Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's 800 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Friday 22 September, Saturday 23 September, and Monday 25 September 2000.

The top two runners in each of the initial five heats automatically qualified for the semi-final. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the semi-final.

The top three runners in each semi-final automatically qualified for the final. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the final.

There were a total number of 39 participating athletes.

Records

World Record	1:53.28	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	Munich, West Germany	26 July 1983
Olympic Record	1:53.48	Nadezhda Olizarenko	Soviet Union	Moscow, Soviet Union	27 February 1980

Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Maria Mutola, Mozambique	Stephanie Graf, Austria	Kelly Holmes, Great Britain

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Round 1

Heat 1 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	7	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	5	1:59.88	Q
2	10	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	3	2:00.33	Q
3	11	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	8	2:00.50	q
4	22	Natalya Dukhnova	Belarus	1	2:03.20
5	25	Grace Birungi	Uganda	6	2:03.32
6	26	Olena Buzhenko	Ukraine	7	2:03:48
7	27	Florencia Hunt	Netherlands Antilles	4	2:03.78		NR
8	32	Direma Banasso	Togo	2	2:13.67		PB

Heat 2 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	14	Jearl Miles-Clark	United States	3	2:01.79	Q
2	15	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	7	2:01.89	Q
3	16	Olga Raspopova	Russia	1	2:01.95
4	18	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	2	2:02.09
5	23	Mina Ait Hammou	Morocco	5	2:03.25
6	28	Leontine Tsiba	Congo	6	2:04:08		NR
7	30	Elena Iagăr	Romania	8	2:07.56
8	37	Roda Ali Wais	Djibouti	4	2:31.71

Heat 3 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	5	Mayte Martinez	Spain	3	1:59.60	Q	PB
2	6	Irina Mistyukevich	Russia	6	1:59.73	Q
3	8	Zulia Calatayud	Cuba	8	2:00.18	q
4	9	Joetta Clark-Diggs	United States	4	2:00.18	q
5	12	Charmaine Howell	Jamaica	7	2:01.14	q
6	33	Christine Mukamutesi	Rwanda	5	2:14:15
7	36	Anhel Cape	Guinea-Bissau	1	2:17.05
		Ludmila Formanova	Czech Republic	2	DNF

Heat 4 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	13	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	6	2:01.76	Q
2	17	Hazel Clark	United States	5	2:01.99	Q
3	19	Natalya Tsyganova	Russia	8	2:02.26
4	20	Sandra Stals	Belgium	4	2:02.33
5	24	Susan Andrews	Australia	1	2:03.31
6	29	Irina Latve	Latvia	2	2:06:05
7	35	Delfina Cassinda	Angola	3	2:15.02

Heat 5 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Stephanie Graf	Austria	1	1:58.39	Q
2	2	Claudia Gesell	Germany	2	1:58.56	Q
3	3	Helena Fuchsova	Czech Republic	4	1:58.97	q	SB
4	4	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	7	1:59.37	q
5	21	Diane Modahl	Great Britain	5	2:02.41
6	31	Adama Njie	Gambia	6	2:07:90		SB
7	34	Anna Nasilyan	Armenia	8	2:14.86
		Tina Paulino	Mozambique	3	DNS

