2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
Semi-finals
Janeth Jepkosgei was tripped in the first round heats, and after protest by the Kenyan Federation, was added to the semi-finals; she will run in lane 7 of heat 2 along with Hazel Clark.

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Section Title: Semi-finals
Table Section Text: Janeth Jepkosgei was tripped in the first round heats, and after protest by the Kenyan Federation, was added to the semi-finals; she will run in lane 7 of heat 2 along with Hazel Clark.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

1	2	Caster Semenya	South Africa (RSA)	1:58.66	Q

2	1	Mariya Savinova	Russia (RUS)	1:59.30	Q

3	1	Yuliya Krevsun	Ukraine (UKR)	1:59.38	Q

4	2	Jenny Meadows	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	1:59.45	Q

5	2	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	Kenya (KEN)	1:59.47	q

6	1	Mayte Martínez	Spain (ESP)	1:59.72	q, SB

7	2	Hazel Clark	United States (USA)	1:59.96	SB

8	1	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco (MAR)	2:00.06

9	2	Svetlana Klyuka	Russia (RUS)	2:00.48

10	1	Jemma Simpson	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:00.57

11	3	Elisa Cusma Piccione	Italy (ITA)	2:00.62	Q

12	2	Tetyana Petlyuk	Ukraine (UKR)	2:00.90

13	3	Marilyn Okoro	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	2:01.01	Q

14	1	Geena Gall	United States (USA)	2:01.30

15	3	Anna Rostkowska	Poland (POL)	2:01.40

16	1	Zulia Calatayud	Cuba (CUB)	2:01.53

17	2	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia (SVK)	2:01.56

18	3	Elena Kofanova	Russia (RUS)	2:02.02

19	3	Kenia Sinclair	Jamaica (JAM)	2:02.31

20	3	Lenka Masná	Czech Republic (CZE)	2:02.55

21	2	Marian Burnett	Guyana (GUY)	2:02.75

22	3	Maggie Vessey	United States (USA)	2:03.55

23	1	Élodie Guégan	France (FRA)	2:04.38

2	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco (MAR)	DNF

3	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya (KEN)	DNF

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