2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

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

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Maria Mutola	Stephanie Graf	Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			2:02.97	Q
	4			2:03.28	Q
	4			2:04.00	q
	2			2:04.16	Q
	4			2:04.18	q
	2			2:04.29	Q
	1			2:04.47	Q
	2			2:04.56	q
	1			2:04.58	Q
	3			2:04.58	Q
11	3			2:04.70	Q
12	3			2:05.14	q
13	2			2:05.16
14	1			2:05.18
15	4			2:05.25
16	1			2:05.55
17	3			2:06.13
18	1			2:08.91
19	4			2:09.80
20	3			2:10.99
	2

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			2:01.34	Q
	1			2:01.97	Q
	1			2:02.40	Q
	1			2:03.20
	2			2:03.64	Q
	2			2:03.68	Q
	2			2:04.29	Q
	1			2:04.38
	2			2:04.79
10	1			2:05.89
11	2			2:06.19
12	2			2:09.13

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:59.74
			1:59.78
			2:01.18
4			2:01.76
5			2:02.17
6			2:02.67

References

• Results