2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
Appearance
The women's 800 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 9–11 March 2001.
The winning margin was 0.04 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin for the women's 800 metres at these championships.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Maria Mutola Mozambique |
Stephanie Graf Austria |
Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová Czech Republic |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:02.97 | Q |
2 | 4 | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia | 2:03.28 | Q |
3 | 4 | Laetitia Valdonado | France | 2:04.00 | q |
4 | 2 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2:04.16 | Q |
5 | 4 | Sandra Teixeira | Portugal | 2:04.18 | q |
6 | 2 | Lwiza John | Tanzania | 2:04.29 | Q |
7 | 1 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:04.47 | Q |
8 | 2 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2:04.56 | q |
9 | 1 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:04.58 | Q |
9 | 3 | Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová | Czech Republic | 2:04.58 | Q |
11 | 3 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:04.70 | Q |
12 | 3 | Charmaine Howell | Jamaica | 2:05.14 | q |
13 | 2 | Joanne Fenn | Great Britain | 2:05.16 | |
14 | 1 | Fabiane dos Santos | Brazil | 2:05.18 | |
15 | 4 | Adoración García | Spain | 2:05.25 | |
16 | 1 | Jennifer Toomey | United States | 2:05.55 | |
17 | 3 | Anca Safta | Romania | 2:06.13 | |
18 | 1 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:08.91 | |
19 | 4 | Wang Yuanping | China | 2:09.80 | |
20 | 3 | Lin Na | China | 2:10.99 | |
2 | Jearl Miles Clark | United States | DNS |
Semifinals
[edit]First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:01.34 | Q |
2 | 1 | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia | 2:01.97 | Q |
3 | 1 | Lwiza John | Tanzania | 2:02.40 | Q |
4 | 1 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:03.20 | |
5 | 2 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2:03.64 | Q |
6 | 2 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:03.68 | Q |
7 | 2 | Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová | Czech Republic | 2:04.29 | Q |
8 | 1 | Sandra Teixeira | Portugal | 2:04.38 | |
9 | 2 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2:04.79 | |
10 | 1 | Laetitia Valdonado | France | 2:05.89 | |
11 | 2 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:06.19 | |
12 | 2 | Charmaine Howell | Jamaica | 2:09.13 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:59.74 | ||
Stephanie Graf | Austria | 1:59.78 | ||
Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová | Czech Republic | 2:01.18 | ||
4 | Lwiza John | Tanzania | 2:01.76 | |
5 | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia | 2:02.17 | |
6 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:02.67 |