2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres


The women's 800 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 and 4 March 2018.

Summary

In the heats, Olympic and returning bronze medalist Margaret Wambui was the victim of another disqualification.
In the final, Ajeé Wilson sprinted the first turn to take the lead at the break. But then she relaxed into a more reasonable pace. Habitam Alemu took up the second position for a lap before, defending champion Francine Niyonsaba came forward at a faster pace. Wilson again sprinted to maintain position. After a 59.02 first 400m, Alemu accelerate on the backstretch, to try to pass Niyonsaba, who sprinted a few steps to rebuff that effort. At the bell, Niyonsaba attacked again, but Wilson sprinted the penultimate turn to keep Niyonsaba on the outside, the two pulling away from the rest of the field. Well behind the battle for the lead, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke had been running in fifth place, began to move forward. On the final backstretch, Niyonsaba ran past Wilson, and pulled away on the homestretch, celebrating a 5-metre win to retain her championship. Wilson repeated her silver medal from 2016. Oskan-Clarke took Alemu coming off the final turn to take bronze.

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 3 March at 11:50.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
132Francine Niyonsaba2:00.99,
225Shelayna Oskan-Clarke2:01.76
324Selina Büchel2:01.84
413Ajeé Wilson2:01.90
526Raevyn Rogers2:02.17
616Habitam Alemu2:02.18
715Angelika Cichocka2:02.25
836Natoya Goule2:02.49
933Mhairi Hendry2:02.65
1014Līga Velvere2:02.98
1134Olha Lyakhova2:03.81
1223Jenna Westaway2:03.91
1312Esther Guerrero2:04.06
1422Winny Chebet2:18.31
35Margaret Wambui
163.3

Final

The final was started on March 4 at 15:58.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
2Francine Niyonsaba1:58.31
3Ajeé Wilson1:58.99
4Shelayna Oskan-Clarke1:59.81
45Habitam Alemu2:01.10
56Raevyn Rogers2:01.44
61Selina Büchel2:03.01