Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metres

Round 1

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	2	Maria Cioncan Maria Cioncan Maria Cioncan was a middle distance runner from Romania, best known for winning a bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Born in Maieru, she set personal bests in both 800 and 1500 metres during the games...	1:59.64	Q, PB
2	2	Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria is a Namibian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was born in Otjiwarongo.Samaria has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 53.83 s...	2:00.05	Q
3	2	Élisabeth Grousselle Élisabeth Grousselle Élisabeth Grousselle is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:200 metres - 25.47 s 400 metres - 55.07 s *800 metres - 1:59.46 min -External links:...	2:00.31	Q
4	2	Natalya Khrushchelyova Natalya Khrushchelyova Natalya Khrushcheleva is a retired Russian middle distance runner who won a bronze medal in 800 metres at the 2003 World Championships. She has also been a member of the Russian 4 x 400 metres relay team.-Achievements:...	2:00.56	q
5	5	Jolanda Čeplak Jolanda Ceplak Jolanda Čeplak is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until moving to Monaco.-Running career:...	2:00.61	Q
6	3	Kelly Holmes Kelly Holmes Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...	2:00.81	Q
6	5	Mayte Martínez Mayte Martínez María Teresa Martínez Jiménez is a Spanish athlete competing in the 800 m. She has reached 4 consecutive finals in the World Championships , being third with an incredible last straight in Osaka...	2:00.81	Q
8	5	Nicole Teter	2:01.16	Q
9	2	Diane Cummins Diane Cummins Diane S. Cummins is a female middle distance runner from Canada. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres on 2 September 2001 at a meet in Rieti . She was born in South Africa....	2:01.19	q
10	1	Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,...	2:01.20	Q
11	3	Jearl Miles Clark	2:01.33	Q
12	5	Luciana de Paula Mendes	2:01.36	q
13	1	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	2:01.50	Q
14	3	Michelle Ballentine	2:01.52	Q
15	3	Letitia Vriesde Letitia Vriesde Letitia Alma Vriesde is a track and field athlete from Suriname. Her main event is the 800 m. She is the first sportsperson from Surinam to compete at five Olympic Games....	2:01.70	q
16	1	Tetyana Petlyuk Tetyana Petlyuk Tetyana Petlyuk is a Ukrainian runner who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best time is 1:57.34 minutes, achieved in June 2006 in Kiev.-Achievements:-External links:...	2:02.07	Q
17	1	Marian Burnett Marian Burnett Marian Joan Burnett is a female middle-distance runner from Guyana who specialises in the 800 metres...	2:02.12	q
18	5	Lucia Klocova Lucia Klocová Lucia Klocová is a Slovak middle distance athlete, who specialises in the 800 metres. She represented Slovakia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games...	2:02.17	q
19	1	Nedia Semedo	2:02.61
20	3	Tamsyn Lewis Tamsyn Lewis Tamsyn Carolyn Lewis is an Australian athlete and middle-distance runner, who has won a total of seventeen Australian Championships at 400 metres, 800 metres and 400m hurdles....	2:02.67
21	2	Miho Sugimori	2:02.82
22	5	Binnaz Uslu Binnaz Uslu Binnaz Uslu is a Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. She is a member of Enkaspor athletics team.She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería and won a bronze medal in 800 m with 2:02.68. In the 4×400 metres relay, she won another bronze medal with her teammates Özge...	2:03.46
23	4	Svetlana Cherkasova Svetlana Cherkasova Svetlana Cherkasova is a Russian middle distance runner.In the 800 metres, she finished 8th at 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and 6th place at 2007 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Osaka.She also competed at the 2004 Olympics.On 31 July 2008, Cherkasova was one of...	2:03.60	Q
24	4	Amina Aït Hammou Amina Aït Hammou Amina Aït Hammou 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.-Achievements:...	2:03.70	Q
25	4	Joanne Fenn Joanne Fenn Joanne Fenn née Mersh, is an English middle distance runner.-Career:Jo had shown a great deal of promise in her early athletics career having been the English schools 300m hurdles champion. However, a series of injuries, particularly shin splints, halted her career...	2:03.72	Q
26	6	Tatyana Andrianova Tatyana Andrianova Tatyana Nikolayevna Andrianova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She did not compete in the 2006 and 2007 seasons, but improved on her personal best time in 800 metres in 2008....	2:03.77	Q
27	4	Claudia Gesell Claudia Gesell Claudia Gesell is a German middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...	2:03.87
28	6	Seltana Aït Hammou Seltana Aït Hammou Seltana Aït Hammou 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...	2:03.95	Q
29	4	Akosua Serwaa Akosua Serwaa Akosua Serwaa is a Ghanaian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished seventh at the 2003 World Championships in Paris and won a silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja....	2:03.96
30	6	Zulia Calatayud Zulia Calatayud Zulia Inés Calatayud Torres is a Cuban runner competing mostly in the 800 metres event.-Early career:Calatayud, who attended Havana's Manuel Permuy Sports School, got involved in athletics to help her deal with her asthma. She first gained prominence by reaching the semi-finals of the 400m at the...	2:03.99	Q
31	6	Anita Bragger	2:04.00
32	6	Hazel Clark Hazel Clark Hazel Mae "Peachy" Clark-Riley , née Hazel Mae Clark, is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters middle distance race. Clark 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 during her...	2:05.67
33	6	Noelly Mankatu Bibiche	2:06.23
34	4	Faith Macharia Faith Macharia Faith Macharia is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.In 2001 she set a new Kenyan record over 1000 metres , still valid in 2007....	2:06.31
35	3	Tatyana Roslanova Tatyana Roslanova Tatyana Roslanova is a Kazakhstani runner who specializes in the 400 and 800 metres.-Achievements:-References:...	2:06.39
36	1	Olga Cristea Olga Cristea Olga Cristea is a Moldovan runner who specializes in the 800 metres. Her personal best time is 2:00.12 minutes, achieved at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing....	2:08.97
37	2	Adama Njie Adama Njie Adama Njie is a retired Gambian middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.She won the bronze medal in this event at the 1996 African Championships...	2:10.02
38	1	Marlyse Nsourou	2:12.35	NR
39	6	Tanya Blake	2:19.34
40	5	Marie-Lyne Joseph	2:20.23
41	4	Emilia Mikue Ondo	2:22.88
42	3	Sanna Abubkheet	2:32.10

