Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metres
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Round 1
Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 6 fastest(q) advance to the Semifinals.Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Maria Mutola Maria Mutola Maria de Lurdes Mutola is a female athlete from Mozambique who has specialized in the 800 m. She was born in Maputo, earning her the suiting nickname of "The Maputo Express. She is the fourth track & field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games.-Teenage years:Mutola was born in the Chamanculo... |
1:58.91 | Q, SB | |
2 | 4 | Marilyn Okoro Marilyn Okoro Marilyn Chinwenwa Okoro is a British athlete of Igbo Nigerian ancestry. She received a bronze medal for the 800 metres at both the 2007 and 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. She was on the bronze winning 4 × 400 m relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics... |
1:59.01 | Q | |
3 | 4 | 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... |
1:59.42 | Q | |
4 | 4 | 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.... |
1:59.67 | q | |
5 | 6 | Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei | 1:59.72 | Q | |
6 | 6 | 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:... |
2:00.00 | Q | |
7 | 4 | Neisha Bernard-Thomas Neisha Bernard-Thomas Neisha Bernard-Thomas is a Grenadian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best is 2:00.09 minutes, achieved at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. This is the Grenadian record. She also holds the 1500 metres record with 4:23.24 minutes, achieved in March 2008 in... |
2:00.09 | q, NR | |
8 | 6 | Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in a personal best time of 1:58.51 minutes, which still stands. In 2001 she won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the Universiade... |
2:00.13 | Q | |
9 | 6 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė is a track and field middle distance runner who competes internationally for Lithuania.She competed in the 2008 Olympics in 800 m distance and finished 22nd. She took part in the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas and placed 6th in the final... |
2:00.15 | q, PB | |
10 | 2 | Yuliya Krevsun Yuliya Krevsun Yuliya Krevsun is a Ukrainian middle-distance athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club in Turkey.... |
2:00.21 | Q | |
11 | 6 | Elisa Cusma Piccione Elisa Cusma Piccione Elisa Cusma Piccione is a female Italian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.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... |
2:00.24 | q | |
12 | 2 | Tatiana Andrianova | 2:00.31 | Q | |
13 | 2 | Jennifer Meadows | 2:00.33 | Q | |
14 | 5 | 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... |
2:00.34 | Q | |
15 | 2 | Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... |
2:00.42 | q, SB | |
16 | 5 | 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,... |
2:00.51 | Q | |
17 | 5 | Ekaterina Kostetskaya | 2:00.54 | Q | |
18 | 5 | 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.... |
2:00.59 | q, PB | |
19 | 5 | Hazel Clark-Riley | 2:01.59 | ||
20 | 1 | Svetlana Klyuka Svetlana Klyuka Svetlana Vasiliyevna Klyuka is a Russian middle distance runner. Klyuka ran the 6th fastest women's 800m time in the world in 2006, a 1:57:21. She was the winner of the 2006 European Cup.-Achievements:-References:... |
2:01.67 | Q | |
21 | 6 | Carmo Tavares | 2:01.91 | ||
22 | 1 | Rosibel García Rosibel García Rosibel García Mena is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance track events. She has represented her country at the Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics.She is the Colombian record holder for the 800 metres and 1500 metres... |
2:01.98 | Q | |
23 | 2 | Marian Burnett Marian Burnett Marian Joan Burnett is a female middle-distance runner from Guyana who specialises in the 800 metres... |
2:02.02 | ||
24 | 1 | Anna Rostkowska | 2:02.11 | Q | |
25 | 1 | Jemma Simpson Jemma Simpson Jemma Louise Simpson is a Cornish and British athlete who competes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. She is the current British champion over 800m, winning both 2007, 2009 and 2010 British Championships... |
2:02.16 | ||
26 | 1 | 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... |
2:02.18 | ||
27 | 2 | Alice Schmidt | 2:02.33 | ||
28 | 5 | Mihaela Neacsu | 2:03.03 | ||
29 | 1 | Madeleine Pape | 2:03.09 | ||
30 | 3 | Pamela Jelimo Pamela Jelimo Pamela Jelimo is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, specialising in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She is the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal and also the first Kenyan to win the Golden League Jackpot... |
2:03.18 | Q | |
31 | 3 | Kenia Sinclair Kenia Sinclair Kenia Sinclair is a Jamaican athlete competing over 800 metres. Kenia first broke onto the international scene in 2005. On June 12 Sinclair broke Inez Turners 10 Year old record to become the 5th Jamaican woman to go under two minutes. Less than a month later Kenia again broke the Jamaican record... |
2:03.76 | Q | |
32 | 3 | Elodie Guegan | 2:03.85 | Q | |
33 | 3 | Merve Aydin Merve Aydın Merve Aydın is a Turkish female middle distance runner. She is a member of Enkaspor athletics team.She won a silver medal in the 2008 Bydgoszcz at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships... |
2:04.75 | ||
34 | 3 | Annabelle Lascar | 2:06.11 | PB | |
35 | 3 | Marcela Britos | 2:08.98 | ||
36 | 1 | Baraah Awadallah | 2:18.41 | SB | |
37 | 2 | Haley Nicole Nemra | 2:18.83 | ||
