Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Athletics - 800 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	45 athletes from 35 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium London
Competition phase	August 8, 2012 (preliminary round) August 9, 2012 (semi-finals) August 11, 2012 (final)
Medalists Caster Semenya ( RSA )   Ekaterina Poistogowa ( RUS )   Pamela Jelimo ( KEN )

The 800-meter race of women in the 2012 Olympic Games in London was on the 8th, 9th and 11th August 2012 at the Olympic Stadium London discharged. 45 athletes took part.

The South African Caster Semenya won the gold medal ahead of the Russian Yekaterina Poistogowa and the Kenyan Pamela Jelimo .

Athletes from Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Pamela Jelimo ( Kenya )	1: 54.87 min	Beijing 2008
world champion	Marija Savinova ( Russia )	1: 55.87 min	Daegu 2011
European champion	Lynsey Sharp ( UK )	2: 00.52 min	Helsinki 2012
Central America and Caribbean champion	Gabriela Medina ( Mexico )	2: 01.50 min	Mayagüez 2011
South America Champion	Rosibel García ( Colombia )	2: 04.76 min	Buenos Aires 2011
Asian champion	Trương Thanh Hằng ( Vietnam )	2: 01.41 min	Kobe 2011
African champion	Francine Niyonsaba ( Burundi )	1: 59.11 min	Porto-Novo 2012
Oceania champion	Kate Johnston Australia	2: 12.38 min	Cairns 2012

Existing records

World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová ( Czechoslovakia )	1: 53.28 min	Munich , Germany	July 26, 1983
Olympic record	Nadija Olisarenko ( Soviet Union )	1: 53.43 min	Moscow , Soviet Union (now Russia )	July 27, 1980

Note:
All times in this post are given according to London local time ( UTC ± 0 ).

doping

There were two doped finalists in this competition.

• In 2013, Jelena Arshakova , who came in sixth place in 1: 59.21 min, was banned from her biological passport due to abnormal values. Your result was subsequently canceled.
• On November 9, 2015, the Russian Marija Savinova was also stripped of her originally won gold medal by the IOC for doping abuse.

There is also a shadow on the third Russian's silver medal. In 2017, Yekaterina Poistogowa was banned from the International Court of Sports for two years for doping abuse with retroactive effect from 2015.

Prelims

Six preliminary runs were carried out. The first three athletes of each run qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the six fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

August 8, 2012, 11:35 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Alysia Johnson-Montaño	United States	2: 00.47
2	Caster Semenya	South Africa	2: 00.71
3	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco	2: 00.99
4th	Rose Mary Almanza	Cuba	2: 01.19
5	Annabelle Lascar	Mauritius	2: 05.45
6th	Elena Popescu	Moldova	2: 06.94
DNS	Noura Elsayed	Egypt

Forward 2

Andrea Ferris from Panama was eliminated as fourth in their preliminary run

August 8, 2012, 11:44 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Alice Schmidt	United States	2: 01.65
2	Tintu Lukka	India	2: 01.75
3	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	2: 01.78
4th	Andrea Ferris	Panama	2: 05.59
5	Haley Nemra	Marshall Islands	2: 14.90
6th	Merve Aydın	Turkey	3: 24.35
DOP	Maria Savinova	Russia	2: 01.56

Forward 3

August 8, 2012, 11:53 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	2: 07.57
2	Jessica Smith	Canada	2: 07.75
3	Genzeb Shumi	Bahrain	2: 07.77
4th	Amina Bakhit	Sudan	2: 09.78
5	Amy Atkinson	Guam	2: 18.53
DNS	Lilia Lobanova	Ukraine
	Fantu Magiso	Ethiopia

Forward 4

August 8, 2012, 12:02 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	2: 00.54
2	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	2: 01.41
3	Eleni Filandra	Greece	2: 02.29
4th	Geena Gall	United States	2: 03.85
5	Cavela Felismina	Angola	2: 10.95
6th	Rabia Ashiq	Pakistan	2: 17.39
DNF	Julija Krewsun	Ukraine

Forward 5

The Canadian Melissa Bishop did not reach the semi-finals with fifth place in her preliminary run

August 8, 2012, 12:11 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Natalija Lupu	Ukraine	2: 08.35
2	Cherono Koech	Kenya	2: 08.43
3	Maryna Arsamassawa	Belarus	2: 08.45
4th	Lenka Masna	Czech Republic	2: 08.68
5	Melissa Bishop	Canada	2: 09.33
6th	Aicha case	Mauritania	2: 27.97	NO
7th	Woroud Sawalha	Palestine	2: 29.26
DOP	Elena Arshakova	Russia	2: 08.39

