1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 1993 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday 1993-08-17.

Doping disqualification

Liliya Nurutdinova (Russia) had originally placed seventh, but was disqualified after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol.^[1][2][3]

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:55.43
	Lyubov Gurina (RUS)	1:57.10
	Ella Kovacs (ROM)	1:57.92
4.	Diane Modahl (GBR)	1:59.42
5.	Meredith Rainey (USA)	1:59.57
6.	Liu Li (CHN)	2:04.45
7.	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	2:19.89
—	Liliya Nurutdinova (RUS)	DSQ

Semifinals

• Held on Sunday 1993-08-15

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:58.69
2.	Liu Li (CHN)	1:58.96
3.	Diane Modahl (GBR)	1:59.12
4.	Liliya Nurutdinova (RUS)	1:59.17
5.	Christine Wachtel (GER)	1:59.86
6.	Amy Wickus (USA)	2:00.55
7.	Oksana Mernikova (BLR)	2:01.20
8.	Gladys Wamuyu (KEN)	2:02.13

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	1:57.31
2.	Ella Kovacs (ROM)	1:57.46
3.	Meredith Rainey (USA)	1:57.63
4.	Lyubov Gurina (RUS)	1:57.82
5.	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	1:58.64
6.	Birthe Bruhns (GER)	1:59.66
7.	Sabine Zwiener (GER)	2:00.77
8.	Maria Magnolia Figueiredo (BRA)	2:01.01

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 1993-08-14

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Liu Li (CHN)	1:59.60
2.	Lyubov Gurina (RUS)	1:59.90
3.	Christine Wachtel (GER)	2:01.42
4.	Satu Jaaskelainen (FIN)	2:03.66
5.	Carla Sacramento (POR)	2:03.74
6.	Sheila Seebaluck (MRI)	2:10.54
7.	Ablavi Agbenyeke (TOG)	2:23.19
–	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	2:01.46
2.	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	2:01.70
3.	Natalya Dukhnova (BLR)	2:01.78
4.	Wang Yuan (CHN)	2:02.98
5.	Luciana Mendes (BRA)	2:03.55
6.	Shiny Wilson (IND)	2:06.64
7.	Alia Al Matari (JOR)	2:15.23
8.	Shermaine Ross (GRN)	2:15.84

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Diane Modahl (GBR)	2:00.80
2.	Liliya Nurutdinova (RUS)	2:00.85
3.	Amy Wickus (USA)	2:00.91
4.	Sabine Zwiener (GER)	2:01.37
5.	Oksana Mernikova (BLR)	2:01.65
6.	Anna Brzezińska (POL)	2:01.67
7.	Laurence Niyonsaba (RWA)	2:12.52

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Ella Kovacs (ROM)	2:01.36
2.	Maria Magnolia Figueiredo (BRA)	2:01.91
3.	Joetta Clark (USA)	2:02.15
4.	Fabia Trabaldo (ITA)	2:02.36
5.	Yelena Storchovaya (UKR)	2:03.50
6.	Edith Nakiyingi (UGA)	2:07.81
7.	Karolina Tanona (FIJ)	2:15.12

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Maria Mutola (MOZ)	1:59.81
2.	Meredith Rainey (USA)	1:59.87
3.	Birthe Bruhns (GER)	2:00.29
4.	Gladys Wamuyu (KEN)	2:01.59
5.	Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)	2:01.94
6.	Lorie Ann Adams (GUY)	2:09.77
7.	Tamador Ismail (SUD)	2:41.51

See also

• 1990 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Helsinki)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Atlanta)

References

• Results

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