireille Derebona	Central African Republic	2:30.08	SB
44	3	Gharid Ghrouf	Palestine	2:30.35	PB
45	5	Nicole Layson	Guam	2:36.14
-	5	Marcela Britos	Uruguay	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	1:56.17	Q, WL
2	3	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	1:56.84	Q, SB
3	3	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:56.98	q, SB
4	1	Sviatlana Usovich	Belarus	1:58.11	Q, PB
5	3	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	1:58.41	q, PB
6	1	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	1:58.56	Q
7	1	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia	1:58.62	PB
8	1	Elisa Cusma Piccione	Italy	1:58.63	PB
9	2	Svetlana Klyuka	Russia	1:58.97	Q
10	2	Mayte Martínez	Spain	1:59.32	Q, SB
11	3	Jennifer Meadows	United Kingdom	1:59.39	PB
12	3	Élodie Guégan	France	1:59.46	PB
13	2	Amina Aït Hammou	Morocco	1:59.51	SB
14	2	Marilyn Okoro	United Kingdom	1:59.63	PB
15	1	Liliana Popescu	Romania	2:00.07	SB
16	2	Kenia Sinclair	Jamaica	2:00.25
17	1	Jemma Simpson	United Kingdom	2:00.48
18	1	Diane Cummins	Canada	2:00.51
19	2	Tetyana Petlyuk	Ukraine	2:00.90
20	3	Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk	Poland	2:01.02
20	2	Marian Burnett	Guyana	2:01.02
22	3	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	2:02.25
23	1	Hazel Clark	United States	2:02.92
24	2	Zulia Calatayud	Cuba	2:06.97

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Janeth Jepkosgei	Kenya	1:56.04	WL
	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	1:56.99
	Mayte Martínez	Spain	1:57.62	PB
4	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	1:58.22
5	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	1:58.52
6	Sviatlana Usovich	Belarus	1:58.92
7	Svetlana Klyuka	Russia	2:00.90
-	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	DNF

References

General

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