2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
# 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–11.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Maria Mutola Mozambique | Stephanie Graf Austria | Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová Czech Republic |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:02.97 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia | 2:03.28 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Laetitia Valdonado | France | 2:04.00 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2:04.16 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Sandra Teixeira | Portugal | 2:04.18 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Lwiza John | Tanzania | 2:04.29 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:04.47 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2:04.56 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:04.58 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová | Czech Republic | 2:04.58 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:04.70 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Charmaine Howell | Jamaica | 2:05.14 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Joanne Fenn | Great Britain | 2:05.16 | |
| 14 | 1 | Fabiane dos Santos | Brazil | 2:05.18 | |
| 15 | 4 | Adoración García | Spain | 2:05.25 | |
| 16 | 1 | Jennifer Toomey | United States | 2:05.55 | |
| 17 | 3 | Anca Safta | Romania | 2:06.13 | |
| 18 | 1 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:08.91 | |
| 19 | 4 | Wang Yuanping | China | 2:09.80 | |
| 20 | 3 | Lin Na | China | 2:10.99 | |
| | 2 | Jearl Miles-Clarke | United States | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:01.34 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia | 2:01.97 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Lwiza John | Tanzania | 2:02.40 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:03.20 | |
| 5 | 2 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2:03.64 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:03.68 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová | Czech Republic | 2:04.29 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Sandra Teixeira | Portugal | 2:04.38 | |
| 9 | 2 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2:04.79 | |
| 10 | 1 | Laetitia Valdonado | France | 2:05.89 | |
| 11 | 2 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:06.19 | |
| 12 | 2 | Charmaine Howell | Jamaica | 2:09.13 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:59.74 |
| | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 1:59.78 |
| | Helena Dziurova-Fuchsová | Czech Republic | 2:01.18 |
| 4 | Lwiza John | Tanzania | 2:01.76 |
| 5 | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia | 2:02.17 |
| 6 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:02.67 |
