# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. The winning margin was 0.03 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in the women's 800 metres at these championships.

## Medalists

| Gold | Maria Mutola Mozambique (MOZ) |
| Silver | Stephanie Graf Austria (AUT) |
| Bronze | Letitia Vriesde Suriname (SUR) |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 1:59.51 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:59.96 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 2:00.08 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Diane Cummins | Canada | 2:00.46 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:00.46 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Hazel Clark | United States | 2:00.56 | q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Anita Brägger | Switzerland | 2:00.65 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2:00.86 | q, SB |
| 9 | 3 | Zulia Calatayud | Cuba | 2:00.96 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:00.97 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia | 2:01.05 | |
| 12 | 4 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:01.78 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:01.98 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Svetlana Badrankova | Kazakhstan | 2:02.19 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Peggy Babin | France | 2:02.48 | |
| 16 | 4 | Irina Mistyukevich | Russia | 2:02.50 | |
| 17 | 3 | Agnes Samaria | Namibia | 2:03.11 | |
| 18 | 2 | Faith Macharia | Kenya | 2:03.83 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:04.03 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Luciana Mendes | Brazil | 2:04.16 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Grace Birungi | Uganda | 2:04.26 | |
| 22 | 2 | Lwiza John | Tanzania | 2:04.31 | |
| 23 | 2 | Natalya Tsyganova | Russia | 2:04.55 | |
| 24 | 3 | Charmaine Howell | Jamaica | 2:05.06 | |
| 25 | 2 | Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 2:05.47 | |
| 26 | 2 | Tatjana Borisova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:05.63 | |
| 27 | 4 | Tina Paulino | Mozambique | 2:06.36 | |
| 28 | 2 | Adama Njie | Gambia | 2:07.80 | |
| 29 | 3 | Mariela Alvarez | Peru | 2:09.43 | PB |
| 30 | 3 | Janill Williams | Netherlands Antilles | 2:15.04 | |
| 31 | 1 | Hind Musa | Sudan | 2:27.96 | |
| | 4 | Tsvetelina Kirilova | Bulgaria | DQ | |
| | 4 | Süreyya Ayhan | Turkey | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:59.47 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 1:59.58 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:00.07 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Faith Macharia | Kenya | 2:00.24 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Zulia Calatayud | Cuba | 2:01.04 | |
| 6 | 1 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:01.24 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 2:01.90 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Luciana Mendes | Brazil | 2:01.94 | |
| 9 | 1 | Diane Cummins | Canada | 2:02.07 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:02.16 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Anita Brägger | Switzerland | 2:02.22 | |
| 12 | 2 | Svetlana Badrankova | Kazakhstan | 2:02.24 | |
| 13 | 1 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:02.65 | |
| 14 | 1 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:02.85 | |
| 15 | 1 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2:03.16 | |
| | 1 | Hazel Clark | United States | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 1:57.17 | |
| | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 1:57.20 | SB |
| | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 1:57.35 | SB |
| 4 | Faith Macharia | Kenya | 1:58.98 | |
| 5 | Diane Cummins | Canada | 1:59.49 | PB |
| 6 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 1:59.76 | |
| 7 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:00.09 | |
| 8 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:04.33 | |