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2007 World Championships In Athletics – Women's 800 Metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 25, 26 and 28 August. Medalists Schedule Results Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals. Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final. Final References ;GeneralResults {{DEFAULTSORT:2007 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 800 metres 800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ... 800 metres at the World Athletics Championships 2007 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagai Stadium
, known as the Yanmar Stadium Nagai ( ja, ヤンマースタジアム長居) for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 47,000. History When Nagai Stadium initially opened in 1964, its capacity was 23,000, and its opening event was a football match during the 1964 Summer Olympics. The stadium's seating capacity was expanded to 50,000 in 1996 for the 52nd National Sports Festival of Japan in 1997. The stadium hosted three matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Nagai Stadium has been used many times for athletic competitions; it played host to the Athletics at the 2001 East Asian Games and the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. It is also the venue for the annual Osaka Grand Prix athletics meeting which took place every May from 1996 to 2010, and again since 2018. In addition, the stadium is the starting and finishing point for the Osaka International Ladies Marathon, held a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigita Langerholc
Brigita Langerholc (born July 23, 1976 in Kranj, Slovenia) is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in a then personal best time of 1:58.51 minutes. In 2001, she won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the Universiade. She then finished fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She has competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005 without ever reaching the final. In Osaka 2007 World championship she finished fifth in final with 1:58:52. In semifinal she ran PB 1:58.41. Running for Gimnazia Ljubljana, she set the Slovenian national high school record in the 400 metres. She followed that with a 5th place showing at the 1995 European Athletics Junior Championships. She attended college at the University of Southern California, where she was an 8 time All American in the 800 and 4x400 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetlana Cherkasova
Svetlana Sergeyevna Cherkasova (russian: Светлана Сергеевна Черкасова; born May 20, 1978) is a Russian middle-distance runner. In the 800 metres, she finished eighth at 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. She also competed at the 2004 Olympics. On 31 July 2008, Cherkasova was one of seven female Russian athletes suspended by the IAAF, due to doping test irregularities. On 20 October 2008, it was announced that Cherkasova, along with 6 other Russian athletes would receive two-year doping bans for manipulating drug samples. Personal bests *800 metres - 1:56.93 (2005) *1500 metres - 4:05.55 (2003) See also *List of doping cases in athletics *Doping at the Olympic Games * 800 metres at the World Championships in Athletics *Russia at the World Athletics Championships *Doping at the World Athletics Championships As a signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) prohibits the use of ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amina Aït Hammou
Amina Aït Hammou ( ar, أمينة أيت حمو; born 18 July 1978 in Kenitra) is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 800 metres. Her personal best time is 1:57.82 minutes, achieved in July 2003 in Rome. She received a year-long ban from competition in 2008 after missing three tests. (28 August 2008). Retrieved on 2011-01-28. Achievements See also *List of doping cases in athletics
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Seltana Aït Hammou
Seltana Aït Hammou (Arabic: سلطانة آيت حمو; born 21 May 1980) is a Moroccan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics and the IAAF World Indoor Championships. She has also been the gold medallist at number of major events including the 2001 Mediterranean Games, the 2003 Military World Games, the 2007 Pan Arab Games and the 2009 Jeux de la Francophonie. She received a one-year ban from the sport of athletics in 2008 for missing three doping tests. She is the sister of Mina Aït Hammou, another successful Moroccan middle-distance athlete. Career Born in Kenitra, she made her first international appearance for Morocco at the 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she was sixtieth in the long race. She was twelfth in the 10,000 metres at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics and competed in the junior race at the 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liliana Popescu
Liliana Popescu, née Barbulescu (born 5 February 1982) is a Romanian middle distance runner, who specializes in the 800 metres. Career Her personal best is 1:59.34 minutes, achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She has 4:00.35 minutes in the 1500 metres, also achieved in May 2008 in Bucharest. She was removed from the Olympic squad prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, as she failed a doping test for Erythropoietin (EPO) in May. She received a two-year ban from the sport from May 2008 to May 2010. |
Hazel Clark
