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800 metres, Women

Date	15 – 18 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	42 from 33 countries

The favorite was Kenya’s Janeth Jepkosgei who had won the 2007 World Championships. In the final she led for the first 200 metres before being passed by her teammate, 18-year-old Pamela Jelimo, who nobody had heard of prior to 2008, but who had won all her Golden League races earlier in 2008. Jelimo was never headed, winning the race quite easily, setting a World Junior Record in the process. Jepkosgei got the silver medal, followed by Morocco’s Hasna Benhassi, the silver medalist in Athina. Mozambique’s Maria Mutola was running in her fifth Olympic 800 final, having won gold in 2000, and briefly challenged at 600 metres but eventually finished fifth.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	2259	Pamela Jelimo	KEN	2:03.18 (1 h3)	1:57.31 (1 h2)	1:54.87 (1)	Gold
2	2267	Janeth Jepkosgei	KEN	1:59.72 (1 h6)	1:57.28 (1 h3)	1:56.07 (2)	Silver
3	2383	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	2:00.51 (2 h5)	1:58.03 (2 h2)	1:56.73 (3)	Bronze
4	2827	Svetlana Klyuka	RUS	2:01.67 (1 h1)	1:58.31 (1 h1)	1:56.94 (4)
5	2470	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:58.91 (1 h4)	1:58.61 (2 h1)	1:57.68 (5)
6	2177	Kenia Sinclair	JAM	2:03.76 (2 h3)	1:58.28 (4 h3)	1:58.24 (6)
7	3117	Yuliya Krevsun	UKR	2:00.21 (1 h2)	1:57.32 (2 h3)	1:58.73 (7)
8	2825	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	2:00.31 (2 h2)	1:58.16 (3 h3)	2:02.63 (8)
3 h1 r2/3	2937	Lucia Klocová	SVK	1:59.42 (3 h4)	1:58.80 (3 h1)	–
3 h2 r2/3	2840	Yekaterina Kostetskaya	RUS	2:00.54 (3 h5)	1:58.33 (3 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/3	3097	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	2:00.00 (2 h6)	1:59.27 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	1474	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2:00.34 (1 h5)	1:58.78 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/3	1418	Rosibel García	COL	2:01.98 (2 h1)	1:59.38 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	2635	Anna Rostkowska	POL	2:02.11 (3 h1)	1:58.84 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	2072	Elisa Cusma	ITA	2:00.24 (5 h6)	1:59.52 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	1820	Marilyn Okoro	GBR	1:59.01 (2 h4)	1:59.53 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	1816	Jenny Meadows	GBR	2:00.33 (3 h2)	1:59.43 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	2426	Olga Cristea	MDA	2:00.59 (4 h5)	2:00.12 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	2879	Brigita Langerholc	SLO	2:00.13 (3 h6)	2:00.00 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	2379	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	LTU	2:00.15 (4 h6)	2:02.59 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	1970	Neisha Bernard-Thomas	GRN	2:00.09 (5 h4)	2:01.84 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r2/3	1076	Tamsyn Lewis	AUS	1:59.67 (4 h4)	2:01.41 (8 h1)	–
AC h3 r2/3	1740	Élodie Guégan	FRA	2:03.85 (3 h3)	– (DNF h3)	–
4 h1 r1/3	1836	Jemma Simpson	GBR	2:02.16 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	1982	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.02 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	3042	Merve Aydın	TUR	2:04.75 (4 h3)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	2481	Agnes Samaria	NAM	2:02.18 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	3229	Alice Schmidt	USA	2:02.33 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	2473	Annabelle Lascar	MRI	2:06.11 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	3281	Hazel Clark-Riley	USA	2:01.59 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	1051	Madeleine Pape	AUS	2:03.09 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	2460	Haley Nemra	MHL	2:18.83 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	1440	Marcela Britos	URU	2:08.98 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	1858	Emilia Mikue Ondo	GEQ	2:20.69 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	2708	Mihaela Neacșu	ROU	2:03.03 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	2666	Carmo Tavares	POR	2:01.91 (6 h6)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	2183	Baraah Awadallah	JOR	2:18.41 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	2430	Aishath Reesha	MDV	2:30.14 (7 h5)	–	–
AC h4 r1/3	3242	Nicole Teter	USA	– (DNF h4)	–	–
AC h6 r1/3	1283	Mireille Dereboba-Ngaisset	CAF	– (DQ h6)	–	–
DQ	3132	Vanja Perišić	CRO	[2:06.82] (DQ h3)	–	–		1
DQ	1146	Sviatlana Vusovich	BLR	[2:00.42] (DQ h2)	[2:02.79] (DQ h2)	–		2

Round One (15 August 2008)

Top three in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (11:10)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Svetlana Klyuka	RUS	2:01.67	Q
2	4	Rosibel García	COL	2:01.98	Q
3	8	Anna Rostkowska	POL	2:02.11	Q
4	5	Jemma Simpson	GBR	2:02.16
5	7	Agnes Samaria	NAM	2:02.18
6	6	Madeleine Pape	AUS	2:03.09
7	2	Baraah Awadallah	JOR	2:18.41

