The women's 800 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 30 September 2019.

Summary The new IAAF testosterone rule was essentially aimed at this event. The defending champion, silver medalist and 4th place from 2017, the same athletes as the Olympic podium from 2016, were denied entry into this race.

From the gun in the final, Ajeé Wilson ran with purpose to take the lead at the break and control the race. Natoya Goule and Raevyn Rogers fell in line behind her. Around the second turn, Halimah Nakaayi ran around Rogers who slowed to become a blocking force in the pack, dropping back as far as next to last just after the bell. Winnie Nanyondo led the charge to bridge the new gap behind the three leaders. Down the backstretch, Goule started to challenge Wilson. Wilson ran hard to hold her off. Instead Goule was passed by the two Ugandans, Nakaayi on the inside and Nanyondo on the outside. Through the final turn Nakaayi worked her way up to Wilson's shoulder, shadowed by Nayondo. The diminutive Nakaayi executed the classic pass off the turn. Wilson had no answer. Nayondo was not gaining, but from seventh place at the head of the home stretch, Rogers was sprinting down lane 4, passing Nayondo, passing Wilson and getting to within a metre of Nakaayi before the finish.

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 leading1:54.98Caster Semenya3 May 2019Doha, QatarAfrican1:54.01Pamela 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 Ugandan1:58.04Halimah Nakaayi30 Sep 2019

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: Date Time Round27 September 17:10 Heats28 September 19:15 Semi-finals30 September 22:10 Final

Results Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semi-finals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Winnie Nanyondo 2:00.36 Q 2 4 Natoya Goule 2:01.01 Q 3 4 Ce'Aira Brown 2:01.14 Q 4 4 Noélie Yarigo 2:01.19 Q 5 3 Katharina Trost 2:01.45 Q 6 4 Olha Lyakhova 2:01.47 q 7 3 Halima Hachlaf 2:01.50 Q 8 3 Lindsey Butterworth 2:01.64 q 9 2 Raevyn Rogers 2:02.01 Q 10 2 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke 2:02.09 Q 11 1 Ajeé Wilson 2:02.10 Q 12 2 Morgan Mitchell 2:02.13 Q 13 2 Eunice Jepkoech Sum 2:02.17 q 14 1 Halimah Nakaayi 2:02.33 Q 15 2 Anna Sabat 2:02.43 q 16 1 Hedda Hynne 2:02.49 Q 17 4 Diribe Welteji 2:02.71 q 18 3 Līga Velvere 2:02.93 q 19 1 Christina Hering 2:03.15 20 1 Sara Kuivisto 2:03.15 21 5 Nataliya Pryshchepa 2:03.22 Q 22 5 Wang Chunyu 2:03.25 Q 23 5 Alexandra Bell 2:03.34 Q 24 6 Rénelle Lamote 2:03.36 Q 25 2 Selina Büchel 2:03.38 26 5 Lore Hoffmann 2:03.40 27 5 Malika Akkaoui 2:03.40 28 6 Rose Mary Almanza 2:03.42 Q 29 6 Rababe Arafi 2:03.44 Q 30 4 Diana Mezuliáníková 2:03.48 31 6 Lynsey Sharp 2:03.57 32 1 Renée Eykens 2:03.65 33 5 Lovisa Lindh 2:03.72 34 4 Déborah Rodríguez 2:03.80 35 5 Hanna Green 2:04.37 36 1 Gabriela Gajanová 2:04.45 37 6 Carley Thomas 2:04.65 38 6 Eleonora Vandi 2:04.98 39 3 Catriona Bisset 2:05.33 40 2 Rose Lokonyen 2:13.39 6 Tsepang Sello

Semi-finals

The first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Halimah Nakaayi 1:59.35 Q, 2 1 Raevyn Rogers 1:59.57 Q 3 1 Winnie Nanyondo 1:59.75 Q 4 3 Eunice Jepkoech Sum 2:00.10 Q 5 3 Ce'Aira Brown 2:00.12 q 6 2 Ajeé Wilson 2:00.31 Q 7 3 Natoya Goule 2:00.33 q 8 1 Olha Lyakhova 2:00.72 9 1 Lindsey Butterworth 2:00.74 10 3 Noélie Yarigo 2:00.75 11 2 Rababe Arafi 2:00.80 Q 12 2 Hedda Hynne 2:01.03 13 2 Rose Mary Almanza 2:01.18 14 1 Alexandra Bell 2:01.23 15 2 Nataliya Pryshchepa 2:01.24 16 1 Halima Hachlaf 2:01.30 17 1 Katharina Trost 2:01.77 18 2 Diribe Welteji 2:02.69 19 2 Wang Chunyu 2:02.84 20 3 Rénelle Lamote 2:02.86 21 3 Anna Sabat 2:04.00 22 3 Morgan Mitchell 2:04.76 23 1 Līga Velvere 2:06.99 24 2 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke 2:10.89

Final The final was started on 30 September at 22:10.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 8 Halimah Nakaayi 1:58.04 4 Raevyn Rogers 1:58.18 5 Ajeé Wilson 1:58.84 4 7 Winnie Nanyondo 1:59.18 5 9 Eunice Jepkoech Sum 1:59.71 6 6 Natoya Goule 2:00.11 7 3 Rababe Arafi 2:00.48 8 2 Ce'Aira Brown 2:02.97

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