Forward 6

August 8, 2012, 12:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	Kenya	2: 01.04
2	Ekaterina Poistogova	Russia	2: 01.08
3	Rosibel García	Colombia	2: 01.30
4th	Mirela Lavric	Romania	2: 01.65
5	Margarita Mukasheva	Kazakhstan	2: 02.12
6th	Neisha Bernard-Thomas	Grenada	2: 03.23
7th	Elisabeth Mandaba	Central African Republic	2: 12.56
8th	Sarah Attar	Saudi Arabia	2: 44.95	NO

Semifinals

In each of the three semi-finals, the first two athletes qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

The Cuban Rose Mary Almanza reached the semi-finals and was eliminated there

August 9, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	1: 59.42
2	Ekaterina Poistogova	Russia	1: 59.45
3	Rosibel García	Colombia	2: 00.16
4th	Alice Schmidt	United States	2: 01.63
5	Natalija Lupu	Ukraine	2: 01.63
6th	Rose Mary Almanza	Cuba	2: 01.70
7th	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	2: 01.78
8th	Eleni Filandra	Greece	2: 04.42

Run 2

The Romanian Mirela Lavric did not reach the final as sixth of her semi-final run

August 9, 2012, 7:38 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Caster Semenya	South Africa	1: 57.67
2	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	Kenya	1: 58.26
3	Alysia Johnson-Montaño	United States	1: 58.42
4th	Halima Hachlaf	Morocco	1: 58.84
5	Tintu Lukka	India	1: 59.69
6th	Mirela Lavric	Romania	2: 00.46
7th	Neisha Bernard-Thomas	Grenada	2: 00.68
DOP	Elena Arshakova	Russia	1: 58.13

Run 3

August 9, 2012, 7:38 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	1: 58.67	NO
2	Margarita Mukasheva	Kazakhstan	1: 59.20
3	Malika Akkaoui	Morocco	2: 00.32
3	Cherono Koech	Kenya	2: 00.53
5	Genzeb Shumi	Bahrain	2: 01.76
6th	Jessica Smith	Canada	2: 01.90
7th	Geena Gall	United States	2: 05.76
DOP	Maria Savinova	Russia	1: 58.57

final

Scene from the final ( .. N r v l.. ):
Johnson Montano, Jelimo ( front ), Busienei, Poistogowa, Sawinowa, Niyonsaba

August 11, 2012, 8:00 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Caster Semenya	South Africa	1: 57.23
2	Ekaterina Poistogova	Russia	1: 57.53
3	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	1: 57.59
4th	Alysia Johnson-Montaño	United States	1: 57.93
5	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	1: 59.63
6th	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	Kenya	2: 00.19
DOP	Maria Savinova	Russia	1: 56.19
	Elena Arshakova	Russia	1: 59.21

Picture gallery

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  Olympic champion Caster Semenya from South Africa

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  The two Russian women Marija Savinova ( left ) - disqualified for doping - and silver medalist Yekaterina Poistogowa ( right )

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  Bronze medalist Pamela Jelimo, Kenya

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  The US Olympic champion Alysia Johnson-Montaño

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  Francine Niyonsaba from Burundi finished fifth in the final

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  The Kenyan Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei came in sixth place

Web links

• Sports-Reference, Athletics at the 2012 London Summer Games, Women's 800 meters , accessed September 20, 2018
• Official report , accessed September 20, 2018
• Results on the website of the IAAF World Athletics Federation (English), accessed on September 20, 2018

Videos

• Women's 800m heats - Full Replay / London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 8, 2012, accessed September 20, 2018
• Women's 800m semi-finals - Full Replay / London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 9, 2012, accessed September 20, 2018
• Women's 800m final - Full Replay / London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 11, 2012, accessed September 20, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015 page 795 , accessed on September 20, 2018
2. ↑ Caster Semenya in line for 2012 800-meter gold after Mariya Savinova banned. on espn.com. February 10, 2017 (English), accessed September 20, 2018.
3. ^ The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) imposes four-year period of ineligibility on Russian athlete Mariya Savinova-Farnosova , International Court of Sport CAS February 10, 2017, English (PDF; 210 kB), accessed on September 20, 2018
4. ↑ Senior Russian athletics coach banned for life as CAS sanction four. In: insidethegames.biz. April 7, 2017, accessed May 2, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) imposes four-year period of ineligibility on Russian athlete Mariya Savinova-Farnosova. (PDF (210 kB)) International Sports Court , February 10, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2018 (English). 
6. ↑ Caster Semenya in line for 2012 800-meter gold after Mariya Savinova banned. In: espn.com (February 10, 2017), accessed September 20, 2018.