World Athletics Championships 2017/800 m women

2017 World Athletics Championships
discipline	Women's 800-meter run
city	London
place	Olympic Stadium London
Participants	47 athletes from 30 countries
Competition phase	August 10, 2017 (preliminary) August 11, 2017 (semi-finals) August 13, 2017 (final)
Medalists
gold	Caster Semenya ( RSA )
silver	Francine Niyonsaba ( BDI )
bronze	Ajeé Wilson ( USA )

The 800-meter runners in their final race

The women's 800 meter race at the 2017 World Athletics Championships took place in London , Great Britain , between 10 and 13 August 2017 .

The world title went to the South African Caster Semenya . She won ahead of Francine Niyonsaba from Burundi. The American Ajeé Wilson won the bronze medal.

Gender status question

In connection with the 800-meter run at these world championships, the question of gender status cannot be excluded. This is a delicate problem, the question is where the limits are to be set, how appropriate controls should be designed, to what extent are athletes impaired or injured in their personality and what is the equality of opportunity. The question of gender status has always been topical in the past. In the 1930s it was about the German Heinrich Ratjen , who competed very successfully as a high jumper at numerous national and international events. However, all of his results were deleted after 1938.

In the 1960s, the topic came up again in connection with the siblings Irina and Tamara Press from the Soviet Union, who were suspected to be hermaphrodites . Both disappeared after the introduction of the so-called sex tests, which were first implemented in athletics at the European Championships in 1966 .

Today, tests to determine gender status have been abolished in their previous form. However, the question arises again today, where are the limits for the participation of female athletes in women's sport, and there are quite critical voices about the eligibility for participation for the 800-meter winner Caster Semenya and other well-placed athletes with a male-looking athlete Appearance.

Records

World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová	1: 53.28 min	Federal Republic of Germany (today Germany )	July 26, 1983
Championship record		1: 54.68 min	World Cup in Helsinki , Finland	August 9, 1983

Prelims

Winnie Nanyondo - left - was eliminated fifth in her prelude

The Spaniard Esther Guerrero was fifth in her preliminary and did not reach the next round

The Jamaican Natoya Goule did not make it to the semi-finals after her fifth place in the third heat

The Belarusian defending champion Maryna Arsamassawa her fourth place in the fourth heat was not enough to advance

The Icelander Aníta Hinriksdóttir was eliminated as fourth in her run

From the six preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and also the six fastest - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals. The prelims took place on August 10, 2015 at 7:25 p.m. local time ( CEST ).

Run 1

August 10, 2017, 7:25 p.m. local time (8:25 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Ajeé Wilson	United States	2: 00.52
2	Noélie Yarigo	Benin	2: 00.99 SB
3	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	Lithuania	2: 01.21 SB
4th	Sanne Verstegen	Netherlands	2: 01.50
5	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda	2: 02.65
6th	Kore Tola	Ethiopia	2: 03.01
7th	Johana Arrieta	Colombia	2: 07.36
DNS	Lovisa Lindh	Sweden

Run 2

August 10, 2017, 7:34 p.m. local time (8:34 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	2: 00.86 SB
2	Melissa Bishop	Canada	2: 01.11
3	Shelayna Oskan-Clarke	Great Britain	2: 01.30
4th	Brenda Martinez	United States	2: 01.53
5	Esther Guerrero	Spain	2: 02.22
6th	Emily Cherotich Tuei	Kenya	2: 02.70
7th	Lora Storey	Australia	2: 07.17
8th	Nimali Liyanarachchi	Sri Lanka	2: 08.49

Run 3

August 10, 2017, 7:43 pm local time (8:43 pm CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Caster Semenya	South Africa	2: 01.33
2	Rose Mary Almanza	Cuba	2: 01.43
3	Joanna Jóźwik	Poland	2: 01.51
4th	Angie Petty	New Zealand	2: 01.76
5	Natoya Goule	Jamaica	2: 01.77
6th	Brittany McGowan	Australia	2: 02.25
7th	Annie Leblanc	Canada	2: 04.06

Run 4

August 10, 2017, 7:52 p.m. local time (8:52 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Margaret Wambui	Kenya	2: 00.75
2	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	2: 01.04
3	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	2: 01.80
4th	Maryna Arsamassawa	Belarus	2: 01.92 SB
5	Mill Mulugeta	Ethiopia	2: 02.04
6th	Olha Lyachowa	Ukraine	2: 02.07
7th	Yusneysi Santiusti	Italy	2: 02.75
8th	Lindsey Butterworth	Canada	2: 03.19

Run 5

August 10, 2017, 8:01 p.m. local time (9:01 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Charlene Lipsey	United States	2: 02.74
2	Hedda Hynne	Norway	2:02,
3	Dorcus Ajok	Uganda	2: 02.98
4th	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	2: 03.45
5	Georgia Griffith	Australia	2: 03.54
6th	Síofra Cléirigh Büttner	Ireland	2: 06.54
7th	Kimarra McDonald	Jamaica	2: 09.19
DNS	Eunice Sum	Kenya

Run 6

August 10, 2017, 8:10 p.m. local time (9:10 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	1: 59.86
2	Habitam Alemu	Ethiopia	2: 00.07
3	Selina Büchel	Switzerland	2: 00.23
4th	Adelle Tracey	Great Britain	2: 00.28 PB
5	Christina Hering	Germany	2: 01.13
6th	Hanna Hermansson	Sweden	2: 01.25
7th	Gena Löfstrand	South Africa	2: 01.73
8th	Rose Lokonyen	Athlete Refugee Team	2: 20.06 SB

