Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Interior view of the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, where the Women's 800m took place.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates17 August 2016 (heats)
18 August 2016 (semifinals)
20August 2016 (final)
Winning time1:55.28 NR
Medalists
 Caster Semenya  South Africa
 Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi
 Margaret Wambui  Kenya
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The women's 800 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 17–20 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1]

Summary

As the final started, Caster Semenya running in lane 3 gained a slight edge on the turn, deceptive as Margaret Wambui was the slowest around the turn. Francine Niyonsaba converged from lane 5 and the two assumed the lead down the backstretch. Semenya assumed the curb as they began the turn, Niyonsaba on her outside shoulder with Maryna Arzamasava behind Niyonsaba, Melissa Bishop and Lynsey Sharp stacking up behind Semenya. In the second 200, Margaret Wambui moved to the outside of lane 2 and ran up to Arzamasava's shoulder. The first lap was an honest 57.59. Midway through the penultimate turn, Niyonsaba edged in front of Semenya, the other runners collapsing into lane 1 rather than following her around the now open outside. Down the backstretch, Niyonsaba opened a 2 metre lead, with Bishop cuing up tight behind Semenya, with Arzamasava boxing her to the outside, while Arzamasava was being boxed by a faster moving Wambui. Kicker Joanna Jóźwik was trailing the field eight metres back of Niyonsaba. After the final turn had started, Semenya drifted to the outside and put it in gear, moving from 2 metres behind Niyonsaba to 2 metres in front. During the home stretch she just extended her lead to an 8 metre victory. Still in second, Niyonsaba had a 2 metre gap on Bishop with Wambui on her outside. Down the homestretch Niyonsaba also extended her gap to about four metres. Wambui down a metre on the outside of Bishop, couldn't make any progress to gain any group until the last 40 metres, when she finally pulled aside and then past for the bronze medal by a metre.

For Semenya, her 1:55.28 was a new South African National Record, a .05 improvement over the mark she set a month earlier at Herculis. For Bishop it was also a Canadian National Record, improving upon the mark she set the same day as Semenya in Edmonton. Semenya becomes the fifth woman to win two medals in the Women's Olympic 800. After the expected disqualification of Mariya Savinova from 2012 is completed, she will become the first two time gold medalist.

The medals were presented by Barbara Kendall, IOC member, South Africa and Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, Vice President of the IAAF.

Competition format

The women's 800m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), semifinals and a final. Twenty-four athletes advanced from the heats to the semifinal round. The top three competitors from each of the six heats qualified for the semifinals along with the six fastest losers. A total of eight competitors qualified for the final from the semifinals. In the three semifinal races, the first two from each semifinal advanced to the final along with the two fastest losers.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1:53.28 Munich, West Germany 26 July 1983
Olympic record  Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) 1:53.43 Moscow, Soviet Union 27 July 1980
2016 World leading  Caster Semenya (RSA) 1:55.33 Fontvieille, Monaco 15 July 2016

The following national records were established during the competition:

Country Athlete Round Time Notes
Central African Republic  Elisabeth Mandaba (CAF) Heats 2:11.70
South Africa  Caster Semenya (RSA) Final 1:55.28
Canada  Melissa Bishop (CAN) Final 1:57.02

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Wedneday, 17 August 2016 10:55Heats
Thursday, 18 August 2016 21:15Semifinals
Saturday, 20 August 2016 21:15Finals

Results

Heats

Progression rules: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Lynsey Sharp Great Britain 2:00.83 Q
2 1 Amela Terzić Serbia 2:00.99 Q, SB
3 6 Sahily Diago Cuba 2:01.38
4 8 Angela Petty New Zealand 2:02.40
5 7 Justine Fedronic France 2:02.73
6 2 Olha Lyakhova Ukraine 2:03.02
7 3 Florina Pierdevară Romania 2:03.32
8 5 Ciara Everard Ireland 2:07.91

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Caster Semenya South Africa 1:59.31 Q
2 8 Ajee' Wilson United States 1:59.44 Q, SB
3 5 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke Great Britain 1:59.67 q
4 3 Wang Chunyu China 1:59.93 q PB
5 1 Margarita Mukasheva Kazakhstan 2:00.97
6 2 Claudia Bobocea Romania 2:03.75
7 7a Rose Nathike Lokonyen Refugee Olympic Team 2:16.64
8 7b Houleye Ba Mauritania 2:43.52
– 6 Rababe Arafi Morocco N/A DNF

Heat 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Selina Büchel Switzerland 1:59.00 Q, SB
2 6 Margaret Wambui Kenya 1:59.66 Q
3 4 Nataliya Pryshchepa Ukraine 1:59.80 q
4 7 Gudaf Tsegay Ethiopia 2:00.13
5 5 Sifan Hassan Netherlands 2:00.27 SB
6 3 Tintu Lukka India 2:00.58 SB
7 8 Selma Kajan Australia 2:05.20
8 1 Tsepang Sello Lesotho 2:10.22

