Women's 800 metres at the 2022 World Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Hayward Field | |||||||||
Dates | 21 July (heats) 22 July (semi-finals) 24 July (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 29 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:56.30 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Events at the 2022 World Championships | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
mixed | ||
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
35 km walk | men | women |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
World Team event | ||
World Team | ||
The women's 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 21 to 24 July 2022. [1]
With the elimination of defending champion Halimah Nakaayi in the semis, the rest of the podiums of the Olympics and previous World Championships were represented in the final. Olympic Champion Athing Mu, silver medalist Keely Hodgkinson, Mary Moraa and Diribe Welteji all wanted to lead, the four spread shoulder to shoulder across the track after the break line. Welteji emerged the leader, Mu on her shoulder, Hodgkinson on the rail and Moraa boxing her in on the outside. They held that formation through the bell at 57.11 and into the turn putting a 2m gap on the remaining competitors. Just before the backstretch, Mu made her move into the lead, opening up a 2 m gap before the final turn. Hodgkinson got around Welteji and went off in search of Mu, putting 2m back to Moraa and Welteji with returning silver medalist, Olympic bronze medalist Raevyn Rogers and Natoya Goule coming back to join them. With 110m to go, Mu took the turn wide and seemed to slow, enough that Hodgkinson was able to grab the inside position on Mu. The two ran shoulder to shoulder down the home stretch, with Moraa and Welteji having a similar battle 2m behind them. Bumping elbows both in lane 1, Hodgkinson gained a slight advantage, then Mu came back to get the edge. Unlike the runaway in the Olympics, Mu barely opened a gap on Hodgkinson, taking a lean at the line just to be sure. Behind them, Moraa was able to separate from Welteji for the bronze. At age 21, Moraa was the senior citizen amongst the top four, the other three still age 20.
Before the competition records were as follows: [2]
Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
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World record | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | 1:53.28 | Munich, West Germany | 26 July 1983 |
Championship record | 1:54.68 | Helsinki, Finland | 9 August 1983 | |
World Leading | Athing Mu (USA) | 1:57.01 | Rome, Italy | 9 June 2022 |
African Record | Pamela Jelimo (KEN) | 1:54.01 | Zürich, Switzerland | 29 August 2008 |
Asian Record | Liu Dong (CHN) | 1:55.54 | Beijing, China | 9 September 1993 |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 1:54.44 | Barcelona, Spain | 9 September 1989 |
South American Record | Letitia Vriesde (SUR) | 1:56.68 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 13 August 1995 |
European Record | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | 1:53.28 | Munich, West Germany | 26 July 1983 |
Oceanian record | Catriona Bisset (AUS) | 1:58.09 | Chorzów, Poland | 20 June 2021 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:59.50. [3]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
Date | Time | Round |
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21 July | 17:10 | Heats |
22 July | 18:35 | Semi-finals |
24 July | 18:35 | Final |
The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify to the semi-finals. [4]
The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify to the final. [5]
The final was started on 24 July at 18:35. [6]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Athing Mu | United States (USA) | 1:56.30 | WL | |
Keely Hodgkinson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:56.38 | SB | |
Mary Moraa | Kenya (KEN) | 1:56.71 | PB | |
4 | Diribe Welteji | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1:57.02 | PB |
5 | Natoya Goule | Jamaica (JAM) | 1:57.90 | SB |
6 | Raevyn Rogers | United States (USA) | 1:58.26 | |
7 | Anita Horvat | Slovenia (SLO) | 1:59.83 | |
8 | Ajeé Wilson | United States (USA) | 2:00.19 |
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