World Athletics Championships 1997/800 m women
6th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 36 athletes from 32 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 6th (preliminary) August 7th (semi-finals) August 9th (final) |
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The 800-meter run for women at the 1997 World Athletics Championships was held from August 6th to 9th, 1997 in the Olympic Stadium in the Greek capital, Athens .
World champion was the Cuban defending champion, vice world champion from 1991 , Olympic runner-up from 1996 and Olympic runner-up from 1992 Ana Fidelia Quirot , who was the double winner over 400 and 800 meters at the Pan American Games in 1987 and 1991 . Second place went to the Russian Jelena Afanassjewa . Bronze went to the world champion from 1993 and Olympic third from 1996 Maria de Lurdes Mutola from Mozambique , who was also Africa champion from 1990 (here also over 1500 meters ) and from 1993 .
Existing records
World record | 1: 53.28 min |
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Munich , FR Germany | July 26, 1983 |
World Cup record | 1: 54.68 min | 1983 World Cup in Helsinki , Finland | August 9, 1983 |
Even at these world championships no one came to the already since the first World Championships in 1983 existing WM zoom -record.
Two national records were set.
- 2: 07.34 min - Leontine Tsiba ( Republic of the Congo ), 1st preliminary on August 6th
- 2: 16.74 min - Abok Shol ( Sudan ), 1st preliminary on August 6th
doping
In the 800-meter race , there was a doping case.
The Russian Lyubow Zioma , who was eliminated in the semifinals, was convicted of doping with stanozolol and disqualified.
The victim was the Indian Rosa Kutty , who had actually qualified for the semi-finals during her time, but could not start there because Ziomas was not yet positive for doping.
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 6, 1997, 9:30 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Ludmila Formanová |
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2: 01.46 |
2 | Natallja Duchnowa |
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2: 02.39 |
3 | Linda Kisabaka |
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2: 03.22 |
4th | Julia Sakara |
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2: 03.55 |
5 | Öznur Dursun |
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2: 04.62 |
6th | Leontine Tsiba |
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2: 07.34 NO |
7th | Abok Shol |
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2: 16.74 NO |
DNS | Malin Ewerlöf |
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Forward 2
August 6, 1997, 9:37 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Ana Fidelia Quirot |
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2: 01.56 |
2 | Olena Buschenko |
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2: 02.00 |
3 | Toni Hodgkinson |
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2: 02.21 |
4th | Jill McMullen |
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2: 06.16 |
5 | Theoni Kostopoulou |
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2: 07.32 |
6th | Jolanda Batagelj |
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2: 10.97 |
7th | Adama Njie |
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2: 13.50 |
Forward 3
August 6, 1997, 9:44 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Letitia Vriesde |
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2: 00.92 |
2 | Stella Jongmans |
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2: 01.06 |
3 | Rosa Kutty |
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2: 02.22 actually qualified for the final |
4th | Kathy Rounds |
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2: 03.33 |
5 | Dawn Sewer-Williams |
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2: 03.35 |
6th | Natalia Al Farran |
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2: 18.11 |
7th | Donata Mutegwamaso |
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2: 25.07 |
DOP | Lyubov Zioma |
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admitted to the semifinals |
Forward 4
August 6, 1997, 9:58 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola |
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2: 00.88 |
2 | Joetta Clark |
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2: 01.15 |
3 | Petya Strashilova |
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2: 01.49 |
4th | Nouria Mérah-Benida |
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2: 01.54 |
5 | Stephanie Graf |
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2: 02.52 |
6th | Charmaine Crooks |
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2: 02.84 |
7th | Yaznee Nasheeda |
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2: 36.18 |
DNS | Alberta Cape |
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Forward 5
August 6, 1997, 9:58 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Jelena Afanassjewa |
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2:00, 12 |
2 | Luciana Mendes |
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2: 00.89 |
3 | Hasna Benhassi |
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2: 01.56 |
4th | Malgorzata Rydz |
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2: 01.68 |
5 | Iryna Lishchynska |
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2: 03.56 |
6th | Monika Kinnunen |
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2: 04.11 |
7th | Monica Randi |
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2: 16.00 |
Semifinals
In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
August 7, 1997, 7:50 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola |
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1: 57.49 |
2 | Jelena Afanassjewa |
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1: 59.05 |
3 | Stella Jongmans |
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1: 59.32 |
4th | Joetta Clark |
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1: 59.34 |
5 | Luciana Mendes |
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1: 59.45 |
6th | Olena Buschenko |
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2: 02.62 |
7th | Hasna Benhassi |
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2: 03.70 |
8th | Malgorzata Rydz |
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2: 05.00 |
Semi-final run 2
August 7, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Ana Fidelia Quirot |
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1: 59.37 |
2 | Letitia Vriesde |
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1: 59.62 |
3 | Ludmila Formanová |
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1: 59.71 |
4th | Toni Hodgkinson |
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2: 00.25 |
5 | Natallja Duchnowa |
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2: 00.91 |
6th | Nouria Mérah-Benida |
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2: 01.08 |
7th | Petya Strashilova |
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2: 01.44 |
DOP | Lyubov Zioma |
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final
August 9, 1997, 6:10 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Ana Fidelia Quirot |
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1: 57.14 |
2 | Jelena Afanassjewa |
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1: 57.56 |
3 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola |
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1: 57.59 |
4th | Letitia Vriesde |
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1: 58.12 |
5 | Ludmila Formanová |
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1: 59.52 |
6th | Toni Hodgkinson |
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2: 00.40 |
7th | Joetta Clark |
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2: 02.05 |
8th | Stella Jongmans |
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2: 05.50 |
Video
- Uncut - 800m Women Final Athens 1997 on youtube.com, accessed June 28, 2020
Web links
- 6th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed June 28, 2020
- Women 800m Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) on todor66.com, accessed June 28, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 800 m, Athens 1997, p. 269 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on June 28, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on June 28, 2020
- ↑ Ivanova stripped of silver after positive drug test on apnews.com, August 10, 1997, accessed June 28, 2020