1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

Events at the
1997 IAAF World Indoor
Championships

Track events
60 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m men women
60 m hurdles men women
4×400 m relay men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Heptathlon men

The women's 800 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–9.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Maria Mutola
 Mozambique
Natalya Dukhnova
 Belarus
Joetta Clark
 United States

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Toni Hodgkinson  New Zealand 2:01.64 Q, AR
2 4 Natalya Dukhnova  Belarus 2:01.87 Q
3 4 Ludmila Formanová  Czech Republic 2:02.04 q
4 4 Hayley Parry  Great Britain 2:03.82 q
5 2 Letitia Vriesde  Suriname 2:04.14 Q
6 4 Ana Menéndez  Spain 2:04.19 q, PB
7 2 Stephanie Graf  Austria 2:04.53 Q
8 1 Joetta Clark  United States 2:04.59 Q
9 3 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 2:04.60 Q
10 3 Irina Biryukova  Russia 2:04.81 Q
11 2 Regula Zürcher   Switzerland 2:04.82 q
12 1 Inez Turner  Jamaica 2:04.86 Q
13 1 Séverine Foulon  France 2:04.91 PB
14 3 Amy Wickus  United States 2:05.09
15 2 Yelena Martson  Ukraine 2:05.65 PB
16 3 Virginie Fouquet  France 2:05.73
17 1 Zhang Jiang  China 2:06.70
17 3 Michelle Faherty  Great Britain 2:06.78
18 2 Argentina Paulino  Mozambique 2:08.03
19 4 Achta Yorassem  Chad 2:23.23
20 1 Tatiana Grigorieva  Russia DNS
20 1 Patricia Traña  Nicaragua DNS

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Toni Hodgkinson  New Zealand 2:00.90 Q, AR
2 2 Letitia Vriesde  Suriname 2:01.41 Q
3 2 Natalya Dukhnova  Belarus 2:01.89 Q
4 1 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 2:02.59 Q
5 2 Regula Zürcher   Switzerland 2:02.70
6 1 Joetta Clark  United States 2:02.93 Q
7 1 Irina Biryukova  Russia 2:03.16 Q
8 1 Ludmila Formanová  Czech Republic 2:03.23
9 2 Inez Turner  Jamaica 2:03.51
10 1 Hayley Parry  Great Britain 2:04.40
11 2 Stephanie Graf  Austria 2:04.79
12 1 Ana Menéndez  Spain 2:04.86

Final

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Maria Mutola  Mozambique 1:58.96
2nd, silver medalist(s) Natalya Dukhnova  Belarus 1:59.31 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Joetta Clark  United States 1:59.82 PB
4 Letitia Vriesde  Suriname 1:59.84
5 Toni Hodgkinson  New Zealand 2:00.36 AR
6 Irina Biryukova  Russia 2:00.61 PB

References

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