Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

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Athletics at the 1996 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
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, with one non-starter.

Medalists

Gold	Svetlana Masterkova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba (CUB)
Bronze	Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique (MOZ)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:53.28	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Munich (FRG)	July 26, 1983
Olympic Record	1:53.43	Nadezhda Olizarenko	Moscow (URS)	July 27, 1980

Final classification

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	FINAL	SEMI	HEAT
	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)	1:57.73	1:57.95	1:59.67
	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:58.11	1:57.99	1:59.98
	Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ)	1:58.71	1:57.62	1:58.98
4.	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	1:58.81	1:58.49	1:58.80
5.	Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)	1:59.57	1:57.77	1:59.18
6.	Patricia Djaté-Taillard (FRA)	1:59.61	1:57.93	1:58.98
7.	Natasha Dukhnova (BLR)	2:00.32	1:58.67	1:59.23
8.	Toni Hodgkinson (NZL)	2:00.54	1:58.25	1:59.35

Non-qualifiers

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	SEMI	HEAT
—	Dawn Williams (DMA)	1:59.06	1:59.65
—	Linda Kisabaka (GER)	1:59.23	1:59.56
—	Viviane Dorsile (FRA)	2:00.68	2:00.02
—	Stella Jongmans (NED)	DNF	2:00.26
—	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	1:58.29	1:59.71
—	Ludmila Formanová (CZE)	1:59.28	1:59.37
—	Meredith Rainey (USA)	1:59.36	1:59.96
—	Lyubov Tsyoma (RUS)	2:02.50	2:00.18
—	Luciana Mendes (BRA)	DNQ	2:00.25
—	Charmaine Crooks (CAN)	DNQ	2:00.27
—	Joetta Clark (USA)	DNQ	2:00.38
—	Suzy Favor-Hamilton (USA)	DNQ	2:00.47
—	Inez Turner (JAM)	DNQ	2:01.48
—	Malin Ewerlöf (SWE)	DNQ	2:01.61
—	Petya Strashilova (BUL)	DNQ	2:02.13
—	Nouria Mérah-Benida (ALG)	DNQ	2:02.44
—	Lisa Lightfoot (AUS)	DNQ	2:02.88
—	Eduarda Coelho (POR)	DNQ	2:03.22
—	Jian Zhang (CHN)	DNQ	2:04.17
—	Kutre Dulecha (ETH)	DNQ	2:04.80
—	Marta Orellana (ARG)	DNQ	2:04.99
—	Restituta Joseph (TAN)	DNQ	2:08.31
—	Leontine Tsiba (CGO)	DNQ	2:08.58
—	Sharette Garcia (BIZ)	DNQ	2:13.52
—	Yaznee Nasheeda (MDV)	DNQ	2:36.85
—	Adama Njie (GAM)	DNQ	DNF
—	Ana Amelia Menéndez (ESP)	DNQ	DNF
—	Diane Modahl (GBR)	DNQ	DNF
—	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	DNQ	DNS

See also

• Men's 800 metres

References

• Official Report
• Results