2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. The winning margin was 0.03 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in the women's 800 metres at these championships.

Medalists

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Gold   Maria Mutola
Mozambique (MOZ)
Silver   Stephanie Graf
Austria (AUT)
Bronze   Letitia Vriesde
Suriname (SUR)

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Letitia Vriesde   Suriname 1:59.51 Q
2 1 Maria Mutola   Mozambique 1:59.96 Q
3 1 Kelly Holmes   Great Britain 2:00.08 Q
4 1 Diane Cummins   Canada 2:00.46 Q
5 1 Jolanda Čeplak   Slovenia 2:00.46 q
6 1 Hazel Clark   United States 2:00.56 q, SB
7 1 Anita Brägger   Switzerland 2:00.65 q
8 1 Tamsyn Lewis   Australia 2:00.86 q, SB
9 3 Zulia Calatayud   Cuba 2:00.96 Q
10 3 Svetlana Cherkasova   Russia 2:00.97 Q
11 3 Brigita Langerholc   Slovenia 2:01.05
12 4 Stephanie Graf   Austria 2:01.78 Q
13 4 Mayte Martínez   Spain 2:01.98 Q
14 4 Svetlana Badrankova   Kazakhstan 2:02.19 Q
15 3 Peggy Babin   France 2:02.48
16 4 Irina Mistyukevich   Russia 2:02.50
17 3 Agnes Samaria   Namibia 2:03.11
18 2 Faith Macharia   Kenya 2:03.83 Q
19 2 Ivonne Teichmann   Germany 2:04.03 Q
20 2 Luciana Mendes   Brazil 2:04.16 Q
21 4 Grace Birungi   Uganda 2:04.26
22 2 Lwiza John   Tanzania 2:04.31
23 2 Natalya Tsyganova   Russia 2:04.55
24 3 Charmaine Howell   Jamaica 2:05.06
25 2 Natalya Dukhnova   Belarus 2:05.47
26 2 Tatjana Borisova   Kyrgyzstan 2:05.63
27 4 Tina Paulino   Mozambique 2:06.36
28 2 Adama Njie   Gambia 2:07.80
29 3 Mariela Alvarez   Peru 2:09.43 PB
30 3 Janill Williams   Netherlands Antilles 2:15.04
31 1 Hind Musa   Sudan 2:27.96
4 Tsvetelina Kirilova   Bulgaria DQ
4 Süreyya Ayhan   Turkey DNS

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Maria Mutola   Mozambique 1:59.47 Q
2 2 Letitia Vriesde   Suriname 1:59.58 Q
3 2 Mayte Martínez   Spain 2:00.07 Q
4 2 Faith Macharia   Kenya 2:00.24 Q
5 2 Zulia Calatayud   Cuba 2:01.04
6 1 Stephanie Graf   Austria 2:01.24 Q
7 1 Kelly Holmes   Great Britain 2:01.90 Q
8 2 Luciana Mendes   Brazil 2:01.94
9 1 Diane Cummins   Canada 2:02.07 Q
10 1 Ivonne Teichmann   Germany 2:02.16 Q
11 2 Anita Brägger   Switzerland 2:02.22
12 2 Svetlana Badrankova   Kazakhstan 2:02.24
13 1 Jolanda Čeplak   Slovenia 2:02.65
14 1 Svetlana Cherkasova   Russia 2:02.85
15 1 Tamsyn Lewis   Australia 2:03.16
1 Hazel Clark   United States DNF

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Maria Mutola   Mozambique 1:57.17
  Stephanie Graf   Austria 1:57.20 SB
  Letitia Vriesde   Suriname 1:57.35 SB
4 Faith Macharia   Kenya 1:58.98
5 Diane Cummins   Canada 1:59.49 PB
6 Kelly Holmes   Great Britain 1:59.76
7 Mayte Martínez   Spain 2:00.09
8 Ivonne Teichmann   Germany 2:04.33

References

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