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800 metres, Women

Date	20 – 23 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	43 from 36 countries

The defending champion, Maria Mutola, was the favorite, having won the 2001 and 2003 World Championships. The final pace was led by American Jearl Miles-Clark who led thru 600 metres. At the start of the homestretch Mutola and Britain’s Kelly Holmes passed into the lead. It was expected to be a great battle but Mutola faded, and Holmes ran away from her. But the finish was very close as Morocco’s Hasna Benhassi and Slovenia’s Jolanda Čeplak closed quickly. Holmes held on to win, with almost nothing to choose between Benhassi and Ceplak, both clocked in 1:56.43, Benhassi getting the silver. Mutola dropped back to fourth, and Miles-Clark trailed in sixth place.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Kelly Holmes	GBR	2:00.81 (1 h3)	1:57.98 (1 h1)	1:56.38 (1)	Gold
2	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	2:01.20 (1 h1)	1:58.59 (1 h2)	1:56.43 (2)	Silver
3	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	2:00.61 (1 h5)	1:58.80 (2 h2)	1:56.43 (3)	Bronze
4	Maria Mutola	MOZ	2:01.50 (2 h1)	1:59.30 (1 h3)	1:56.51 (4)
5	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	2:03.77 (1 h6)	1:58.41 (2 h1)	1:56.88 (5)
6	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	2:01.33 (2 h3)	1:58.71 (3 h1)	1:57.27 (6)
7	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.64 (1 h2)	1:59.44 (2 h3)	1:59.62 (7)
8	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2:03.99 (3 h6)	1:59.21 (4 h1)	2:00.95 (8)
3 h2 r2/3	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	2:02.07 (3 h1)	1:59.48 (3 h2)	–
3 h3 r2/3	Svetlana Cherkasova	RUS	2:03.60 (1 h4)	1:59.80 (3 h3)	–
4 h2 r2/3	Nicole Teter	USA	2:01.16 (3 h5)	1:59.50 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r2/3	Diane Cummins	CAN	2:01.19 (5 h2)	2:00.30 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	Agnes Samaria	NAM	2:00.05 (2 h2)	1:59.37 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	Nataliya Khrushchelyeva	RUS	2:00.56 (4 h2)	2:00.68 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	Jo Fenn	GBR	2:03.72 (3 h4)	2:00.60 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	Élisabeth Grousselle	FRA	2:00.31 (3 h2)	2:00.21 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	Lucia Klocová	SVK	2:02.17 (5 h5)	2:00.79 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	Seltana Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.95 (2 h6)	2:00.64 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	Mina Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.70 (2 h4)	2:00.66 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.12 (4 h1)	2:02.21 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	Luciana Mendes	BRA	2:01.36 (4 h5)	2:02.00 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r2/3	Michelle Ballentine	JAM	2:01.52 (3 h3)	2:00.94 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	Mayté Martínez	ESP	2:00.81 (2 h5)	2:03.30 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r2/3	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	2:01.70 (4 h3)	2:06.95 (8 h3)	–
4 h4 r1/3	Claudia Gesell	GER	2:03.87 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	Anita Brägger	SUI	2:04.00 (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	Nédia Semedo	POR	2:02.61 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	Tamsyn Lewis	AUS	2:02.67 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	Akosua Serwaa	GHA	2:03.96 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	Hazel Clark-Riley	USA	2:05.67 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	Olga Cristea	MDA	2:08.97 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	Miho Sugimori	JPN	2:02.82 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	Tatyana Roslanova	KAZ	2:06.39 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	Faith Macharia	KEN	2:06.31 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	Binnaz Uslu	TUR	2:03.46 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	Noelly Mankatu Bibiche	COD	2:06.23 (6 h6)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	Marlyse Nsourou	GAB	2:12.35 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	Adama N'Jie	GAM	2:10.02 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	Sanna Bkheet	PLE	2:32.10 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	Emilia Mikue Ondo	GEQ	2:22.88 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	Marie-Lyne Joseph	DMA	2:20.23 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	Tanya Blake	MLT	2:19.34 (7 h6)	–	–
AC h3 r1/3	Anhel Cape	GBS	– (DNF h3)	–	–

