The women's 800 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6, 7 and 9 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Medals Gold: Silver: Bronze: Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) Tatyana Andrianova (Russia)

Results All times shown are in seconds.

Heats August 6, 2005

Heat 1 Hazel Clark 2:01.91 Q Kenia Sinclair 2:02.18 Q Mina Aït Hammou 2:02.36 Q Agnes Samaria 2:02.46 Q Neisha Bernard-Thomas 2:02.50 Brigita Langerholc 2:03.06 Binnaz Uslu 2:03.73 Marlyse Nsourou 2:14.47 (SB)

Heat 2 Zulia Calatayud 2:00.77 Q Hasna Benhassi 2:00.77 Q Kameisha Bennett 2:01.78 Q Susan Scott 2:02.00 Q Teodora Kolarova 2:02.45 Miho Sato 2:02.82 Marcela Britos 2:10.21 Markabo Djama Liban 2:50.95

Heat 3 Tatyana Andrianova 2:06.38 Q Alice Schmidt 2:07.10 Q Mayte Martínez 2:07.34 Q Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk 2:07.37 Q Myint Myint Aye 2:08.50 Marian Burnett 2:09.88 Nahida Touhami DNS

Heat 4 Svetlana Cherkasova 2:00.62 Q Laetitia Valdonado 2:00.87 Q Sviatlana Usovich 2:01.09 Q Lucia Klocová 2:01.63 Q (SB) Tetiana Petlyuk 2:01.78 q (SB) Seltana Aït Hammou 2:02.16 Elisa Cusma Piccione 2:05.95 Gulnaz Ara 2:13.87 (SB)

Heat 5 Larisa Chzhao 2:00.64 Q Maria Mutola 2:00.71 Q Michelle Ballentine 2:01.05 Q (SB) Mihaela Neacsu 2:01.35 Q Monika Gradzki 2:01.56 q Letitia Vriesde 2:01.65 q (SB) Diane Cummins 2:01.71 q Akosua Serwaa DNS

Semifinals August 7, 2005

Heat 1 Hazel Clark 1:59.00 Q Larisa Chzhao 1:59.07 Q Maria Mutola 1:59.29 q Mayte Martínez 1:59.40 q (SB) Mina Aït Hammou 2:00.22 Mihaela Neacsu 2:00.63 Lucia Klocová 2:00.64 (SB) Susan Scott 2:01.17 (SB)

Heat 2 Zulia Calatayud 1:57.92 Q (SB) Svetlana Cherkasova 1:58.58 Q Kenia Sinclair 1:59.45 Diane Cummins 2:00.10 (SB) Agnes Samaria 2:00.13 Alice Schmidt 2:01.43 Letitia Vriesde 2:02.07 Monika Gradzki 2:02.09

Heat 3 Tatyana Andrianova 2:01.35 Q Hasna Benhassi 2:01.59 Q Laetitia Valdonado 2:01.90 Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk 2:02.02 Sviatlana Usovich 2:02.34 Tetiana Petlyuk 2:02.46 Michelle Ballentine 2:03.98 Kameisha Bennett DNF

Final August 9, 2005

Zulia Calatayud 1:58.82 Hasna Benhassi 1:59.42 Tatyana Andrianova 1:59.60 Maria Mutola 1:59.71 Mayte Martínez 1:59.99 Larisa Chzhao 2:00.25 Svetlana Cherkasova 2:00.71 Hazel Clark 2:01.52

External links Official results - IAAF.org