Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Women's 800 metres; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	26 July 1996 (heats); 27 July 1996 (semi-finals); 29 July 1996 (final)
Competitors	36 from 31 nations
Winning time	1:57.73
Medalists
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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.^[1]

Official Video Highlights @ 1:49:53

Medalists

Gold	Svetlana Masterkova Russia
Silver	Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba
Bronze	Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique

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

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	Great Britain	1:58.80	Q
2	2	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	Mozambique	1:58.98	Q
2	5	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	1:58.98	Q
4	2	Yelena Afanasyeva	Russia	1:59.18	Q
5	3	Natasha Dukhnova	Belarus	1:59.23	Q
6	3	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	1:59.35	Q
7	5	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	1:59.37	q
8	2	Linda Kisabaka	Germany	1:59.56	q
8	3	Dawn Williams	Dominica	1:59.56	q
10	1	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	1:59.67	Q
11	1	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	1:59.71	Q
12	3	Meredith Rainey	United States	1:59.96	q
13	4	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	1:59.98	Q
14	2	Viviane Dorsile	France	2:00.02	q
15	3	Lyubov Tsyoma	Russia	2:00.18	q
16	1	Luciana Mendes	Brazil	2:00.25
17	4	Stella Jongmans	Netherlands	2:00.26	Q
18	3	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	2:00.27
19	4	Joetta Clark	United States	2:00.38
20	5	Suzy Favor-Hamilton	United States	2:00.47
21	5	Inez Turner	Jamaica	2:01.48
22	4	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	2:01.61
23	4	Petya Strashilova	Bulgaria	2:02.13
24	1	Nouria Mérah-Benida	Algeria	2:02.44
25	4	Lisa Lightfoot	Australia	2:02.88
26	2	Eduarda Coelho	Portugal	2:03.22
27	1	Jian Zhang	China	2:04.17
28	5	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	2:04.80
29	2	Marta Orellana	Argentina	2:04.99
30	4	Restituta Joseph	Tanzania	2:08.31
31	1	Léontine Tsiba	Republic of the Congo	2:08.58
32	1	Sharette García	Belize	2:13.52
33	3	Yaznee Nasheeda	Maldives	2:36.85
	2	Diane Modahl	Great Britain	DNF
	3	Ana Amelia Menéndez	Spain	DNF
	5	Adama Njie	The Gambia	DNF
	1	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	DNS

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

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	1:57.73
	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	1:58.11
	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	Mozambique	1:58.71
4	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	1:58.81
5	Yelena Afanasyeva	Russia	1:59.57
6	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	1:59.61
7	Natasha Dukhnova	Belarus	2:00.32
8	Toni Hodgkinson	New Zealand	2:00.54