World Athletics Championships 1993/800 m women
4th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 30 athletes from 23 countries | ||||||||
venue | Stuttgart | ||||||||
Competition location | Gottlieb Daimler Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 14th (preliminary) August 15th (semi-finals) August 17th (final) |
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The women's 800-meter run at the 1993 World Athletics Championships was held from August 14th to 17th, 1993 in the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium in Stuttgart .
The world champion was the three-time Africa champion ( 1990 : 800 meters / 1500 meters - 1993 : 800 meters) Maria de Lurdes Mutola from Mozambique , the second place went to the Russian vice world champion from 1983 , third from the World Cup in 1987 and third from the European Championship in 1986, Ljubow Gurina . As at the 1991 World Championships, bronze went to Romanian Ella Kovacs .
Existing records
World record | 1: 53.28 min | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Munich , FR Germany | July 26, 1983 |
World Cup record | 1: 54.68 min | 1983 World Cup in Helsinki , Finland | August 9, 1983 |
The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.
The world champion Maria de Lurdes Mutola from Mozambique set a new African record in the final on August 17th with 1: 55.43 min.
doping
There was a doping case in this competition.
The first seventh-placed Russian defending champion Lilija Nurutdinova tested positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol and received a four-year ban, which led to the end of her sports career. Your result at these world championships was canceled.
Two female athletes in particular were disadvantaged;
- The Polish Anna Brzezińska would actually have been entitled to participate in the semi-finals based on her time achieved in the third heat.
- The German Christine Wachtel could actually have taken part in the final through her placement in the second semi-final race.
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was carried out in five runs. The first two athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - and the six fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
August 14, 1993, 9:15 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Liu Li | People's Republic of China | 1: 59.60 |
2 | Lyubov Gurina | Russia | 1: 59.90 |
3 | Christine Wachtel | Germany | 2: 01.42 |
4th | Satu Jaaskelainen | Finland | 2: 03.66 |
5 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 2: 03.74 |
6th | Sheila Seebaluk | Mauritius | 2: 10.54 |
7th | Ablavi Agbenyeke | Togo | 2: 23.19 |
DNS | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname |
Forward 2
August 14, 1993, 9:23 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Tina Paulino | Mozambique | 2: 01.46 |
2 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 2: 01.70 |
3 | Natallja Duchnowa | Belarus | 2: 01.78 |
4th | Wang Yuan | People's Republic of China | 2: 02.98 |
5 | Luciana Mendes | Brazil | 2: 03.55 |
6th | Shiny Wilson | India | 2: 06.65 |
7th | Alia Almatari | Jordan | 2: 15.23 |
8th | Shermaine Ross | Grenada | 2: 15.84 |
Forward 3
August 14, 1993, 9:31 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Diane Modahl | Great Britain | 2: 00.80 |
2 | Amy Wickus | United States | 2: 00.91 |
3 | Sabine Zwiener | Germany | 2: 01.37 |
4th | Oksana Mernikova | Belarus | 2: 01.65 |
5 | Anna Brzezińska | Poland | 2: 01.67 actually qualified for the semi-finals |
6th | Laurence Niyonsaba | Rwanda | 2: 12.52 |
DOP | Lilia Nurutdinova | Russia | admitted to the finals |
Forward 4
August 14, 1993, 9:39 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Ella Kovacs | Romania | 2: 01.36 |
2 | Maria Magnólia Souza Figueiredo | Brazil | 2: 01.91 |
3 | Joetta Clark | United States | 2: 02.15 |
4th | Fabia Trabaldo | Italy | 2: 02.36 |
5 | Olena Stortschowa | Ukraine | 2: 03.50 |
6th | Edith Nakiyingi | Uganda | 2: 07.81 |
7th | Karolina Tanona | Fiji | 2: 15.12 |
Forward 5
August 14, 1993, 9:47 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 1: 59.81 |
2 | Meredith Rainey | United States | 1: 59.87 |
3 | Birthe Bruhns | Germany | 2: 00.29 |
4th | Gladys Wamuyu | Kenya | 2: 01.59 |
5 | Jelena Afanassjewa | Russia | 2: 01.94 |
6th | Lorie Ann Adams | Guyana | 2: 09.77 |
7th | Tamador Ismail | Sudan | 2: 41.51 |
Semifinals
In each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
August 15, 1993, 8:15 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 1: 58.69 |
2 | Liu Li | People's Republic of China | 1: 58.96 |
3 | Diane Modahl | Great Britain | 1: 59.12 |
4th | Christine Wachtel | Germany | 1: 59.86 actually qualified for the final |
5 | Amy Wickus | United States | 2: 00.55 |
6th | Oksana Mernikova | Belarus | 2: 01.20 |
7th | Gladys Wamuyu | Kenya | 2: 02.13 |
DOP | Lilia Nurutdinova | Russia | admitted to the finals |
Semi-final run 2
August 15, 1993, 8:21 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Tina Paulino | Mozambique | 1: 57.31 |
2 | Ella Kovacs | Romania | 1: 57.46 |
3 | Meredith Rainey | United States | 1: 57.63 |
4th | Lyubov Gurina | Russia | 1: 57.82 |
5 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 1: 58.64 |
6th | Birthe Bruhns | Germany | 1: 59.66 |
7th | Sabine Zwiener | Germany | 2: 00.77 |
8th | Maria Magnólia Souza Figueiredo | Brazil | 2: 01.01 |
final
August 17, 1993, 8:05 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 1: 55.43 AR |
2 | Lyubov Gurina | Russia | 1: 57.10 |
3 | Ella Kovacs | Romania | 1: 57.92 |
4th | Diane Modahl | Great Britain | 1: 59.42 |
5 | Meredith Rainey | United States | 1: 59.57 |
6th | Liu Li | People's Republic of China | 2: 04.45 |
7th | Tina Paulino | Mozambique | 3: 19.89 |
DOP | Lilia Nurutdinova | Russia |
Like two years before , Ella Kovacs won bronze
Video
- Maria Mutola: 800m Final, World Championships, Stuttgart, 1993 , video published on November 17, 2014 on youtube.com, accessed on May 17, 2020
Web links
- 4th IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed on May 17, 2020
- Women 800m Athletics IV World Championship Stuttgart (GER) 1993 at todor66.com (English), accessed on May 17, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 800 m, Stuttgart 1993, p. 268 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on May 17, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on May 17, 2020
- ↑ Liliya Nurutdinova, Biography at sports-reference.com (English), accessed on May 17, 2020