2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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Women's 800 metres
at the 2005 World Championships
Venue Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates6 August (heats)
7 August (semifinals)
9 August (final)
Competitors47 from 29 nations
Winning time1:58.82
Medalists
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  2003
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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.

Contents

Medals

Gold:Silver:Bronze:
Flag of Cuba.svg Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) Flag of Morocco.svg Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) Flag of Russia.svg 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. Flag of the United States.svg Hazel Clark 2:01.91 Q
  2. Flag of Jamaica.svg Kenia Sinclair 2:02.18 Q
  3. Flag of Morocco.svg Mina Aït Hammou 2:02.36 Q
  4. Flag of Namibia.svg Agnes Samaria 2:02.46 Q
  5. Flag of Grenada.svg Neisha Bernard-Thomas 2:02.50
  6. Flag of Slovenia.svg Brigita Langerholc 2:03.06
  7. Flag of Turkey.svg Binnaz Uslu 2:03.73
  8. Flag of Gabon.svg Marlyse Nsourou 2:14.47 (SB)

Heat 2

  1. Flag of Cuba.svg Zulia Calatayud 2:00.77 Q
  2. Flag of Morocco.svg Hasna Benhassi 2:00.77 Q
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Kameisha Bennett 2:01.78 Q
  4. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Susan Scott 2:02.00 Q
  5. Flag of Bulgaria.svg Teodora Kolarova 2:02.45
  6. Flag of Japan.svg Miho Sato 2:02.82
  7. Flag of Uruguay.svg Marcela Britos 2:10.21
  8. Flag of Djibouti.svg Markabo Djama Liban 2:50.95

Heat 3

  1. Flag of Russia.svg Tatyana Andrianova 2:06.38 Q
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Alice Schmidt 2:07.10 Q
  3. Flag of Spain.svg Mayte Martínez 2:07.34 Q
  4. Flag of Poland.svg Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk 2:07.37 Q
  5. Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg Myint Myint Aye 2:08.50
  6. Flag of Guyana.svg Marian Burnett 2:09.88

Heat 4

  1. Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Cherkasova 2:00.62 Q
  2. Flag of France.svg Laetitia Valdonado 2:00.87 Q
  3. Flag of Belarus.svg Sviatlana Usovich 2:01.09 Q
  4. Flag of Slovenia.svg Lucia Klocová 2:01.63 Q (SB)
  5. Flag of Ukraine.svg Tetiana Petlyuk 2:01.78 q (SB)
  6. Flag of Morocco.svg Seltana Aït Hammou 2:02.16
  7. Flag of Italy.svg Elisa Cusma Piccione 2:05.95
  8. Flag of Pakistan.svg Gulnaz Ara 2:13.87 (SB)

Heat 5

  1. Flag of Russia.svg Larisa Chzhao 2:00.64 Q
  2. Flag of Mozambique.svg Maria Mutola 2:00.71 Q
  3. Flag of Jamaica.svg Michelle Ballentine 2:01.05 Q (SB)
  4. Flag of Romania.svg Mihaela Neacsu 2:01.35 Q
  5. Flag of Germany.svg Monika Gradzki 2:01.56 q
  6. Flag of Suriname.svg Letitia Vriesde 2:01.65 q (SB)
  7. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Diane Cummins 2:01.71 q

Semifinals

August 7, 2005

Heat 1

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Hazel Clark 1:59.00 Q
  2. Flag of Russia.svg Larisa Chzhao 1:59.07 Q
  3. Flag of Mozambique.svg Maria Mutola 1:59.29 q
  4. Flag of Spain.svg Mayte Martínez 1:59.40 q (SB)
  5. Flag of Morocco.svg Mina Aït Hammou 2:00.22
  6. Flag of Romania.svg Mihaela Neacsu 2:00.63
  7. Flag of Slovakia.svg Lucia Klocová 2:00.64 (SB)
  8. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Susan Scott 2:01.17 (SB)

Heat 2

  1. Flag of Cuba.svg Zulia Calatayud 1:57.92 Q (SB)
  2. Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Cherkasova 1:58.58 Q
  3. Flag of Jamaica.svg Kenia Sinclair 1:59.45
  4. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Diane Cummins 2:00.10 (SB)
  5. Flag of Namibia.svg Agnes Samaria 2:00.13
  6. Flag of the United States.svg Alice Schmidt 2:01.43
  7. Flag of Suriname.svg Letitia Vriesde 2:02.07
  8. Flag of Germany.svg Monika Gradzki 2:02.09

Heat 3

  1. Flag of Russia.svg Tatyana Andrianova 2:01.35 Q
  2. Flag of Morocco.svg Hasna Benhassi 2:01.59 Q
  3. Flag of France.svg Laetitia Valdonado 2:01.90
  4. Flag of Poland.svg Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk 2:02.02
  5. Flag of Belarus.svg Sviatlana Usovich 2:02.34
  6. Flag of Ukraine.svg Tetiana Petlyuk 2:02.46
  7. Flag of Jamaica.svg Michelle Ballentine 2:03.98

Final

August 9, 2005

  1. Flag of Cuba.svg Zulia Calatayud 1:58.82
  2. Flag of Morocco.svg Hasna Benhassi 1:59.42
  3. Flag of Russia.svg Tatyana Andrianova 1:59.60
  4. Flag of Mozambique.svg Maria Mutola 1:59.71
  5. Flag of Spain.svg Mayte Martínez 1:59.99
  6. Flag of Russia.svg Larisa Chzhao 2:00.25
  7. Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Cherkasova 2:00.71
  8. Flag of the United States.svg Hazel Clark 2:01.52

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