Splits

400 m	1:02.93	Svetlana Klyuka
600 m	1:33.33	Agnes Samaria

Heat Two (11:18)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Yuliya Krevsun	UKR	2:00.21	Q
2	2	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	2:00.31	Q
3	6	Jenny Meadows	GBR	2:00.33	Q
4	5	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.02
5	8	Alice Schmidt	USA	2:02.33
6	4	Haley Nemra	MHL	2:18.83
DQ	7	Sviatlana Vusovich	BLR	[2:00.42]	Q	3

Splits

400 m	58.53	Sviatlana Vusovich
600 m	1:30.07	Sviatlana Vusovich

Heat Three (11:26)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Pamela Jelimo	KEN	2:03.18	Q
2	7	Kenia Sinclair	JAM	2:03.76	Q
3	6	Élodie Guégan	FRA	2:03.85	Q
4	5	Merve Aydın	TUR	2:04.75
5	3	Annabelle Lascar	MRI	2:06.11
6	4	Marcela Britos	URU	2:08.98
DQ	[2]	Vanja Perišić	CRO	[2:06.82]		4

Splits

400 m	1:02.68	Kenia Sinclair
600 m	1:34.40	Pamela Jelimo

Heat Four (11:34)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:58.91	Q
2	8	Marilyn Okoro	GBR	1:59.01	Q
3	3	Lucia Klocová	SVK	1:59.42	Q
4	7	Tamsyn Lewis	AUS	1:59.67	q
5	5	Neisha Bernard-Thomas	GRN	2:00.09	q
6	2	Emilia Mikue Ondo	GEQ	2:20.69
DNF	6	Nicole Teter	USA	–

Splits

400 m	57.93	Tamsyn Lewis
600 m	1:29.00	Maria Mutola

Heat Five (11:42)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2:00.34	Q
2	3	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	2:00.51	Q
3	5	Yekaterina Kostetskaya	RUS	2:00.54	Q
4	4	Olga Cristea	MDA	2:00.59	q
5	2	Hazel Clark-Riley	USA	2:01.59
6	7	Mihaela Neacșu	ROU	2:03.03
7	6	Aishath Reesha	MDV	2:30.14

Splits

400 m	1:00.47	Zulia Calatayud
600 m	1:31.00	Hazel Clark-Riley

Heat Six (11:50)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Janeth Jepkosgei	KEN	1:59.72	Q
2	2	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	2:00.00	Q
3	5	Brigita Langerholc	SLO	2:00.13	Q
4	3	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	LTU	2:00.15	q
5	6	Elisa Cusma	ITA	2:00.24	q
6	4	Carmo Tavares	POR	2:01.91
DQ	7	Mireille Dereboba-Ngaisset	CAF	–

Splits

400 m	57.77	Janeth Jepkosgei
600 m	1:28.54	Janeth Jepkosgei

Semi-Finals (16 August 2008)

Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (19:30)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Svetlana Klyuka	RUS	1:58.31	Q
2	5	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:58.61	Q
3	6	Lucia Klocová	SVK	1:58.80
4	8	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	1:59.27
5	2	Rosibel García	COL	1:59.38
6	7	Marilyn Okoro	GBR	1:59.53
7	3	Brigita Langerholc	SLO	2:00.00
8	9	Tamsyn Lewis	AUS	2:01.41

Splits

400 m	58.79	Svetlana Klyuka
600 m	1:28.49	Svetlana Klyuka

Heat Two (19:39)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Pamela Jelimo	KEN	1:57.31	Q
2	6	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1:58.03	Q
3	7	Yekaterina Kostetskaya	RUS	1:58.33
4	8	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	1:58.78
5	5	Anna Rostkowska	POL	1:58.84
6	9	Jenny Meadows	GBR	1:59.43
7	3	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	LTU	2:02.59
DQ	2	Sviatlana Vusovich	BLR	[2:02.79]		5

Splits

400 m	57.93	Pamela Jelimo
600 m	1:27.39	Pamela Jelimo

Heat Three (19:48)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Janeth Jepkosgei	KEN	1:57.28	Q
2	5	Yuliya Krevsun	UKR	1:57.32	Q
3	4	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	1:58.16	q
4	8	Kenia Sinclair	JAM	1:58.28	q
5	9	Elisa Cusma	ITA	1:59.52
6	2	Olga Cristea	MDA	2:00.12
7	3	Neisha Bernard-Thomas	GRN	2:01.84
DNF	7	Élodie Guégan	FRA	–

Splits

400 m	56.10	Janeth Jepkosgei
600 m	1:26.50	Janeth Jepkosgei

Final (18 August 2008 — 21:35)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Pamela Jelimo	KEN	1:54.87
2	7	Janeth Jepkosgei	KEN	1:56.07
3	8	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1:56.73
4	6	Svetlana Klyuka	RUS	1:56.94
5	2	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:57.68
6	3	Kenia Sinclair	JAM	1:58.24
7	9	Yuliya Krevsun	UKR	1:58.73
8	5	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	2:02.63

Splits

400 m	55.41	Pamela Jelimo
600 m	1:24.03	Pamela Jelimo