The women's 800 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 26, 27 and 29 August.

Summary Eunice Jepkoech Sum of Kenya entered the competition as the defending champion and also as the world-leading athlete for the season with her time of 1:56.99 minutes.Defending champions Kemboi, Sum, Kiprop and Kiplagat lead Kenya's team for Beijing. IAAF (2015-08-01). Retrieved on 2015-08-16.Start list

The third semi-final was the fastest, with Melissa Bishop battling Maryna Arzamasava to the line, leaving defending champion and world #1 Eunice Jepkoech Sum as a time qualifier. Bishop's winning 1:57.52 became the new Canadian National Record.

In the final it was the same three players, Arzamasava holding the lead through the final turn, with Sum looking for a way to run around her. With Sum moving to the outside, Arzamasava drifted out, opening a gap on the inside which Bishop moved in to occupy. It was three abreast down the home stretch but Arzamasava never relinquished the lead, Bishop unable to get ahead on the inside and Sum just slightly behind them both.

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record1:53.28Munich, West Germany26 July 1983Championship record1:54.68Helsinki, Finland9 August 1983World leading1:56.99Paris, France4 July 2015African record1:54.01Zürich, Switzerland29 August 2008Asian record1:55.54Beijing, China9 September 1993NACAC record1:54.44Barcelona, Spain9 September 1989South American record1:56.68Gothenburg, Sweden13 August 1995European record1:53.28Munich, West Germany26 July 1983Oceanian record1:58.25Atlanta, United States27 July 1996

Qualification standards Entry standards 2:01.00

Schedule Date Time Round26 August 2015 10:25 Heats27 August 2015 20:05 Semifinals29 August 2015 19:15 Final

Results

Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.Heats results

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Maryna Arzamasava 1:58.69 , 2 1 Lynsey Sharp 1:58.98 , 3 1 Caster Semenya 1:59.59 , 4 1 Nataliia Lupu 1:59.62 , 5 2 Eunice Jepkoech Sum 1:59.67 6 2 Olha Lyakhova 1:59.92 , 7 2 Sifan Hassan 1:59.94 8 2 Rénelle Lamote 2:00.20 9 6 Melissa Bishop 2:00.23 10 6 Selina Büchel 2:00.25 11 1 Christina Hering 2:00.36 12 3 Rababe Arafi 2:00.37 , 12 6 Malika Akkaoui 2:00.37 , 14 3 Fiona Benson 2:00.53 15 3 Brenda Martinez 2:00.54 16 3 Angie Petty 2:00.62 17 6 Jennifer Meadows 2:00.70 17 1 Molly Beckwith-Ludlow 2:00.70 19 1 Tintu Lukka 2:00.95 20 6 Aníta Hinriksdóttir 2:01.01 21 6 Anastasiya Tkachuk 2:01.07 22 4 Sofia Ennaoui 2:01.16 23 4 Rose Mary Almanza 2:01.33 24 4 Lucia Klocová 2:01.35 25 2 Charline Mathias 2:01.36 26 4 Janeth Jepkosgei 2:01.40 27 5 Fabienne Kohlmann 2:01.42 28 4 Simoya Campbell 2:01.43 29 3 Yevgeniya Subbotina 2:01.50 30 5 Joanna Jóźwik 2:01.62 31 5 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke 2:01.72 32 2 Flávia de Lima 2:01.76 33 5 Natoya Goule 2:02.37 34 5 Déborah Rodríguez 2:02.46 35 5 Noélie Yarigo 2:02.48 36 4 Esther Guerrero 2:02.64 37 3 Zhao Jing 2:03.08 38 2 Habitam Alemu 2:03.19 39 6 Margaret Wambui 2:03.52 40 4 Ciara Everard 2:03.98 41 5 Alysia Montaño 2:09.57 42 3 Donna Koniel 2:12.51 43 5 Andrea Foster 2:17.39 44 1 Aye Aye Aung 2:37.51 3 Amela Terzić

Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.Semifinals results

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Melissa Bishop 1:57.52 , 2 3 Maryna Arzamasava 1:57.54 , 3 3 Eunice Jepkoech Sum 1:57.56 4 3 Joanna Jóźwik 1:58.35 , 5 3 Sifan Hassan 1:58.50 6 1 Rababe Arafi 1:58.55 , 7 1 Nataliia Lupu 1:58.57 , 8 1 Selina Büchel 1:58.63 9 2 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke 1:58.86 , 9 2 Rénelle Lamote 1:58.86 , 11 2 Olha Lyakhova 1:58.94 12 3 Malika Akkaoui 1:59.03 13 3 Lucia Klocová 1:59.14 14 3 Lynsey Sharp 1:59.33 15 1 Fabienne Kohlmann 1:59.42 16 2 Angie Petty 1:59.53 17 2 Fiona Benson 1:59.59 18 1 Sofia Ennaoui 2:00.11 19 1 Brenda Martinez 2:00.27 20 2 Rose Mary Almanza 2:00.38 21 2 Molly Beckwith-Ludlow 2:00.43 22 1 Jennifer Meadows 2:00.53 23 2 Christina Hering 2:00.81 24 1 Caster Semenya 2:03.18

Final The final was started at 14:15Final results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Maryna Arzamasava 1:58.03 Melissa Bishop 1:58.12 Eunice Jepkoech Sum 1:58.18 4 Rababe Arafi 1:58.90 5 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke 1:58.99 6 Nataliia Lupu 1:58.99 7 Joanna Jóźwik 1:59.09 8 Rénelle Lamote 1:59.70

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