1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

None These are the results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. The event took place on the 6th, 7th and 9th of August. Doping disqualification Lyubov Tsyoma tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol after the semifinals and was disqualified.Reuters: New stars, but same old drug in veins, New Straits Times, 12 August 1997Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 97-08-11, hri.orgButler, Mark et al. (2013). IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (archived). IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-06. Medalists GoldCUB Ana Fidelia QuirotCuba (CUB)SilverRUS Yelena AfanasyevaRussia (RUS)BronzeMOZ Maria MutolaMozambique (MOZ) Results Heats First 2 of each Heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 01 1 5 Yelena Afanasyeva Russia 2:00.12 Q 02 2 4 Maria Mutola 2:00.88 Q 03 3 5 Luciana Mendes Brazil 2:00.89 Q 04 4 3 Letitia Vriesde 2:00.92 Q 05 5 3 Stella Jongmans Netherlands 2:01.06 Q 06 6 4 Joetta Clark United States 2:01.15 Q 07 7 1 Ludmila Formanová 2:01.46 Q 08 8 4 Petya Strashilova 2:01.49 q 09 9 4 Nouria Mérah-Benida 2:01.49 q 10 2 Ana Fidelia Quirot 2:01.56 Q 10 5 Hasna Benhassi 2:01.56 q 12 5 Małgorzata Rydz Poland 2:01.68 q 13 3 Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma Russia 2:01.87 q 14 2 Yelena Martson-Buzhenko 2:02.00 Q 15 2 Toni Hodgkinson New Zealand 2:02.21 q 16 2 Rosa Kutty India 2:02.22 17 1 Natalya Dukhnova 2:02.39 Q 18 4 Stephanie Graf 2:02.52 19 4 Charmaine Crooks Canada 2:02.84 20 1 Linda Kisabaka Germany 2:03.22 21 3 Kathy Harris-Rounds United States 2:03.33 22 3 Dawn Williams-Sewer 2:03.35 23 1 Julia Sakara 2:03.55 24 5 Irina Nedelenko-Lishchinskaya 2:03.56 25 5 Monika Ronnholm-Kinnunen 2:04.11 26 1 Öznur Dursun 2:04.62 27 2 Jill Stamison-Mcmullen United States 2:06.16 28 2 Theoni Kostopoulou 2:07.32 29 1 Léontine Tsiba 2:07.34 NR 30 2 Jolanda Čeplak 2:10.97 31 2 Adama Njie 2:13.50 32 5 Monica Randi 2:16.00 33 1 Abok Shol 2:16.74 NR 34 3 Natalia Al Farran 2:18.11 PB 35 3 Donata Mutegwamaso Rwanda 1962 2:25.07 36 4 Yaznee Nasheeda 2:36.18 99 1 Malin Ewerlöf Sweden 99:99.99 DNS 99 4 Alberta Cape 99:99.99 DNS Semifinals First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 01 1 1 Maria Mutola 1:57.49 Q, SB 02 2 1 Yelena Afanasyeva Russia 1:59.05 Q 03 3 1 Stella Jongmans Netherlands 1:59.32 Q, SB 04 4 1 Joetta Clark United States 1:59.34 Q 05 5 2 Ana Fidelia Quirot 1:59.37 Q 06 6 1 Luciana Mendes Brazil 1:59.45 07 7 2 Letitia Vriesde 1:59.62 Q 08 8 2 Ludmila Formanová 1:59.71 Q 09 9 2 Toni Hodgkinson New Zealand 2:00.25 Q 10 2 Natalya Dukhnova 2:00.91 11 2 Nouria Mérah-Benida 2:01.08 12 2 Petya Strashilova 2:01.44 13 1 Yelena Martson-Buzhenko 2:02.62 14 1 Hasna Benhassi 2:03.70 15 1 Małgorzata Rydz Poland 2:05.00 99 2 Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma Russia 99:99.99 DQ (DNF) Doping Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ana Fidelia Quirot 1:57.14 Yelena Afanasyeva Russia 1:57.56 Maria Mutola 1:57.59 4 Letitia Vriesde 1:58.12 5 Ludmila Formanová 1:59.52 6 Toni Hodgkinson New Zealand 2:00.40 7 Joetta Clark United States 2:02.05 8 Stella Jongmans Netherlands 2:05.50 References Results IAAF - Women's 800 Metres Category:800 metres at the World Athletics Championships