2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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.

Women's 800 metres
at the 2005 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates6 August (heats)
7 August (semifinals)
9 August (final)
Competitors47 from 29 nations
Winning time1:58.82
Medalists
 Zulia Calatayud
 Cuba (CUB)
 Hasna Benhassi
 Morocco (MAR)
 Tatyana Andrianova
 Russia (RUS)
Events at the
2005 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

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)
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

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

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
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