Summer Olympics 2020 / Athletics - 800 m (women)
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sport | athletics |
discipline | 800 meter run |
gender | Women |
Attendees | ?? Athletes from ?? Countries |
Competition location | Olympic Stadium |
Competition phase | July 31, 2020 (preliminary) August 1, 2020 (semi-finals) August 4, 2020 (final) |
The women in the 800-meter race 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo is from July to August 2021 in the Olympic Stadium held.
Current titleholders
Olympic Champion |
Caster Semenya ( South Africa )
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1: 55.28 min | Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
world champion |
Halimah Nakaayi ( Uganda )
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1: 58.04 min | Doha 2019 |
European champion |
Natalija Pryshchepa ( Ukraine )
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2: 00.38 min | Berlin 2018 |
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion |
Ajeé Wilson ( United States )
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1: 57.52 min | Toronto 2018 |
South American Champion |
Déborah Rodríguez ( Uruguay )
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2: 02.68 min | Lima 2019 |
Asian champion |
Marimuthu Gomathy ( India )
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2: 02.70 min | Doha 2019 |
African champion | |||
Oceania champion |
Catriona Bisset ( Australia )
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2: 02.16 min | Townsville 2019 |
Existing records
World record |
Jarmila Kratochvílová ( Czechoslovakia )
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1: 53.28 min | Munich , Germany | July 26, 1983 |
Olympic record |
Nadija Olisarenko ( Soviet Union )
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1: 53.43 min | Final of Moscow , Soviet Union | July 27, 1980 |