1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
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The women's 800 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–9.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Maria Mutola Mozambique | Natalya Dukhnova Belarus | Joetta Clark United States |
Results
Heats
First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Toni Hodgkinson |  New Zealand | 2:01.64 | Q, AR |
| 2 | 4 | Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 2:01.87 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Ludmila Formanová |  Czech Republic | 2:02.04 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Hayley Parry |  Great Britain | 2:03.82 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Letitia Vriesde |  Suriname | 2:04.14 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Ana Menéndez |  Spain | 2:04.19 | q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | Stephanie Graf |  Austria | 2:04.53 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Joetta Clark | United States | 2:04.59 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2:04.60 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Irina Biryukova |  Russia | 2:04.81 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Regula Zürcher |  Switzerland | 2:04.82 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Inez Turner |  Jamaica | 2:04.86 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Séverine Foulon |  France | 2:04.91 | PB |
| 14 | 3 | Amy Wickus | United States | 2:05.09 | |
| 15 | 2 | Yelena Martson |  Ukraine | 2:05.65 | PB |
| 16 | 3 | Virginie Fouquet | France | 2:05.73 | |
| 17 | 1 | Zhang Jiang |  China | 2:06.70 | |
| 17 | 3 | Michelle Faherty | Great Britain | 2:06.78 | |
| 18 | 2 | Argentina Paulino | Mozambique | 2:08.03 | |
| 19 | 4 | Achta Yorassem |  Chad | 2:23.23 | |
| 1 | Tatiana Grigorieva | Russia | DNS | ||
| 1 | Patricia Traña |  Nicaragua | DNS |
Semifinals
First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Toni Hodgkinson | New Zealand | 2:00.90 | Q, AR |
| 2 | 2 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 2:01.41 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 2:01.89 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2:02.59 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Regula Zürcher | Switzerland | 2:02.70 | |
| 6 | 1 | Joetta Clark | United States | 2:02.93 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Irina Biryukova | Russia | 2:03.16 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 2:03.23 | |
| 9 | 2 | Inez Turner | Jamaica | 2:03.51 | |
| 10 | 1 | Hayley Parry | Great Britain | 2:04.40 | |
| 11 | 2 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:04.79 | |
| 12 | 1 | Ana Menéndez | Spain | 2:04.86 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:58.96 | |
 | Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 1:59.31 | NR |
 | Joetta Clark | United States | 1:59.82 | PB |
| 4 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 1:59.84 | |
| 5 | Toni Hodgkinson | New Zealand | 2:00.36 | AR |
| 6 | Irina Biryukova | Russia | 2:00.61 | PB |
