title: 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
text: # 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
  
  These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003 at 20:50h.
  
  ## Final
  
  | RANK | FINAL | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) | 1:59.89 |
  | | Kelly Holmes (GBR) | 2:00.18 |
  | | Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS) | 2:00.29 |
  | 4. | Mina Aït Hammou (MAR) | 2:01.09 |
  | 5. | Claudia Gesell (GER) | 2:01.84 |
  | 6. | Diane Cummins (CAN) | 2:02.48 |
  | 7. | Akosua Serwaa (GHA) | 2:03.24 |
  | — | Stephanie Graf (AUT) | DNS |
  
  ## Semi-final
  
  * Held on Sunday 24 August 2003
  
  | RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Stephanie Graf (AUT) | 1:59.26 |
  | 2. | Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS) | 1:59.39 |
  | 3. | Joanne Fenn (GBR) | 2:00.56 |
  | 4. | Letitia Vriesde (SUR) | 2:00.88 |
  | 5. | Faith Macharia (KEN) | 2:01.30 |
  | 6. | Brigita Langerholc (SLO) | 2:01.58 |
  | 7. | Jen Toomey (USA) | 2:02.35 |
  | 8. | Tamsyn Lewis (AUS) | 2:05.11 |
  | RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
  | 1. | Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) | 1:58.45 |
  | 2. | Kelly Holmes (GBR) | 1:58.86 |
  | 3. | Diane Cummins (CAN) | 1:59.58 |
  | 4. | Akosua Serwaa (GHA) | 2:00.42 |
  | 5. | Maria Cioncan (ROU) | 2:00.72 |
  | 6. | Lucia Klocová (SVK) | 2:00.73 |
  | 7. | Natalya Yevdokimova (RUS) | 2:01.17 |
  | 8. | Heidi Jensen (DEN) | 2:01.73 |
  | RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
  | 1. | Mina Aït Hammou (MAR) | 2:00.57 |
  | 2. | Claudia Gesell (GER) | 2:01.01 |
  | 3. | Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR) | 2:01.34 |
  | 4. | Svetlana Klyuka (RUS) | 2:01.61 |
  | 5. | Tina Paulino (MOZ) | 2:01.85 |
  | 6. | Judit Varga (HUN) | 2:02.20 |
  | 7. | Anita Brägger (SUI) | 2:02.34 |
  | 8. | Agnes Samaria (NAM) | 2:02.66 |
  
  ## Heats
  
  Held on Sunday 24 August 2003
  
  | RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Natalya Yevdokimova (RUS) | 2:01.05 |
  | 2. | Mina Aït Hammou (MAR) | 2:01.10 |
  | 3. | Judit Varga (HUN) | 2:01.47 |
  | 4. | Jen Toomey (USA) | 2:01.75 |
  | 5. | Heidi Jensen (DEN) | 2:02.01 |
  | 6. | Esther Desviat (ESP) | 2:03.42 |
  | 7. | Charlotte Moore (GBR) | 2:03.80 |
  | 8. | Marie-Lyne Joseph (DMA) | 2:17.73 |
  | RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
  | 1. | Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) | 2:00.81 |
  | 2. | Claudia Gesell (GER) | 2:01.06 |
  | 3. | Lucia Klocová (SVK) | 2:01.14 |
  | 4. | Joanne Fenn (GBR) | 2:01.27 |
  | 5. | Faith Macharia (KEN) | 2:01.36 |
  | 6. | Agnes Samaria (NAM) | 2:01.51 |
  | 7. | Brigita Langerholc (SLO) | 2:01.55 |
  | 8. | Noelly Bibiche Mankatu (COD) | 2:07.12 |
  | 9. | Uyanga Khaynkhirvaa (MGL) | 2:27.96 |
  | RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
  | 1. | Natalya Khrushcheleva (RUS) | 2:03.74 |
  | 2. | Kelly Holmes (GBR) | 2:03.75 |
  | 3. | Maria Cioncan (ROU) | 2:03.90 |
  | 4. | Jearl Miles Clark (USA) | 2:04.21 |
  | 5. | Abir Nakhli (TUN) | 2:04.43 |
  | 6. | Adriana Muñoz (CUB) | 2:04.58 |
  | 7. | Sandra Stals (BEL) | 2:06.12 |
  | 8. | Adama Njie (GAM) | 2:17.04 |
  | RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
  | 1. | Stephanie Graf (AUT) | 2:03.39 |
  | 2. | Svetlana Klyuka (RUS) | 2:03.68 |
  | 3. | Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR) | 2:04.01 |
  | 4. | Tanya Blake (MLT) | 2:04.61 |
  | 5. | Yuliya Krevsun (UKR) | 2:04.93 |
  | 6. | Tatjana Borisova (KGZ) | 2:05.31 |
  | 7. | Myint Myint Aye (MYA) | 2:05.41 |
  | 8. | Tatyana Roslanova (KAZ) | 2:07.98 |
  | RANK | HEAT 5 | TIME |
  | 1. | Tina Paulino (MOZ) | 2:01.06 |
  | 2. | Anita Brägger (SUI) | 2:01.09 |
  | 3. | Akosua Serwaa (GHA) | 2:01.17 |
  | 4. | Diane Cummins (CAN) | 2:01.20 |
  | 5. | Letitia Vriesde (SUR) | 2:01.24 |
  | 6. | Tamsyn Lewis (AUS) | 2:01.43 |
  | 7. | Wesam Abubkheet (PLE) | 2:29.86 |
  | — | Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) | DNS |
  