2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships

2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 8th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, Portugal from March 9 to March 11 2001. It was the first time the Championships had been held in Portugal...

was held on March 9–11.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Maria Mutola Maria Mutola Maria de Lurdes Mutola is a female athlete from Mozambique who has specialized in the 800 m. She was born in Maputo, earning her the suiting nickname of "The Maputo Express. She is the fourth track & field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games.-Teenage years:Mutola was born in the Chamanculo...	Stephanie Graf Stephanie Graf Stephanie Graf is a former Austrian middle distance runner.She finished second to Maria de Lurdes Mutola in the women's 800 meters at both the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.Her time from the 2000 Olympics, 1:56.64 minutes, is the current...	Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
	4	Jolanda Čeplak Jolanda Ceplak Jolanda Čeplak is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until moving to Monaco.-Running career:...	2:02.97	Q
	4	Yelena Afanasyeva Yelena Afanasyeva Yelena Afanasyeva was a Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres. Her greatest achievements include a European title as well as a 1997 World Championships silver medal. The same year she achieved the time of 1:56.61 minutes in Zurich. Afanasyeva retired after the 2001 season.-Achievements:-...	2:03.28	Q
	4	Laetitia Valdonado	2:04.00	q
	2	Maria Mutola Maria Mutola Maria de Lurdes Mutola is a female athlete from Mozambique who has specialized in the 800 m. She was born in Maputo, earning her the suiting nickname of "The Maputo Express. She is the fourth track & field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games.-Teenage years:Mutola was born in the Chamanculo...	2:04.16	Q
	4	Sandra Teixeira	2:04.18	q
	2	Lwiza John Lwiza John Lwiza Msyani John is a Tanzanian athlete who mainly competes in the 800 metres. Her personal best is 1:59.58 minutes, achieved in 2000.- Achievements :*2003 Afro-Asian Games - gold medal...	2:04.29	Q
	1	Ivonne Teichmann Ivonne Teichmann Ivonne Teichmann is a retired German runner who specialized in the 800 metres.She finished eighth at the 2001 World Championships and seventh at the 2002 European Championships....	2:04.47	Q
	2	Tamsyn Lewis Tamsyn Lewis Tamsyn Carolyn Lewis is an Australian athlete and middle-distance runner, who has won a total of seventeen Australian Championships at 400 metres, 800 metres and 400m hurdles....	2:04.56	q
	1	Stephanie Graf Stephanie Graf Stephanie Graf is a former Austrian middle distance runner.She finished second to Maria de Lurdes Mutola in the women's 800 meters at both the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.Her time from the 2000 Olympics, 1:56.64 minutes, is the current...	2:04.58	Q
	3	Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová	2:04.58	Q
11	3	Svetlana Cherkasova Svetlana Cherkasova Svetlana Cherkasova is a Russian middle distance runner.In the 800 metres, she finished 8th at 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and 6th place at 2007 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Osaka.She also competed at the 2004 Olympics.On 31 July 2008, Cherkasova was one of...	2:04.70	Q
12	3	Charmaine Howell Charmaine Howell Charmaine L. Howell is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 800 metres.She competed at the 2000 Olympics, being knocked out in the semi final...	2:05.14	q
13	2	Joanne Fenn Joanne Fenn Joanne Fenn née Mersh, is an English middle distance runner.-Career:Jo had shown a great deal of promise in her early athletics career having been the English schools 300m hurdles champion. However, a series of injuries, particularly shin splints, halted her career...	2:05.16
14	1	Fabiane dos Santos	2:05.18
15	4	Adoración García	2:05.25
16	1	Jennifer Toomey	2:05.55
17	3	Anca Safta	2:06.13
18	1	Mayte Martínez Mayte Martínez María Teresa Martínez Jiménez is a Spanish athlete competing in the 800 m. She has reached 4 consecutive finals in the World Championships , being third with an incredible last straight in Osaka...	2:08.91
19	4	Wang Yuanping	2:09.80
20	3	Lin Na	2:10.99

