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 Gold Ana Fidelia QuirotCuba (CUB)Silver Yelena AfanasyevaRussia (RUS)Bronze 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 5 Yelena Afanasyeva 2:00.12 Q 4 Maria Mutola 2:00.88 Q 5 Luciana Mendes 2:00.89 Q 3 Letitia Vriesde 2:00.92 Q 3 Stella Jongmans 2:01.06 Q 4 Joetta Clark 2:01.15 Q 1 Ludmila Formanová 2:01.46 Q 4 Petya Strashilova 2:01.49 q 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 2:01.68 q 13 3 Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma 2:01.87 q 14 2 Yelena Martson-Buzhenko 2:02.00 Q 15 2 Toni Hodgkinson 2:02.21 q 16 2 Rosa Kutty 2:02.22 17 1 Natalya Dukhnova 2:02.39 Q 18 4 Stephanie Graf 2:02.52 19 4 Charmaine Crooks 2:02.84 20 1 Linda Kisabaka 2:03.22 21 3 Kathy Harris-Rounds 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 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 2:25.07 36 4 Yaznee Nasheeda 2:36.18 1 Malin Ewerlöf 4 Alberta Cape

Semifinals First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Maria Mutola 1:57.49 Q, SB 1 Yelena Afanasyeva 1:59.05 Q 1 Stella Jongmans 1:59.32 Q, SB 1 Joetta Clark 1:59.34 Q 2 Ana Fidelia Quirot 1:59.37 Q 1 Luciana Mendes 1:59.45 2 Letitia Vriesde 1:59.62 Q 2 Ludmila Formanová 1:59.71 Q 2 Toni Hodgkinson 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 2:05.00 2 Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma (DNF) Doping

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Ana Fidelia Quirot 1:57.14 Yelena Afanasyeva 1:57.56 Maria Mutola 1:57.59 4 Letitia Vriesde 1:58.12 5 Ludmila Formanová 1:59.52 6 Toni Hodgkinson 2:00.40 7 Joetta Clark 2:02.05 8 Stella Jongmans 2:05.50

References

Results IAAF