Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres
| Women's 800 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Centennial Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 26 July 1996 (heats) 27 July 1996 (semi-finals) 29 July 1996 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 31 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:57.73 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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 |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 37 competitors from 31 countries.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Svetlana Masterkova Russia
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| Silver | Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba
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| Bronze | Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique
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Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 1:53.28 |  Jarmila Kratochvílová
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Munich (FRG) | July 26, 1983 |
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| Olympic Record | 1:53.43 |  Nadiya Olizarenko
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Moscow (URS) | July 27, 1980 |
Final classification
| Rank | NAME ATHLETE | FINAL | SEMI | HEAT | |
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Svetlana Masterkova |  Russia
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1:57.73 | 1:57.95 | 1:59.67 |
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Ana Fidelia Quirot |  Cuba
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1:58.11 | 1:57.99 | 1:59.98 |
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Maria de Lurdes Mutola |  Mozambique
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1:58.71 | 1:57.62 | 1:58.98 |
| 4 | Kelly Holmes |  Great Britain
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1:58.81 | 1:58.49 | 1:58.80 |
| 5 | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia
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1:59.57 | 1:57.77 | 1:59.18 |
| 6 | Patricia Djaté-Taillard |  France
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1:59.61 | 1:57.93 | 1:58.98 |
| 7 | Natasha Dukhnova |  Belarus
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2:00.32 | 1:58.67 | 1:59.23 |
| 8 | Toni Hodgkinson |  New Zealand
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2:00.54 | 1:58.25 | 1:59.35 |
Non-qualifiers
See also
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Games: Women's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2017.