Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games
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 h				women
110 m h		men
400 m h		men		women
3000 m s		men
4×100 m		men		women
4×400 m		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus		men		women
Hammer		men		women
Javelin		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The final of the Women's 800 metres event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on Wednesday August 6, 2003, with the heats staged a day earlier. Marian Burnett won the only silver medal for Guyana at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Medalists

Gold	Adriana Muñoz Cuba (CUB)
Silver	Marian Burnett Guyana (GUY)
Bronze	Christiane dos Santos Brazil (BRA)

Records

World Record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	July 26, 1983	Munich, West Germany
Pan Am Record	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:58.71	August 8, 1991	Havana, Cuba

Results

Rank	Athlete	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time
1	Adriana Muñoz (CUB)	2:03.65	2	2:02.96
2	Marian Burnett (GUY)	2:04.17	4	2:03.58
3	Christiane dos Santos (BRA)	2:04.09	3	2:04.37
4	Yanelis Lara (CUB)	2:04.20	5	2:04.58
5	Luciana Mendes (BRA)	2:04.28	6	2:05.52
6	Sheena Gooding (BAR)	2:04.77	7	2:06.28
7	Hazel Clark (USA)	2:03.54	1	2:09.12
—	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)			DSQ
9	Neisha Bernard-Thomas (GRN)	2:04.22	9
10	Melissa de Leon (TRI)	2:05.06	10
11	Sandra Moya (PUR)	2:05.52	11
12	Tamika Williams (BER)	2:06.16	12
13	Rosibel García (COL)	2:08.08	13
14	Kenia Sinclair (JAM)	2:10.51	14
15	Gabriela Medina (MEX)	2:10.69	15
16	Lauren Simmons (USA)	2:12.17	16

See also

• 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
• Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

References

• Results