2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's 800m | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 - Final | |||
 |  RSASouth Africa | Caster Semenya | 1:55.28 |
 |  BDIBurundi | Francine Niyonsaba | 1:56.49 |
 |  KENKenya | Margaret Wambui | 1:56.89 |
| 4 |  CANCanada | Melissa Bishop | 1:57.02 |
| 5 |  POLPoland | Joanna Józwik | 1:57.37 |
| 6 |  GBRGreat Britain | Lynsey Sharp | 1:57.69 |
| 7 |  BLRBelarus | Marina Arzamasova | 1:59.10 |
| 8 |  USAUnited States | Kate Grace | 1:59.57 |
| 9 |  SUISwitzerland | Selina Büchel | 1:59.35 |
| 10 |  SWESweden | Lovisa Lindh | 1:59.41 |
| 11 | GBRGreat Britain | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | 1:59.45 |
| 12 | USAUnited States | Ajeé Wilson | 1:59.75 |
| 13 |  BENBenin | Noëlie Yarigo | 1:59.78 |
| 14 |  UKRUkraine | Nataliia Pryshchepa | 1:59.95 |
| 15 |  ETHEthiopia | Habitam Alemu | 2:00.07 |
| 16 |  BELBelgium | Renée Eykens | 2:00.45 |
| 17 |  UGAUganda | Halima Nakayi | 2:00.63 |
| 18 |  ITAItaly | Yuneysi Santiusti | 2:00.80 |
| 19 | KENKenya | Eunice Jepkoech Sum | 2:00.88 |
| 20 | POLPoland | Angelika Cichocka | 2:01.29 |
| 21 | KENKenya | Winny Chebet | 2:01.90 |
| 22 | UKRUkraine | Nataliia Lupu | 2:02.10 |
| 23 |  SRBSerbia Republic | Amela Terzic | 2:03.81 |
| 24 |  CHNChina | Wang Chunyu | 2:04.05 |
| 25 | ETHEthiopia | Gudaf Tsegay | 2:00.13 |
| 26 |  ISLIceland | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | 2:00.14 |
| 27 | ETHEthiopia | Tigist Assefa | 2:00.21 |
| 28 |  NEDNetherlands | Sifan Hassan | 2:00.27 |
| 29 |  JAMJamaica | Natoya Goule-Toppin | 2:00.49 |
| 30 |  CUBCuba | Rose Mary Almanza | 2:00.50 |
| 31 |  MARMorocco | Malika Akkaoui | 2:00.52 |
| 32 |  SVKSlovakia | Lucia Hrivnák Klocová | 2:00.57 |
| 33 |  INDIndia | Tintu Luka | 2:00.58 |
| 34 |  KAZKazakhstan | Margarita Mukasheva | 2:00.97 |
| 35 |  GERGermany | Christina Hering | 2:01.04 |
| 36 | BLRBelarus | Yuliya Karol | 2:01.09 |
| 37 | USAUnited States | Chrishuna Williams | 2:01.19 |
| 38 | CUBCuba | Sahily Diago | 2:01.38 |
| 39 |  NORNorway | Hedda Hynne | 2:01.64 |
| 40 |  ESPSpain | Esther Guerrero | 2:01.85 |
| 41 |  URUUruguay | Déborah Rodríguez | 2:01.86 |
| 42 | JAMJamaica | Simoya Campbell | 2:02.07 |
| 43 | CUBCuba | Lisneidy Veitia | 2:02.10 |
| 44 |  FRAFrance | Rénelle Lamote | 2:02.19 |
| 45 |  NZLNew Zealand | Angie Petty | 2:02.40 |
| 46 | FRAFrance | Justine Fedronic | 2:02.73 |
| 47 | UGAUganda | Winnie Nanyondo | 2:02.77 |
| 48 |  LTULithuania | Egle Balciunaite | 2:02.98 |
| 49 | UKRUkraine | Olha Lyakhova | 2:03.02 |
| 50 |  ROURomania | Florina Pierdevara | 2:03.32 |
| 51 | ROURomania | Claudia Bobocea | 2:03.75 |
| 52 | JAMJamaica | Kenia Sinclair | 2:03.76 |
| 53 |  BRABrazil | Flavia De Lima | 2:03.78 |
| 54 |  AUSAustralia | Selma Kajan | 2:05.20 |
| 55 | GERGermany | Fabienne Kohlmann | 2:05.36 |
| 56 |  SUDSudan | Amina Bakhit | 2:07.65 |
| 57 |  IRLIreland | Ciara Everard | 2:07.91 |
| 58 |  LUXLuxembourg | Charline Mathias | 2:09.30 |
| 59 |  LESLesotho | Tsepang Sello | 2:10.22 |
| 60 |  CAFCentral African Republic | Elisabeth Mandaba | 2:11.70 |
| 61 |  EORRefugee Olympic Team | Rose Nathike Lokonyen | 2:16.64 |
| 62 |  MYAMyanmar | Swe Li Myint Myint | 2:16.98 |
| 63 |  EGYEgypt | Fatma Elsharnouby | 2:21.24 |
| 64 |  MTNMauritania | Houleye Ba | 2:43.52 |
| MARMorocco | Rababe Arafi | DNF | |
