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{{Infobox multi-sport competition event
|event = Women's 800 metres
|competition = 2013 World Championships
|image =
|caption =
|venue = [[Luzhniki Stadium]]
|dates = 15 August (heats)<br/>16 August (semifinals)<br/>18 August (final)
|competitors = 32
|nations = 21
|win_value = 1:57.38
|gold = [[Eunice Jepkoech Sum]]<br/>{{FlagATHCH|KEN|2013 World}}
|silver = [[Brenda Martinez]]<br/>{{FlagATHCH|USA|2013 World}}
|bronze = [[Alysia Montaño]]<br/>{{FlagATHCH|USA|2013 World}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics/2013/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/women/800-metres/final/result#resultheader|title = 800 Metres Result &#124; 14th IAAF World Championships}}</ref>
|prev = [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|2011]]
|next = [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|2015]]
}}
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The '''women's [[800 metres]]''' at the '''[[2013 World Championships in Athletics]]''' was held at the [[Luzhniki Stadium]] on 15–18 August.<ref>[http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-800-W-h----.SL2.pdf?v=1482543822 Start list]</ref>
The first woman to break 2:00 was [[Hildegard Falck]] in 1971. At this meet, it almost took 2:00 to get into the semi-final.  Through the first three heats, the slowest automatic qualifier was [[Halima Hachlaf]] at 2:00.04, with each race being split at low 57.  In the final heat [[Eunice Jepkoech Sum]] managed to maintain order, splitting at just under a more leisurely 59 and bringing the three qualifiers in slower than the slowest time qualifier, [[Lenka Masná]] at 2:00.31. At that, world leader [[Francine Niyonsaba]], returning medalists [[Caster Semenya]] and [[Janeth Jepkosgei]] were all missing.
In the final [[Alysia Montaño]] displayed tactics reminiscent of [[Johnny Gray]], taking the race out in 26.80 and 56.06 splits opening up as much as a 15-meter lead on the field.  Montaño hit the 600 at 1:26.45 with the lead but as she was slowing that's still a long way to get home.  Sum had spent most of the last lap second to Montaño, but when defending champion [[Mariya Savinova]] tried to go past her at the head of the straight, she responded and held off the challenge.  Both of them passed a dying Montaño 40 meters out with the rest of the field gaining rapidly. As she was passed on the inside by teammate [[Brenda Martinez]], Montaño tossed herself at the finish line, collapsing to the track in fourth as Martinez took the bronze.
In 2015, Savinova and [[Ekaterina Poistogova]] were recommended for lifetime bans dating back to the 2012 Olympics as part of the wholesale Russian performance-enhancing drug scandal. On 10 February 2017, the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (Cas) officially disqualified Savinova's results backdated to July 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/38931007|title = London gold medallist Savinova banned|work = BBC Sport}}</ref>  When medal reallocations were decided, Montaño was given the bronze medal and Martinez the silver.
==Records==
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:<ref>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/middlelong/800-metres/outdoor/women
| title=Records & Lists – 800 meters
| publisher = [[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]]
| accessdate=7 August 2013
}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''[[List of world records in athletics|World record]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Jarmila Kratochvílová]]|TCH}}
|'''1:53.28'''
|[[Munich]], West Germany
|26 July 1983
|-
|'''[[List of World Championships in Athletics records|Championship record]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Jarmila Kratochvílová]]|TCH}}
|'''1:54.68'''
|[[Helsinki]], Finland
|9 August 1983
|-
|'''World Leading'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Francine Niyonsaba]]|BDI}}
|'''1:56.72'''
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], US
|1 June 2013
|-
|'''[[List of African records in athletics|African Record]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Pamela Jelimo]]|KEN}}
|'''1:54.01'''
|[[Zürich]], Switzerland
|29 August 2008
|-
|'''[[List of Asian records in athletics|Asian Record]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Liu Dong]]|CHN}}
|'''1:55.54'''
|Beijing, People's Republic of China
|9 September 1993
|-
|'''[[List of North, Central American and Caribbean records in athletics|North, Central American and Caribbean record]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Ana Fidelia Quirot]]|CUB}}
|'''1:54.44'''
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|9 September 1989
|-
|'''[[List of South American records in athletics|South American record]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Letitia Vriesde]]|SUR}}
|'''1:56.68'''
|[[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|13 August 1995
|-
|'''[[List of European records in athletics|European Record]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Jarmila Kratochvílová]]|TCH}}
|'''1:53.28'''
|Munich, West Germany
|26 July 1983
|-
|'''[[List of Oceanian records in athletics|Oceanian record]]'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Toni Hodgkinson]]|NZL}}
|'''1:58.25'''
|[[Atlanta, GA|Atlanta]], USA
|27 July 1996
|}
==Qualification standards==
{| class="wikitable" border="1" align="upright"
|-
!A time<ref>{{ Citation
|year         = 2012
|title        = IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards
|url          = http://www.mos2013.ru/en/competition/team_manual/