Semifinals

For Noélie Yarigo from Benin, after finishing third in her semifinal run, it was not enough for the final

Selina Büchel from Switzerland missed twelve hundredths of a second in her semifinal race to qualify for the final

The German Christina Hering had no chance of reaching the final with seventh place in her semi-final run

From the three semi-finals, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

August 11, 2017, 7:35 p.m. local time (8:35 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Ajeé Wilson	United States	1: 59.21
2	Melissa Bishop	Canada	1: 59.56
3	Noélie Yarigo	Benin	1: 59.74 SB
4th	Rose Mary Almanza	Cuba	1: 59.79
5	Hedda Hynne	Norway	1: 59.88
6th	Adelle Tracey	Great Britain	2: 00.26 PB
7th	Hanna Hermansson	Sweden	2: 00.43 PB
8th	Habitam Alemu	Ethiopia	2: 00.69

Run 2

August 11, 2017, 7:45 p.m. local time (8:45 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Caster Semenya	South Africa	1: 58.90
2	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	1: 59.32 SB
3	Charlene Lipsey	United States	1: 59.35
4th	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	1: 59.47
5	Selina Büchel	Switzerland	1: 59.85
6th	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	Lithuania	2: 00.48 SB
7th	Sanne Verstegen	Netherlands	2: 00.92
8th	Dorcus Ajok	Uganda	2: 02.00

Run 3

August 11, 2017, 7:55 p.m. local time (8:55 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	2: 01.11
2	Margaret Wambui	Kenya	2: 01.19
3	Brenda Martinez	United States	2: 01.31
4th	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda	2: 01.74
5	Joanna Jóźwik	Poland	2: 01.91
6th	Shelayna Oskan-Clarke	Great Britain	2: 02.26
7th	Christina Hering	Germany	2: 02.69
8th	Gena Löfstrand	South Africa	2: 03.67

final

August 13, 2017, 8:10 p.m. local time (9:10 p.m. CEST )

Clear favorite for this race was the two-time Olympic champion - 2012 / 2016 - and 2009 World Champion Caster Semenya from South Africa. Her strongest opponents were the other two medalists from 2016, Francine Niyonsaba from Burundi and the Kenyan Margaret Wambui. The reigning world champion Maryna Arsamassawa from Belarus also competed here, but was no longer in the form of 2015 and was eliminated in the preliminary stages. With the Canadian Melissa Bishop and the British Lynsey Sharp, two other finalists of last year's Olympic Games were again in the final.

Niyonsaba took the initiative early in this race and set a brisk pace from the start. She was first followed by the Americans Ajeé Wilson and Margaret Wambui. At the end of the first lap - through time 57.98 s - Wilson stepped up the pace and replaced Niyonsaba at the front. There was a small gap, which Semenya immediately closed again. These three runners set themselves apart from their competitors in the next corner. Wambui followed in fourth. On the back straight, Niyonsaba was back in front of Wilson and Semenya. Wambui fought to catch up, but couldn't close the gap due to the very fast pace now. This constellation remained until the start of the home straight.

In the final eighty meters, Caster Semenya pushed again and passed her opponents almost effortlessly. At the finish she had won her second world title. Francine Niyonsaba finished second, just like in the 2016 Olympic Games. Ajeé Wilson surprisingly secured the bronze medal in front of the Olympic third party Margaret Wambui. Melissa Bishop finished fifth in this fast race ahead of Angelika Cichocka from Poland. The Americans Charlene Lipsey and Lynsey Sharp finished seventh and eighth in this final.

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
	Caster Semenya	South Africa	1: 55.16 WL
	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	1: 55.92
	Ajeé Wilson	United States	1: 56.65
4th	Margaret Wambui	Kenya	1: 57.54
5	Melissa Bishop	Canada	1: 57.68
6th	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	1: 58.41 PB
7th	Charlene Lipsey	United States	1: 58.73
8th	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	1: 58.98

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  World Champion
  Caster Semenya, South Africa

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  Vice World Champion
  Francine Niyonsaba, Burundi

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  Bronze medalist
  Ajeé Wilson, USA

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  The Kenyan Margaret Wambui came fourth

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  Fifth place for Canadian Melissa Bishop

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  Angelika Cichocka from Poland achieved sixth place

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  The American Charlene Lipsey came in seventh place

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  The British Lynsey Sharp finished eighth in the final

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the 2017 World Championships, 800 m women on the IAAF website , accessed on December 8, 2018
• Results of the 2017 World Athletics Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 8, 2018
• Reports on the 2017 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 8, 2018

Video

• Caster Semenya wins 800m Women Final IAAF World Champs London 2017 on youtube.com, published on August 13, 2017, accessed on December 8, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The double life of Dora Ratjen on ndr.de November 18, 2011, accessed on December 8, 2018
2. ^ Between fame and suspicion Allgemeine Zeitung, accessed December 8, 2018
3. ↑ Intersexuality as a problem of high-performance sport , Jennifer de Antoni, diploma thesis, May 2011 (PDF), accessed on December 8, 2018
4. ↑ The sex test - athletes prove their gender on 3sat.de August 21, 2009, accessed on December 8, 2018
5. ↑ Keyword Sex-Test , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung August 2, 2009, accessed December 8, 2018
6. ↑ Olympias "beautiful" daughters of Petra Welzel, Friday September 15, 2000, accessed on December 8, 2018