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.

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 ran 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 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 Gold: Silver: Bronze: Maria Mutola, Stephanie Graf, Kelly Holmes,

Results 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

Round 1 Heat 1 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 7 Maria Mutola 5 1:59.88 Q 2 10 Tamsyn Lewis 3 2:00.33 Q 3 11 Hasna Benhassi 8 2:00.50 q 4 22 Natalya Dukhnova 1 2:03.20 5 25 Grace Birungi 6 2:03.32 6 26 Olena Buzhenko 7 2:03:48 7 27 Florencia Hunt 4 2:03.78 NR 8 32 Direma Banasso 2 2:13.67 PB

Heat 2 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 14 Jearl Miles Clark 3 2:01.79 Q 2 15 Brigita Langerholc 7 2:01.89 Q 3 16 Olga Raspopova 1 2:01.95 4 18 Letitia Vriesde 2 2:02.09 5 23 Mina Ait Hammou 5 2:03.25 6 28 Leontine Tsiba 6 2:04:08 NR 7 30 Elena Iagăr 8 2:07.56 8 37 Roda Ali Wais 4 2:31.71

Heat 3 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 5 Mayte Martínez 3 1:59.60 Q PB 2 6 Irina Mistyukevich 6 1:59.73 Q 3 8 Zulia Calatayud 8 2:00.18 q 4 9 Joetta Clark Diggs 4 2:00.19 q 5 12 Charmaine Howell 7 2:01.14 q 6 33 Christine Mukamutesi 5 2:14:15 7 36 Anhel Cape 1 2:17.05 Ludmila Formanová 2 DNF

Heat 4 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 13 Kelly Holmes 6 2:01.76 Q 2 17 Hazel Clark 5 2:01.99 Q 3 19 Natalya Tsyganova 8 2:02.26 4 20 Sandra Stals 4 2:02.33 5 24 Susan Andrews 1 2:03.31 6 29 Irina Latve 2 2:06:05 7 35 Delfina Cassinda 3 2:15.02

Heat 5 of 5 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1 Stephanie Graf 1 1:58.39 Q 2 2 Claudia Gesell 2 1:58.56 Q 3 3 Helena Fuchsová 4 1:58.97 q SB 4 4 Toni Hodgkinson 7 1:59.37 q 5 21 Diane Modahl 5 2:02.41 6 31 Adama Njie 6 2:07:90 SB 7 34 Anna Nasilyan 8 2:14.86 Tina Paulino 3 DNS Overall Results Round 1 Round 1 Overall ResultsPlace Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Stephanie Graf 5 1 1 1:58.39 Q 2 Claudia Gesell 5 2 2 1:58.56 Q 3 Helena Fuchsová 5 4 3 1:58.97 q SB 4 Toni Hodgkinson 5 7 4 1:59.37 q 5 Mayte Martínez 3 3 1 1:59.60 Q PB 6 Irina Mistyukevich 3 6 3 1:59.73 Q 7 Maria Mutola 1 5 1 1:59.88 Q 8 Zulia Calatayud 2 8 3 2:00.18 q 9 Joetta Clark Diggs 3 4 4 2:00.19 q 10 Tamsyn Lewis 1 3 2 2:00.23 Q 11 Hasna Benhassi 1 8 3 2:00.50 q 12 Charmaine Howell 3 7 5 2:01.14 q 13 Kelly Holmes 4 6 1 2:01.76 Q 14 Jearl Miles Clark 2 3 1 2:01.79 Q 15 Brigita Langerholc 2 7 2 2:01.89 Q 16 Olga Raspopova 2 1 3 2:01.95 17 Hazel Clark 4 5 2 2:01.99 Q 18 Letitia Vriesde 2 2 4 2:02.09 19 Natalya Tsyganova 4 8 3 2:02.25 20 Sandra Stals 4 4 4 2:02.33 21 Diane Modahl 5 5 5 2:02.41 22 Natalya Dukhnova 1 1 4 2:03.20 23 Mina Ait Hammou 2 5 5 2:03.25 24 Susan Andrews 4 1 5 2:03.31 25 Grace Birungi 1 6 5 2:03.32 26 Olena Buzhenko 1 7 6 2:03.48 27 Florencia Hunt 1 4 7 2:03.78 NR 28 Leontine Tsiba 2 6 6 2:04.08 29 Irina Latve 4 2 6 2:06.05 30 Elena Iagăr 2 8 7 2:07.56 31 Adama Njie 5 6 6 2:07.90 SB 32 Direma Banasso 1 2 8 2:13.67 PB 33 Christine Mukamutesi 3 5 6 2:14.15 34 Anna Nasilyan 5 8 7 2:14:86 35 Delfina Cassinda 4 3 7 2:15.02 36 Anhel Cape 3 1 7 2:17.05 37 Roda Ali Wais 2 4 8 2:31.71 Ludmila Formanová 3 2 DNF Tina Paulino 5 3 DNS

Semi-finals

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 4 Maria Mutola 5 1:58.56 Q 2 7 Hasna Benhassi 4 1:59.19 Q 3 8 Zulia Calatayud 2 1:59.30 Q PB 4 9 Tamsyn Lewis 7 1:59.33 5 10 Jearl Miles Clark 3 1:59.44 6 11 Claudia Gesell 6 1:59:69 7 13 Charmaine Howell 8 2:00.63 PB 8 15 Mayte Martínez 1 2:03.27

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Saturday 23 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1 Stephanie Graf 3 1:57.56 Q 2 2 Kelly Holmes 1 1:58.45 Q SB 3 3 Helena Fuchsová 4 1:58.82 Q SB 4 5 Brigita Langerholc 1 1:59.09 q NR 5 6 Hazel Clark 6 1:59.12 q 6 12 Toni Hodgkinson 7 1:59:84 7 14 Irina Mistyukevich 5 2:02.95 8 16 Joetta Clark Diggs 8 2:04.12

Overall Results Semi-finals Semi-final Overall ResultsPlace Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Stephanie Graf 2 3 1 1:57.56 Q 2 Kelly Holmes 1 2 2 1:58.45 Q SB 3 Helena Fuchsová 2 4 3 1:58.82 Q SB 4 Maria Mutola 1 5 1 1:58.86 Q 5 Brigita Langerholc 2 1 4 1:59.96 q NR 6 Hazel Clark 2 6 5 1:59.12 q 7 Hasna Benhassi 1 4 2 1:59.19 Q 8 Zulia Calatayud 1 2 3 1:59.30 Q PB 9 Tamsyn Lewis 1 7 4 1:59.33 10 Jearl Miles Clark 1 3 5 1:59.44 11 Claudia Gesell 1 6 6 1:59.69 12 Toni Hodgkinson 2 7 6 1:59.84 13 Charmaine Howell 1 8 7 2:00.63 PB 14 Irina Mistyukevich 2 5 7 2:02.95 15 Mayte Martínez 1 1 8 2:03.27 16 Joetta Clark Diggs 2 8 8 2:04.12

Final Date: Monday 25 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Record Maria Mutola 6 1:56.15 SB Stephanie Graf 5 1:56.64 NR Kelly Holmes 3 1:56.80 SB 4 Brigita Langerholc 8 1:58.51 NR 5 Helena Fuchsová 1 1:58.56 PB 6 Zulia Calatayud 7 1:58.66 PB 7 Hazel Clark 2 1:58.75 8 Hasna Benhassi 4 1:59.17

References

External links Official Report Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics