The women's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place between the 21 and 22 of July at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion is Adriana Muñoz of Cuba.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record1:53.28Munich, GermanyJuly 26, 1983Pan American Games record1:58.71Havana, CubaAugust 8, 1991
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (2.06.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).
Schedule Date Time RoundJuly 21, 2015 18:45 SemifinalsJuly 22, 2015 19:30 Final
Results All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified
Semifinals Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Flávia de Lima 2:02.39 Q 2 1 Alysia Montaño 2:02.95 Q 3 1 Jessica Smith 2:03.34 Q 4 1 Gabriela Medina 2:03.94 q 5 2 Rose Mary Almanza 2:04.39 Q 6 2 Melissa Bishop 2:04.51 Q 7 2 Phoebe Wright 2:04.88 Q 8 2 Kimarra McDonald 2:05.72 q 9 2 Erika Lima 2:06.44 10 1 Alena Brooks 2:07.82 11 2 Cristina Guevara 2:08.11 SB 12 2 Sonia Gaskin 2:09.01 13 1 Alethia Marrero 2:11.39 14 1 Sahily Diago 2:13.72
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Melissa Bishop 1:59.52 3 Alysia Montaño 1:59.76 7 Flávia de Lima 2:00.40 PB 4 5 Rose Mary Almanza 2:01.82 5 8 Jessica Smith 2:03.02 6 1 Gabriela Medina 2:03.91 7 6 Phoebe Wright 2:04.17 8 2 Kimarra McDonald 2:04.37
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