Editing Maria Mutola (section)

==Achievements==

===International competitions===
{| {{AchievementTable|width=auto|Event=yes}}
|-
! colspan="6" | Representing {{MOZ}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1988
| [[1988 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
| [[Annaba]], Algeria
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 800 m
| 2:06.55
|-
| [[1988 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
| [[Seoul]], South Korea
| 21st (h)
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|2:04.36]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1990
| rowspan=2 | [[1990 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Cairo]], Egypt
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| 2:13.54
|-
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 1500 m
| 4:25.27
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1991
| [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| Tokyo, Japan
| 4th
| 800 m
| [[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|1:57.63]]
|-
| [[1991 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
| [[Cairo]], Egypt
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| 2:04.02
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1992
| rowspan=2 | [[1992 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Barcelona]], Spain
| 5th
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|1:57.49]]
|-
| 9th
| 1500 m
| [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres|4:02.60]]
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1993
| [[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Toronto]], Canada
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|1:57.55]]
|-
| [[1993 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
| [[Durban]], South Africa
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| 1:56.36 ('''[[List of African Championships in Athletics records|CR]]''')
|-
| [[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Stuttgart]], Germany
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|1:55.43]]
|-
| [[1993 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
| London, United Kingdom
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| 1:57.35
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1995
| [[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Barcelona]], Spain
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|1:57.62]]
|-
| [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
| — (sf)
| 800 m
| [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|DQ]]
|-
| [[1995 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
| [[Harare]], Zimbabwe
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| 1:56.99
|-
| [[1995 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
| [[Fontvieille, Monaco|Fontvieille]], Monaco
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| 1:55.72
|-
| 1996
| [[1996 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
| [[Atlanta]], United States
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|1:58.71]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1997
| [[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| Paris, France
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|1:58.96]]
|-
| [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Athens]], Greece
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| 800 m
| [[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|1:57.59]]
|-
| [[1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
| [[Fukuoka City]], Japan
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 800 m
| 1:56.93
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1998
| [[1998 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
| [[Dakar]], Senegal
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| 1:57.95
|-
| [[1998 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
| [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres|1:57.60]]
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1999
| [[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Maebashi]], Japan
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 800 m
| [[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|1:57.17]]
|-
| [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Seville]], Spain
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 800 m
| [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|1:56.72]]
|-
| [[1999 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
| [[Johannesburg]], South Africa
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| 1:59.73
|-
| [[1999 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
| [[Munich]], Germany
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| 1:59.10
|-
| 2000
| [[2000 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
| [[Sydney]], Australia
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|1:56.15]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2001
| [[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Lisbon]], Portugal
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|1:59.74]]
|-
| [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Edmonton]], Canada
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|1:57.17]]
|-
| [[2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
| [[Melbourne]], Australia
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| 1:59.78
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2002
| [[2002 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
| [[Radès]], Tunisia
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[2002 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|2:03.11]]
|-
| [[2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
| [[Manchester]], United Kingdom
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres|1:57.35]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2003
| [[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|1:58.94]]
|-
| [[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| Paris, France
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|1:59.89]]
|-
| [[2003 IAAF World Athletics Final|IAAF World Athletics Final]]
| [[Fontvieille, Monaco|Fontvieille]], Monaco
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| 1:59.59
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2004
| [[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Budapest]], Hungary
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|1:58.50]]
|-
| [[2004 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
| [[Athens]], Greece
| 4th
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|1:56.51]]
|-
| 2005
| [[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Helsinki]], Finland
| 4th
| 800 m
| [[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|1:59.71]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2006
| [[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| Moscow, Russia
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|1:58.90]]
|-
| [[2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
| [[Melbourne]], Australia
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres|1:58.77]]
|-
| [[2006 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
| [[Bambous, Mauritius|Bambous]], Mauritius
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 800 m
| [[2006 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|2:01.08]]
|-
| 2007
| [[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
| [[Osaka]], Tokyo
| — (f)
| 800 m
| [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|DNF]]
|-
| rowspan=3 | 2008
| [[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
| [[Valencia]], Spain
| bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
| 800 m
| [[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:02.97]]
|-
| [[2008 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
| [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd
| 800 m
| [[2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|2:00.47]]
|-
| [[2008 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
| [[Beijing]], China
| 5th
| 800 m
| [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|1:57.68]]
|-
! colspan="6" | Representing [[File:Africa (orthographic projection).svg|20px]] [[Confederation of African Athletics|Africa]]
|-
| 1992
| [[1992 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]]
| [[Havana]], Cuba
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[1992 IAAF World Cup results|2:00.47]]
|-
| 1994
| [[1994 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]]
| London, United Kingdom
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[1994 IAAF World Cup results|1:58.27]]
|-
| 1998
| [[1998 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]]
| [[Johannesburg]], South Africa
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[1998 IAAF World Cup results|1:59.88]]
|-
| 2002
| [[2002 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]]
| [[Madrid]], Spain
| bgcolor=gold | 1st
| 800 m
| [[2002 IAAF World Cup results|1:58.60]]
|}

