2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 21 to 24 July 2022.[1]

Women's 800 metres
at the 2022 World Championships
The finish of the final.
VenueHayward Field
Dates21 July (heats)
22 July (semi-finals)
24 July (final)
Competitors48 from 29 nations
Winning time1:56.30
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    Kenya
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Video on YouTube
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Summary

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With the elimination of defending champion Halimah Nakaayi in the semis, the rest of the podiums of the Olympics and previous World Championships were represented in the final. Olympic Champion Athing Mu, silver medalist Keely Hodgkinson, Mary Moraa and Diribe Welteji all wanted to lead, the four spread shoulder to shoulder across the track after the break line. Welteji emerged the leader, Mu on her shoulder, Hodgkinson on the rail and Moraa boxing her in on the outside. They held that formation through the bell at 57.11 and into the turn putting a 2m gap on the remaining competitors. Just before the backstretch, Mu made her move into the lead, opening up a 2 m gap before the final turn. Hodgkinson got around Welteji and went off in search of Mu, putting 2m back to Moraa and Welteji with returning silver medalist, Olympic bronze medalist Raevyn Rogers and Natoya Goule coming back to join them. With 110m to go, Mu took the turn wide and seemed to slow, enough that Hodgkinson was able to grab the inside position on Mu. The two ran shoulder to shoulder down the home stretch, with Moraa and Welteji having a similar battle 2m behind them. Bumping elbows both in lane 1, Hodgkinson gained a slight advantage, then Mu came back to get the edge. Unlike the runaway in the Olympics, Mu barely opened a gap on Hodgkinson, taking a lean at the line just to be sure. Behind them, Moraa was able to separate from Welteji for the bronze. At age 21, Moraa was the senior citizen amongst the top four, the other three still age 20.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record   Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1:53.28 Munich, West Germany 26 July 1983
Championship record 1:54.68 Helsinki, Finland 9 August 1983
World Leading   Athing Mu (USA) 1:57.01 Rome, Italy 9 June 2022
African Record   Pamela Jelimo (KEN) 1:54.01 Zürich, Switzerland 29 August 2008
Asian Record   Liu Dong (CHN) 1:55.54 Beijing, China 9 September 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 1:54.44 Barcelona, Spain 9 September 1989
South American Record   Letitia Vriesde (SUR) 1:56.68 Gothenburg, Sweden 13 August 1995
European Record   Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1:53.28 Munich, West Germany 26 July 1983
Oceanian record   Catriona Bisset (AUS) 1:58.09 Chorzów, Poland 20 June 2021

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 1:59.50.[3]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
21 July 17:10 Heats
22 July 18:35 Semi-finals
24 July 18:35 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify to the semi-finals.[4]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Diribe Welteji   Ethiopia (ETH) 1:58.83 Q
2 1 Jemma Reekie   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:59.09 Q
3 1 Adelle Tracey   Jamaica (JAM) 1:59.20 Q, PB
4 6 Natoya Goule   Jamaica (JAM) 2:00.06 Q
5 6 Mary Moraa   Kenya (KEN) 2:00.42 Q
6 4 Rénelle Lamote   France (FRA) 2:00.71 Q
7 6 Anna Wielgosz   Poland (POL) 2:00.79 Q
8 1 Lindsey Butterworth   Canada (CAN) 2:00.81 q
9 2 Keely Hodgkinson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:00.88 Q
10 4 Freweyni Hailu   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:00.93 Q
11 4 Ajeé Wilson   United States (USA) 2:01.02 Q
12 6 Majtie Kolberg   Germany (GER) 2:01.21 q, SB
13 4 Alexandra Bell   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:01.25 q
14 3 Athing Mu   United States (USA) 2:01.30 Q
15 5 Raevyn Rogers   United States (USA) 2:01.36 Q
16 5 Habitam Alemu   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:01.37 Q
17 3 Halimah Nakaayi   Uganda (UGA) 2:01.41 Q
18 2 Anita Horvat   Slovenia (SLO) 2:01.48 Q
19 5 Noélie Yarigo   Benin (BEN) 2:01.58 Q
20 5 Prudence Sekgodiso   South Africa (RSA) 2:01.60 q
21 4 Naomi Korir   Kenya (KEN) 2:01.61 q
22 2 Lore Hoffmann   Switzerland (SUI) 2:01.63 Q
23 2 Christina Hering   Germany (GER) 2:01.63 q
24 6 Louise Shanahan   Ireland (IRL) 2:01.71
25 3 Ellie Baker   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:01.72 Q
26 5 Chrisann Gordon   Jamaica (JAM) 2:01.91
27 3 Rose Mary Almanza   Cuba (CUB) 2:01.96
28 3 Olha Lyakhova   Ukraine (UKR) 2:02.16
29 2 Gayanthika Artigala   Sri Lanka (SRI) 2:02.35
30 1 Jarinter Mwasya   Kenya (KEN) 2:02.35
31 6 Jerneja Smonkar   Slovenia (SLO) 2:02.48
32 1 Eveliina Määttänen   Finland (FIN) 2:02.68
33 5 Madeleine Kelly   Canada (CAN) 2:02.71
34 2 Elena Bellò   Italy (ITA) 2:02.87 qR
35 4 Shafiqua Maloney   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) 2:03.00
36 1 Déborah Rodríguez   Uruguay (URU) 2:03.04
37 1 Mariela Luis Real   Mexico (MEX) 2:03.24
38 6 Nozomi Tanaka   Japan (JPN) 2:03.56
39 3 Assia Raziki   Morocco (MAR) 2:03.77
40 4 Addy Townsend   Canada (CAN) 2:03.79
41 5 Vanessa Scaunet   Belgium (BEL) 2:04.07
42 5 Claudia Hollingsworth   Australia (AUS) 2:04.11
43 3 Tess Kirsopp-Cole   Australia (AUS) 2:05.74
44 6 Hedda Hynne   Norway (NOR) 2:06.27
45 2 Catriona Bisset   Australia (AUS) 2:22.25 qR