Overall Results Round 1

Round 1 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Stephanie Graf	Austria	5	1	1	1:58.39	Q
2	Claudia Gesell	Germany	5	2	2	1:58.56	Q
3	Helena Fuchsova	Czech Republic	5	4	3	1:58.97	q	SB
4	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	5	7	4	1:59.37	q
5	Mayte Martinez	Spain	3	3	1	1:59.60	Q	PB
6	Irina Mistyukevich	Russia	3	6	3	1:59.73	Q
7	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1	5	1	1:59.88	Q
8	Zulia Calatayud	Cuba	2	8	3	2:00.18	q
9	Joetta Clark-Diggs	United States	3	4	4	2:00.19	q
10	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	1	3	2	2:00.23	Q
11	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	1	8	3	2:00.50	q
12	Charmaine Howell	Jamaica	3	7	5	2:01.14	q
13	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	4	6	1	2:01.76	Q
14	Jearl Miles-Clark	United States	2	3	1	2:01.79	Q
15	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	2	7	2	2:01.89	Q
16	Olga Raspopova	Russia	2	1	3	2:01.95
17	Hazel Clark	United States	4	5	2	2:01.99	Q
18	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	2	2	4	2:02.09
19	Natalya Tsyganova	Russia	4	8	3	2:02.25
20	Sandra Stals	Belgium	4	4	4	2:02.33
21	Diane Modahl	Great Britain	5	5	5	2:02.41
22	Natalya Dukhnova	Belarus	1	1	4	2:03.20
23	Mina Ait Hammou	Morocco	2	5	5	2:03.25
24	Susan Andrews	Australia	4	1	5	2:03.31
25	Grace Birungi	Uganda	1	6	5	2:03.32
26	Olena Buzhenko	Ukraine	1	7	6	2:03.48
27	Florencia Hunt	Netherlands Antilles	1	4	7	2:03.78		NR
28	Leontine Tsiba	Congo	2	6	6	2:04.08
29	Irina Latve	Latvia	4	2	6	2:06.05
30	Elena Iagăr	Romania	2	8	7	2:07.56
31	Adama Njie	Gambia	5	6	6	2:07.90		SB
32	Direma Banasso	Togo	1	2	8	2:13.67		PB
33	Christine Mukamutesi	Rwanda	3	5	6	2:14.15
34	Anna Nasilyan	Armenia	5	8	7	2:14:86
35	Delfina Cassinda	Angola	4	3	7	2:15.02
36	Anhel Cape	Guinea-Bissau	3	1	7	2:17.05
37	Roda Ali Wais	Djibouti	2	4	8	2:31.71
	Ludmila Formanova	Czech Republic	3	2		DNF
	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	5	3		DNS

Semi-finals

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	4	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	5	1:58.56	Q
2	7	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	4	1:59.19	Q
3	8	Zulia Calatayud	Cuba	2	1:59.30	Q	PB
4	9	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	7	1:59.33
5	10	Jearl Miles-Clark	United States	3	1:59.44
6	11	Claudia Gesell	Germany	6	1:59:69
7	13	Charmaine Howell	Jamaica	8	2:00.63		PB
8	15	Mayte Martinez	Spain	1	2:03.27

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Stephanie Graf	Austria	3	1:57.56	Q
2	2	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	1	1:58.45	Q	SB
3	3	Helena Fuchsova	Czech Republic	4	1:58.82	Q	SB
4	5	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	1	1:59.09	q	NR
5	6	Hazel Clark	United States	6	1:59.12	q
6	12	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	7	1:59:84
7	14	Irina Mistyukevich	Russia	5	2:02.95
8	16	Joetta Clark-Diggs	United States	8	2:04.12

Overall Results Semi-finals

Semi-Final Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2	3	1	1:57.56	Q
2	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	1	2	2	1:58.45	Q	SB
3	Helena Fuchsova	Czech Republic	2	4	3	1:58.82	Q	SB
4	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	1	5	1	1:58.86	Q
5	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	2	1	4	1:59.96	q	NR
6	Hazel Clark	United States	2	6	5	1:59.12	q
7	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	1	4	2	1:59.19	Q
8	Zulia Calatayud	Cuba	1	2	3	1:59.30	Q	PB
9	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	1	7	4	1:59.33
10	Jearl Miles-Clark	United States	1	3	5	1:59.44
11	Claudia Gesell	Germany	1	6	6	1:59.69
12	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	2	7	6	1:59.84
13	Charmaine Howell	Jamaica	1	8	7	2:00.63		PB
14	Irina Mistyukevich	Russia	2	5	7	2:02.95
15	Mayte Martinez	Spain	1	1	8	2:03.27
16	Joetta Clark-Diggs	United States	2	8	8	2:04.12

Final

Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Record
1	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	6	1:56.15	SB
2	Stephanie Graf	Austria	5	1:56.64	NR
3	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	3	1:56.80	SB
4	Brigita Langerholc	Slovenia	8	1:58.51	NR
5	Helena Fuchsova	Czech Republic	1	1:58.56	PB
6	Zulia Calatayud	Cuba	7	1:58.66	PB
7	Hazel Clark	United States	2	1:58.75
8	Hasna Benhassi	Morocco	4	1:59.17

References

• Official Report
• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics