1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
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 | ![]() Cuba (CUB) |
Silver | ![]() Russia (RUS) |
Bronze | ![]() Mozambique (MOZ) |
Results
Heats
First 2 of each Heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Maria Mutola | ![]() | 1:57.49 | Q, SB |
2 | 1 | Yelena Afanasyeva | ![]() | 1:59.05 | Q |
3 | 1 | Stella Jongmans | ![]() | 1:59.32 | Q, SB |
4 | 1 | Joetta Clark | ![]() | 1:59.34 | Q |
5 | 2 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | ![]() | 1:59.37 | Q |
6 | 1 | Luciana Mendes | ![]() | 1:59.45 | |
7 | 2 | Letitia Vriesde | ![]() | 1:59.62 | Q |
8 | 2 | Ludmila Formanova | ![]() | 1:59.71 | Q |
9 | 2 | Toni Hodgkinson | ![]() | 2:00.25 | Q |
10 | 2 | Natalya Dukhnova | ![]() | 2:00.91 | |
11 | 2 | Nouria Merah-Benida | ![]() | 2:01.08 | |
12 | 2 | Petya Strashilova | ![]() | 2:01.44 | |
13 | 1 | Yelena Martson-Buzhenko | ![]() | 2:02.62 | |
14 | 1 | Hasna Benhassi | ![]() | 2:03.70 | |
15 | 1 | Małgorzata Rydz | ![]() | 2:05.00 | |
2 | Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma | ![]() | DQ (DNF) | Doping |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ana Fidelia Quirot | ![]() | 1:57.14 | |
![]() | Yelena Afanasyeva | ![]() | 1:57.56 | |
![]() | Maria Mutola | ![]() | 1:57.59 | |
4 | Letitia Vriesde | ![]() | 1:58.12 | |
5 | Ludmila Formanová | ![]() | 1:59.52 | |
6 | Toni Hodgkinson | ![]() | 2:00.40 | |
7 | Joetta Clark | ![]() | 2:02.05 | |
8 | Stella Jongmans | ![]() | 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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