Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Athletics - 800 m (women)
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sport | athletics |
discipline | 800 meter run |
gender | Women |
place | Beijing National Stadium |
Participants | 42 athletes from 34 countries |
Competition phase | August 16-18, 2008 |
Medalists | |
gold | Pamela Jelimo ( KEN ) |
silver | Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei ( KEN ) |
bronze | Hasna Benhassi ( MAR ) |
The 800-meter run at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing was held from August 16 to 18, 2008 in the National Stadium. 42 athletes took part.
There was a Kenyan double victory. Gold went to Pamela Jelimo , silver went to Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei . The bronze medal went to the Moroccan Hasna Benhassi .
Current titleholders
Olympic Champion 2004 | Kelly Holmes ( Great Britain ) | 1: 56.38 min | Athens 2004 |
World Champion 2007 | Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei ( Kenya ) | 1: 56.04 min | Osaka 2007 |
European Champion 2006 | Olga Kotlyarova ( Russia ) | 1: 57.38 min | Gothenburg 2006 |
Pan American Champion 2007 | Diane Cummins ( Canada ) | 1: 59.75 min | Rio de Janeiro 2007 |
Central America and Caribbean champion 2008 | Rosibel García ( Colombia ) | 2: 05.9 min | Cali 2008 |
South American Champion 2007 | Marian Burnett ( Guyana ) | 2: 03.57 min | São Paulo 2007 |
Asian Champion 2007 | Trương Thanh Hằng ( Vietnam ) | 2: 07.77 min | Amman 2007 |
Africa Champion 2008 | Pamela Jelimo ( Kenya ) | 1: 58.70 min | Addis Ababa 2008 |
Oceania Champion 2008 | Salome Dell ( Papua New Guinea ) | 2: 10.92 min | Saipan 2008 |
Existing records
World record | 1: 53.28 min | Jarmila Kratochvilová ( Czechoslovakia ) | Munich , Federal Republic of Germany (now Germany ) | July 26, 1983 |
Olympic record | 1: 53.43 min | Nadija Olisarenko ( Soviet Union ) | Final of Moscow , Soviet Union (today Russia ) | July 27, 1980 |
Preliminary round
There were six preliminary runs. The first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the six fastest athletes - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
August 15, 2008 , 11:10 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Svetlana Kljuka | Russia | 2: 01.67 min | |
2 | Rosibel García | Colombia | 2: 01.98 min | |
3 | Anna Rostkowska | Poland | 2: 02.11 min | |
4th | Jemma Simpson | Great Britain | 2: 02.16 min | |
5 | Agnes Samaria | Namibia | 2: 02.18 min | |
6th | Madeleine Pape | France | 2: 03.09 min | |
7th | Baraah Awadallah | Jordan | 2: 18.41 min |
Forward 2
August 15, 2008 , 11:18 am
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Julija Krewsun | Ukraine | 2: 00.21 min | |
2 | Tatiana Andrianova | Russia | 2: 00.31 min | |
3 | Jenny Meadows | Great Britain | 2: 00.32 min | |
4th | Svyatlana Usovich | Belarus | 2: 00.42 min | |
5 | Marian Burnett | Guyana | 2: 02.02 min | |
6th | Alice Schmidt | United States | 2: 02.33 min | |
7th | Haley Nemra | Marshall Islands | 2: 18.83 min |
Forward 3
August 15, 2008 , 11:26 am
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Pamela Jelimo | Kenya | 2: 03.18 min | |
2 | Kenya Sinclair | Jamaica | 2: 03.76 min | |
3 | Élodie Guégan | France | 2: 03.85 min | |
4th | Merve Aydın | Turkey | 2: 04.75 min | |
5 | Annabelle Lascar | Mauritius | 2: 06.11 min | PB |
6th | Vanja Perišić | Croatia | 2: 06.82 min | |
7th | Marcela Britos | Uruguay | 2: 08.96 min |
Forward 4
August 15, 2008 , 11:34 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 1: 58.91 min | |
2 | Marilyn Okoro | Great Britain | 1: 59.01 min | |
3 | Lucia Klocová | Slovakia | 1: 59.42 min | |
4th | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 1: 59.67 min | |
5 | Neisha Bernard-Thomas | Grenada | 2: 00.09 min | NO |
6th | Emilia Mikue Ondo | Equatorial Guinea | 2: 20.69 min | |
DNF | Nicole Teter | United States |
Forward 5
August 15, 2008 , 11:42 am
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Zulia Calatayud | Cuba | 2: 00.34 min | |
2 | Hasna Benhassi | Morocco | 2: 00.51 min | |
3 | Ekaterina Kostetskaya | Russia | 2: 00.54 min | |
4th | Olga Cristea | Moldova | 2: 00.59 min | PB |
5 | Hazel Clark-Riley | United States | 2: 01.51 min | |
6th | Mihaela Neacșu | Romania | 2: 03.03 min | |
7th | Aishath Reesha | Maldives | 2: 30.14 min | PB |
Forward 6
August 15, 2008 , 11:50 a.m.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei | Kenya | 1: 59.72 min | |
2 | Tatiana Petlyuk | Ukraine | 2: 00.00 min | |
3 | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia | 2:00, 13 min | |
4th | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 2:00:15 min | PB |
5 | Elisa Cusma Piccione | Italy | 2: 00.24 min | |
6th | Carmo Tavares | Portugal | 2: 01.91 min | |
DSQ | Mireille Derebona-Ngaisset | Central African Republic | IWR 163.3 - Railway crossing |
Semifinals
From the three semi-finals, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the next two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Run 1
