2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 9 and 11 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pamela Jelimo  Kenya	Nataliia Lupu  Ukraine	Erica Moore  United States

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Jolanda Čeplak (SLO)	1:55.82	Vienna, Austria	3 March 2002
Championship record	Ludmila Formanová (CZE)	1:56.90	Maebashi, Japan	7 March 1999
World Leading	Malika Akkaoui (MAR)	1:59.01	Liévin, France	14 February 2012
African record	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:57.06	Liévin, France	21 February 1999
Asian record	Miho Sugimori (JPN)	2:00.78	Yokohama, Japan	22 February 2003
European record	Jolanda Čeplak (SLO)	1:55.82	Vienna, Austria	3 March 2002
North and Central American and Caribbean record	Nicole Teter (USA)	1:58.71	New York City, United States	2 March 2002
Oceanian Record	Toni Hodgkinson (NZL)	2:00.36	Paris, France	9 March 1997
South American record	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	1:59.21	Birmingham, Great Britain	23 February 1997

Qualification standards

Indoor	Outdoor
2:03.50	1:59.50

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 9, 2012	11:50	Heats
March 11, 2012	15:35	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: 1st of each heat (Q) plus 3 fastest times (q) qualified.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Elena Kofanova	Russia	1:59.80	Q
2	3	Erica Moore	United States	2:00.24	q, PB
DQ	1	Yuliya Rusanova	Russia	2:00.26	Q, SB, Doping
4	1	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	2:00.32	q
5	1	Nataliia Lupu	Ukraine	2:01.17	q, PB
6	3	Merve Aydın	Turkey	2:01.19	NR
7	2	Fantu Magiso	Ethiopia	2:01.69	Q, PB
8	2	Maryna Arzamasava	Belarus	2:02.05
9	3	Eléni Filándra	Greece	2:02.67
10	1	Lenka Masná	Czech Republic	2:03.08
11	1	Phoebe Wright	United States	2:03.11
12	2	Carolin Walter	Germany	2:03.61
13	2	Marilyn Okoro	Great Britain	2:04.06
14	2	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	2:04.20
15	3	Elena Popescu	Moldova	2:05.24	PB
16	2	Rabia Ashiq	Pakistan	2:27.03	PB
17	1	Woroud Sawalha	Palestine	2:51.87	PB
	3	Elisa Cusma Piccione	Italy	DNF

Final

The final started at 15:35.^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	1:58.83	WL, NR
	Nataliia Lupu	Ukraine	1:59.67	PB
	Erica Moore	United States	1:59.97	PB
4	Fantu Magiso	Ethiopia	2:00.30	PB
5	Elena Kofanova	Russia	2:00.67
DQ	Yuliya Rusanova	Russia	2:01.87	Doping

References

1. "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
2. "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-15.