2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres at the 2003 World Championships
Venue	Stade de France
Dates	23 August (heats) 24 August (semifinals) 26 August (final)
Competitors	41 from 32 nations
Winning time	1:59.89
Medalists
Maria de Lurdes Mutola  Mozambique (MOZ)   Kelly Holmes  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)   Natalya Khrushcheleva  Russia (RUS)
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These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003 at 20:50h.^[1]

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ)	1:59.89
	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	2:00.18
	Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS)	2:00.29
4.	Mina Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:01.09
5.	Claudia Gesell (GER)	2:01.84
6.	Diane Cummins (CAN)	2:02.48
7.	Akosua Serwaa (GHA)	2:03.24
—	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	DNS

Semi-final

• Held on Sunday 24 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	1:59.26
2.	Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS)	1:59.39
3.	Joanne Fenn (GBR)	2:00.56
4.	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	2:00.88
5.	Faith Macharia (KEN)	2:01.30
6.	Brigita Langerholc (SLO)	2:01.58
7.	Jen Toomey (USA)	2:02.35
8.	Tamsyn Lewis (AUS)	2:05.11

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ)	1:58.45
2.	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	1:58.86
3.	Diane Cummins (CAN)	1:59.58
4.	Akosua Serwaa (GHA)	2:00.42
5.	Maria Cioncan (ROU)	2:00.72
6.	Lucia Klocová (SVK)	2:00.73
7.	Natalya Yevdokimova (RUS)	2:01.17
8.	Heidi Jensen (DEN)	2:01.73

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Mina Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:00.57
2.	Claudia Gesell (GER)	2:01.01
3.	Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:01.34
4.	Svetlana Klyuka (RUS)	2:01.61
5.	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	2:01.85
6.	Judit Varga (HUN)	2:02.20
7.	Anita Brägger (SUI)	2:02.34
8.	Agnes Samaria (NAM)	2:02.66

Heats

Held on Sunday 24 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Natalya Yevdokimova (RUS)	2:01.05
2.	Mina Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:01.10
3.	Judit Varga (HUN)	2:01.47
4.	Jen Toomey (USA)	2:01.75
5.	Heidi Jensen (DEN)	2:02.01
6.	Esther Desviat (ESP)	2:03.42
7.	Charlotte Moore (GBR)	2:03.80
8.	Marie-Lyne Joseph (DMA)	2:17.73

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ)	2:00.81
2.	Claudia Gesell (GER)	2:01.06
3.	Lucia Klocová (SVK)	2:01.14
4.	Joanne Fenn (GBR)	2:01.27
5.	Faith Macharia (KEN)	2:01.36
6.	Agnes Samaria (NAM)	2:01.51
7.	Brigita Langerholc (SLO)	2:01.55
8.	Noelly Bibiche Mankatu (COD)	2:07.12
9.	Uyanga Khaynkhirvaa (MGL)	2:27.96

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS)	2:03.74
2.	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	2:03.75
3.	Maria Cioncan (ROU)	2:03.90
4.	Jearl Miles Clark (USA)	2:04.21
5.	Abir Nakhli (TUN)	2:04.43
6.	Adriana Muñoz (CUB)	2:04.58
7.	Sandra Stals (BEL)	2:06.12
8.	Adama Njie (GAM)	2:17.04

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Stephanie Graf (AUT)	2:03.39
2.	Svetlana Klyuka (RUS)	2:03.68
3.	Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR)	2:04.01
4.	Tanya Blake (MLT)	2:04.61
5.	Yuliya Krevsun (UKR)	2:04.93
6.	Tatjana Borisova (KGZ)	2:05.31
7.	Myint Myint Aye (MYA)	2:05.41
8.	Tatyana Roslanova (KAZ)	2:07.98

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	2:01.06
2.	Anita Brägger (SUI)	2:01.09
3.	Akosua Serwaa (GHA)	2:01.17
4.	Diane Cummins (CAN)	2:01.20
5.	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	2:01.24
6.	Tamsyn Lewis (AUS)	2:01.43
7.	Wesam Abubkheet (PLE)	2:29.86
—	Jolanda Čeplak (SLO)	DNS

See also

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

References

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