Athletics 2016/Women's 800 metre

The women's 800 metre of Athletics 2016 during the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 17-20 August 2016 in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Stadium. With 65 athletes competing, the event was won by Caster Semenya from South Africa, with Francine Niyonsaba from Burundi taking the silver medal and Margaret Nyairera Wambui from Kenya taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of three rounds, each with races of up to nine athletes. In each round, the top two with the fastest time advance to the next round, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview[]

Sixty-five athletes qualified for the event with 2009 world champion and defending Olympic champion Caster Semenya as the big favorite for the title, ahead of world indoor champion Francine Niyonsaba, world silver medalist Melissa Bishop, and 2013 world champion Eunice Jepkoech Sum, but there were several other athletes who had set a time under 1:58.00 in the year. These other athletes included Margaret Nyairera Wambui and Lynsey Sharp, but other potential outsiders also included Renelle Lamote, Sahily Diago, and Nataliya Lupu.

Athlete	Nationality
Amela Terzic	Serbia
Olha Lyakhova	Ukraine
Florina Pierdevara	Romania
Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain
Ciara Everard	Ireland
Sahily Diago	Cuba
Justine Fedronic	France
Angela Petty	New Zealand
Margarita Mukasheva	Kazakhstan
Claudia Bobocea	Romania
Wang Chunyu	China
Caster Semenya	South Africa
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke	Great Britain
Rababe Arafi	Morocco
Houleye Ba	Mauritania
Rose Nathike Lokonyen	Refugee Olympic Team
Ajee Wilson	United States
Tsepang Sello	Lesotho
Selina Buchel	Switzerland
Tintu Lukka	India
Nataliia Pryshchepa	Ukraine
Sifan Hassan	Netherlands
Margaret Nyairera Wambui	Kenya
Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia
Selma Kajan	Australia
Christina Hering	Germany
Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda
Melissa Bishop	Canada
Marina Arzamasova	Belarus
Habitam Alemu	Ethiopia
Fatma El Sharnouby	Egypt
Noelie Yarigo	Benin
Anita Hinriksdottir	Iceland
Tigst Assefa	Ethiopia
Nataliia Lupu	Ukraine
Eunice Jepkoech Sum	Kenya
Amna Bakhit	Sudan
Swe Li Myint Mying	Myanmar
Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda
Kate Grace	United States
Renee Eykens	Belgium
Yusneysi Santiusti	Italy
Deborah Rodriguez	Uruguay
Angelika Cichocka	Poland
Rose Mary Almanza	Cuba
Simoya Campbell	Jamaica
Charline Mathias	Luxembourg
Hedda Hynne	Norway
Malika Akkaoui	Morocco
Joanna Jozwik	Poland
Renelle Lamote	France
Flavia de Lima	Brazil
Lisneidy Veitia	Cuba
Egle Balciunaite	Lithuania
Winny Chebet	Kenya
Kenia Sinclair	Jamaica
Esther Guerrero	Spain
Fabienne Kohlmann	Germany
Chrishuna Williams	United States
Lucia Hrivnak Klocova	Slovakia
Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi
Lovisa Lindh	Sweden
Elisabeth Mandaba	Central African Republic
Yuliya Karol	Belarus
Natoya Goule	Jamaica

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	26 July 1983		Jarmila Kratochvilova	1:53.28
OR	27 July 1980		Nadezhda Olizarenko	1:40.91

Summary[]

Round 1[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Lynsey Sharp	2:00.83	Q
2		Amela Terzic	2:00.99	Q
3		Sahily Diago	2:01.38
4		Angela Petty	2:02.40
5		Justine Fedronic	2:02.73
6		Olha Lyakhova	2:03.02
7		Florina Pierdevara	2:03.32
8		Ciara Everard	2:07.91

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Caster Semenya	1:59.31	Q
2		Ajee Wilson	1:59.44	Q
3		Shelayna Oskan-Clarke	1:59.67	q
4		Wang Chunyu	1:59.93	q, PR
5		Margarita Mukasheva	2:00.97
6		Claudia Bobocea	2:03.75
7		Rose Nathike Lokonyen	2:16.64
8		Houleye Ba	2:43.52
9		Rababe Arafi	DNF

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Selina Buchel	1:59.00	Q
2		Margaret Nyairera Wambui	1:59.66	Q
3		Nataliia Pryshchepa	1:59.60	q
4		Gudaf Tsegay	2:00.13
5		Sifan Hassan	2:00.27
6		Tintu Lukka	2:00.58
7		Selma Kajan	2:05.20
8		Tsepang Sello	2:10.22

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Melissa Bishop	1:58.38	Q
2		Marina Arzamasova	1:58.44	Q
3		Habitam Alemu	1:58.99	q, PR
4		Noelie Yarigo	1:59.12	q, NR
5		Halimah Nakaayi	1:59.78	q, PR
6		Anita Hinriksdottir	2:00.14	NR
7		Christina Hering	2:01.04
8		Fatma El Sharnouby	2:21.24

Heat 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Eunice Jepkoech Sum	1:59.83	Q
2		Nataliia Lupu	1:59.91	Q
3		Kate Grace	1:59.96	q
4		Renee Eykens	2:00.00	q, PR
5		Tigst Assefa	2:00.21
6		Winnie Nanyondo	2:02.77
7		Amna Bakhit	2:07.65
8		Swe Li Myint Myint	2:16.98

