2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 9 and 11 March.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Pamela Jelimo	Nataliia Lupu	Erica Moore

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		1:55.82	Vienna, Austria	3 March 2002
Championship record		1:56.90	Maebashi, Japan	7 March 1999
World Leading		1:59.01	Liévin, France	14 February 2012
African record		1:57.06	Liévin, France	21 February 1999
Asian record		2:00.78	Yokohama, Japan	22 February 2003
European record		1:55.82	Vienna, Austria	3 March 2002
North and Central American and Caribbean record		1:58.71	New York City, United States	2 March 2002
Oceanian Record		2:00.36	Paris, France	9 March 1997
South American record		1:59.21	Birmingham, Great Britain	23 February 1997

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 9, 2012	11:50	Heats
March 11, 2012	15:35	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: 1st of each heat (Q) plus 3 fastest times (q) qualified.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			1:59.80	Q
2	3			2:00.24	q, PB
	1			2:00.26	Q, SB, Doping
4	1			2:00.32	q
5	1			2:01.17	q, PB
6	3			2:01.19	NR
7	2			2:01.69	Q, PB
8	2			2:02.05
9	3	Eléni Filándra		2:02.67
10	1			2:03.08
11	1			2:03.11
12	2			2:03.61
13	2			2:04.06
14	2			2:04.20
15	3			2:05.24	PB
16	2			2:27.03	PB
17	1			2:51.87	PB
	3

Final

The final started at 15:35.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:58.83	WL, NR
			1:59.67	PB
			1:59.97	PB
4			2:00.30	PB
5			2:00.67
			2:01.87	Doping

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres (heats). Omega Timing. 2012-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20120316195638/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-800-W-h----.RS6.pdf. 2012-03-16. dead.
2. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres (final). Omega Timing. 2012-03-15.