|publisher    = All Russia Athletic Federation
|accessdate   = 8 August 2013
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130816102153/http://www.mos2013.ru/en/competition/team_manual
|archive-date = 16 August 2013
|url-status     = dead
|df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>
!B time
|-
| 2:00.00
| 2:01.50
|}
==Schedule==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Time
! Round
|-
|15 August 2013 || '''9:55'''  || '''[[#Heats|Heats]]'''
|-
|16 August 2013 || '''20:15'''  || '''[[#Semifinals|Semifinals]]'''
|-style=background:lemonchiffon
|18 August 2013 || '''17:50'''  || '''[[#Final|Final]]'''
|}
{{small|All times are local times (UTC+4)}}
==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%;position:relative;" width=60%
|-
|'''KEY:'''
|bgcolor=ccffcc align=center|Q||Qualified
|bgcolor=ccffcc align=center|q||Fastest non-qualifiers
|align=center|NR||National record
|align=center|PB||Personal best
|align=center|SB||Seasonal best
|}
===Heats===
Qualification: First 3 in each heat ('''Q''') and the next 4 fastest ('''q''') advanced to the [[#Semifinals|semifinals]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-800-W-h----.RS6.pdf?v=575697175 |title=Heats Results |access-date=15 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006130118/http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-800-W-h----.RS6.pdf?v=575697175 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 1 || 1 || 5 ||align=left| [[Brenda Martinez]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|USA|2013 World}} || 1:59.39 || Q
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 2 || 1 || 3 ||align=left| [[Marilyn Okoro]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|GBR|2013 World}} || 1:59.43 || Q, SB
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 3 || 1 || 6 ||align=left| [[Mariya Savinova]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|RUS|2013 World}} || 1:59.44 || Q
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 4 || 2 || 3 ||align=left| [[Alysia Montaño]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|USA|2013 World}} || 1:59.47 || Q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 5 || 1 || 2 ||align=left| [[Winny Chebet]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|KEN|2013 World}} || 1:59.58 || q. SB
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 6 || 2 || 6 ||align=left| [[Nataliia Lupu]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|UKR|2013 World}} || 1:59.59 || Q, SB
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 7 || 1 || 4 ||align=left| [[Maryna Arzamasava]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|BLR|2013 World}} || 1:59.60 || q, SB
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 8 || 3 || 5 ||align=left| [[Malika Akkaoui]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|MAR|2013 World}} || 1:59.63 || Q
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 9 || 3 || 8 ||align=left| [[Ekaterina Poistogova]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|RUS|2013 World}} || 1:59.90 || Q
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 10 || 3 || 7 ||align=left| [[Ajeé Wilson]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|USA|2013 World}} || 2:00.00 || Q
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 11 || 2 || 7 ||align=left| [[Halima Hachlaf]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|MAR|2013 World}} || 2:00.04 || Q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 12 || 3 || 1 ||align=left| [[Rose Mary Almanza]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|CUB|2013 World}} || 2:00.27 || q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 13 || 3 || 4 ||align=left| [[Lenka Masná]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|CZE|2013 World}} || 2:00.31 || q, SB
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 14 || 4 || 6 ||align=left| [[Eunice Jepkoech Sum]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|KEN|2013 World}} || 2:00.49 || Q
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 15 || 4 || 3 ||align=left| [[Elena Kotulskaya]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|RUS|2013 World}} || 2:00.50 || Q
|-
| 16 || 2 || 2 ||align=left| [[Angie Petty|Angie Smit]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|NZL|2013 World}} || 2:00.60 ||
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 17 || 4 || 2 ||align=left| [[Laura Muir]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|GBR|2013 World}} || 2:00.80 || Q, PB
|-
| 18 || 3 || 3 ||align=left| [[Natoya Goule]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|JAM|2013 World}} || 2:00.93 ||
|-
| 19 || 3 || 2 ||align=left| [[Olha Lyakhova]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|UKR|2013 World}} || 2:00.98 ||
|-
| 20 || 4 || 1 ||align=left| [[Fantu Magiso]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|ETH|2013 World}} || 2:01.11 ||
|-
| 21 || 2 || 5 ||align=left| [[Jessica Judd]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|GBR|2013 World}} || 2:01.48 ||
|-
| 22 || 4 || 4 ||align=left| [[Kelly Hetherington]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|AUS|2013 World}} || 2:01.57 ||
|-
| 23 || 4 || 7 ||align=left| [[Melissa Bishop]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|CAN|2013 World}} || 2:01.91 ||
|-
| 24 || 2 || 8 ||align=left| [[Wang Chunyu]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|CHN|2013 World}} || 2:02.05 || SB
|-
| 24 || 2 || 4 ||align=left| [[Roseanne Galligan]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|IRL|2013 World}} || 2:02.05 ||
|-