Round One

Date	20 August 2004 — 22:00
Format	Top 3 in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.64	Q
2	Agnes Samaria	NAM	2:00.05	Q
3	Élisabeth Grousselle	FRA	2:00.31	Q
4	Nataliya Khrushchelyeva	RUS	2:00.56	q
5	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	2:00.61	Q
=6	Kelly Holmes	GBR	2:00.81	Q
=6	Mayté Martínez	ESP	2:00.81	Q
8	Nicole Teter	USA	2:01.16	Q
9	Diane Cummins	CAN	2:01.19	q
10	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	2:01.20	Q
11	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	2:01.33	Q
12	Luciana Mendes	BRA	2:01.36	q
13	Maria Mutola	MOZ	2:01.50	Q
14	Michelle Ballentine	JAM	2:01.52	Q
15	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	2:01.70	q
16	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	2:02.07	Q
17	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.12	q
18	Lucia Klocová	SVK	2:02.17	q
19	Nédia Semedo	POR	2:02.61
20	Tamsyn Lewis	AUS	2:02.67
21	Miho Sugimori	JPN	2:02.82
22	Binnaz Uslu	TUR	2:03.46
23	Svetlana Cherkasova	RUS	2:03.60	Q
24	Mina Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.70	Q
25	Jo Fenn	GBR	2:03.72	Q
26	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	2:03.77	Q
27	Claudia Gesell	GER	2:03.87
28	Seltana Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.95	Q
29	Akosua Serwaa	GHA	2:03.96
30	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2:03.99	Q
31	Anita Brägger	SUI	2:04.00
32	Hazel Clark-Riley	USA	2:05.67
33	Noelly Mankatu Bibiche	COD	2:06.23
34	Faith Macharia	KEN	2:06.31
35	Tatyana Roslanova	KAZ	2:06.39
36	Olga Cristea	MDA	2:08.97
37	Adama N'Jie	GAM	2:10.02
38	Marlyse Nsourou	GAB	2:12.35
39	Tanya Blake	MLT	2:19.34
40	Marie-Lyne Joseph	DMA	2:20.23
41	Emilia Mikue Ondo	GEQ	2:22.88
42	Sanna Bkheet	PLE	2:32.10
DNF	Anhel Cape	GBS	–

Heat #1

Time	22:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	2:01.20	Q
2	Maria Mutola	MOZ	2:01.50	Q
3	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	2:02.07	Q
4	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.12	q
5	Nédia Semedo	POR	2:02.61
6	Olga Cristea	MDA	2:08.97
7	Marlyse Nsourou	GAB	2:12.35

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Hasna Benhassi		1:02.30

Heat #2

Time	22:06

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.64	Q
2	Agnes Samaria	NAM	2:00.05	Q
3	Élisabeth Grousselle	FRA	2:00.31	Q
4	Nataliya Khrushchelyeva	RUS	2:00.56	q
5	Diane Cummins	CAN	2:01.19	q
6	Miho Sugimori	JPN	2:02.82
7	Adama N'Jie	GAM	2:10.02

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Miho Sugimori		58.22

Heat #3

Time	22:12

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Kelly Holmes	GBR	2:00.81	Q
2	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	2:01.33	Q
3	Michelle Ballentine	JAM	2:01.52	Q
4	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	2:01.70	q
5	Tamsyn Lewis	AUS	2:02.67
6	Tatyana Roslanova	KAZ	2:06.39
7	Sanna Bkheet	PLE	2:32.10
DNF	Anhel Cape	GBS	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Letitia Vriesde		59.73