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Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
	1	Stephanie Graf Stephanie Graf Stephanie Graf is a former Austrian middle distance runner.She finished second to Maria de Lurdes Mutola in the women's 800 meters at both the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.Her time from the 2000 Olympics, 1:56.64 minutes, is the current...	2:01.34	Q
	1	Yelena Afanasyeva Yelena Afanasyeva Yelena Afanasyeva was a Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres. Her greatest achievements include a European title as well as a 1997 World Championships silver medal. The same year she achieved the time of 1:56.61 minutes in Zurich. Afanasyeva retired after the 2001 season.-Achievements:-...	2:01.97	Q
	1	Lwiza John Lwiza John Lwiza Msyani John is a Tanzanian athlete who mainly competes in the 800 metres. Her personal best is 1:59.58 minutes, achieved in 2000.- Achievements :*2003 Afro-Asian Games - gold medal...	2:02.40	Q
	1	Ivonne Teichmann Ivonne Teichmann Ivonne Teichmann is a retired German runner who specialized in the 800 metres.She finished eighth at the 2001 World Championships and seventh at the 2002 European Championships....	2:03.20
	2	Maria Mutola Maria Mutola Maria de Lurdes Mutola is a female athlete from Mozambique who has specialized in the 800 m. She was born in Maputo, earning her the suiting nickname of "The Maputo Express. She is the fourth track & field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games.-Teenage years:Mutola was born in the Chamanculo...	2:03.64	Q
	2	Jolanda Čeplak Jolanda Ceplak Jolanda Čeplak is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until moving to Monaco.-Running career:...	2:03.68	Q
	2	Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová	2:04.29	Q
	1	Sandra Teixeira	2:04.38
	2	Tamsyn Lewis Tamsyn Lewis Tamsyn Carolyn Lewis is an Australian athlete and middle-distance runner, who has won a total of seventeen Australian Championships at 400 metres, 800 metres and 400m hurdles....	2:04.79
10	1	Laetitia Valdonado	2:05.89
11	2	Svetlana Cherkasova Svetlana Cherkasova Svetlana Cherkasova is a Russian middle distance runner.In the 800 metres, she finished 8th at 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and 6th place at 2007 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Osaka.She also competed at the 2004 Olympics.On 31 July 2008, Cherkasova was one of...	2:06.19
12	2	Charmaine Howell Charmaine Howell Charmaine L. Howell is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 800 metres.She competed at the 2000 Olympics, being knocked out in the semi final...	2:09.13

Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Maria Mutola Maria Mutola Maria de Lurdes Mutola is a female athlete from Mozambique who has specialized in the 800 m. She was born in Maputo, earning her the suiting nickname of "The Maputo Express. She is the fourth track & field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games.-Teenage years:Mutola was born in the Chamanculo...	1:59.74
	Stephanie Graf Stephanie Graf Stephanie Graf is a former Austrian middle distance runner.She finished second to Maria de Lurdes Mutola in the women's 800 meters at both the 2000 Olympics in Sydney and the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.Her time from the 2000 Olympics, 1:56.64 minutes, is the current...	1:59.78
	Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová	2:01.18
4	Lwiza John Lwiza John Lwiza Msyani John is a Tanzanian athlete who mainly competes in the 800 metres. Her personal best is 1:59.58 minutes, achieved in 2000.- Achievements :*2003 Afro-Asian Games - gold medal...	2:01.76
5	Yelena Afanasyeva Yelena Afanasyeva Yelena Afanasyeva was a Russian athlete who competed in the 800 metres. Her greatest achievements include a European title as well as a 1997 World Championships silver medal. The same year she achieved the time of 1:56.61 minutes in Zurich. Afanasyeva retired after the 2001 season.-Achievements:-...	2:02.17
6	Jolanda Čeplak Jolanda Ceplak Jolanda Čeplak is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until moving to Monaco.-Running career:...	2:02.67

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