Heat 6 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Angelika Cichocka	2:00.42	Q
2		Yusneysi Santiusti	2:00.45	Q
3		Rose Mary Almanza	2:00.50
4		Malika Akkaoui	2:00.52
5		Hedda Hynne	2:01.64
6		Deborah Rodriguez	2:01.86
7		Simoya Campbell	2:02.07
8		Charline Mathias	2:09.30

Heat 7 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Joanna Jozwik	2:01.58	Q
2		Winny Chebet	2:01.65	Q
3		Esther Guerrero	2:01.85
4		Lisneidy Veitia	2:02.10
5		Renelle Lamote	2:02.19
6		Egle Balciunaite	2:02.98
7		Kenia Sinclair	2:03.76
8		Flavia de Lima	2:03.78

Heat 8 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Francine Niyonsaba	1:59.84	Q
2		Lovisa Lindh	2:00.04	Q, PR
3		Natoya Goule	2:00.49
4		Lucia Hrivnak Klocova	2:00.57
5		Yuliya Karol	2:01.09	PR
6		Chrishuna Williams	2:01.19
7		Fabienne Kohlmann	2:05.36
8		Elisabeth Mandaba	2:11.70	NR

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Margaret Nyairera Wambui	1:59.21	Q
2		Francine Niyonsaba	1:59.59	Q
3		Ajee Wilson	1:59.75
4		Nataliia Pryshchepa	1:59.95
5		Renee Eykens	2:00.45
6		Halimah Nakaayi	2:00.63
7		Yusneysi Santiusi	2:00.80
8		Angelika Cichocka	2:01.29

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Joanna Jozwik	1:58.93	Q
2		Melissa Bishop	1:59.05	Q
3		Selina Buchel	1:59.35
4		Lovisa Lindh	1:59.41	PR
5		Shelayna Oskan-Clarke	1:59.45
6		Habitam Alemu	2:00.07
7		Eunice Jepkoech Sum	2:00.88
8		Nataliia Lupu	2:02.10

Semifinal 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Caster Semenya	1:58.15	Q
2		Lynsey Sharp	1:58.65	Q
3		Kate Grace	1:58.79	q, PR
4		Marina Arzamasova	1:58.87	q
5		Noelie Yarigo	1:59.78
6		Winny Chebet	2:01.90
7		Amela Terzic	2:03.81
8		Wang Chunyu	2:04.05

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Caster Semenya	1:55.28	NR
2		Francine Niyonsaba	1:56.49
3		Margaret Nyairera Wambui	1:56.89	PR
4		Melissa Bishop	1:57.02	NR
5		Joanna Jozwik	1:57.37	PR
6		Lynsey Sharp	1:57.69	PR
7		Marina Arzamasova	1:59.10
8		Kate Grace	1:59.57

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Caster Semenya	South Africa
	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi
	Margaret Nyairera Wambui	Kenya
4	Melissa Bishop	Canada
5	Joanna Jozwik	Poland
6	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain
7	Marina Arzamasova	Belarus
8	Kate Grace	United States
9	Selina Buchel	Switzerland
10	Lovisa Lindh	Sweden
11	Shelayna Oskan-Clarke	Great Britain
12	Ajee Wilson	United States
13	Noelie Yarigo	Benin
14	Nataliia Pryshchepa	Ukraine
15	Habitam Alemu	Ethiopia
16	Renee Eykens	Belgium
17	Halimah Nakaayi	Uganda
18	Yusneysi Santiusti	Italy
19	Eunice Jepkoech Sum	Kenya
20	Angelika Cichocka	Poland
21	Winny Chebet	Kenya
22	Nataliia Lupu	Ukraine
23	Amela Terzic	Serbia
24	Wang Chunyu	China
25	Gudaf Tsegay	Ethiopia
26	Anita Hinriksdottir	Iceland
27	Tigst Assefa	Ethiopia
28	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands
29	Natoya Goule	Jamaica
30	Rose Mary Almanza	Cuba
31	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco
32	Lucia Hrivnak Klocova	Slovakia
33	Tintu Lukka	India
34	Margarita Mukasheva	Kazakhstan
35	Christina Hering	Germany
36	Yuliya Karol	Belarus
37	Chrishuna Williams	United States
38	Sahily Diago	Cuba
39	Hedda Hynne	Norway
40	Esther Guerrero	Spain
41	Deborah Rodriguez	Uruguay
42	Simoya Campbell	Jamaica
43	Lisneidy Veitia	Cuba
44	Renelle Lamote	France
45	Angela Petty	New Zealand
46	Justine Fedronic	France
47	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda
48	Egle Balciunaite	Lithuania
49	Olha Lyakhova	Ukraine
50	Florina Pierdevara	Romania
51	Claudia Bobocea	Romania
52	Kenia Sinclair	Jamaica
53	Flavia de Lima	Brazil
54	Selma Kajan	Australia
55	Fabienne Kohlmann	Germany
56	Amna Bakhit	Sudan
57	Ciara Everard	Ireland
58	Charline Mathias	Luxembourg
59	Tsepang Sello	Lesotho
60	Elisabeth Mandaba	Central African Republic
61	Rose Nathike Lokonyen	Refugee Olympic Team
62	Swe Li Myint Myint	Myanmar
63	Fatma El Sharnouby	Egypt
64	Houleye Ba	Mauritania
-	Rababe Arafi	Morocco

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