August 16, 2008 , 7:30 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Svetlana Kljuka | Russia | 1: 58.31 min | |
2 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 1: 58.61 min | |
3 | Lucia Klocová | Slovakia | 1: 58.80 min | |
4th | Tatiana Petlyuk | Ukraine | 1: 59.27 min | |
5 | Rosibel García | Colombia | 1: 59.38 min | NO |
6th | Marilyn Okoro | Great Britain | 1: 59.53 min | |
7th | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia | 2: 00.00 min | |
8th | Tamsyn Lewis | Australia | 2: 01.41 min |
Run 2
August 16, 2008 , 7:39 pm
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Pamela Jelimo | Kenya | 1: 57.31 min | |
2 | Hasna Benhassi | Morocco | 1.58.03 min | |
3 | Tatiana Andrianova | Russia | 1.58.33 min | |
4th | Zulia Calatayud | Cuba | 1.58.78 min | |
5 | Anna Rostkowska | Poland | 1.58.84 min | |
6th | Jenny Meadows | Great Britain | 1: 59.42 min | |
7th | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 2: 02.59 min | |
8th | Svyatlana Usovich | Belarus | 2: 02.79 min |
Run 3
August 16, 2008 , 7:48 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei | Kenya | 1: 57.28 min | |
2 | Julija Krewsun | Ukraine | 1: 57.32 min | PB |
3 | Ekaterina Kostetskaya | Russia | 1: 58.16 min | |
4th | Kenya Sinclair | Jamaica | 1: 58.28 min | |
5 | Elisa Cusma Piccione | Italy | 1: 59.52 min | |
6th | Olga Cristea | Moldova | 2:00, 12 min | PB |
7th | Neisha Bernard-Thomas | Grenada | 2: 01.84 min | |
DNF | Élodie Guégan | France |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Pamela Jelimo | Kenya | 1: 54.87 min | AF / WJB |
2 | Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei | Kenya | 1: 56.07 min | |
3 | Hasna Benhassi | Morocco | 1: 56.37 min | |
4th | Svetlana Kljuka | Russia | 1: 56.97 min | |
5 | Maria de Lurdes Mutola | Mozambique | 1: 57.68 min | |
6th | Kenya Sinclair | Jamaica | 1: 58.24 min | |
7th | Julija Krewsun | Ukraine | 1: 58.73 min | |
8th | Tatiana Andrianova | Russia | 2: 02.63 min |
August 18, 2008 , 9:35 pm
The runners from the African continent were among the favorites. The Kenyan world champion Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei and vice world champion Hasna Benhassi from Morocco, who won silver at the 2004 Olympic Games and also became vice world champion in 2005 , were particularly well rated. Jepkosgei's compatriot Pamela Jelimo had already performed very well in the Olympic season. Of the Russian representatives, Tatyana Andrianova, third in the 2005 World Cup, and Vice European Champion Swetlana Kljuka , were the most likely candidates for positions at the top. Among the participants was also the 2000 Olympic champion and 2004 Olympic champion Maria Mutola from Mozambique, who was, however, no longer rated as strongly as in her best times.
The final consisted of two representatives each from Kenya and Russia as well as one runner each from Jamaica, Morocco, Mozambique and the Ukraine.
In the final, the two Kenyans took over the command from the start with a very high initial pace. At first, world champion Jepkosgei led, who was then replaced by Jelimo at the end of the first lap with a 400-meter passage time of 55.41 seconds. At this point there was already a clear gap to third-placed Mutola. The rest of the field followed again a few meters behind. On the back straight, Jelimo then pulled away from her compatriot, while Mutola's lead over the competitors running behind her became smaller and smaller. Pamela Jelimo extended the gap to her opponents on the remaining two hundred meters and became the superior Olympic champion with a lead of more than two and a half seconds. Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei was able to defend her second place right up to the finish and thus ensured a Kenyan double success. Hasna Benhassi already passed Mutola in the finish curve to third place and won the bronze medal. Swetlana Kljuka came fourth ahead of Maria Mutola and Jamaican Kenya Sinclair.
With 1: 54.87 minutes, Pamela Jelimo set a new African record and at the same time a new world best time for the year.
Web links
- SportsReference 800m , accessed June 21, 2018
- Results on the IAAF website, accessed June 21, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 KB), accessed on June 21, 2018
Video
- Pamela Jelimo wins Women's 800m Olympic gold, Beijing 2008 , published August 19, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed June 21, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008 on athlecac.org, accessed on June 21, 2018
- ↑ Campeonato Sudamericano de Atletismo 2007 on athlecac.org, accessed on June 21, 2018
- ↑ 17th Asian Athletics Championship 2007 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at athleticsasia.org (PDF, 417 KB), accessed June 21, 2018
- ↑ Oceania Area Championships - 25/06/2008 to 28/06/2008 on athletics-oceania.com (PDF, 130 KB), accessed on June 21, 2018
- ^ IAAF records, 800 m women , accessed on June 21, 2018
- ↑ International Competition Rules, p. 73 on Leichtathletik.de (PDF, 5781 KB), accessed on June 21, 2018