Hazel Mae Clark (born October 3, 1977) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters middle distance race. She was a member of the U.S. Olympic team in 2000, 2004 and 2008. She has won six national titles and two USA Olympic Trials events during her career. Early life and education Clark was born in Livingston, New Jersey. She is the daughter of inner-city educator Joe Louis Clark, who inspired the film '' Lean on Me'', and the sister-in-law of fellow Olympian Jearl Miles-Clark. Joetta Clark Diggs is her older sister. Hazel Clark, her sister, and her sister-in-law made history when they swept the 2000 Olympic trials 800 meters. Clark attended Columbia High School. She accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of the Florida Gators track and field team and was coached by her brother J.J. While at Florida, she was undefeated in SEC competition and won five NCAA titles. Clark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisa Cusma Piccione
Elisa Cusma (born 24 July 1981 in Bologna) is a former Italian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. Biography She finished seventh at the 2007 World Athletics Final, sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, sixth at the 2008 World Athletics Final and won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the 2005 World Championships, the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 European Indoor Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final round. She finished seventh at the inaugural European Team Championships in 2009, finishing with 2:00.93. She set a personal best time of 1:58.63 at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. She also has a personal best time of 4:09.34 in the 1500 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Milan. At 2009 World Championships, she finished sixth in the final with 1:58.81. National titles Elisa Cusma has won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Burnett
Marian Joan Burnett (born 22 February 1976 in Linden) is a female middle-distance runner from Guyana who specialises in the 800 metres. She competed in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympic Games, reaching the second heat of the 800 metres on both occasions. She won her first international medal at the 1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, where she finished third in the 1500 metres. She went to study at Louisiana State University and, representing the LSU Lady Tigers track and field team, she took the 800 m NCAA indoor title in 2002. She competed for Guyana at the 2003 Pan American Games and after initially finishing third in the 800 m, she was promoted to the silver medal after event winner Letitia Vriesde was disqualified for excessive caffeine use. The following year she took part in the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships and also reached the semi-finals of the women's 800 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics. She attended the 2005 World Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemma Simpson
Jemma Louise Simpson OLY (born 10 February in Plymouth) is a Great Britain, British athlete who competes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. She is a former British champion over 800m, winning both 2007, 2009 and 2010 UK Athletics, British Championships. She was formerly coached by Olympic medallist Mark Rowland. Early life Simpson attended Mount Charles Junior school, and Penrice School, before receiving a scholarship to Millfield at the age of 13, and graduated from St. Mary's University College (Twickenham), St. Mary's College, Twickenham where she studied English and Media. Simpson has starred as an extra in ''Neighbours'', and ''The Da Vinci Code (film), The Da Vinci Code''. Career As a junior athlete, she finished eighth at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics, 2001 World Youth Championships, fourth at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics, 2002 World Junior Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2003 European Junior Championships in Athletics, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetyana Petlyuk
Tetiana Hryhorivna Petlyuk or Tetiana Hryhorivna Petliuk ( uk, Тетяна Григорівна Петлюк; born 22 February 1982) is a Ukrainian runner who specializes in the 800 metres. Her personal best time is 1:57.34 minutes, achieved in June 2006 in Kyiv. She has an indoor best of 1:58.67 minutes, set in 2007. Petlyuk was a talented runner from a young age, winning a gold at the European Youth Olympic Festival, a silver at the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics, then a bronze at the 2001 European Athletics Junior Championships. She was Ukraine's best 800 m runner from 2004 to 2009, winning seven national titles over the period. She represented Ukraine at the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics, reaching the semi-finals both times. She was also a semi-finalist at three World Championships in Athletics (2005, 2007, 2009). Her major medal wins came indoors: she was the runner-up at both the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships and the 2008 I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk
Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk (born 5 March 1980 in Puławy) is a Polish middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She finished fifth at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir and sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, the latter in an indoor personal best indoor time of 2:02.39 minutes. She won a bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 European Championships, together with teammates Monika Bejnar, Grażyna Prokopek and Anna Jesień. Her personal best time over 800 m is 1:58.96 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in Rieti Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina re .... Competition record External links * 1980 births Living people Polish female middle-distance runners People from Puławy European Athletics Championships medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