| 26 || 4 || 8 ||align=left| [[Margarita Mukasheva]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|KAZ|2013 World}} || 2:02.06 ||
|-
| 27 || 1 || 7 ||align=left| [[Marta Milani]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|ITA|2013 World}} || 2:02.41 ||
|-
| 28 || 1 || 1 ||align=left| [[Karine Belleau-Béliveau]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|CAN|2013 World}} || 2:02.93 ||
|-
| 29 || 2 || 1 ||align=left| [[Marina Pospelova]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|RUS|2013 World}} || 2:03.42 ||
|-
| 30 || 1 || 8 ||align=left| [[Eglė Balčiūnaitė]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|LTU|2013 World}} || 2:08.77 ||
|-
| 31 || 4 || 5 ||align=left| [[Elena Mirela Lavric]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|ROU|2013 World}} || 2:10.37 ||
|-
| 32 || 3 || 6 ||align=left| [[Elisabeth Mandaba]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|CAF|2013 World}} || 2:14.35 || SB
|}
===Semifinals===
Qualification: First 3 in each heat ('''Q''') and the next 2 fastest ('''q''') advanced to the [[#Final|final]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-800-W-sf----.RS4.pdf?v=1171798325 |title=Semifinals Results |access-date=16 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114183305/http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-800-W-sf----.RS4.pdf?v=1171798325 |archive-date=14 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 1 || 1 || 4 ||align=left| [[Alysia Montaño]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|USA|2013 World}} || 1:58.92 || Q
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 2 || 1 || 5 ||align=left| [[Brenda Martinez]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|USA|2013 World}} || 1:59.03 || Q
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 3 || 1 || 8 ||align=left| [[Nataliia Lupu]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|UKR|2013 World}} || 1:59.43 || Q, SB
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 4 || 1 || 3 ||align=left| [[Ekaterina Poistogova]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|RUS|2013 World}} || 1:59.48 || q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 5 || 1 || 1 ||align=left| [[Lenka Masná]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|CZE|2013 World}} || 1:59.56 || q, PB
|-
| 6 || 1 || 6 ||align=left| [[Halima Hachlaf]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|MAR|2013 World}} || 2:00.55 ||
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 7 || 2 || 2 ||align=left| [[Eunice Jepkoech Sum]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|KEN|2013 World}} || 2:00.70 || Q
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 8 || 2 || 6 ||align=left| [[Mariya Savinova]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|RUS|2013 World}} || 2:00.73 || Q
|-
| 9 || 1 || 2 ||align=left| [[Laura Muir]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|GBR|2013 World}} || 2:00.83 ||
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 10 || 2 || 7 ||align=left| [[Ajeé Wilson]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|USA|2013 World}} || 2:00.90 || Q
|-
| 11 || 2 || 1 ||align=left| [[Rose Mary Almanza]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|CUB|2013 World}} || 2:00.98 ||
|-
| 12 || 1 || 7 ||align=left| [[Winny Chebet]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|KEN|2013 World}} || 2:01.04 ||
|-
| 13 || 2 || 8 ||align=left| [[Maryna Arzamasava]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|BLR|2013 World}} || 2:01.19 ||
|-
| 14 || 2 || 5 ||align=left| [[Elena Kotulskaya]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|RUS|2013 World}} || 2:01.75 ||
|-
| 15 || 2 || 4 ||align=left| [[Marilyn Okoro]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|GBR|2013 World}} || 2:02.26 ||
|-
| 16 || 2 || 3 ||align=left| [[Malika Akkaoui]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|MAR|2013 World}} || 2:02.29 ||
|}
===Final===
The final was started at 17:50.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-800-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1219602895 |title=Final Results |access-date=18 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172408/http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-800-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1219602895 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Rank !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-
| {{Gold1}}|| 2 ||align=left| [[Eunice Jepkoech Sum]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|KEN|2013 World}} || 1:57.38|| PB
|-
| {{Silver2}}|| 5 ||align=left| [[Brenda Martinez]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|USA|2013 World}} || 1:57.91|| PB
|-
| {{Bronze3}}|| 3 ||align=left| [[Alysia Montaño]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|USA|2013 World}} || 1:57.95||
|-
| 4|| 4 ||align=left| [[Ekaterina Poistogova]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|RUS|2013 World}} || 1:58.05|| SB
|-
| 5|| 8 ||align=left| [[Ajeé Wilson]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|USA|2013 World}} || 1:58.21|| PB
|-
| 6|| 7 ||align=left| [[Nataliia Lupu]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|UKR|2013 World}} || 1:59.79||
|-
| 7|| 1 ||align=left| [[Lenka Masná]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|CZE|2013 World}} || 2:00.59||
|- bgcolor=pink
| n/a || 6 ||align=left| [[Mariya Savinova]] ||align=left| {{FlagATHCH|RUS|2013 World}} || <s>1:57.80</s>|| DSQ (Doping)
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/timetable/bydiscipline/women/800-metres 800 metres results] at IAAF website
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