2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

None These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. The winning margin was 0.03 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in the women's 800 metres at these championships. Medalists GoldMOZ Maria MutolaMozambique (MOZ)SilverAUT Stephanie GrafAustria (AUT)BronzeSUR Letitia VriesdeSuriname (SUR) Results Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 01 1 3 Letitia Vriesde 1:59.51 Q 02 2 1 Maria Mutola 1:59.96 Q 03 3 1 Kelly Holmes Great Britain 2:00.08 Q 04 4 1 Diane Cummins 2:00.46 Q 05 5 1 Jolanda Čeplak 2:00.46 q 06 6 1 Hazel Clark 2:00.56 q, SB 07 7 1 Anita Brägger 2:00.65 q 08 8 1 Tamsyn Lewis 2:00.86 q, SB 09 9 3 Zulia Calatayud 2:00.96 Q 10 3 Svetlana Cherkasova 2:00.97 Q 11 3 Brigita Langerholc 2:01.05 12 4 Stephanie Graf 2:01.78 Q 13 4 Mayte Martínez 2:01.98 Q 14 4 Svetlana Badrankova 2:02.19 Q 15 3 Peggy Babin 2:02.48 16 4 Irina Mistyukevich 2:02.50 17 3 Agnes Samaria 2:03.11 18 2 Faith Macharia 2:03.83 Q 19 2 Ivonne Teichmann 2:04.03 Q 20 2 Luciana Mendes 2:04.16 Q 21 4 Grace Birungi 2:04.26 22 2 Lwiza John 2:04.31 23 2 Natalya Tsyganova 2:04.55 24 3 Charmaine Howell 2:05.06 25 2 Natalya Dukhnova 2:05.47 26 2 Tatjana Borisova 2:05.63 27 4 Tina Paulino 2:06.36 28 2 Adama Njie 2:07.80 29 3 Mariela Alvarez 2:09.43 PB 30 3 Janill Williams 2:15.04 31 1 Hind Musa 2:27.96 98 4 Tsvetelina Kirilova 9:99.98 DQ 99 4 Süreyya Ayhan 9:99.99 DNS Semifinals Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 01 1 2 Maria Mutola 1:59.47 Q 02 2 2 Letitia Vriesde 1:59.58 Q 03 3 2 Mayte Martínez 2:00.07 Q 04 4 2 Faith Macharia 2:00.24 Q 05 5 2 Zulia Calatayud 2:01.04 06 6 1 Stephanie Graf 2:01.24 Q 07 7 1 Kelly Holmes Great Britain 2:01.90 Q 08 8 2 Luciana Mendes 2:01.94 09 9 1 Diane Cummins 2:02.07 Q 10 1 Ivonne Teichmann 2:02.16 Q 11 2 Anita Brägger 2:02.22 12 2 Svetlana Badrankova 2:02.24 13 1 Jolanda Čeplak 2:02.65 14 1 Svetlana Cherkasova 2:02.85 15 1 Tamsyn Lewis 2:03.16 99 1 Hazel Clark 9:99.99 DNF Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Maria Mutola 1:57.17 Stephanie Graf 1:57.20 SB Letitia Vriesde 1:57.35 SB 4 Faith Macharia 1:58.98 5 Diane Cummins 1:59.49 PB 6 Kelly Holmes Great Britain 1:59.76 7 Mayte Martínez 2:00.09 8 Ivonne Teichmann 2:04.33 References Finals Results Semi-finals results Heats results 800 Category:800 metres at the World Athletics Championships