2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

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.

Women's 800 metres
at the 2005 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates6 August (heats)
7 August (semifinals)
9 August (final)
Competitors47 from 29 nations
Winning time1:58.82
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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Medals edit

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
  Zulia Calatayud (Cuba)   Hasna Benhassi (Morocco)   Tatyana Andrianova (Russia)

Results edit

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 edit

August 6, 2005

Heat 1 edit

  1.   Hazel Clark 2:01.91 Q
  2.   Kenia Sinclair 2:02.18 Q
  3.   Mina Aït Hammou 2:02.36 Q
  4.   Agnes Samaria 2:02.46 Q
  5.   Neisha Bernard-Thomas 2:02.50
  6.   Brigita Langerholc 2:03.06
  7.   Binnaz Uslu 2:03.73
  8.   Marlyse Nsourou 2:14.47 (SB)

Heat 2 edit

  1.   Zulia Calatayud 2:00.77 Q
  2.   Hasna Benhassi 2:00.77 Q
  3.   Kameisha Bennett 2:01.78 Q
  4.   Susan Scott 2:02.00 Q
  5.   Teodora Kolarova 2:02.45
  6.   Miho Sato 2:02.82
  7.   Marcela Britos 2:10.21
  8.   Markabo Djama Liban 2:50.95

Heat 3 edit

  1.   Tatyana Andrianova 2:06.38 Q
  2.   Alice Schmidt 2:07.10 Q
  3.   Mayte Martínez 2:07.34 Q
  4.   Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk 2:07.37 Q
  5.   Myint Myint Aye 2:08.50
  6.   Marian Burnett 2:09.88

Heat 4 edit

  1.   Svetlana Cherkasova 2:00.62 Q
  2.   Laetitia Valdonado 2:00.87 Q
  3.   Sviatlana Usovich 2:01.09 Q
  4.   Lucia Klocová 2:01.63 Q (SB)
  5.   Tetiana Petlyuk 2:01.78 q (SB)
  6.   Seltana Aït Hammou 2:02.16
  7.   Elisa Cusma Piccione 2:05.95
  8.   Gulnaz Ara 2:13.87 (SB)

Heat 5 edit

  1.   Larisa Chzhao 2:00.64 Q
  2.   Maria Mutola 2:00.71 Q
  3.   Michelle Ballentine 2:01.05 Q (SB)
  4.   Mihaela Neacsu 2:01.35 Q
  5.   Monika Gradzki 2:01.56 q
  6.   Letitia Vriesde 2:01.65 q (SB)
  7.   Diane Cummins 2:01.71 q

Semifinals edit

August 7, 2005

Heat 1 edit

  1.   Hazel Clark 1:59.00 Q
  2.   Larisa Chzhao 1:59.07 Q
  3.   Maria Mutola 1:59.29 q
  4.   Mayte Martínez 1:59.40 q (SB)
  5.   Mina Aït Hammou 2:00.22
  6.   Mihaela Neacsu 2:00.63
  7.   Lucia Klocová 2:00.64 (SB)
  8.   Susan Scott 2:01.17 (SB)

Heat 2 edit

  1.   Zulia Calatayud 1:57.92 Q (SB)
  2.   Svetlana Cherkasova 1:58.58 Q
  3.   Kenia Sinclair 1:59.45
  4.   Diane Cummins 2:00.10 (SB)
  5.   Agnes Samaria 2:00.13
  6.   Alice Schmidt 2:01.43
  7.   Letitia Vriesde 2:02.07
  8.   Monika Gradzki 2:02.09

Heat 3 edit

  1.   Tatyana Andrianova 2:01.35 Q
  2.   Hasna Benhassi 2:01.59 Q
  3.   Laetitia Valdonado 2:01.90
  4.   Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk 2:02.02
  5.   Sviatlana Usovich 2:02.34
  6.   Tetiana Petlyuk 2:02.46
  7.   Michelle Ballentine 2:03.98

Final edit

August 9, 2005

  1.   Zulia Calatayud 1:58.82
  2.   Hasna Benhassi 1:59.42
  3.   Tatyana Andrianova 1:59.60
  4.   Maria Mutola 1:59.71
  5.   Mayte Martínez 1:59.99
  6.   Larisa Chzhao 2:00.25
  7.   Svetlana Cherkasova 2:00.71
  8.   Hazel Clark 2:01.52

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