Semi-finals

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The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify to the final.[5]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Athing Mu   United States (USA) 1:58.12 Q
2 3 Diribe Welteji   Ethiopia (ETH) 1:58.16 Q, PB
3 2 Keely Hodgkinson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:58.51 Q
4 2 Natoya Goule   Jamaica (JAM) 1:58.73 Q
5 2 Raevyn Rogers   United States (USA) 1:58.77 q
6 3 Anita Horvat   Slovenia (SLO) 1:59.60 q, PB
7 1 Mary Moraa   Kenya (KEN) 1:59.65 Q
8 3 Lore Hoffmann   Switzerland (SUI) 1:59.88 SB
9 1 Ajeé Wilson   United States (USA) 1:59.97 Q
10 3 Prudence Sekgodiso   South Africa (RSA) 2:00.01
11 2 Freweyni Hailu   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:00.11
12 1 Adelle Tracey   Jamaica (JAM) 2:00.21
13 3 Elena Bellò   Italy (ITA) 2:00.34
14 1 Habitam Alemu   Ethiopia (ETH) 2:00.37 SB
15 1 Jemma Reekie   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:00.43
16 2 Anna Wielgosz   Poland (POL) 2:00.51
17 3 Alexandra Bell   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:00.82
18 1 Rénelle Lamote   France (FRA) 2:00.86
19 3 Halimah Nakaayi   Uganda (UGA) 2:01.05
20 2 Majtie Kolberg   Germany (GER) 2:01.36
21 1 Lindsey Butterworth   Canada (CAN) 2:01.39
22 2 Noélie Yarigo   Benin (BEN) 2:01.52
23 1 Christina Hering   Germany (GER) 2:01.57
24 2 Ellie Baker   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 2:02.77
25 3 Naomi Korir   Kenya (KEN) 2:03.08
26 2 Catriona Bisset   Australia (AUS) 2:05.20

Final

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The final was started on 24 July at 18:35.[6]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Athing Mu   United States (USA) 1:56.30 WL
  Keely Hodgkinson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 1:56.38 SB
  Mary Moraa   Kenya (KEN) 1:56.71 PB
4 Diribe Welteji   Ethiopia (ETH) 1:57.02 PB
5 Natoya Goule   Jamaica (JAM) 1:57.90 SB
6 Raevyn Rogers   United States (USA) 1:58.26
7 Anita Horvat   Slovenia (SLO) 1:59.83
8 Ajeé Wilson   United States (USA) 2:00.19

References

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  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "800 Metres Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ Heats Summary
  5. ^ Semi-finals Summary
  6. ^ Final Results