Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres
| Women's 800 metres at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Stadium Australia | |||||||||
| Date | 22 September 2000 (heats) 23 September 2000 (semi-finals) 25 September 2000 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 30 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:56.15 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2000 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 |
| Sprint hurdles | men | women |
| 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 |
| 20 km walk | men | women |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Combined | men | women |
The Women's 800 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Friday 22 September, Saturday 23 September, and Monday 25 September 2000.[1]
The top two runners in each of the initial five heats automatically qualified for the semi-final. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the semi-final.
The top three runners in each semi-final automatically qualified for the final. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the final.
There were a total number of 39 participating athletes.
In the final, Helena Fuchsová took her lane 1 position out to the lead, with Brigita Langerholc sweeping across the track from lane 8 to shut the door on Hazel Clark and the rest of the pack. Fuchsova held the lead through a 55.04 first lap and on to 600 metres in 1:25.5. Behind her the pack scrambled for position with Kelly Holmes on Fuchsova's shoulder. Holmes, then Maria Mutola, then Stephanie Graf all passed on the final turn. On the final straightaway, Mutola rans strong on the outside, advancing past Holmes, with Graf sprinting past for silver. Four years later, it would be reversed, with Holmes running past Mutoloa on the final straight.
Records
[edit]| World Record | 1:53.28 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Czechoslovakia | Munich, West Germany | 26 July 1983 |
| Olympic Record | 1:53.43 | Nadiya Olizarenko | Soviet Union | Moscow, Soviet Union | 27 February 1980 |
Medals
[edit]Gold: 
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Silver: 
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Bronze: 
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Maria Mutola,  Mozambique
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Stephanie Graf,  Austria
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Kelly Holmes,  Great Britain
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Results
[edit]All times shown are in seconds.
- Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
- q denotes qualification by overall place.
- DNS denotes did not start.
- DNF denotes did not finish.
- DQ denotes disqualification.
- NR denotes national record.
- OR denotes Olympic record.
- WR denotes world record.
- PB denotes personal best.
- SB denotes season best.
Qualifying heats
[edit]Round 1
[edit]| Heat 1 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 | ||||||||
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| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 7 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique
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5 | 1:59.88 | Q | ||
| 2 | 10 | Tamsyn Lewis |  Australia
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3 | 2:00.33 | Q | ||
| 3 | 11 | Hasna Benhassi |  Morocco
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8 | 2:00.50 | q | ||
| 4 | 22 | Natalya Dukhnova |  Belarus
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1 | 2:03.20 | |||
| 5 | 25 | Grace Birungi |  Uganda
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6 | 2:03.32 | |||
| 6 | 26 | Olena Buzhenko |  Ukraine
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7 | 2:03:48 | |||
| 7 | 27 | Florencia Hunt |  Netherlands Antilles
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4 | 2:03.78 | NR | ||
| 8 | 32 | Direma Banasso |  Togo
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2 | 2:13.67 | PB | ||
| Heat 2 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 | ||||||||
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| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 14 | Jearl Miles Clark |  United States
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3 | 2:01.79 | Q | ||
| 2 | 15 | Brigita Langerholc |  Slovenia
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7 | 2:01.89 | Q | ||
| 3 | 16 | Olga Raspopova |  Russia
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1 | 2:01.95 | |||
| 4 | 18 | Letitia Vriesde |  Suriname
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2 | 2:02.09 | |||
| 5 | 23 | Mina Ait Hammou | Morocco
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5 | 2:03.25 | |||
| 6 | 28 | Leontine Tsiba |  Republic of the Congo
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6 | 2:04:08 | NR | ||
| 7 | 30 | Elena Iagăr |  Romania
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8 | 2:07.56 | |||
| 8 | 37 | Roda Ali Wais |  Djibouti
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4 | 2:31.71 | |||
| Heat 3 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 | ||||||||
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| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 5 | Mayte Martínez |  Spain
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3 | 1:59.60 | Q | PB | |
| 2 | 6 | Irina Mistyukevich | Russia
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6 | 1:59.73 | Q | ||
| 3 | 8 | Zulia Calatayud |  Cuba
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8 | 2:00.18 | q | ||
| 4 | 9 | Joetta Clark Diggs | United States
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4 | 2:00.19 | q | ||
| 5 | 12 | Charmaine Howell |  Jamaica
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7 | 2:01.14 | q | ||
| 6 | 33 | Christine Mukamutesi |  Rwanda
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5 | 2:14:15 | |||
| 7 | 36 | Anhel Cape |  Guinea-Bissau
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1 | 2:17.05 | |||
| Ludmila Formanová |  Czech Republic
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2 | DNF | |||||
| Heat 4 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 | ||||||||
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| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 13 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain
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6 | 2:01.76 | Q | ||
| 2 | 17 | Hazel Clark | United States
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5 | 2:01.99 | Q | ||
| 3 | 19 | Natalya Tsyganova | Russia
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8 | 2:02.26 | |||
| 4 | 20 | Sandra Stals |  Belgium
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4 | 2:02.33 | |||
| 5 | 24 | Susan Andrews | Australia
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1 | 2:03.31 | |||
| 6 | 29 | Irina Latve |  Latvia
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2 | 2:06:05 | |||
| 7 | 35 | Delfina Cassinda |  Angola
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3 | 2:15.02 | |||
