2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
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The women's 800 metres
at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
was held at the Nagai Stadium
on 25, 26 and 28 August.
800 metres
The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...
at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
2007 World Championships in Athletics
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...
was held at the Nagai Stadium
Nagai Stadium
is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.-History:...
on 25, 26 and 28 August.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Janeth Jepkosgei Janeth Jepkosgei Janeth Jepkosgei is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world champion.- Early career :Janeth, nicknamed "Eldoret Express" is from Kabirirsang, near Kapsabet. Famous athletes Wilson Kipketer and Wilfred Bungei are also from the same village. She started athletics while at Kapsumbeiywo Primary... |
Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,... |
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... |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 25, 2007 | 19:30 | Heats |
| August 26, 2007 | 19:35 | Semifinals |
| August 28, 2007 | 21:20 | Final |
Results
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | WR | World record | AR | Area record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Janeth Jepkosgei Janeth Jepkosgei Janeth Jepkosgei is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world champion.- Early career :Janeth, nicknamed "Eldoret Express" is from Kabirirsang, near Kapsabet. Famous athletes Wilson Kipketer and Wilfred Bungei are also from the same village. She started athletics while at Kapsumbeiywo Primary... |
1:58.95 | Q, SB | ||
| 6 | 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... |
1:59.58 | Q, SB | ||
| 6 | Lucia Klocová Lucia Klocová Lucia Klocová is a Slovak middle distance athlete, who specialises in the 800 metres. She represented Slovakia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games... |
1:59.72 | Q, PB | ||
| 6 | Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria is a Namibian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was born in Otjiwarongo.Samaria has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 53.83 s... |
1:59.76 | q, SB | ||
| 5 | Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... |
1:59.95 | Q, SB | ||
| 3 | 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... |
2:00.00 | Q | ||
| 1 | Svetlana Klyuka Svetlana Klyuka Svetlana Vasiliyevna Klyuka is a Russian middle distance runner. Klyuka ran the 6th fastest women's 800m time in the world in 2006, a 1:57:21. She was the winner of the 2006 European Cup.-Achievements:-References:... |
2:00.11 | Q | ||
| 3 | Jennifer Meadows | 2:00.14 | Q, PB | ||
| 3 | Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in a personal best time of 1:58.51 minutes, which still stands. In 2001 she won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the Universiade... |
2:00.20 | Q | ||
| 10 | 4 | Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,... |
2:00.31 | Q | |
| 11 | 5 | Kenia Sinclair Kenia Sinclair Kenia Sinclair is a Jamaican athlete competing over 800 metres. Kenia first broke onto the international scene in 2005. On June 12 Sinclair broke Inez Turners 10 Year old record to become the 5th Jamaican woman to go under two minutes. Less than a month later Kenia again broke the Jamaican record... |
2:00.35 | Q | |
| 12 | 5 | Diane Cummins Diane Cummins Diane S. Cummins is a female middle distance runner from Canada. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres on 2 September 2001 at a meet in Rieti . She was born in South Africa.... |
2:00.38 | Q | |
| 13 | 6 | Élodie Guégan | 2:00.43 | q, PB | |
| 14 | 3 | Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk | 2:00.45 | q | |
| 14 | 5 | Tetyana Petlyuk Tetyana Petlyuk Tetyana Petlyuk is a Ukrainian runner who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best time is 1:57.34 minutes, achieved in June 2006 in Kiev.-Achievements:-External links:... |
2:00.45 | q | |
| 16 | 4 | Jemma Simpson Jemma Simpson Jemma Louise Simpson is a Cornish and British athlete who competes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. She is the current British champion over 800m, winning both 2007, 2009 and 2010 British Championships... |
2:00.47 | Q | |
| 17 | 1 | Marian Burnett Marian Burnett Marian Joan Burnett is a female middle-distance runner from Guyana who specialises in the 800 metres... |
2:00.53 | Q | |
| 18 | 3 | Elisa Cusma Piccione Elisa Cusma Piccione Elisa Cusma Piccione is a female Italian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished seventh at the 2007 World Athletics Final, sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, sixth at the 2008 World Athletics Final and won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor... |
2:00.54 | q | |
| 19 | 5 | Hazel Clark Hazel Clark Hazel Mae "Peachy" Clark-Riley , née Hazel Mae Clark, is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters middle distance race. Clark was a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 2000, 2004 and 2008. She has won six national titles and two USA Olympic trials during her... |
2:00.61 | q | |
| 20 | 4 | Liliana Popescu Liliana Popescu Liliana Popescu, née Barbulescu is a Romanian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best is 1:59.34 minutes, achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She has 4:00.35 minutes in the 1500 metres, also achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest... |
2:00.73 | Q | |
| 21 | 5 | Seltana Aït Hammou Seltana Aït Hammou Seltana Aït Hammou is a Moroccan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics and the IAAF World Indoor Championships... |
