2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres at the 2003 World Championships
Venue	Stade de France
Dates	23 August (heats) 24 August (semifinals) 26 August (final)
Competitors	41 from 32 nations
Winning time	1:59.89
Medalists
Maria de Lurdes Mutola   (MOZ)   Kelly Holmes   (GBR)   Natalya Khrushcheleva   (RUS)
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Events at the 2003 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003 at 20:50h.^[1]

Final[]

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ)	1:59.89
	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	2:00.18
	Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS)	2:00.29
4.	Mina Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:01.09
5.	Claudia Gesell (GER)	2:01.84
6.	Diane Cummins (CAN)	2:02.48
7.	Akosua Serwaa (GHA)	2:03.24
—	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	DNS

Semi-Final[]

• Held on Sunday 24 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	1:59.26
2.	Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS)	1:59.39
3.	Joanne Fenn (GBR)	2:00.56
4.	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	2:00.88
5.	Faith Macharia (KEN)	2:01.30
6.	Brigita Langerholc (SLO)	2:01.58
7.	Jen Toomey (USA)	2:02.35
8.	Tamsyn Lewis (AUS)	2:05.11

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ)	1:58.45
2.	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	1:58.86
3.	Diane Cummins (CAN)	1:59.58
4.	Akosua Serwaa (GHA)	2:00.42
5.	Maria Cioncan (ROU)	2:00.72
6.	Lucia Klocová (SVK)	2:00.73
7.	Natalya Yevdokimova (RUS)	2:01.17
8.	Heidi Jensen (DEN)	2:01.73

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Mina Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:00.57
2.	Claudia Gesell (GER)	2:01.01
3.	Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:01.34
4.	Svetlana Klyuka (RUS)	2:01.61
5.	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	2:01.85
6.	Judit Varga (HUN)	2:02.20
7.	Anita Brägger (SUI)	2:02.34
8.	Agnes Samaria (NAM)	2:02.66

Heats[]

Held on Sunday 24 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Natalya Yevdokimova (RUS)	2:01.05
2.	Mina Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:01.10
3.	Judit Varga (HUN)	2:01.47
4.	Jen Toomey (USA)	2:01.75
5.	Heidi Jensen (DEN)	2:02.01
6.	Esther Desviat (ESP)	2:03.42
7.	Charlotte Moore (GBR)	2:03.80
8.	Marie-Lyne Joseph (DMA)	2:17.73

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ)	2:00.81
2.	Claudia Gesell (GER)	2:01.06
3.	Lucia Klocová (SVK)	2:01.14
4.	Joanne Fenn (GBR)	2:01.27
5.	Faith Macharia (KEN)	2:01.36
6.	Agnes Samaria (NAM)	2:01.51
7.	Brigita Langerholc (SLO)	2:01.55
8.	Noelly Bibiche Mankatu (COD)	2:07.12
9.	(MGL)	2:27.96

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS)	2:03.74
2.	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	2:03.75
3.	Maria Cioncan (ROU)	2:03.90
4.	Jearl Miles Clark (USA)	2:04.21
5.	(TUN)	2:04.43
6.	Adriana Muñoz (CUB)	2:04.58
7.	Sandra Stals (BEL)	2:06.12
8.	Adama Njie (GAM)	2:17.04

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	2:03.39
2.	Svetlana Klyuka (RUS)	2:03.68
3.	Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:04.01
4.	Tanya Blake (MLT)	2:04.61
5.	Yuliya Krevsun (UKR)	2:04.93
6.	Tatjana Borisova (KGZ)	2:05.31
7.	Myint Myint Aye (MYA)	2:05.41
8.	Tatyana Roslanova (KAZ)	2:07.98

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	2:01.06
2.	Anita Brägger (SUI)	2:01.09
3.	Akosua Serwaa (GHA)	2:01.17
4.	Diane Cummins (CAN)	2:01.20
5.	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	2:01.24
6.	Tamsyn Lewis (AUS)	2:01.43
7.	(PLE)	2:29.86
—	Jolanda Čeplak (SLO)	DNS

See also[]

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games - Women's 800 metres

References[]

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