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Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Kelly Holmes Kelly Holmes Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...	1:57.98	Q, SB
2	Tatyana Andrianova Tatyana Andrianova Tatyana Nikolayevna Andrianova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She did not compete in the 2006 and 2007 seasons, but improved on her personal best time in 800 metres in 2008....	1:58.41	Q
3	Jearl Miles Clark	1:58.71	q
4	Zulia Calatayud Zulia Calatayud Zulia Inés Calatayud Torres is a Cuban runner competing mostly in the 800 metres event.-Early career:Calatayud, who attended Havana's Manuel Permuy Sports School, got involved in athletics to help her deal with her asthma. She first gained prominence by reaching the semi-finals of the 400m at the...	1:59.21	q, SB
5	Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria is a Namibian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was born in Otjiwarongo.Samaria has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 53.83 s...	1:59.37	SB
6	Élisabeth Grousselle Élisabeth Grousselle Élisabeth Grousselle is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:200 metres - 25.47 s 400 metres - 55.07 s *800 metres - 1:59.46 min -External links:...	2:00.21
7	Amina Aït Hammou Amina Aït Hammou Amina Aït Hammou 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.-Achievements:...	2:00.66
8	Michelle Ballentine	2:00.94

Leader after 400m: - 57.18

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,...	1:58.59	Q, SB
2	Jolanda Čeplak Jolanda Ceplak Jolanda Čeplak is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until moving to Monaco.-Running career:...	1:58.80	Q
3	Tetyana Petlyuk Tetyana Petlyuk Tetyana Petlyuk is a Ukrainian runner who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best time is 1:57.34 minutes, achieved in June 2006 in Kiev.-Achievements:-External links:...	1:59.48	PB
4	Nicole Teter	1:59.50
5	Natalya Khrushchelyova Natalya Khrushchelyova Natalya Khrushcheleva is a retired Russian middle distance runner who won a bronze medal in 800 metres at the 2003 World Championships. She has also been a member of the Russian 4 x 400 metres relay team.-Achievements:...	2:00.68
6	Lucia Klocova Lucia Klocová Lucia Klocová is a Slovak middle distance athlete, who specialises in the 800 metres. She represented Slovakia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games...	2:00.79	SB
7	Marian Burnett Marian Burnett Marian Joan Burnett is a female middle-distance runner from Guyana who specialises in the 800 metres...	2:02.21
8	Mayte Martínez Mayte Martínez María Teresa Martínez Jiménez is a Spanish athlete competing in the 800 m. She has reached 4 consecutive finals in the World Championships , being third with an incredible last straight in Osaka...	2:03.30

