2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres2017 World Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	10 August (heats) 11 August (semifinal) 13 August (final)
Competitors	50 from 29 nations

Events at the 2017 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, & 13 August.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, West Germany	26 July 1983
Championship record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:54.68	Helsinki, Finland	9 August 1983
World leading	Caster Semenya (RSA)	1:55.27	Monaco	21 July 2017
African record	Pamela Jelimo (KEN)	1:54.01	Zürich, Switzerland	29 August 2008
Asian record	Liu Dong (CHN)	1:55.54	Beijing, China	9 September 1993
NACAC record	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:54.44	Barcelona, Spain	9 September 1989
South American record	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	1:56.68	Gothenburg, Sweden	13 August 1995
European record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, West Germany	26 July 1983
Oceanian record	Toni Hodgkinson (NZL)	1:58.25	Atlanta, United States	27 July 1996

Qualification standards

Entry standards
2:01.00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
10 August 2017	19:25	Heats
11 August 2017	19:35	Semifinals
13 August 2017	20:10	Final

All times are local times (UTC+1)