2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–16.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Maria Mutola  Mozambique	Stephanie Graf  Austria	Mayte Martínez  Spain

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2:01.93	Q
2	1	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	2:02.12	Q
3	2	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	2:02.16	Q
4	1	Mina Aït Hammou	Morocco	2:02.32	Q
	1	Yekaterina Puzanova	Russia	2:02.65	q, Doping
5	4	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:03.33	Q
6	2	Miho Sato	Japan	2:03.55	q
7	4	Diane Cummins	Canada	2:03.62	Q
8	4	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	2:03.79	q
9	1	Lwiza Msyani John	Tanzania	2:03.80	q, SB
10	1	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	2:03.82
11	4	Nadezhda Vorobieva	Russia	2:04.68
12	4	Esther Desviat	Spain	2:04.96
13	3	Mayte Martínez	Spain	2:05.16	Q
14	3	Joanne Fenn	Great Britain	2:05.45	Q
15	3	Tetiana Petlyuk	Ukraine	2:06.21
16	2	Sandra Teixeira	Portugal	2:06.24
17	3	Chantee Earl	United States	2:08.49
	2	Sasha Spencer	United States	DQ
	3	Nédia Semedo	Portugal	DNF

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Stephanie Graf	Austria	1:59.75	Q
2	2	Mayte Martínez	Spain	1:59.82	Q, NR
3	2	Joanne Fenn	Great Britain	1:59.83	Q
4	1	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:59.99	Q
5	1	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	2:00.14	Q
	1	Yekaterina Puzanova	Russia	2:00.73	Q, Doping
6	1	Diane Cummins	Canada	2:00.94
7	2	Agnes Samaria	Namibia	2:01.29
8	1	Lwiza Msyani John	Tanzania	2:03.76	SB
9	2	Mina Aït Hammou	Morocco	2:04.16
10	2	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	2:04.75
11	1	Miho Sato	Japan	2:05.66

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1:58.94
	Stephanie Graf	Austria	1:59.39	SB
	Mayte Martínez	Spain	1:59.53	NR
4	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	1:59.54	SB
5	Joanne Fenn	Great Britain	1:59.95
	Yekaterina Puzanova	Russia	2:00.86

Note: Yekaterina Puzanova who had originally finished sixth was later disqualified for steroid use.

References

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