1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday 1993-08-17.

Doping disqualification

Liliya Nurutdinova (Russia) had originally placed seventh, but was disqualified after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Maria Mutola  (MOZ)	1:55.43
	Lyubov Gurina  (RUS)	1:57.10
	Ella Kovacs  (ROM)	1:57.92
4.	Diane Modahl  (GBR)	1:59.42
5.	Meredith Rainey  (USA)	1:59.57
6.	Liu Li  (CHN)	2:04.45
7.	Tina Paulino  (MOZ)	2:19.89
—	Liliya Nurutdinova  (RUS)	DSQ

Semifinals

• Held on Sunday 1993-08-15

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Maria Mutola  (MOZ)	1:58.69
2.	Liu Li  (CHN)	1:58.96
3.	Diane Modahl  (GBR)	1:59.12
4.	Liliya Nurutdinova  (RUS)	1:59.17
5.	Christine Wachtel  (GER)	1:59.86
6.	Amy Wickus  (USA)	2:00.55
7.	Oksana Mernikova  (BLR)	2:01.20
8.	Gladys Wamuyu  (KEN)	2:02.13

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Tina Paulino  (MOZ)	1:57.31
2.	Ella Kovacs  (ROM)	1:57.46
3.	Meredith Rainey  (USA)	1:57.63
4.	Lyubov Gurina  (RUS)	1:57.82
5.	Kelly Holmes  (GBR)	1:58.64
6.	Birthe Bruhns  (GER)	1:59.66
7.	Sabine Zwiener  (GER)	2:00.77
8.	Maria Magnolia Figueiredo  (BRA)	2:01.01

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 1993-08-14

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Liu Li  (CHN)	1:59.60
2.	Lyubov Gurina  (RUS)	1:59.90
3.	Christine Wachtel  (GER)	2:01.42
4.	Satu Jaaskelainen  (FIN)	2:03.66
5.	Carla Sacramento  (POR)	2:03.74
6.	Sheila Seebaluck  (MRI)	2:10.54
7.	Ablavi Agbenyeke  (TOG)	2:23.19
–	Letitia Vriesde  (SUR)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Tina Paulino  (MOZ)	2:01.46
2.	Kelly Holmes  (GBR)	2:01.70
3.	Natalya Dukhnova  (BLR)	2:01.78
4.	Wang Yuan  (CHN)	2:02.98
5.	Luciana Mendes  (BRA)	2:03.55
6.	Shiny Wilson  (IND)	2:06.64
7.	Alia Al Matari  (JOR)	2:15.23
8.	Shermaine Ross  (GRN)	2:15.84

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Diane Modahl  (GBR)	2:00.80
2.	Liliya Nurutdinova  (RUS)	2:00.85
3.	Amy Wickus  (USA)	2:00.91
4.	Sabine Zwiener  (GER)	2:01.37
5.	Oksana Mernikova  (BLR)	2:01.65
6.	Anna Brzezińska  (POL)	2:01.67
7.	Laurence Niyonsaba  (RWA)	2:12.52

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Ella Kovacs  (ROM)	2:01.36
2.	Maria Magnolia Figueiredo  (BRA)	2:01.91
3.	Joetta Clark  (USA)	2:02.15
4.	Fabia Trabaldo  (ITA)	2:02.36
5.	Yelena Storchovaya  (UKR)	2:03.50
6.	Edith Nakiyingi  (UGA)	2:07.81
7.	Karolina Tanona  (FIJ)	2:15.12

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Maria Mutola  (MOZ)	1:59.81
2.	Meredith Rainey  (USA)	1:59.87
3.	Birthe Bruhns  (GER)	2:00.29
4.	Gladys Wamuyu  (KEN)	2:01.59
5.	Yelena Afanasyeva  (RUS)	2:01.94
6.	Lorie Ann Adams  (GUY)	2:09.77
7.	Tamador Ismail  (SUD)	2:41.51

See also

• 1990 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Helsinki)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Atlanta)

References

1. Phil Hersh: Dopers, Ex-dopers And `Hmmm' Take Spotlight, Chicago Tribune, 22 August 1993
2. Liliya Nurutdinova, Sports-Reference.com
3. Butler, Mark (2015). "Doping violations at IAAF World Championships". IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Handbook. Monaco: IAAF. pp. 75–78.

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