Heat #4

Time	22:18

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Svetlana Cherkasova	RUS	2:03.60	Q
2	Mina Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.70	Q
3	Jo Fenn	GBR	2:03.72	Q
4	Claudia Gesell	GER	2:03.87
5	Akosua Serwaa	GHA	2:03.96
6	Faith Macharia	KEN	2:06.31
7	Emilia Mikue Ondo	GEQ	2:22.88

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Jo Fenn		1:02.97

Heat #5

Time	22:24

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	2:00.61	Q
2	Mayté Martínez	ESP	2:00.81	Q
3	Nicole Teter	USA	2:01.16	Q
4	Luciana Mendes	BRA	2:01.36	q
5	Lucia Klocová	SVK	2:02.17	q
6	Binnaz Uslu	TUR	2:03.46
7	Marie-Lyne Joseph	DMA	2:20.23

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Jolanda Čeplak		58.98

Heat #6

Time	22:30

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	2:03.77	Q
2	Seltana Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.95	Q
3	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2:03.99	Q
4	Anita Brägger	SUI	2:04.00
5	Hazel Clark-Riley	USA	2:05.67
6	Noelly Mankatu Bibiche	COD	2:06.23
7	Tanya Blake	MLT	2:19.34

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Hazel Clark-Riley		1:02.54

Semi-Finals

Date	21 August 2004 — 20:40
Format	Top 2 in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	Kelly Holmes	GBR	1:57.98	Q
2	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	1:58.41	Q
3	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1:58.59	Q
4	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	1:58.71	q
5	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	1:58.80	Q
6	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	1:59.21	q
7	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:59.30	Q
8	Agnes Samaria	NAM	1:59.37
9	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.44	Q
10	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	1:59.48
11	Nicole Teter	USA	1:59.50
12	Svetlana Cherkasova	RUS	1:59.80
13	Élisabeth Grousselle	FRA	2:00.21
14	Diane Cummins	CAN	2:00.30
15	Jo Fenn	GBR	2:00.60
16	Seltana Aït Hammou	MAR	2:00.64
17	Mina Aït Hammou	MAR	2:00.66
18	Nataliya Khrushchelyeva	RUS	2:00.68
19	Lucia Klocová	SVK	2:00.79
20	Michelle Ballentine	JAM	2:00.94
21	Luciana Mendes	BRA	2:02.00
22	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.21
23	Mayté Martínez	ESP	2:03.30
24	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	2:06.95

Heat #1

Time	20:40

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Kelly Holmes	GBR	1:57.98	Q
2	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	1:58.41	Q
3	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	1:58.71	q
4	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	1:59.21	q
5	Agnes Samaria	NAM	1:59.37
6	Élisabeth Grousselle	FRA	2:00.21
7	Mina Aït Hammou	MAR	2:00.66
8	Michelle Ballentine	JAM	2:00.94

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Jearl Miles-Clark		57.18

Heat #2

Time	20:48

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1:58.59	Q
2	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	1:58.80	Q
3	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	1:59.48
4	Nicole Teter	USA	1:59.50
5	Nataliya Khrushchelyeva	RUS	2:00.68
6	Lucia Klocová	SVK	2:00.79
7	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.21
8	Mayté Martínez	ESP	2:03.30

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Jolanda Čeplak		57.85

Heat #3

Time	20:56

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:59.30	Q
2	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.44	Q
3	Svetlana Cherkasova	RUS	1:59.80
4	Diane Cummins	CAN	2:00.30
5	Jo Fenn	GBR	2:00.60
6	Seltana Aït Hammou	MAR	2:00.64
7	Luciana Mendes	BRA	2:02.00
8	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	2:06.95

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Maria Mutola		57.84

Final Round

Date	23 August 2004 — 20:55

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	Kelly Holmes	GBR	1:56.38
2	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1:56.43
3	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	1:56.43
4	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:56.51
5	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	1:56.88
6	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	1:57.27
7	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.62
8	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2:00.95

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Jearl Miles-Clark		56.37