2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–16.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Maria Mutola	Stephanie Graf	Mayte Martínez

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			2:01.93	Q
2	1			2:02.12	Q
3	2			2:02.16	Q
4	1			2:02.32	Q
	1			2:02.65	q, Doping
5	4			2:03.33	Q
6	2			2:03.55	q
7	4			2:03.62	Q
8	4			2:03.79	q
9	1			2:03.80	q, SB
10	1			2:03.82
11	4			2:04.68
12	4			2:04.96
13	3			2:05.16	Q
14	3			2:05.45	Q
15	3			2:06.21
16	2			2:06.24
17	3			2:08.49
	2
	3

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			1:59.75	Q
2	2			1:59.82	Q, NR
3	2			1:59.83	Q
4	1			1:59.99	Q
5	1			2:00.14	Q
	1			2:00.73	Q, Doping
6	1			2:00.94
7	2			2:01.29
8	1			2:03.76	SB
9	2			2:04.16
10	2			2:04.75
11	1			2:05.66

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:58.94
			1:59.39	SB
			1:59.53	NR
4			1:59.54	SB
5			1:59.95
			2:00.86

Note: Yekaterina Puzanova who had originally finished sixth was later disqualified for steroid use.

References

• Results