Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Women's 800m

Athletics at the 2010 South 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 hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
20,000m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		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 800m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21 at 18:05.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jessica dos Santos  Brazil	Geisiane de Lima  Brazil	Evangelina Thomas  Argentina

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	1:53.28	Munich, Germany	26 July 1983
World Leading	Holly Noack	Australia	2:04.26	Hobart, Australia	12 February 2010
South American record	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	1:56.68	Göteburg, Sweden	13 August 1995
South American U23 record	Luciana de Paula Mendes	Brazil	2:00.37	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	8 August 1993

Results

Results were published.^[1][2][3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Jessica dos Santos	Brazil	2:09.72
	Geisiane de Lima	Brazil	2:10.98
	Evangelina Thomas	Argentina	2:11.58	SB
4	Rosa Escobar	Colombia	2:14.91
5	Vanessa Philbert	Netherlands Antilles	2:15.66	^†
–	Alison Sánchez	Bolivia	DSQ	^‡

^†: Not eligible for the South American Under-23 Championships.
^‡: Alison Sánchez from  Bolivia was initially 6th in 2:17.27, but was disqualified, because she was tested positive for nandrolone.^[4]

Intermediate times:

400m	1:03.59	Jessica dos Santos (BRA)
600m	1:37.25	Jessica dos Santos (BRA)

See also

• 2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics

References

1. Krastev, Todor (March 21, 2010), Women 800m Athletics ODESUR Games 2010 Medellin (COL) - Sunday 21.03, retrieved March 12, 2014
2. SAmG Medellín COL 20 - 23 March, Tilastopaja Oy, Littoinen, Finland, retrieved March 12, 2014
3. ATHLETICS - 800m Women - Final - Atletismo - 800m Mujeres - Final (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, March 21, 2010, retrieved March 12, 2014
4. Sudamericanos: Peruana y boliviana pierden medallas por dopaje (in Spanish), Terra Perú, March 27, 2010, retrieved March 12, 2014

External links

• Report