2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6, 7 and 9 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

## Medals

| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| - | - | - |
| Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) | Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) | Tatyana Andrianova (Russia) |

## Results

All times shown are in seconds.

* AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
* DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

### Heats

August 6, 2005

**Heat 1**

* Hazel Clark 2:01.91 Q
* Kenia Sinclair 2:02.18 Q
* Mina Aït Hammou 2:02.36 Q
* Agnes Samaria 2:02.46 Q
* Neisha Bernard-Thomas 2:02.50
* Brigita Langerholc 2:03.06
* Binnaz Uslu 2:03.73
* Marlyse Nsourou 2:14.47 (SB)

**Heat 2**

* Zulia Calatayud 2:00.77 Q
* Hasna Benhassi 2:00.77 Q
* Kameisha Bennett 2:01.78 Q
* Susan Scott 2:02.00 Q
* Teodora Kolarova 2:02.45
* Miho Sato 2:02.82
* Marcela Britos 2:10.21
* Markabo Djama Liban 2:50.95

**Heat 3**

* Tatyana Andrianova 2:06.38 Q
* Alice Schmidt 2:07.10 Q
* Mayte Martínez 2:07.34 Q
* Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk 2:07.37 Q
* Myint Myint Aye 2:08.50
* Marian Burnett 2:09.88
* Nahida Touhami DNS

**Heat 4**

* Svetlana Cherkasova 2:00.62 Q
* Laetitia Valdonado 2:00.87 Q
* Sviatlana Usovich 2:01.09 Q
* Lucia Klocová 2:01.63 Q (SB)
* Tetiana Petlyuk 2:01.78 q (SB)
* Seltana Aït Hammou 2:02.16
* Elisa Cusma Piccione 2:05.95
* Gulnaz Ara 2:13.87 (SB)

**Heat 5**

* Larisa Chzhao 2:00.64 Q
* Maria Mutola 2:00.71 Q
* Michelle Ballentine 2:01.05 Q (SB)
* Mihaela Neacsu 2:01.35 Q
* Monika Gradzki 2:01.56 q
* Letitia Vriesde 2:01.65 q (SB)
* Diane Cummins 2:01.71 q
* Akosua Serwaa DNS

### Semifinals

August 7, 2005

**Heat 1**

* Hazel Clark 1:59.00 Q
* Larisa Chzhao 1:59.07 Q
* Maria Mutola 1:59.29 q
* Mayte Martínez 1:59.40 q (SB)
* Mina Aït Hammou 2:00.22
* Mihaela Neacsu 2:00.63
* Lucia Klocová 2:00.64 (SB)
* Susan Scott 2:01.17 (SB)

**Heat 2**

* Zulia Calatayud 1:57.92 Q (SB)
* Svetlana Cherkasova 1:58.58 Q
* Kenia Sinclair 1:59.45
* Diane Cummins 2:00.10 (SB)
* Agnes Samaria 2:00.13
* Alice Schmidt 2:01.43
* Letitia Vriesde 2:02.07
* Monika Gradzki 2:02.09

**Heat 3**

* Tatyana Andrianova 2:01.35 Q
* Hasna Benhassi 2:01.59 Q
* Laetitia Valdonado 2:01.90
* Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk 2:02.02
* Sviatlana Usovich 2:02.34
* Tetiana Petlyuk 2:02.46
* Michelle Ballentine 2:03.98
* Kameisha Bennett DNF

### Final

August 9, 2005

* Zulia Calatayud 1:58.82
* Hasna Benhassi 1:59.42
* Tatyana Andrianova 1:59.60
* Maria Mutola 1:59.71
* Mayte Martínez 1:59.99
* Larisa Chzhao 2:00.25
* Svetlana Cherkasova 2:00.71
* Hazel Clark 2:01.52