Leader after 400m: - 57.85

Semifinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	1:59.30	Q
2	Maria Cioncan Maria Cioncan Maria Cioncan was a middle distance runner from Romania, best known for winning a bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Born in Maieru, she set personal bests in both 800 and 1500 metres during the games...	1:59.44	Q, PB
3	Svetlana Cherkasova Svetlana Cherkasova Svetlana Cherkasova is a Russian middle distance runner.In the 800 metres, she finished 8th at 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and 6th place at 2007 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Osaka.She also competed at the 2004 Olympics.On 31 July 2008, Cherkasova was one of...	1:59.80
4	Diane Cummins Diane Cummins Diane S. Cummins is a female middle distance runner from Canada. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres on 2 September 2001 at a meet in Rieti . She was born in South Africa....	2:00.30
5	Joanne Fenn Joanne Fenn Joanne Fenn née Mersh, is an English middle distance runner.-Career:Jo had shown a great deal of promise in her early athletics career having been the English schools 300m hurdles champion. However, a series of injuries, particularly shin splints, halted her career...	2:00.60
6	Seltana Aït Hammou Seltana Aït Hammou Seltana Aït Hammou 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...	2:00.64
7	Luciana de Paula Mendes	2:02.00
8	Letitia Vriesde Letitia Vriesde Letitia Alma Vriesde is a track and field athlete from Suriname. Her main event is the 800 m. She is the first sportsperson from Surinam to compete at five Olympic Games....	2:06.95

Leader after 400m: - 57.84

Final

The final started with a fast first 200 metres, but Kelly Holmes

Kelly Holmes

Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

and Maria de Lurdes Mutola were last at this stage. As the pace slowed, Mutola and Holmes moved forwards through the field. The time at 400metres was 56.37 seconds, with American

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Jearl Miles Clark leading. They entered the finishing straight with Mutola taking the lead, before Holmes took the lead and held off Mutola to take gold. Hasna Benhassi

Hasna Benhassi

Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,...

and Jolanda Čeplak

Jolanda Ceplak

Jolanda Čeplak is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until moving to Monaco.-Running career:...

finished strongly, both with a time of 1:56.43s, Benhassi winning silver in a photo finish. Mutola was forced into fourth place. Holmes' face lit up as she crossed the line, but then, unsure of the result, she anxiously waited for the times to come up.

Holmes had only decided to enter the 800 metres at the last moment, and went on to also win gold in her preferred event, the 1500 m. This feat made her one of the UK's

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most successful ever athletes ; the Olympic 800/1500 metres double was never accomplished by any of their great 1980s middle distance

Middle distance track event

Middle distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle distance event. The 880 yard run, or half mile, was the forebear to the...

trio, Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett

Steve Ovett

Stephen Michael James "Steve" Ovett OBE , is a former middle distance runner from England. He was gold medalist in the 800 metres at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, U.S.S.R., and set world records for 1500 metres and the mile run...

or Steve Cram

Steve Cram

Stephen "Steve" Cram MBE is a British retired athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arrow", Cram set world records in the 1500 metres, 2000 metres and the mile during a...

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Kelly Holmes Kelly Holmes Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...	1:56.38	SB
	Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,...	1:56.43	NR
	Jolanda Čeplak Jolanda Ceplak Jolanda Čeplak is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until moving to Monaco.-Running career:...	1:56.43	SB
4	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	1:56.51	SB
5	Tatyana Andrianova Tatyana Andrianova Tatyana Nikolayevna Andrianova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She did not compete in the 2006 and 2007 seasons, but improved on her personal best time in 800 metres in 2008....	1:56.88
6	Jearl Miles Clark	1:57.27	SB
7	Maria Cioncan Maria Cioncan Maria Cioncan was a middle distance runner from Romania, best known for winning a bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Born in Maieru, she set personal bests in both 800 and 1500 metres during the games...	1:59.62
8	Zulia Calatayud Zulia Calatayud Zulia Inés Calatayud Torres is a Cuban runner competing mostly in the 800 metres event.-Early career:Calatayud, who attended Havana's Manuel Permuy Sports School, got involved in athletics to help her deal with her asthma. She first gained prominence by reaching the semi-finals of the 400m at the...	2:00.95

Leader after 400m: - 56.37

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