38 | 4 | Emilia Mikue Ondo | 2:20.69 | ||
39 | 5 | Aishath Reesha | 2:30.14 | PB | |
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Semifinals
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei | 1:57.28 | Q, SB | |
2 | 2 | Pamela Jelimo Pamela Jelimo Pamela Jelimo is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, specialising in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She is the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal and also the first Kenyan to win the Golden League Jackpot... |
1:57.31 | Q | |
3 | 3 | Yuliya Krevsun Yuliya Krevsun Yuliya Krevsun is a Ukrainian middle-distance athlete who specialises in the 800 metres. She is a member of the Fenerbahçe S.K. athletics club in Turkey.... |
1:57.32 | Q, PB | |
4 | 2 | 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,... |
1:58.03 | Q, SB | |
5 | 3 | Tatiana Andrianova | 1:58.16 | q | |
6 | 3 | Kenia Sinclair Kenia Sinclair Kenia Sinclair is a Jamaican athlete competing over 800 metres. Kenia first broke onto the international scene in 2005. On June 12 Sinclair broke Inez Turners 10 Year old record to become the 5th Jamaican woman to go under two minutes. Less than a month later Kenia again broke the Jamaican record... |
1:58.28 | q, SB | |
7 | 1 | Svetlana Klyuka Svetlana Klyuka Svetlana Vasiliyevna Klyuka is a Russian middle distance runner. Klyuka ran the 6th fastest women's 800m time in the world in 2006, a 1:57:21. She was the winner of the 2006 European Cup.-Achievements:-References:... |
1:58.31 | Q | |
8 | 2 | Ekaterina Kostetskaya | 1:58.33 | ||
9 | 1 | Maria Mutola Maria Mutola Maria de Lurdes Mutola is a female athlete from Mozambique who has specialized in the 800 m. She was born in Maputo, earning her the suiting nickname of "The Maputo Express. She is the fourth track & field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games.-Teenage years:Mutola was born in the Chamanculo... |
1:58.61 | Q, SB | |
10 | 2 | 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... |
1:58.78 | SB | |
11 | 1 | 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... |
1:58.80 | ||
12 | 2 | Anna Rostkowska | 1:58.84 | ||
13 | 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:... |
1:59.27 | ||
14 | 1 | Rosibel García Rosibel García Rosibel García Mena is a Colombian track and field athlete who specialises in middle-distance track events. She has represented her country at the Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics.She is the Colombian record holder for the 800 metres and 1500 metres... |
1:59.38 | NR | |
15 | 2 | Jennifer Meadows | 1:59.43 | ||
16 | 3 | Elisa Cusma Piccione Elisa Cusma Piccione Elisa Cusma Piccione is a female Italian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.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... |
1:59.52 | ||
17 | 1 | Marilyn Okoro Marilyn Okoro Marilyn Chinwenwa Okoro is a British athlete of Igbo Nigerian ancestry. She received a bronze medal for the 800 metres at both the 2007 and 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. She was on the bronze winning 4 × 400 m relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics... |
1:59.53 | ||
18 | 1 | Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in a personal best time of 1:58.51 minutes, which still stands. In 2001 she won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the Universiade... |
2:00.00 | ||
19 | 3 | 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.... |
2:00.12 | PB | |
20 | 1 | 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.... |
2:01.41 | ||
21 | 3 | Neisha Bernard-Thomas Neisha Bernard-Thomas Neisha Bernard-Thomas is a Grenadian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best is 2:00.09 minutes, achieved at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. This is the Grenadian record. She also holds the 1500 metres record with 4:23.24 minutes, achieved in March 2008 in... |
2:01.84 | ||
22 | 2 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė Eglė Balčiūnaitė is a track and field middle distance runner who competes internationally for Lithuania.She competed in the 2008 Olympics in 800 m distance and finished 22nd. She took part in the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas and placed 6th in the final... |
2:02.59 | ||
23 | 2 | Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich Sviatlana Usovich is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... |
2:02.79 | ||
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Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
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4 | align=left | |1:54.82 | WJR, AR | |
7 | align=left | |1:56.02 | PB | |
8 | align=left | |1:56.68 | SB | |
4 | 6 | align=left | |1:56.89 | PB |
5 | 2 | align=left | |1:57.27 | SB |
6 | 3 | align=left | |1:58.19 | SB |
7 | 9 | align=left | |1:58.73 | |
8 | 5 | align=left | |2:02.63 |
Splits
Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
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400m | Pamela Jelimo Pamela Jelimo Pamela Jelimo is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, specialising in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She is the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal and also the first Kenyan to win the Golden League Jackpot... |
55.41 | |
600m | Pamela Jelimo Pamela Jelimo Pamela Jelimo is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, specialising in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. She is the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal and also the first Kenyan to win the Golden League Jackpot... |
1:24.03 | |