2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

The Women's 800 metres event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–12.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Maria Mutola	Kenia Sinclair	Hasna Benhassi

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			2:02.33	Q
2	1			2:02.40	Q
3	1			2:02.75	q
4	2			2:03.63	Q
5	2			2:03.71	Q, SB
6	3			2:03.75	Q
7	3			2:03.94	Q
8	1			2:04.12	q
9	3			2:04.22	q
10	2			2:04.24	q
11	2			2:04.51
12	4			2:04.74	Q
13	4			2:04.82	Q
14	3			2:04.95
15	3			2:05.11
16	4			2:05.17
17	1			2:05.88	SB
18	4			2:05.90
19	1			2:07.18
20	2			2:07.62
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Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			2:00.06	Q, NR
2	2			2:00.29	Q, SB
3	2			2:00.42	Q, NR
4	2			2:00.46
5	2			2:02.51
6	1			2:03.59	Q
7	1			2:03.70	Q
8	1			2:03.87	Q
9	1			2:03.95
10	1			2:04.74
11	1			2:04.88
12	2			2:05.40

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:58.90	SB
			1:59.54	NR
			2:00.34	SB
4			2:00.74
5			2:01.26
6			2:02.39	PB

References

• Results