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 will take place.
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	August 17, 2016 (Heats) August 18, 2016 (semi-final) August 20, 2016 (final)

The women's 800 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics will take place between August 18–20, at the Olympic Stadium.

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

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

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

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
4	3	Wang Chunyu	China	1:59.93	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	—	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
6	8	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	2:00.14	SB
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
5	1	Tigist Assefa	Ethiopia	2:00.21
6	6	Winnie Nanyondo	Uganda	2:02.77	SB
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	SB
6	2	Déborah Rodríguez	Uruguay	2:01.86
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

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
	1	Kate Grace	United States
	2	Joanna Jóźwik	Poland
	3	Caster Semenya	South Africa
	4	Margaret Wambui	Kenya
	5	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi
	6	Melissa Bishop	Canada
	7	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain
	8	Maryna Arzamasava	Belarus