2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres explained

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. The winning margin was 0.03 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in the women's 800 metres at these championships.

Medalists

Gold	Maria Mutola Mozambique (MOZ)
Silver	Stephanie Graf Austria (AUT)
Bronze	Letitia Vriesde Suriname (SUR)

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			1:59.51	Q
	1			1:59.96	Q
	1			2:00.08	Q
	1			2:00.46	Q
	1			2:00.46	q
	1			2:00.56	q, SB
	1			2:00.65	q
	1			2:00.86	q, SB
	3			2:00.96	Q
10	3			2:00.97	Q
11	3			2:01.05
12	4			2:01.78	Q
13	4			2:01.98	Q
14	4			2:02.19	Q
15	3			2:02.48
16	4			2:02.50
17	3			2:03.11
18	2			2:03.83	Q
19	2			2:04.03	Q
20	2			2:04.16	Q
21	4			2:04.26
22	2			2:04.31
23	2			2:04.55
24	3			2:05.06
25	2			2:05.47
26	2			2:05.63
27	4			2:06.36
28	2			2:07.80
29	3			2:09.43	PB
30	3			2:15.04
31	1			2:27.96
	4
	4

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			1:59.47	Q
	2			1:59.58	Q
	2			2:00.07	Q
	2			2:00.24	Q
	2			2:01.04
	1			2:01.24	Q
	1			2:01.90	Q
	2			2:01.94
	1			2:02.07	Q
10	1			2:02.16	Q
11	2			2:02.22
12	2			2:02.24
13	1			2:02.65
14	1			2:02.85
15	1			2:03.16
	1

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:57.17
			1:57.20	SB
			1:57.35	SB
4			1:58.98
5			1:59.49	PB
6			1:59.76
7			2:00.09
8			2:04.33

References

• Finals Results
• Semi-finals results
• Heats results