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Ranked fourth in her disciple, Sharp finished fourth in her heat, flagging down the final straight to finish in 2:03.57, not fast enough for a faster losers' spot.
Shelaynea Oskan-Clarke and Alexandra Bellmade it through to the semi-finals.
Americans Christian Coleman and defending champion Justin Gatlin qualified for the men's 100m alongside GB's Zharnel Hughes and Adam Gemili, while European Champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen was disqualified from the men's 5,000m.
South African Olympic and World Champion's absence from the event due to a new IAAF rule that athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD) must either take testosterone-reducing medication in order to compete in track events from 400m to the mile or change to another distance, along with fellow Rio 2016 medallists Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi and Kenya's Margaret Wambui, Sharp was tipped to be a medal challenger.
She was in the pack down the home straight, but couldn't kick on like the rest to finish in the top-three to earn automatic qualification.
Sitting on the track in disbelief, she watched to replays on the big screens of the final stages of the race.
World indoor bronze medallist Oskan-Clarke sprinted to take second in her heat with a time of 2:02.09, while Bell - fifth place at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, battle dhr way to third finishing in 2:03.34.
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The 23-year-old is competing in Doha after being charged with missing three drugs tests in a year, before the US Anti-Doping Agency withdrew the claim.
The 2017 silver medallist was free to compete due to a technicality regarding the date of one of the tests.
European champion Hughes recovered from a poor start to win his heat in 10.08, the 24-year-old represented Anguilla in youth competitions.
Gemili has been hampered by a hamstring problem across recent year, but the 25-year-old finished third in his heat with 10.19, behind 37-year-old Gatlin in 10.16, who has had two bans for doping.
British champion Ojie Edoburun qualified as a fastest loser for the semi-finals, running 10.23 in the first heat.
Akani Simbine of South Africa was the second fastest qualifier with 10.01, while 2011 champion Yohan Blake of Jamaica will also feature in the semi-finals.
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The two older Ingebrigtsen brothers - Filip and Henrik - progressed from the other heat, while Ben Connor and Marc Scott missed out for Britain.
Holly Bradshaw booked her place in the pole vault final with only one jump.
The Preston-born athlete is yet to win a major outdoor medal, but the 27-year-old vaulted 4.60m to qualify.
Defending champion Katerina Stefanidi of Greece and USA's world and Olympic silver medallist also qualified.
Bradshaw's team-mate Morgan Lake failed to clear 1.89m in the women's high jump, with the 22-year-old only twice clearing 1.90m this season, she required 1.94m to guarantee a spot in the final.
Ben Williams jumped 16.77m but it wasn't enough for triple jump qualification, while Britons Rosie Clarke, Elizabeth Bird and Aimee Pratt failed to progress into the 3,000m steeplechase final.
Karsten Warholm won his 400m hurdles heat to reach the semi-finals, with the Norwegian looking to defend his title against Virgin Islands' Karsten McMaster, Qatar's Abderrahman Samba and American Rai Benjamin.
Chris McAllister finished fourth in his heat, the 23-year-old Briton qualified after bettering his personal best four times this year.
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Guinea-Bissau's Braima Dabo - a student in Portugal - helped struggling fellow athlete Jonathan Busby.
Both Dabo and Busby had been lapped, when the latter began to cramp up on the last lap.
Dabo ran to his side to help him hobble over the finish line, with the crowd cheering them both in.
Dabo's time of 18:10.87 was a personal best, despite being five minutes slower than heat winner Selemon Barega, but Busby was disqualified before leaving in a wheelchair.
Few athletes suffered inside the Khalifa Stadium with it being partly protected from the Doha heat thanks to its air conditioning.
The crowd was widely seen as disappointing for such a prestigious event, with the organisers announcing before the event that only 50,000 tickets had been sold across all 10 days for the 40,000 seater arena.
It gradually filled up as the evening went on, but there were still large empty sections behind the 100m starting blocks.
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Starting at midnight local time, British hope Charlotte Purdue was one of the 28 to pull out in the 32°C heat and humidity over 70%.
Despite fears that the conditions weren't conducive for marathon running, the event went ahead anyway.
Ugandan Linet Chebet left in an ambulance having been unable to complete the race, while another non-finisher, Sara Dossena of Italy, was seen in a wheelchair.
The Ethiopian team's marathon coach Haji Adillo ROba saw his three athletes stop, including Ruti Aga who won the Tokyo marathon.
23-year-old Chepngetich took to first gold medal of the Championships in 2:32:43, with athletes running six 7km laps of a circuit in the Corniche.
Defending champion Ruth Chelimo of Bahrain was second, the 39-year-old finished in 2:33:46, while another 39-year-old, Helalia Johannes of Namibia, was third with a time of 2:34:15.
Purdue withdraw at the start of the third lap, while compatriot Tish Jones pulled out before the race with a leg injury.
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European champion Lonah Chemtai Salpeter of Isreal was with them at first but dropped back as the quartet increased the lead.
Chepngetich and Chelimo made it two-horse race with the former making a final surge to take her to her first major championships medal and title.
The IAAF had released a statment earlier, confirming that the marathon event would take place.
Athletics' governing body said it had "done everything possible to minimise the heat-related risks" and that the race would be "run at an acceptable level of health risk".
This is one of the few events that won't be held in the air-conditioned stadium, within which the climate can be maintained at 23-25°C.
The marathon and the 50km walk on Saturday will take place outside the cooled arena, with France's Yohann Diniz unhappy about competing in the heat and humidity while trying to defend his 50km walk title.
RESULTS
Day One - 27 September
Women's Marathon
1. Ruth Chepngetich (KEN) 2:32:43
2. Rose Chelimo (BHR) 2:33:46
3. Helalia Johannes (NAM) 2:34:15
SCHEDULE
Day Two - 28 September
14:15 - Men's Discus Throw - Qualification Group A
14:30 - Women's 100m - Heats
15:05 - Men's 800m - Heats
15:30 - Men's Pole Vault - Qualification
15:45 - Men's Discus Throw - Qualification Group B
16:05 - Men's 400m Hurdles - Semi-Final
16:45 - Men's 100m - Semi-Final
17:15 - Women's 800m - Semi-Final
17:25 - Women's Hammer Throw - Final
18:00 - Mixed 4x400m Relay - Heats
18:40 - Men's Long Jump - Final
19:10 - Women's 10,000m - Final
20:15 - Men's 100m - Final
21:30 - Men's 50km Race Walk - Final
21:30 - Women's 50km Race Walk - Final
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