===Personal bests===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! scope="col" width=60 | Type
! scope="col" width=60 | Event
! scope="col" width=60 | Mark
! scope="col" width=120 | Date
! scope="col" width=180 | Location
|-
| rowspan=10|Outdoor
| 200 m || align=right | 23.86 || align=right | 20 July 1994 || [[Langenthal]], Switzerland
|-
| 400 m || align=right | 51.37 || align=right | 2 August 1994 || [[Monaco]]
|-
| 600 m || align=right | 1:22.87 || align=right | 27 August 2002 || [[Liège]], Belgium
|-
| 800 m || align=right | 1:55.19 || align=right | 17 August 1994 || [[Zürich]], Switzerland
|-
| 1000 m || align=right | 2:29.34 || align=right | 25 August 1995 || [[Brussels]], Belgium
|-
| 1500 m || align=right | 4:01.50 || align=right | 12 July 2002 || Rome, Italy
|-
| [[One mile]]  || align=right | 4:36.09   || align=right | 21 June 1991 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], United States
|-
| 2000 m || align=right | 6:03.84   || align=right | 1 January 1992 ||
|-
| 3000 m || align=right | 9:27.37   || align="right" | 8 June 1991 || [[Springfield, Oregon|Springfield]], United States
|-
| 5000 m || align=right | 18:15.10  || align=right | 18 July 1990 ||
|-
| rowspan=4 | Indoor
| 600 m || align=right | 1:25.79 || align=right | 7 March 1999 || [[Maebashi]], Japan
|-
| 800 m || align=right | 1:57.06 || align=right | 21 February 1999 || [[Liévin]], France
|-
| 1000 m || align=right | 2:30.94 || align=right | 25 February 1999 || [[Stockholm]], Sweden
|-
| 1500 m || align=right | 4:17.93 || align=right | 1 February 1992 || [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], United States
|}

===800 m honours===
* Olympic Games: 1988 first round; 1992 5th and 9th 1500 m; 1996 3rd; 2000 1st; 2004 4th; 2008 5th
* World Championships: [[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|1991]] 4th; 1993 1st; 1995 disqualified semi final; 1997 3rd; 1999 2nd; 2001 1st; 2003 1st, 2005 4th, 2007 Did not Finish Final
* World Indoor Championships: 1993 1st; 1995 1st; 1997 1st; 1999 2nd; 2001 1st; 2003 1st; 2004 1st; 2006 1st; 2007 3rd
* World Cup: 1992 1st and 3rd 4 × 400 m Relay; 1994 1st; 1998 1st; 2002 1st and 4th 4 × 400 m Relay
* All-Africa Games: 1991 1st; 1995 1st; 1999 1st
* African Championships: 1988 2nd; 1990 1st and 1st 1500 m; 1993 1st; 1998 1st; 2002 1st; 2006 2nd; 2008 2nd
* Commonwealth Games: 1998 1st; 2002 1st; 2006 3rd

===Awards===
* [[Track & Field News Athlete of the Year|''Track & Field News'' Athlete of the Year]]: 2003