title: 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
text: # 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
  
  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.
  
  * AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
  * DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place
  
  ### 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
  