2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mariya Savinova   Russia	Jenny Meadows   Great Britain	Alysia Johnson   United States

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Jolanda Čeplak  (SLO)	1:55.82	Vienna, Austria	3 March 2002
Championship record	Ludmila Formanová  (CZE)	1:56.90	Maebashi, Japan	7 March 1999
World Leading	Yevgeniya Zinurova  (RUS)	1:58.65	Moscow, Russia	14 February 2010
African record	Maria Mutola  (MOZ)	1:57.06	Liévin, France	21 February 1999
Asian record	Miho Sugimori  (JPN)	2:00.78	Yokohama, Japan	22 February 2003
European record	Jolanda Čeplak  (SLO)	1:55.82	Vienna, Austria	3 March 2002
North and Central American and Caribbean record	Nicole Teter  (USA)	1:58.71	New York City, United States	2 March 2002
Oceanian Record	Toni Hodgkinson  (NZL)	2:00.36	Paris, France	9 March 1997
South American record	Letitia Vriesde  (SUR)	1:59.21	Birmingham, Great Britain	23 February 1997

Qualification standards

Indoor	Outdoor
2:04.00	2:00.00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 12, 2010	10:30	Heats
March 14, 2010	17:15	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Jenny Meadows	Great Britain	2:00.39	Q
2	2	Mariya Savinova	Russia	2:00.95	Q
3	2	Alysia Johnson	United States	2:01.55	q
4	2	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	Lithuania	2:02.37	q, PB
5	1	Anna Pierce	United States	2:03.05	Q
DQ	1	Yevgeniya Zinurova	Russia	2:03.44	Q, Doping
6	1	Lenka Masná	Czech Republic	2:03.59
7	1	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco	2:03.81
8	1	Yuliya Krevsun	Ukraine	2:03.91
9	2	Nataliia Lupu	Ukraine	2:04.30
10	1	Élian Périz	Spain	2:04.71
11	1	Victoria Griffiths	Great Britain	2:04.90
12	1	Viktoriya Yalovtseva	Kazakhstan	2:05.68
13	2	Margarita Matsko	Kazakhstan	2:06.36
	2	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	DQ	[1]
	2	Elisa Cusma Piccione	Italy	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mariya Savinova	Russia	1:58.26	WL
	Jenny Meadows	Great Britain	1:58.43	NR
	Alysia Johnson	United States	1:59.60	PB
4	Anna Pierce	United States	2:00.53	PB
5	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	Lithuania	2:01.37	NR
DQ	Yevgeniya Zinurova	Russia	2:01.68	Doping

References

1. Lane violation

• Heats Result
• Final Result