The women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place in the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 21, 22 and 23 March 2025. It was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The heats took place on 21 March during the morning session. The semi-finals occurred on 22 March during the evening session. The final took place on 23 March during the evening session.
Background The women's 800 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation) (s)LocationDateWorld record"All time Top lists – Senior – 800 Metres women", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.1:55.82Vienna, Austria3 March 2002Championship record1:56.90Maebashi, Japan7 March 1999World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 800 Metres Short Track women", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.1:58.97Metz, France8 February 2025
Qualification For the women's 800 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 2:00.00. Athletes were also able to qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event, or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There was a target number of 30 athletes.
Results Heats The heats took place on 21 March, starting at 11:15 (UTC+8) in the morning. The first 3 of each heat () qualified for the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Patricia Silva 2:04.44 2 Lilian Odira 2:04.46 3 Habitam Alemu 2:04.48 4 Eloisa Coiro 2:04.50 5 Halimah Nakaayi 2:04.57 6 Wilma Nielsen 2:04.97
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Tsige Duguma 2:04.52 2 Audrey Werro 2:04.91 3 Lorea Ibarzabal 2:05.10 4 Vivian Chebet Kiprotich 2:05.11 5 Aurora Rynda 2:07.17 6 Wu Hongjiao 2:08.77
Heat 3 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Prudence Sekgodiso 2:03.89 2 Nigist Getachew 2:03.91 , 3 Valery Tobias 2:04.42 4 Abbey Caldwell 2:05.15 5 Alison Andrews-Paul 2:05.76 6 Noélie Yarigo 2:07.88
Heat 4 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Nia Akins 2:03.29 2 Anna Wielgosz 2:03.40 3 Shafiqua Maloney 2:03.56 4 Sarah Billings 2:03.60 5 Caroline Bredlinger 2:03.78 6 Rachel Pellaud 2:06.24
Semi-finals The semi-finals took place on 22 March, starting at 12:05 (UTC+8) in the afternoon. The first 3 of each heat () qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Tsige Duguma 2:03.85 2 Nigist Getachew 2:04.01 3 Patricia Silva 2:04.20 4 Nia Akins 2:04.38 5 Shafiqua Maloney 2:04.55 6 Lilian Odira 2:16.12
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Audrey Werro 2:01.11 2 Prudence Sekgodiso 2:01.21 3 Anna Wielgosz 2:01.36 4 Lorea Ibarzabal 2:02.57 5 Valery Tobias 2:03.39 6 Habitam Alemu 2:05.44
Final The final took place on 23 March, starting at 20:54 (UTC+8).
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Prudence Sekgodiso 1:58.40 Nigist Getachew 1:59.63 Patricia Silva 1:59.80 4 Audrey Werro 1:59.81 5 Anna Wielgosz 2:00.34 6 Tsige Duguma 2:04.76
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