| Heat 5 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 | ||||||||
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| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | Stephanie Graf | Austria
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1 | 1:58.39 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | Claudia Gesell |  Germany
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2 | 1:58.56 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | Helena Fuchsová | Czech Republic
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4 | 1:58.97 | q | SB | |
| 4 | 4 | Toni Hodgkinson |  New Zealand
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7 | 1:59.37 | q | ||
| 5 | 21 | Diane Modahl | Great Britain
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5 | 2:02.41 | |||
| 6 | 31 | Adama Njie |  The Gambia
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6 | 2:07:90 | SB | ||
| 7 | 34 | Anna Nasilyan |  Armenia
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8 | 2:14.86 | |||
| Tina Paulino | Mozambique
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3 | DNS | |||||
Overall Results Round 1
Semi-finals
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| Heat 1 of 2 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 | ||||||||
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| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 4 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique
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5 | 1:58.56 | Q | ||
| 2 | 7 | Hasna Benhassi | Morocco
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4 | 1:59.19 | Q | ||
| 3 | 8 | Zulia Calatayud | Cuba
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2 | 1:59.30 | Q | PB | |
| 4 | 9 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia
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7 | 1:59.33 | |||
| 5 | 10 | Jearl Miles Clark | United States
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3 | 1:59.44 | |||
| 6 | 11 | Claudia Gesell | Germany
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6 | 1:59:69 | |||
| 7 | 13 | Charmaine Howell | Jamaica
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8 | 2:00.63 | PB | ||
| 8 | 15 | Mayte Martínez | Spain
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1 | 2:03.27 | |||
| Heat 2 of 2 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 | ||||||||
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| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Qual. | Record | ||
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | Stephanie Graf | Austria
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3 | 1:57.56 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain
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1 | 1:58.45 | Q | SB | |
| 3 | 3 | Helena Fuchsová | Czech Republic
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4 | 1:58.82 | Q | SB | |
| 4 | 5 | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia
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1 | 1:59.09 | q | NR | |
| 5 | 6 | Hazel Clark | United States
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6 | 1:59.12 | q | ||
| 6 | 12 | Toni Hodgkinson | New Zealand
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7 | 1:59:84 | |||
| 7 | 14 | Irina Mistyukevich | Russia
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5 | 2:02.95 | |||
| 8 | 16 | Joetta Clark Diggs | United States
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8 | 2:04.12 | |||
Overall Results Semi-finals
| Semi-final Overall Results | ||||||||
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| Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Lane | Place | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | Stephanie Graf | Austria
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2 | 3 | 1 | 1:57.56 | Q | |
| 2 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain
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1 | 2 | 2 | 1:58.45 | Q | SB |
| 3 | Helena Fuchsová | Czech Republic
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2 | 4 | 3 | 1:58.82 | Q | SB |
| 4 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique
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1 | 5 | 1 | 1:58.86 | Q | |
| 5 | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia
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2 | 1 | 4 | 1:59.96 | q | NR |
| 6 | Hazel Clark | United States
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2 | 6 | 5 | 1:59.12 | q | |
| 7 | Hasna Benhassi | Morocco
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1 | 4 | 2 | 1:59.19 | Q | |
| 8 | Zulia Calatayud | Cuba
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1 | 2 | 3 | 1:59.30 | Q | PB |
| 9 | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia
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1 | 7 | 4 | 1:59.33 | ||
| 10 | Jearl Miles Clark | United States
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1 | 3 | 5 | 1:59.44 | ||
| 11 | Claudia Gesell | Germany
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1 | 6 | 6 | 1:59.69 | ||
| 12 | Toni Hodgkinson | New Zealand
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2 | 7 | 6 | 1:59.84 | ||
| 13 | Charmaine Howell | Jamaica
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1 | 8 | 7 | 2:00.63 | PB | |
| 14 | Irina Mistyukevich | Russia
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2 | 5 | 7 | 2:02.95 | ||
| 15 | Mayte Martínez | Spain
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1 | 1 | 8 | 2:03.27 | ||
| 16 | Joetta Clark Diggs | United States
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2 | 8 | 8 | 2:04.12 | ||
Final
[edit]| Date: Monday 25 September 2000 | ||||||||
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| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Record | |||
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Maria Mutola | Mozambique
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6 | 1:56.15 | SB | |||
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Stephanie Graf | Austria
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5 | 1:56.64 | NR | |||
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Kelly Holmes | Great Britain
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3 | 1:56.80 | SB | |||
| 4 | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia
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8 | 1:58.51 | NR | |||
| 5 | Helena Fuchsová | Czech Republic
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1 | 1:58.56 | PB | |||
| 6 | Zulia Calatayud | Cuba
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7 | 1:58.66 | PB | |||
| 7 | Hazel Clark | United States
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2 | 1:58.75 | ||||
| 8 | Hasna Benhassi | Morocco
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4 | 1:59.17 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Games: Women's 800 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
External links
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