These are the official results of the women's 800 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. There were a total of 37 competitors from 31 countries.

Medalists

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 Nadiya Olizarenko Moscow (URS) July 27, 1980

Results Heats Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Kelly Holmes 1:58.80 Q 2 2 Maria de Lurdes Mutola 1:58.98 Q 2 5 Patricia Djaté-Taillard 1:58.98 Q 4 2 Yelena Afanasyeva 1:59.18 Q 5 3 Natasha Dukhnova 1:59.23 Q 6 3 Toni Hodgkinson 1:59.35 Q 7 5 Ludmila Formanová 1:59.37 q 8 2 Linda Kisabaka 1:59.56 q 8 3 Dawn Williams 1:59.56 q 10 1 Svetlana Masterkova 1:59.67 Q 11 1 Letitia Vriesde 1:59.71 Q 12 3 Meredith Rainey 1:59.96 q 13 4 Ana Fidelia Quirot 1:59.98 Q 14 2 Viviane Dorsile 2:00.02 q 15 3 Lyubov Tsyoma 2:00.18 q 16 1 Luciana Mendes 2:00.25 17 4 Stella Jongmans 2:00.26 Q 18 3 Charmaine Crooks 2:00.27 19 4 Joetta Clark 2:00.38 20 5 Suzy Favor-Hamilton 2:00.47 21 5 Inez Turner 2:01.48 22 4 Malin Ewerlöf 2:01.61 23 4 Petya Strashilova 2:02.13 24 1 Nouria Mérah-Benida 2:02.44 25 4 Lisa Lightfoot 2:02.88 26 2 Eduarda Coelho 2:03.22 27 1 Jian Zhang 2:04.17 28 5 Kutre Dulecha 2:04.80 29 2 Marta Orellana 2:04.99 30 4 Restituta Joseph 2:08.31 31 1 Léontine Tsiba 2:08.58 32 1 Sharette García 2:13.52 33 3 Yaznee Nasheeda 2:36.85 2 Diane Modahl 3 Ana Amelia Menéndez 5 Adama Njie 1 Tina Paulino

Semifinals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Maria de Lurdes Mutola 1:57.62 Q 2 2 Yelena Afanasyeva 1:57.77 Q 3 2 Patricia Djaté-Taillard 1:57.93 Q 4 1 Svetlana Masterkova 1:57.95 Q 5 1 Ana Fidelia Quirot 1:57.99 Q 6 2 Toni Hodgkinson 1:58.25 Q 7 2 Letitia Vriesde 1:58.29 8 1 Kelly Holmes 1:58.49 Q 9 1 Natasha Dukhnova 1:58.67 Q 10 1 Dawn Williams 1:59.06 11 1 Linda Kisabaka 1:59.23 12 2 Ludmila Formanová 1:59.28 13 2 Meredith Rainey 1:59.36 14 1 Viviane Dorsile 2:00.68 15 2 Lyubov Tsyoma 2:02.50 1 Stella Jongmans

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Svetlana Masterkova 1:57.73 Ana Fidelia Quirot 1:58.11 Maria de Lurdes Mutola 1:58.71 4 Kelly Holmes 1:58.81 5 Yelena Afanasyeva 1:59.57 6 Patricia Djaté-Taillard 1:59.61 7 Natasha Dukhnova 2:00.32 8 Toni Hodgkinson 2:00.54

See also Men's 800 metres

References

External links Official Report Results