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

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

Official Video Highlights @ 1:49:53

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 37 competitors, with one non-starter.^[1]

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	Nadezhda Olizarenko	Moscow (URS)	July 27, 1980

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	FINAL	SEMI	HEAT
	Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)	1:57.73	1:57.95	1:59.67
	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:58.11	1:57.99	1:59.98
	Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ)	1:58.71	1:57.62	1:58.98
4.	Kelly Holmes (GBR)	1:58.81	1:58.49	1:58.80
5.	Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS)	1:59.57	1:57.77	1:59.18
6.	Patricia Djaté-Taillard (FRA)	1:59.61	1:57.93	1:58.98
7.	Natasha Dukhnova (BLR)	2:00.32	1:58.67	1:59.23
8.	Toni Hodgkinson (NZL)	2:00.54	1:58.25	1:59.35

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	SEMI	HEAT
—	Dawn Williams (DMA)	1:59.06	1:59.65
—	Linda Kisabaka (GER)	1:59.23	1:59.56
—	Viviane Dorsile (FRA)	2:00.68	2:00.02
—	Stella Jongmans (NED)	DNF	2:00.26
—	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	1:58.29	1:59.71
—	Ludmila Formanová (CZE)	1:59.28	1:59.37
—	Meredith Rainey (USA)	1:59.36	1:59.96
—	Lyubov Tsyoma (RUS)	2:02.50	2:00.18
—	Luciana Mendes (BRA)	DNQ	2:00.25
—	Charmaine Crooks (CAN)	DNQ	2:00.27
—	Joetta Clark (USA)	DNQ	2:00.38
—	Suzy Favor-Hamilton (USA)	DNQ	2:00.47
—	Inez Turner (JAM)	DNQ	2:01.48
—	Malin Ewerlöf (SWE)	DNQ	2:01.61
—	Petya Strashilova (BUL)	DNQ	2:02.13
—	Nouria Mérah-Benida (ALG)	DNQ	2:02.44
—	Lisa Lightfoot (AUS)	DNQ	2:02.88
—	Eduarda Coelho (POR)	DNQ	2:03.22
—	Jian Zhang (CHN)	DNQ	2:04.17
—	Kutre Dulecha (ETH)	DNQ	2:04.80
—	Marta Orellana (ARG)	DNQ	2:04.99
—	Restituta Joseph (TAN)	DNQ	2:08.31
—	Léontine Tsiba (CGO)	DNQ	2:08.58
—	Sharette García (BIZ)	DNQ	2:13.52
—	Yaznee Nasheeda (MDV)	DNQ	2:36.85
—	Adama Njie (GAM)	DNQ	DNF
—	Ana Amelia Menéndez (ESP)	DNQ	DNF
—	Diane Modahl (GBR)	DNQ	DNF
—	Tina Paulino (MOZ)	DNQ	DNS

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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
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
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races