2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–9 March 2014.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Chanelle Price	Angelika Cichocka	Maryna Arzamasava

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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		2:00.43	Albuquerque, United States	23 February 2014
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
Records broken during the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World Leading		2:00.39	Sopot, Poland	7 March 2014
World Leading		2:00.09	Sopot, Poland	9 March 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 March 2014	13:00	Heats
9 March 2014	16:35	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: The winner of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			2:00.37	Q, WL, PB
	2			~~2:00.65~~	Q, SB, Doping
2	3			2:00.93	Q, PB
3	3			2:01.05	q
4	2			2:01.15	q, SB
5	3			2:01.25	q, PB
6	2			2:01.89	PB
7	1			2:02.55
8	1			2:02.71	SB
9	2			2:02.90
10	2			2:02.95	PB
10	3			2:02.95
12	1			2:03.17
13	1			2:03.30
14	3			2:03.52
15	3			2:03.69	SB
16	2			2:06.04
	1				R163.3(b)^[2]

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:00.09	WL
			2:00.45
			2:00.79	PB
4			2:01.06
			2:01.17	R40.1^[4]
5			2:02.46

Notes and References

https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitiondocuments/pdf/4952/AT-800-W-h----.RS4.pdf?v=1957144513 Heats results
Lane infringement; original time – 2:01.03
https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitiondocuments/pdf/4952/AT-800-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1719702981 Final results
Nataliia Lupu originally finished in fifth place but was disqualified for failing a post-race doping test Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 31.10.14. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-30.