Heat 4

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Melissa Bishop Canada 1:58.38 Q
2 4 Maryna Arzamasava Belarus 1:58.44 Q, SB
3 5 Habitam Alemu Ethiopia 1:58.99 q, PB
4 7 Noélie Yarigo Benin 1:59.12 q
5 2 Halimah Nakaayi Uganda 1:59.78 q, PB
6 8 Aníta Hinriksdóttir Iceland 2:00.14
7 1 Christina Hering Germany 2:01.04
8 6 Fatma El Sharnouby Egypt 2:21.24

Heat 5

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Eunice Jepkoech Sum Kenya 1:59.83 Q
2 2 Nataliia Lupu Ukraine 1:59.91 Q
3 7 Kate Grace United States 1:59.96 q
4 8 Renée Eykens Belgium 2:00.00 q, PB
5 1 Tigist Assefa Ethiopia 2:00.21 SB
6 6 Winnie Nanyondo Uganda 2:02.77
7 4 Amna Bakhit Sudan 2:07.65
8 5 Swe Li Myint Myint Myanmar 2:16.98

Heat 6

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Angelika Cichocka Poland 2:00.42 Q
2 1 Yusneysi Santiusti Italy 2:00.45 Q
3 4 Rose Mary Almanza Cuba 2:00.50
4 8 Malika Akkaoui Morocco 2:00.52
5 7 Hedda Hynne Norway 2:01.64
6 2 Déborah Rodríguez Uruguay 2:01.86 SB
7 5 Simoya Campbell Jamaica 2:02.07
8 6 Charline Mathias Luxembourg 2:09.30

Heat 7

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Joanna Jóźwik Poland 2:01.58 Q
2 6 Winny Chebet Kenya 2:01.65 Q
3 8 Esther Guerrero Spain 2:01.85
4 4 Lisneidy Veitia Cuba 2:02.10
5 2 Rénelle Lamote France 2:02.19
6 5 Eglė Balčiūnaitė Lithuania 2:02.98 SB
7 7 Kenia Sinclair Jamaica 2:03.76
8 3 Flávia de Lima Brazil 2:03.78 SB

Heat 8

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Francine Niyonsaba Burundi 1:59.84 Q
2 5 Lovisa Lindh Sweden 2:00.04 Q, PB
3 8 Natoya Goule Jamaica 2:00.49
4 3 Lucia Hrivnák Klocová Slovakia 2:00.57 SB
5 7 Yuliya Karol Belarus 2:01.09 PB
6 2 Chrishuna Williams United States 2:01.19
7 1 Fabienne Kohlmann Germany 2:05.36
8 6 Elisabeth Mandaba Central African Republic 2:11.70 NR[2]

Semifinals

Progression rules: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Margaret Wambui Kenya 1:59.21 Q
2 6 Francine Niyonsaba Burundi 1:59.59 Q
3 7 Ajee' Wilson United States 1:59.75
4 4 Nataliya Pryshchepa Ukraine 1:59.95
5 1 Renée Eykens Belgium 2:00.45
6 8 Halimah Nakaayi Uganda 2:00.63
7 2 Yusneysi Santiusti Italy 2:00.80
8 5 Angelika Cichocka Poland 2:01.29

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Joanna Jóźwik Poland 1:58.93 Q, SB
2 4 Melissa Bishop Canada 1:59.05 Q
3 5 Selina Büchel Switzerland 1:59.35
4 2 Lovisa Lindh Sweden 1:59.41 PB
5 7 Shelayna Oskan-Clarke Great Britain 1:59.45 SB
6 6 Habitam Alemu Ethiopia 2:00.07
7 3 Eunice Jepkoech Sum Kenya 2:00.88
8 8 Nataliia Lupu Ukraine 2:02.10

Semifinal 3

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Caster Semenya South Africa 1:58.15 Q
2 4 Lynsey Sharp Great Britain 1:58.65 Q
3 6 Kate Grace United States 1:58.79 q, PB
4 3 Maryna Arzamasava Belarus 1:58.87 q
5 8 Noélie Yarigo Benin 1:59.78
6 7 Winny Chebet Kenya 2:01.90
7 2 Amela Terzić Serbia 2:03.81
8 1 Wang Chunyu China 2:04.05

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 3 Caster Semenya South Africa 1:55.28 NR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 5 Francine Niyonsaba Burundi 1:56.49
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 4 Margaret Wambui Kenya 1:56.89 PB
4 6 Melissa Bishop Canada 1:57.02 NR
5 2 Joanna Jóźwik Poland 1:57.37 PB
6 7 Lynsey Sharp Great Britain 1:57.69 PB
7 8 Maryna Arzamasava Belarus 1:59.10
8 1 Kate Grace United States 1:59.57

References

  1. ↑ "Women's 800m". Rio 2016 Organisation. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Women's 800m – Round 1 Heat 8 Results" (PDF). Rio 2016 official website. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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