2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

## Medalists

| Gold | Maria Mutola Mozambique (MOZ) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Stephanie Graf Austria (AUT) |
| Bronze | Letitia Vriesde Suriname (SUR) |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 1:59.51 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:59.96 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 2:00.08 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Diane Cummins | Canada | 2:00.46 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:00.46 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Hazel Clark | United States | 2:00.56 | q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Anita Brägger | Switzerland | 2:00.65 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2:00.86 | q, SB |
| 9 | 3 | Zulia Calatayud | Cuba | 2:00.96 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:00.97 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia | 2:01.05 | |
| 12 | 4 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:01.78 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:01.98 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Svetlana Badrankova | Kazakhstan | 2:02.19 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Peggy Babin | France | 2:02.48 | |
| 16 | 4 | Irina Mistyukevich | Russia | 2:02.50 | |
| 17 | 3 | Agnes Samaria | Namibia | 2:03.11 | |
| 18 | 2 | Faith Macharia | Kenya | 2:03.83 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:04.03 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Luciana Mendes | Brazil | 2:04.16 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Grace Birungi | Uganda | 2:04.26 | |
| 22 | 2 | Lwiza John | Tanzania | 2:04.31 | |
| 23 | 2 | Natalya Tsyganova | Russia | 2:04.55 | |
| 24 | 3 | Charmaine Howell | Jamaica | 2:05.06 | |
| 25 | 2 | Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 2:05.47 | |
| 26 | 2 | Tatjana Borisova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:05.63 | |
| 27 | 4 | Tina Paulino | Mozambique | 2:06.36 | |
| 28 | 2 | Adama Njie | Gambia | 2:07.80 | |
| 29 | 3 | Mariela Alvarez | Peru | 2:09.43 | PB |
| 30 | 3 | Janill Williams | Netherlands Antilles | 2:15.04 | |
| 31 | 1 | Hind Musa | Sudan | 2:27.96 | |
| | 4 | Tsvetelina Kirilova | Bulgaria | DQ | |
| | 4 | Süreyya Ayhan | Turkey | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:59.47 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 1:59.58 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:00.07 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Faith Macharia | Kenya | 2:00.24 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Zulia Calatayud | Cuba | 2:01.04 | |
| 6 | 1 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:01.24 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 2:01.90 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Luciana Mendes | Brazil | 2:01.94 | |
| 9 | 1 | Diane Cummins | Canada | 2:02.07 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:02.16 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Anita Brägger | Switzerland | 2:02.22 | |
| 12 | 2 | Svetlana Badrankova | Kazakhstan | 2:02.24 | |
| 13 | 1 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:02.65 | |
| 14 | 1 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:02.85 | |
| 15 | 1 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2:03.16 | |
| | 1 | Hazel Clark | United States | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:57.17 | |
| | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 1:57.20 | SB |
| | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 1:57.35 | SB |
| 4 | Faith Macharia | Kenya | 1:58.98 | |
| 5 | Diane Cummins | Canada | 1:59.49 | PB |
| 6 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 1:59.76 | |
| 7 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:00.09 | |
| 8 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:04.33 | |
