1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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.

Doping disqualification edit

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

Medalists edit

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

Results edit

Heats edit

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Yelena Afanasyeva   Russia 2:00.12 Q
2 4 Maria Mutola   Mozambique 2:00.88 Q
3 5 Luciana Mendes   Brazil 2:00.89 Q
4 3 Letitia Vriesde   Suriname 2:00.92 Q
5 3 Stella Jongmans   Netherlands 2:01.06 Q
6 4 Joetta Clark   United States 2:01.15 Q
7 1 Ludmila Formanová   Czech Republic 2:01.46 Q
8 4 Petya Strashilova   Bulgaria 2:01.49 q
9 4 Nouria Mérah-Benida   Algeria 2:01.49 q
10 2 Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba 2:01.56 Q
10 5 Hasna Benhassi   Morocco 2:01.56 q
12 5 Małgorzata Rydz   Poland 2:01.68 q
13 3 Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma   Russia 2:01.87 q
14 2 Yelena Martson-Buzhenko   Ukraine 2:02.00 Q
15 2 Toni Hodgkinson   New Zealand 2:02.21 q
16 2 Rosa Kutty   India 2:02.22
17 1 Natalya Dukhnova   Belarus 2:02.39 Q
18 4 Stephanie Graf   Austria 2:02.52
19 4 Charmaine Crooks   Canada 2:02.84
20 1 Linda Kisabaka   Germany 2:03.22
21 3 Kathy Harris-Rounds   United States 2:03.33
22 3 Dawn Williams-Sewer   Dominica 2:03.35
23 1 Julia Sakara   Zimbabwe 2:03.55
24 5 Irina Nedelenko-Lishchinskaya   Ukraine 2:03.56
25 5 Monika Ronnholm-Kinnunen   Finland 2:04.11
26 1 Öznur Dursun   Turkey 2:04.62
27 2 Jill Stamison-Mcmullen   United States 2:06.16
28 2 Theoni Kostopoulou   Greece 2:07.32
29 1 Léontine Tsiba   Republic of the Congo 2:07.34 NR
30 2 Jolanda Čeplak   Slovenia 2:10.97
31 2 Adama Njie   Gambia 2:13.50
32 5 Monica Randi   San Marino 2:16.00
33 1 Abok Shol   Sudan 2:16.74 NR
34 3 Natalia Al Farran   Lebanon 2:18.11 PB
35 3 Donata Mutegwamaso   Rwanda 2:25.07
36 4 Yaznee Nasheeda   Maldives 2:36.18
1 Malin Ewerlöf   Sweden DNS
4 Alberta Cape   Guinea-Bissau DNS

Semifinals edit

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Maria Mutola   Mozambique 1:57.49 Q, SB
2 1 Yelena Afanasyeva   Russia 1:59.05 Q
3 1 Stella Jongmans   Netherlands 1:59.32 Q, SB
4 1 Joetta Clark   United States 1:59.34 Q
5 2 Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba 1:59.37 Q
6 1 Luciana Mendes   Brazil 1:59.45
7 2 Letitia Vriesde   Suriname 1:59.62 Q
8 2 Ludmila Formanová   Czech Republic 1:59.71 Q
9 2 Toni Hodgkinson   New Zealand 2:00.25 Q
10 2 Natalya Dukhnova   Belarus 2:00.91
11 2 Nouria Mérah-Benida   Algeria 2:01.08
12 2 Petya Strashilova   Bulgaria 2:01.44
13 1 Yelena Martson-Buzhenko   Ukraine 2:02.62
14 1 Hasna Benhassi   Morocco 2:03.70
15 1 Małgorzata Rydz   Poland 2:05.00
2 Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma   Russia DQ (DNF) Doping

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ana Fidelia Quirot   Cuba 1:57.14
  Yelena Afanasyeva   Russia 1:57.56
  Maria Mutola   Mozambique 1:57.59
4 Letitia Vriesde   Suriname 1:58.12
5 Ludmila Formanová   Czech Republic 1:59.52
6 Toni Hodgkinson   New Zealand 2:00.40
7 Joetta Clark   United States 2:02.05
8 Stella Jongmans   Netherlands 2:05.50

References edit

  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.