2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Mariya Savinova	Jenny Meadows	Alysia Johnson

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		1:55.82	Vienna, Austria	3 March 2002
Championship record		1:56.90	Maebashi, Japan	7 March 1999
World Leading		1:58.65	Moscow, Russia	14 February 2010
African record		1:57.06	Liévin, France	21 February 1999
Asian record		2:00.78	Yokohama, Japan	22 February 2003
European record		1:55.82	Vienna, Austria	3 March 2002
North and Central American and Caribbean record		1:58.71	New York City, United States	2 March 2002
Oceanian Record		2:00.36	Paris, France	9 March 1997
South American record		1:59.21	Birmingham, Great Britain	23 February 1997

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 12, 2010	10:30	Heats
March 14, 2010	17:15	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			2:00.39	Q
2	2			2:00.95	Q
3	2			2:01.55	q
4	2			2:02.37	q, PB
5	1			2:03.05	Q
	1			2:03.44	Q, Doping
6	1			2:03.59
7	1			2:03.81
8	1			2:03.91
9	2			2:04.30
10	1			2:04.71
11	1			2:04.90
12	1			2:05.68
13	2			2:06.36
	2				[1]
	2

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:58.26	WL
			1:58.43	NR
			1:59.60	PB
4			2:00.53	PB
5			2:01.37	NR
			2:01.68	Doping

References

1. Lane violation

• Heats Result
• Final Result