The women's 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 21 to 24 July 2022.Timetable
Summary
With the elimination of defending champion Halimah Nakaayi in the semis, the rest of the podiums of the Olympics and previous World Championships were represented in the final. Olympic Champion Athing Mu, silver medalist Keely Hodgkinson, Mary Moraa and Diribe Welteji all wanted to lead, the four spread shoulder to shoulder across the track after the break line. Welteji emerged the leader, Mu on her shoulder, Hodgkinson on the rail and Moraa boxing her in on the outside. They held that formation through the bell at 57.11 and into the turn putting a 2m gap on the remaining competitors. Just before the backstretch, Mu made her move into the lead, opening up a 2 m gap before the final turn. Hodgkinson got around Welteji and went off in search of Mu, putting 2m back to Moraa and Welteji with returning silver medalist, Olympic bronze medalist Raevyn Rogers and Natoya Goule coming back to join them. With 110m to go, Mu took the turn wide and seemed to slow, enough that Hodgkinson was able to grab the inside position on Mu. The two ran shoulder to shoulder down the home stretch, with Moraa and Welteji having a similar battle 2m behind them. Bumping elbows both in lane 1, Hodgkinson gained a slight advantage, then Mu came back to get the edge. Unlike the runaway in the Olympics, Mu barely opened a gap on Hodgkinson, taking a lean at the line just to be sure. Behind them, Moraa was able to separate from Welteji for the bronze. At age 21, Moraa was the senior citizen amongst the top four, the other three still age 20.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record1:53.28Munich, West Germany26 July 1983Championship record1:54.68Helsinki, Finland9 August 1983World Leading1:57.01Rome, Italy9 June 2022African Record1:54.01Zürich, Switzerland29 August 2008Asian Record1:55.54Beijing, China9 September 1993North, Central American and Caribbean record1:54.44Barcelona, Spain9 September 1989South American Record1:56.68Gothenburg, Sweden13 August 1995European Record1:53.28Munich, West Germany26 July 1983Oceanian record1:58.09Chorzów, Poland20 June 2021
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:59.50.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
Date Time Round21 July 17:10 Heats22 July 18:35 Semi-finals24 July 18:35 Final
Results
Heats The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify to the semi-finals.Heats Summary
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Diribe Welteji 1:58.83 Q 2 1 Jemma Reekie 1:59.09 Q 3 1 Adelle Tracey 1:59.20 Q, 4 6 Natoya Goule 2:00.06 Q 5 6 Mary Moraa 2:00.42 Q 6 4 Rénelle Lamote 2:00.71 Q 7 6 Anna Wielgosz 2:00.79 Q 8 1 Lindsey Butterworth 2:00.81 q 9 2 Keely Hodgkinson 2:00.88 Q 10 4 Freweyni Hailu 2:00.93 Q 11 4 Ajeé Wilson 2:01.02 Q 12 6 Majtie Kolberg 2:01.21 q, 13 4 Alexandra Bell 2:01.25 q 14 3 Athing Mu 2:01.30 Q 15 5 Raevyn Rogers 2:01.36 Q 16 5 Habitam Alemu 2:01.37 Q 17 3 Halimah Nakaayi 2:01.41 Q 18 2 Anita Horvat 2:01.48 Q 19 5 Noélie Yarigo 2:01.58 Q 20 5 Prudence Sekgodiso 2:01.60 q 21 4 Naomi Korir 2:01.61 q 22 2 Lore Hoffmann 2:01.63 Q 23 2 Christina Hering 2:01.63 q 24 6 Louise Shanahan 2:01.71 25 3 Ellie Baker 2:01.72 Q 26 5 Chrisann Gordon 2:01.91 27 3 Rose Mary Almanza 2:01.96 28 3 Olha Lyakhova 2:02.16 29 2 Gayanthika Artigala 2:02.35 30 1 Jarinter Mwasya 2:02.35 31 6 Jerneja Smonkar 2:02.48 32 1 Eveliina Määttänen 2:02.68 33 5 Madeleine Kelly 2:02.71 34 2 Elena Bellò 2:02.87 qR 35 4 Shafiqua Maloney 2:03.00 36 1 Déborah Rodríguez 2:03.04 37 1 Mariela Luis Real 2:03.24 38 6 Nozomi Tanaka 2:03.56 39 3 Assia Raziki 2:03.77 40 4 Addy Townsend 2:03.79 41 5 Vanessa Scaunet 2:04.07 42 5 Claudia Hollingsworth 2:04.11 43 3 Tess Kirsopp-Cole 2:05.74 44 6 Hedda Hynne 2:06.27 45 2 Catriona Bisset 2:22.25 qR
Semi-finals The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify to the final.Semi-finals Summary
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Athing Mu 1:58.12 Q 2 3 Diribe Welteji 1:58.16 Q, 3 2 Keely Hodgkinson 1:58.51 Q 4 2 Natoya Goule 1:58.73 Q 5 2 Raevyn Rogers 1:58.77 q 6 3 Anita Horvat 1:59.60 q, 7 1 Mary Moraa 1:59.65 Q 8 3 Lore Hoffmann 1:59.88 9 1 Ajeé Wilson 1:59.97 Q 10 3 Prudence Sekgodiso 2:00.01 11 2 Freweyni Hailu 2:00.11 12 1 Adelle Tracey 2:00.21 13 3 Elena Bellò 2:00.34 14 1 Habitam Alemu 2:00.37 15 1 Jemma Reekie 2:00.43 16 2 Anna Wielgosz 2:00.51 17 3 Alexandra Bell 2:00.82 18 1 Rénelle Lamote 2:00.86 19 3 Halimah Nakaayi 2:01.05 20 2 Majtie Kolberg 2:01.36 21 1 Lindsey Butterworth 2:01.39 22 2 Noélie Yarigo 2:01.52 23 1 Christina Hering 2:01.57 24 2 Ellie Baker 2:02.77 25 3 Naomi Korir 2:03.08 26 2 Catriona Bisset 2:05.20
Final The final was started on 24 July at 18:35.Final Results
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Athing Mu 1:56.30 Keely Hodgkinson 1:56.38 Mary Moraa 1:56.71 4 Diribe Welteji 1:57.02 5 Natoya Goule 1:57.90 6 Raevyn Rogers 1:58.26 7 Anita Horvat 1:59.83 8 Ajeé Wilson 2:00.19
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