2015 Pan American Games / Athletics - Women's 800m
The winner Melissa Bishop (2016)
The women's 800 meter run at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 21-22 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium in Toronto .
14 runners from nine countries took part in the runs. The gold medal was won by Melissa Bishop after 1: 59.52 min, silver went to Alysia Montaño with 1: 59.76 min and the bronze medal was won by Flavia de Lima with 2: 00.40 min.
Records
Before the competition, the following records were in place:
| World record |
 Jarmila Kratochvílová
|
1: 53.28 min | Munich , FR Germany | July 26, 1983 |
| Record of games |
 Ana Fidelia Quirot
|
1: 58.71 min | Pan American Games in Havana , Cuba | August 8, 1991 |
Semifinals
From the two semi-finals, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Run 1
July 21, 2015, 6:45 p.m.
| space | train | Athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7th | Flavia de Lima |
 Brazil
|
2: 02.39 |
| 2 | 2 | Alysia Montaño |
 United States
|
2: 02.95 |
| 3 | 6th | Jessica Smith |
 Canada
|
2: 03.34 |
| 4th | 4th | Gabriela Medina |
 Mexico
|
2: 03.94 |
| 5 | 8th | Alena Brooks |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
2: 07.82 |
| 6th | 5 | Alethia Marrero |
 Puerto Rico
|
2: 11.39 |
| 7th | 3 | Sahily Diago |
Cuba
|
2: 13.72 |
Run 2
July 21, 2015, 6:55 pm
| space | train | Athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7th | Rose Mary Almanza |
Cuba
|
2: 04.39 |
| 2 | 5 | Melissa Bishop |
Canada
|
2: 04.51 |
| 3 | 3 | Phoebe Wright |
United States
|
2: 04.88 |
| 4th | 6th | Kimarra McDonald |
 Jamaica
|
2: 05.72 |
| 5 | 4th | Erika Lima |
Brazil
|
2: 06.44 |
| 6th | 2 | Cristina Guevara |
Mexico
|
2: 08.11 SB |
| 7th | 8th | Sonia Gaskin |
 Barbados
|
2: 09.01 |
final
July 22, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
| space | train | Athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4th | Melissa Bishop |
Canada
|
1: 59.52 |
|
3 | Alysia Montaño |
United States
|
1: 59.76 |
|
7th | Flavia de Lima |
Brazil
|
2: 00.40 PB |
| 4th | 5 | Rose Mary Almanza |
Cuba
|
2: 01.82 |
| 5 | 8th | Jessica Smith |
Canada
|
2: 03.02 |
| 6th | 1 | Gabriela Medina |
Mexico
|
2: 03.91 |
| 7th | 6th | Phoebe Wright |
United States
|
2: 04.17 |
| 8th | 2 | Kimarra McDonald |
Jamaica
|
2: 04.37 |
Web links and sources
- Athletics. In: www.toronto2015.org. Archived from the original on August 17, 2015 ; accessed on August 17, 2019 .