1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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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 the 6th, 7th and 9th of August.

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Doping disqualification

Lyubov Tsyoma tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol after the semifinals and was disqualified. [1] [2] [3]

Medalists

Gold Flag of Cuba.svg Ana Fidelia Quirot
Cuba (CUB)
Silver Flag of Russia.svg Yelena Afanasyeva
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Flag of Mozambique.svg Maria Mutola
Mozambique (MOZ)

Results

Heats

First 2 of each Heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Yelena Afanasyeva Flag of Russia.svg Russia2:00.12Q
24 Maria Mutola Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 2:00.88Q
35 Luciana Mendes Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil2:00.89Q
43 Letitia Vriesde Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 2:00.92Q
53 Stella Jongmans Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands2:01.06Q
64 Joetta Clark Flag of the United States.svg United States2:01.15Q
71 Ludmila Formanová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:01.46Q
84 Petya Strashilova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:01.49q
94 Nouria Mérah-Benida Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:01.49q
102 Ana Fidelia Quirot Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:01.56Q
105 Hasna Benhassi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:01.56q
125 Małgorzata Rydz Flag of Poland.svg Poland2:01.68q
133 Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma Flag of Russia.svg Russia2:01.87q
142 Yelena Martson-Buzhenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:02.00Q
152 Toni Hodgkinson Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand2:02.21q
162 Rosa Kutty Flag of India.svg India2:02.22
171 Natalya Dukhnova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2:02.39Q
184 Stephanie Graf Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:02.52
194 Charmaine Crooks Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada2:02.84
201 Linda Kisabaka Flag of Germany.svg Germany2:03.22
213 Kathy Harris-Rounds Flag of the United States.svg United States2:03.33
223 Dawn Williams-Sewer Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 2:03.35
231 Julia Sakara Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:03.55
245 Irina Nedelenko-Lishchinskaya Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:03.56
255 Monika Ronnholm-Kinnunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:04.11
261 Öznur Dursun Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:04.62
272 Jill Stamison-Mcmullen Flag of the United States.svg United States2:06.16
282 Theoni Kostopoulou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:07.32
291 Léontine Tsiba Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 2:07.34 NR
302 Jolanda Čeplak Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:10.97
312 Adama Njie Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 2:13.50
325 Monica Randi Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 2:16.00
331 Abok Shol Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 2:16.74 NR
343 Natalia Al Farran Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 2:18.11PB
353 Donata Mutegwamaso Flag of Rwanda (1961-2001).svg Rwanda 2:25.07
364 Yaznee Nasheeda Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 2:36.18
1 Malin Ewerlöf Flag of Sweden.svg SwedenDNS
4 Alberta Cape Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau DNS

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Maria Mutola Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:57.49Q, SB
21 Yelena Afanasyeva Flag of Russia.svg Russia1:59.05Q
31 Stella Jongmans Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands1:59.32Q, SB
41 Joetta Clark Flag of the United States.svg United States1:59.34Q
52 Ana Fidelia Quirot Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:59.37Q
61 Luciana Mendes Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil1:59.45
72 Letitia Vriesde Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 1:59.62Q
82 Ludmila Formanová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:59.71Q
92 Toni Hodgkinson Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand2:00.25Q
102 Natalya Dukhnova Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2:00.91
112 Nouria Mérah-Benida Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:01.08
122 Petya Strashilova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:01.44
131 Yelena Martson-Buzhenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:02.62
141 Hasna Benhassi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:03.70
151 Małgorzata Rydz Flag of Poland.svg Poland2:05.00
2 Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma Flag of Russia.svg RussiaDQ (DNF)Doping

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ana Fidelia Quirot Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1:57.14
Silver medal icon.svg Yelena Afanasyeva Flag of Russia.svg Russia1:57.56
Bronze medal icon.svg Maria Mutola Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 1:57.59
4 Letitia Vriesde Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 1:58.12
5 Ludmila Formanová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:59.52
6 Toni Hodgkinson Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand2:00.40
7 Joetta Clark Flag of the United States.svg United States2:02.05
8 Stella Jongmans Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands2:05.50

References

  1. Reuters: New stars, but same old drug in veins, New Straits Times, 12 August 1997
  2. Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 97-08-11, hri.org
  3. Butler, Mark et al. (2013). IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (archived). IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-06.