2:00.74 | SB | |
| 22 | 1 | Amina Aït Hammou Amina Aït Hammou Amina Aït Hammou is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 800 metres. Her personal best time is 1:57.82 minutes, achieved in July 2003 in Rome.She received a year-long ban from competition in 2008 after missing three tests.-Achievements:... |
2:00.85 | Q, SB | |
| 23 | 6 | 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... |
2:00.93 | ||
| 24 | 1 | Mihaela Stancescu-Neacsu | 2:01.08 | ||
| 25 | 4 | 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.... |
2:01.21 | ||
| 26 | 2 | Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay... |
2:01.75 | Q | |
| 27 | 2 | Marilyn Okoro Marilyn Okoro Marilyn Chinwenwa Okoro is a British athlete of Igbo Nigerian ancestry. She received a bronze medal for the 800 metres at both the 2007 and 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. She was on the bronze winning 4 × 400 m relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics... |
2:01.79 | Q | |
| 28 | 2 | Zulia Calatayud Zulia Calatayud Zulia Inés Calatayud Torres is a Cuban runner competing mostly in the 800 metres event.-Early career:Calatayud, who attended Havana's Manuel Permuy Sports School, got involved in athletics to help her deal with her asthma. She first gained prominence by reaching the semi-finals of the 400m at the... |
2:01.81 | Q | |
| 29 | 2 | Alysia Johnson Alysia Johnson Alysia Montaño is an American middle distance runner. She is distinctive by wearing a flower in her hair while running, a personal affectation she adopted trying to assert her femininity while training with men.... |
2:02.11 | ||
| 30 | 4 | Yuliya Krevsun Yuliya Krevsun Yuliya Krevsun is a Ukrainian middle-distance athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club in Turkey.... |
2:02.45 | ||
| 31 | 1 | Alice Schmidt | 2:02.49 | ||
| 32 | 2 | Rosibel García Rosibel García Rosibel García Mena is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance track events. She has represented her country at the Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics.She is the Colombian record holder for the 800 metres and 1500 metres... |
2:02.86 | ||
| 33 | 1 | Josiane Tito | 2:03.70 | ||
| 34 | 4 | Rikke Rønholt Rikke Rønholt Rikke Rønholt is a Danish athlete. She is a part of Sparta Athletics team. She started doing athletics when she was 12 years old. Back then she participated in events from 60 metres to heptathlon and shot put. When she ran her first 400 metres hurdles she was less than a second from qualifying for... |
2:03.75 | SB | |
| 35 | 2 | Qing Liu Liu Qing (athlete) Liu Qing is a female Chinese middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 metres.At the 2005 Summer Universiade she finished fourth in the 800 m and won a bronze in the 1500 m, and at the 2006 Asian Games she finished seventh and sixth. She competed in both events at the 2007 World... |
2:04.35 | ||
| 36 | 3 | Eliane Saholinirina | 2:06.57 | PB | |
| 37 | 3 | Fatimoh Muhammed | 2:07.28 | NR Liberian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Liberia maintained by the Liberia Athletics Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:A = affected by altitudeOT = oversized track-External links:* *... |
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| 38 | 4 | Ayako Jinnouchi | 2:07.34 | ||
| 39 | 2 | Lillian Silva | 2:09.17 | ||
| 40 | 6 | Elizet Banda Elizet Banda Elizet Banda is a Zambian runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She finished eighth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and ninth at the 2008 African Championships. She also competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.... |
2:09.90 | ||
| 41 | 1 | Natalia Gallego | 2:13.46 | ||
| 42 | 1 | Emilia Mikue Ondo | 2:15.72 | NR Equatorial Guinean records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Equatorial Guinea maintained by its national athletics federation: Federacion Ecuatoguineana de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified-External links:... |
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| 43 | 6 | Mireille Derebona Mireille Derebona Mireille Derebona is a Central African middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She competed at the 2007 World Championships, but was knocked out in the first round. At the 2008 Olympic Games she was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony... |
2:30.08 | SB | |
| 44 | 3 | Gharid Ghrouf Gharid Ghrouf Gharid Ghrouf is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Palestine.Ghrouf represented Palestine at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed seventh in her heat without advancing to the second round... |
2:30.35 | PB | |
| 45 | 5 | Nicole Layson | 2:36.14 | ||
| 5 | Marcela Britos | DNS |
Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Janeth Jepkosgei Janeth Jepkosgei Janeth Jepkosgei is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world champion.- Early career :Janeth, nicknamed "Eldoret Express" is from Kabirirsang, near Kapsabet. Famous athletes Wilson Kipketer and Wilfred Bungei are also from the same village. She started athletics while at Kapsumbeiywo Primary... |
1:56.17 | Q, WL | ||
| 3 | Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,... |
1:56.84 | Q, SB | ||
| 3 | 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... |
1:56.98 | q, SB | ||
| 1 | Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... |
1:58.11 | Q, PB | ||
| 3 | Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in a personal best time of 1:58.51 minutes, which still stands. In 2001 she won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the Universiade... |
1:58.41 | q, PB | ||
| 1 | Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay... |
1:58.56 | Q | ||
