2015 Pan American Games / Athletics - Women's 800m
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 .