2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.Medalists
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 4 fastest advanced to the [|semifinals].
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Letitia Vriesde | | 1:59.51 | Q |
| 1 | Maria Mutola | | 1:59.96 | Q |
| 1 | Kelly Holmes | | 2:00.08 | Q |
| 1 | Diane Cummins | | 2:00.46 | Q |
| 1 | Jolanda Čeplak | | 2:00.46 | q |
| 1 | Hazel Clark | | 2:00.56 | q, SB |
| 1 | Anita Brägger | | 2:00.65 | q |
| 1 | Tamsyn Lewis | | 2:00.86 | q, SB |
| 3 | Zulia Calatayud | | 2:00.96 | Q |
10 | 3 | Svetlana Cherkasova | | 2:00.97 | Q |
11 | 3 | Brigita Langerholc | | 2:01.05 | |
12 | 4 | Stephanie Graf | | 2:01.78 | Q |
13 | 4 | Mayte Martínez | | 2:01.98 | Q |
14 | 4 | Svetlana Badrankova | | 2:02.19 | Q |
15 | 3 | Peggy Babin | | 2:02.48 | |
16 | 4 | Irina Mistyukevich | | 2:02.50 | |
17 | 3 | Agnes Samaria | | 2:03.11 | |
18 | 2 | Faith Macharia | | 2:03.83 | Q |
19 | 2 | Ivonne Teichmann | | 2:04.03 | Q |
20 | 2 | Luciana Mendes | | 2:04.16 | Q |
21 | 4 | Grace Birungi | | 2:04.26 | |
22 | 2 | Lwiza John | | 2:04.31 | |
23 | 2 | Natalya Tsyganova | | 2:04.55 | |
24 | 3 | Charmaine Howell | | 2:05.06 | |
25 | 2 | Natalya Dukhnova | | 2:05.47 | |
26 | 2 | Tatjana Borisova | | 2:05.63 | |
27 | 4 | Tina Paulino | | 2:06.36 | |
28 | 2 | Adama Njie | | 2:07.80 | |
29 | 3 | Mariela Alvarez | | 2:09.43 | PB |
30 | 3 | Janill Williams | | 2:15.04 | |
31 | 1 | Hind Musa | | 2:27.96 | |
| 4 | Tsvetelina Kirilova | | | |
| 4 | Süreyya Ayhan | | | |
Semifinals
Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal qualified directly for the [|final].
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 2 | Maria Mutola | | 1:59.47 | Q |
| 2 | Letitia Vriesde | | 1:59.58 | Q |
| 2 | Mayte Martínez | | 2:00.07 | Q |
| 2 | Faith Macharia | | 2:00.24 | Q |
| 2 | Zulia Calatayud | | 2:01.04 | |
| 1 | Stephanie Graf | | 2:01.24 | Q |
| 1 | Kelly Holmes | | 2:01.90 | Q |
| 2 | Luciana Mendes | | 2:01.94 | |
| 1 | Diane Cummins | | 2:02.07 | Q |
10 | 1 | Ivonne Teichmann | | 2:02.16 | Q |
11 | 2 | Anita Brägger | | 2:02.22 | |
12 | 2 | Svetlana Badrankova | | 2:02.24 | |
13 | 1 | Jolanda Čeplak | | 2:02.65 | |
14 | 1 | Svetlana Cherkasova | | 2:02.85 | |
15 | 1 | Tamsyn Lewis | | 2:03.16 | |
| 1 | Hazel Clark | | | |
Final