2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres


The women's 800 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 30 September 2019.

Summary

The new IAAF testosterone rule was essentially aimed at this event. The defending champion, silver medalist and 4th place from 2017, the same athletes as the Olympic podium from 2016, were denied entry into this race.
From the gun in the final, Ajeé Wilson ran with purpose to take the lead at the break and control the race. Natoya Goule and Raevyn Rogers fell in line behind her. Around the second turn, Halimah Nakaayi ran around Rogers who slowed to become a blocking force in the pack, dropping back as far as next to last just after the bell. Winnie Nanyondo led the charge to bridge the new gap behind the three leaders. Down the backstretch, Goule started to challenge Wilson. Wilson ran hard to hold her off. Instead Goule was passed by the two Ugandans, Nakaayi on the inside and Nanyondo on the outside. Through the final turn Nakaayi worked her way up to Wilson's shoulder, shadowed by Nayondo. The diminutive Nakaayi executed the classic pass off the turn. Wilson had no answer. Nayondo was not gaining, but from seventh place at the head of the home stretch, Rogers was sprinting down lane 4, passing Nayondo, passing Wilson and getting to within a metre of Nakaayi before the finish.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World1:53.28Jarmila Kratochvílová26 Jul 1983Munich, West Germany
Championship1:54.68Jarmila Kratochvílová9 Aug 1983Helsinki, Finland
World leading1:54.98Caster Semenya3 May 2019Doha, Qatar
African1:54.01Pamela JelimoZürich, Switzerland
Asian1:55.54Liu Dong9 Sep 1993Beijing, China
NACAC1:54.44Ana Fidelia Quirot9 Sep 1989Barcelona, Spain
South American1:56.68Letitia Vriesde13 Aug 1995Gothenburg, Sweden
European1:53.28Jarmila Kratochvílová26 Jul 1983Munich, West Germany
Oceanian1:58.25Toni Hodgkinson7 Jul 1996Atlanta, United States

The following records were set at the competition:
RecordAthleteDate
Ugandan1:58.04Halimah Nakaayi30 Sep 2019

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
27 September17:10Heats
28 September19:15Semi-finals
30 September22:10Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advanced to the [|semi-finals].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Winnie Nanyondo2:00.36Q
24Natoya Goule2:01.01Q
34Ce'Aira Brown2:01.14Q
44Noélie Yarigo2:01.19Q
53Katharina Trost2:01.45Q
64Olha Lyakhova2:01.47q
73Halima Hachlaf2:01.50Q
83Lindsey Butterworth2:01.64q
92Raevyn Rogers2:02.01Q
102Shelayna Oskan-Clarke2:02.09Q
111Ajee Wilson2:02.10Q
122Morgan Mitchell2:02.13Q
132Eunice Jepkoech Sum2:02.17q
141Halimah Nakaayi2:02.33Q
152Anna Sabat2:02.43q
161Hedda Hynne2:02.49Q
174Diribe Welteji2:02.71q
183Līga Velvere2:02.93q
191Christina Hering2:03.15
201Sara Kuivisto2:03.15
215Nataliya Pryshchepa2:03.22Q
225Wang Chunyu2:03.25Q
235Alexandra Bell2:03.34Q
246Renelle Lamote2:03.36Q
252Selina Büchel2:03.38
265Lore Hoffmann2:03.40
275Malika Akkaoui2:03.40
286Rose Mary Almanza2:03.42Q
296Rababe Arafi2:03.44Q
304Diana Mezuliáníková2:03.48
316Lynsey Sharp2:03.57
321Renée Eykens2:03.65
335Lovisa Lindh2:03.72
344Déborah Rodríguez2:03.80
355Hanna Green2:04.37
361Gabriela Gajanová2:04.45
376Carley Thomas2:04.65
386Eleonora Vandi2:04.98
393Catriona Bisset2:05.33
402Rose Lokonyen2:13.39
6Tsepang Sello

Semi-finals

The first 2 in each heat and the next two fastest qualified for the final.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Halimah Nakaayi1:59.35Q,
21Raevyn Rogers1:59.57Q
31Winnie Nanyondo1:59.75Q
43Eunice Jepkoech Sum2:00.10Q
53Ce'Aira Brown2:00.12q
62Ajee Wilson2:00.31Q
73Natoya Goule2:00.33q
81Olha Lyakhova2:00.72
91Lindsey Butterworth2:00.74
103Noélie Yarigo2:00.75
112Rababe Arafi2:00.80Q
122Hedda Hynne2:01.03
132Rose Mary Almanza2:01.18
141Alexandra Bell2:01.23
152Nataliya Pryshchepa2:01.24
161Halima Hachlaf2:01.30
171Katharina Trost2:01.77
182Diribe Welteji2:02.69
192Wang Chunyu2:02.84
203Renelle Lamote2:02.86
213Anna Sabat2:04.00
223Morgan Mitchell2:04.76
231Līga Velvere2:06.99
242Shelayna Oskan-Clarke2:10.89

Final

The final was started on 30 September at 22:10.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
8Halimah Nakaayi1:58.04
4Raevyn Rogers1:58.18
5Ajee Wilson1:58.84
47Winnie Nanyondo1:59.18
59Eunice Jepkoech Sum1:59.71
66Natoya Goule2:00.11
73Rababe Arafi2:00.48
82Ce'Aira Brown2:02.97