The women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on and 13 August.Start list

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld1:53.28Jarmila Kratochvílová26 Jul 1983Munich, West GermanyChampionship1:54.68Jarmila Kratochvílová9 Aug 1983Helsinki, FinlandWorld leading1:55.27Caster Semenya21 Jul 2017MonacoAfrican1:54.01Pamela JelimoZürich, SwitzerlandAsian1:55.54Liu Dong9 Sep 1993Beijing, ChinaNACAC1:54.44Ana Fidelia Quirot9 Sep 1989Barcelona, SpainSouth American1:56.68Letitia Vriesde13 Aug 1995Gothenburg, SwedenEuropean1:53.28Jarmila Kratochvílová26 Jul 1983Munich, West GermanyOceanian1:58.25Toni Hodgkinson7 Jul 1996Atlanta, United States

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Athlete Date World leading1:55.16Caster Semenya13 Aug 2017

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2:01.00.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: Date Time Round10 August 19:25 Heats11 August 19:35 Semifinals13 August 20:10 Final

Results

Heats The first round took place on 10 August in six heats as follows:

Heat 1 2 3 4 5 6 Start time 19:24 19:33 19:42 19:51 20:01 20:10 Photo finishlinklinklinklinklinklink

The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 5 Francine Niyonsaba 1:59.86 2 6 7 Habitam Alemu 2:00.07 3 6 9 Selina Büchel 2:00.23 4 6 3 Adelle Tracey 2:00.28 , 5 1 6 Ajeé Wilson 2:00.52 6 4 4 Margaret Wambui 2:00.75 7 2 3 Angelika Cichocka 2:00.86 , 8 1 4 Noélie Yarigo 2:00.99 , 9 4 6 Lynsey Sharp 2:01.04 10 2 5 Melissa Bishop 2:01.11 11 6 4 Christina Hering 2:01.13 12 1 7 Eglė Balčiūnaitė 2:01.21 , 13 6 2 Hanna Hermansson 2:01.25 14 2 9 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke 2:01.30 15 3 7 Caster Semenya 2:01.33 16 3 2 Rose Mary Almanza 2:01.43 17 1 2 Sanne Verstegen 2:01.50 18 3 8 Joanna Jóźwik 2:01.51 19 2 6 Brenda Martinez 2:01.53 20 6 6 Gena Löfstrand 2:01.73 21 3 3 Angie Petty 2:01.76 22 3 6 Natoya Goule 2:01.77 23 4 7 Halimah Nakaayi 2:01.80 24 4 9 Maryna Arzamasova 2:01.92 25 4 2 Mahlet Mulugeta 2:02.04 26 4 8 Olha Lyakhova 2:02.07 27 2 4 Esther Guerrero 2:02.22 28 3 4 Brittany McGowan 2:02.25 29 1 8 Winnie Nanyondo 2:02.65 30 2 2 Emily Cherotich Tuei 2:02.70 31 5 6 Charlene Lipsey 2:02.74 32 4 3 Yusneysi Santiusti 2:02.75 33 5 2 Hedda Hynne 2:02.85 34 5 7 Dorcus Ajok 2:02.98 35 1 3 Kore Tola 2:03.01 36 4 5 Lindsey Butterworth 2:03.19 37 5 9 Aníta Hinriksdóttir 2:03.45 38 5 5 Georgia Griffith 2:03.54 39 3 5 Annie LeBlanc 2:04.06 40 5 3 Síofra Cléirigh Büttner 2:06.54 41 2 8 Lora Storey 2:07.17 42 1 5 Johana Arrieta 2:07.36 43 2 7 Nimali Liyanarachchi 2:08.49 44 5 4 Kimarra McDonald 2:09.19 45 6 8 Rose Lokonyen 2:20.06 1 9 Lovisa Lindh 5 8 Eunice Sum

Semifinals The semifinals took place on 11 August in three heats as follows:

Heat 1 2 3 Start time 19:35 19:45 19:55 Photo finishlinklinklink

The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 6 Caster Semenya 1:58.90 2 1 4 Ajeé Wilson 1:59.21 3 2 3 Angelika Cichocka 1:59.32 , 4 2 7 Charlene Lipsey 1:59.35 5 2 5 Lynsey Sharp 1:59.47 6 1 7 Melissa Bishop 1:59.56 7 1 3 Noélie Yarigo 1:59.74 8 1 6 Rose Mary Almanza 1:59.79 9 2 4 Selina Büchel 1:59.85 10 1 8 Hedda Hynne 1:59.88 11 1 9 Adelle Tracey 2:00.26 12 1 2 Hanna Hermansson 2:00.43 13 2 2 Eglė Balčiūnaitė 2:00.48 14 1 5 Habitam Alemu 2:00.69 15 2 9 Sanne Verstegen 2:00.92 16 3 5 Francine Niyonsaba 2:01.11 17 3 7 Margaret Wambui 2:01.19 18 3 4 Brenda Martinez 2:01.31 19 3 2 Halimah Nakaayi 2:01.74 20 3 6 Joanna Jóźwik 2:01.91 21 2 8 Dorcus Ajok 2:02.00 22 3 8 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke 2:02.26 23 3 9 Christina Hering 2:02.69 24 3 3 Gena Löfstrand 2:03.67

Final The final took place on 13 August at 20:10. The results were as follows: (photo finish)

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Split Time 1st 400m 2nd 400m 4 Caster Semenya 1:55.16 0:58:53 0:56:63 7 Francine Niyonsaba 1:55.92 0:57:98 0:57:94 5 Ajeé Wilson 1:56.65 0:58:21 0:58:44 4 9 Margaret Wambui 1:57.54 0:58.36 0:59:18 5 6 Melissa Bishop 1:57.68 0:58:51 0:59:17 6 3 Angelika Cichocka 1:58.41 0:58:82 0:59:59 7 8 Charlene Lipsey 1:58.73 0:58:77 0:59:96 8 2 Lynsey Sharp 1:58.98 0:58:42 1:00:56

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