World Athletics Championships 1999/800 m women
7th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 36 athletes from 30 countries | ||||||||
venue | Seville | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 21 (preliminary) August 22 (quarter-finals) August 24 (semi-finals) August 21 (final) |
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The 800-meter run for women at the 1999 World Athletics Championships was held from August 21 to 24, 1999 in the Olympic Stadium in the Spanish city of Seville .
Czech Ludmila Formanová became world champion . She won before the world champion from 1993 , World Cup third from 1997 . Olympic bronze medalists from 1996 and triple African champion ( 1990 / 1993 / 1998 ) Maria Mutola of Mozambique . In 1993 she was also the African champion over 1500 meters . Bronze went to the Russian double Olympic champion in 1996 over 800 and 1500 meters Svetlana Masterkowa , who was the reigning European champion over 1500 meters and who won the race over this longer middle distance five days later .
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 |
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: 04.19 min - Leontine Tsiba ( Republic of the Congo ), 2nd lead-in on August 21
- 2: 19.79 min - Alberta Cape ( Guinea-Bissau ), 2nd run on August 21
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 21, 1999, 10:05 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Jearl Miles Clark | United States | 2: 00.32 |
2 | Claudia Gesell | Germany | 2: 00.32 |
3 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 2: 00.46 |
4th | Diane Modahl | Great Britain | 2: 00.83 |
5 | Judit Varga | Hungary | 2: 01.72 |
6th | Toni Hodgkinson | New Zealand | 2: 02.18 |
7th | Tytti Reho | Finland | 2: 03.73 |
Forward 2
August 21, 1999, 10:12 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2: 00.16 |
2 | Natalia Zyganova | Russia | 2: 00.32 |
3 | Meredith Valmon | United States | 2: 00.86 |
4th | Patrizia Spuri | Italy | 2: 01.00 |
5 | Iryna Lishchynska | Ukraine | 2: 01.53 |
6th | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2: 03.03 |
7th | Leontine Tsiba | Republic of the Congo | 2: 04,19 NO |
8th | Alberta Cape | Guinea-Bissau | 2: 19.79 NO |
Forward 3
August 21, 1999, 10:19 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Sandra Stals | Belgium | 2: 00.07 |
2 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 2: 00.10 |
3 | Natalia Gorelova | Russia | 2: 00.13 |
4th | Natallja Duchnowa | Belarus | 2: 00.42 |
5 | Grace Birungi | Uganda | 2: 02.71 |
6th | Julia Sakara | Zimbabwe | 2: 03.53 |
DNS | Kutre Dulecha | Ethiopia |
Forward 4
August 21, 1999, 10:26 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 1: 59.52 |
2 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 1: 59.72 |
3 | Lwiza Msyani John | Tanzania | 2: 00.49 |
4th | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia | 2: 00.50 |
5 | Zulia Calatayud | Cuba | 2: 00.93 |
6th | Heidi Jensen | Denmark | 2: 01.12 |
7th | Vicky Lynch pounds | Canada | 2: 02.66 |
8th | Addeh Mwamba | Zambia | 2: 07.96 |
Forward 5
August 21, 1999, 10:33 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Svetlana Masterkova | Russia | 2: 00.27 |
2 | Olena Buschenko | Ukraine | 2: 00.33 |
3 | Linda Kisabaka | Germany | 2: 00.46 |
4th | Anita Brägger | Switzerland | 2: 01.89 |
5 | Adoración García | Spain | 2: 04.68 |
6th | Charmaine Howell | Jamaica | 2: 04.73 |
7th | Tsvetelina Kirilova | Bulgaria | 2: 07.41 |
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 22, 1999, 7:45 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 1: 59.84 |
2 | Jearl Miles Clark | United States | 2: 00.37 |
3 | Natalia Zyganova | Russia | 2: 00.67 |
4th | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 2: 00.77 |
5 | Linda Kisabaka | Germany | 2: 00.81 |
6th | Lwiza Msyani John | Tanzania | 2: 01.92 |
7th | Olena Buschenko | Ukraine | 2: 02.01 |
8th | Sandra Stals | Belgium | 2: 09.22 |
Semi-final run 2
August 22, 1999, 7:53 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Svetlana Masterkova | Russia | 1: 59.25 |
2 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 1: 59.42 |
3 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 1: 59.61 |
4th | Natallja Duchnowa | Belarus | 2: 00.03 |
5 | Natalia Gorelova | Russia | 2: 00.14 |
6th | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 2: 00.33 |
7th | Claudia Gesell | Germany | 2: 01.24 |
8th | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia | 2: 04.51 |
final
August 24, 1999, 9:00 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 1: 56.68 |
2 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 1: 56.72 |
3 | Svetlana Masterkova | Russia | 1: 56.93 |
4th | Jearl Miles Clark | United States | 1: 57.40 |
5 | Natalia Zyganova | Russia | 1: 57.81 |
6th | Natalia Gorelova | Russia | 1: 57.90 |
7th | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 1: 57.92 |
8th | Natallja Duchnowa | Belarus | 1: 58.69 |
Jearl Miles Clark, previously especially victorious over 400 meters and with 4 x 400 meter relays , finished fourth
Video
- 1999 IAAF World Athletics Championships - Women's 800m Final , Video posted April 19, 2011 on youtube.com, accessed July 23, 2020
Web links
- 7th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 23, 2020
- Women 800m Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP) on todor66.com, accessed July 23, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 800 m, Seville 1999, p. 269 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on July 23, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on July 23, 2020