| 1 | Lucia Klocová Lucia Klocová Lucia Klocová is a Slovak middle distance athlete, who specialises in the 800 metres. She represented Slovakia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games... |
1:58.62 | PB | ||
| 1 | Elisa Cusma Piccione Elisa Cusma Piccione Elisa Cusma Piccione is a female Italian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished seventh at the 2007 World Athletics Final, sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, sixth at the 2008 World Athletics Final and won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor... |
1:58.63 | PB | ||
| 2 | Svetlana Klyuka Svetlana Klyuka Svetlana Vasiliyevna Klyuka is a Russian middle distance runner. Klyuka ran the 6th fastest women's 800m time in the world in 2006, a 1:57:21. She was the winner of the 2006 European Cup.-Achievements:-References:... |
1:58.97 | Q | ||
| 10 | 2 | 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... |
1:59.32 | Q, SB | |
| 11 | 3 | Jennifer Meadows | 1:59.39 | PB | |
| 12 | 3 | Élodie Guégan | 1:59.46 | PB | |
| 13 | 2 | Amina Aït Hammou Amina Aït Hammou Amina Aït Hammou is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 800 metres. Her personal best time is 1:57.82 minutes, achieved in July 2003 in Rome.She received a year-long ban from competition in 2008 after missing three tests.-Achievements:... |
1:59.51 | SB | |
| 14 | 2 | Marilyn Okoro Marilyn Okoro Marilyn Chinwenwa Okoro is a British athlete of Igbo Nigerian ancestry. She received a bronze medal for the 800 metres at both the 2007 and 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. She was on the bronze winning 4 × 400 m relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics... |
1:59.63 | PB | |
| 15 | 1 | Liliana Popescu Liliana Popescu Liliana Popescu, née Barbulescu is a Romanian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best is 1:59.34 minutes, achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She has 4:00.35 minutes in the 1500 metres, also achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest... |
2:00.07 | SB | |
| 16 | 5 | Kenia Sinclair Kenia Sinclair Kenia Sinclair is a Jamaican athlete competing over 800 metres. Kenia first broke onto the international scene in 2005. On June 12 Sinclair broke Inez Turners 10 Year old record to become the 5th Jamaican woman to go under two minutes. Less than a month later Kenia again broke the Jamaican record... |
2:00.25 | ||
| 17 | 1 | Jemma Simpson Jemma Simpson Jemma Louise Simpson is a Cornish and British athlete who competes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. She is the current British champion over 800m, winning both 2007, 2009 and 2010 British Championships... |
2:00.48 | ||
| 18 | 1 | Diane Cummins Diane Cummins Diane S. Cummins is a female middle distance runner from Canada. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres on 2 September 2001 at a meet in Rieti . She was born in South Africa.... |
2:00.51 | ||
| 19 | 2 | Tetyana Petlyuk Tetyana Petlyuk Tetyana Petlyuk is a Ukrainian runner who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best time is 1:57.34 minutes, achieved in June 2006 in Kiev.-Achievements:-External links:... |
2:00.90 | ||
| 20 | 3 | Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk | 2:01.02 | ||
| 20 | 2 | Marian Burnett Marian Burnett Marian Joan Burnett is a female middle-distance runner from Guyana who specialises in the 800 metres... |
2:01.02 | ||
| 22 | 3 | Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria is a Namibian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was born in Otjiwarongo.Samaria has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 53.83 s... |
2:02.25 | ||
| 23 | 1 | Hazel Clark Hazel Clark Hazel Mae "Peachy" Clark-Riley , née Hazel Mae Clark, is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters middle distance race. Clark was a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 2000, 2004 and 2008. She has won six national titles and two USA Olympic trials during her... |
2:02.92 | ||
| 24 | 2 | Zulia Calatayud Zulia Calatayud Zulia Inés Calatayud Torres is a Cuban runner competing mostly in the 800 metres event.-Early career:Calatayud, who attended Havana's Manuel Permuy Sports School, got involved in athletics to help her deal with her asthma. She first gained prominence by reaching the semi-finals of the 400m at the... |
2:06.97 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janeth Jepkosgei Janeth Jepkosgei Janeth Jepkosgei is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world champion.- Early career :Janeth, nicknamed "Eldoret Express" is from Kabirirsang, near Kapsabet. Famous athletes Wilson Kipketer and Wilfred Bungei are also from the same village. She started athletics while at Kapsumbeiywo Primary... |
1:56.04 | WL | ||
| Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,... |
1:56.99 | |||
| 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... |
1:57.62 | PB | ||
| 4 | Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova Olga Kotlyarova is a Russian runner. She used to compete mainly in 400 metres, and has an Olympic bronze medal from 2000 in relay... |
1:58.22 | ||
| 5 | Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in a personal best time of 1:58.51 minutes, which still stands. In 2001 she won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the Universiade... |
1:58.52 | ||
| 6 | Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... |
1:58.92 | ||
| 7 | Svetlana Klyuka Svetlana Klyuka Svetlana Vasiliyevna Klyuka is a Russian middle distance runner. Klyuka ran the 6th fastest women's 800m time in the world in 2006, a 1:57:21. She was the winner of the 2006 European Cup.-Achievements:-References:... |
2:00.90 | ||
| - | 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... |
DNF |