| Women's 800m, Round 1, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 - Final | |||
| 1 | GBRGreat Britain | Lynsey Sharp | 2:00.83 Q |
| 2 | SRBSerbia Republic | Amela Terzic | 2:00.99 Q |
| 3 | CUBCuba | Sahily Diago | 2:01.38 |
| 4 | NZLNew Zealand | Angie Petty | 2:02.40 |
| 5 | FRAFrance | Justine Fedronic | 2:02.73 |
| 6 | UKRUkraine | Olha Lyakhova | 2:03.02 |
| 7 | ROURomania | Florina Pierdevara | 2:03.32 |
| 8 | IRLIreland | Ciara Everard | 2:07.91 |
| Women's 800m, Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 - Final | |||
| 1 | CANCanada | Melissa Bishop | 1:58.38 Q |
| 2 | BLRBelarus | Marina Arzamasova | 1:58.44 Q |
| 3 | ETHEthiopia | Habitam Alemu | 1:58.99 q |
| 4 | SUISwitzerland | Selina Büchel | 1:59.00 Q |
| 5 | BENBenin | Noëlie Yarigo | 1:59.12 q |
| 6 | RSASouth Africa | Caster Semenya | 1:59.31 Q |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Ajeé Wilson | 1:59.44 Q |
| 8 | KENKenya | Margaret Wambui | 1:59.66 Q |
| 9 | GBRGreat Britain | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | 1:59.67 q |
| 10 | UGAUganda | Halima Nakayi | 1:59.78 q |
| 11 | UKRUkraine | Nataliia Pryshchepa | 1:59.80 q |
| 12 | KENKenya | Eunice Jepkoech Sum | 1:59.83 Q |
| 13 | BDIBurundi | Francine Niyonsaba | 1:59.84 Q |
| 14 | UKRUkraine | Nataliia Lupu | 1:59.91 Q |
| 15 | CHNChina | Wang Chunyu | 1:59.93 q |
| 16 | USAUnited States | Kate Grace | 1:59.96 q |
| 17 | BELBelgium | Renée Eykens | 2:00.00 q |
| 18 | SWESweden | Lovisa Lindh | 2:00.04 Q |
| 19 | ETHEthiopia | Gudaf Tsegay | 2:00.13 |
| 20 | ISLIceland | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | 2:00.14 |
| 21 | ETHEthiopia | Tigist Assefa | 2:00.21 |
| 22 | NEDNetherlands | Sifan Hassan | 2:00.27 |
| 23 | POLPoland | Angelika Cichocka | 2:00.42 Q |
| 24 | ITAItaly | Yuneysi Santiusti | 2:00.45 Q |
| 25 | JAMJamaica | Natoya Goule-Toppin | 2:00.49 |
| 26 | CUBCuba | Rose Mary Almanza | 2:00.50 |
| 27 | MARMorocco | Malika Akkaoui | 2:00.52 |
| 28 | SVKSlovakia | Lucia Hrivnák Klocová | 2:00.57 |
| 29 | INDIndia | Tintu Luka | 2:00.58 |
| 30 | GBRGreat Britain | Lynsey Sharp | 2:00.83 Q |
| 31 | KAZKazakhstan | Margarita Mukasheva | 2:00.97 |
| 32 | SRBSerbia Republic | Amela Terzic | 2:00.99 Q |
| 33 | GERGermany | Christina Hering | 2:01.04 |
| 34 | BLRBelarus | Yuliya Karol | 2:01.09 |
| 35 | USAUnited States | Chrishuna Williams | 2:01.19 |
| 36 | CUBCuba | Sahily Diago | 2:01.38 |
| 37 | POLPoland | Joanna Józwik | 2:01.58 Q |
| 38 | NORNorway | Hedda Hynne | 2:01.64 |
| 39 | KENKenya | Winny Chebet | 2:01.65 Q |
| 40 | ESPSpain | Esther Guerrero | 2:01.85 |
| 41 | URUUruguay | Déborah Rodríguez | 2:01.86 |
| 42 | JAMJamaica | Simoya Campbell | 2:02.07 |
| 43 | CUBCuba | Lisneidy Veitia | 2:02.10 |
| 44 | FRAFrance | Rénelle Lamote | 2:02.19 |
| 45 | NZLNew Zealand | Angie Petty | 2:02.40 |
| 46 | FRAFrance | Justine Fedronic | 2:02.73 |
| 47 | UGAUganda | Winnie Nanyondo | 2:02.77 |
| 48 | LTULithuania | Egle Balciunaite | 2:02.98 |
| 49 | UKRUkraine | Olha Lyakhova | 2:03.02 |
| 50 | ROURomania | Florina Pierdevara | 2:03.32 |
| 51 | ROURomania | Claudia Bobocea | 2:03.75 |
| 52 | JAMJamaica | Kenia Sinclair | 2:03.76 |
| 53 | BRABrazil | Flavia De Lima | 2:03.78 |
| 54 | AUSAustralia | Selma Kajan | 2:05.20 |
| 55 | GERGermany | Fabienne Kohlmann | 2:05.36 |
| 56 | SUDSudan | Amina Bakhit | 2:07.65 |
| 57 | IRLIreland | Ciara Everard | 2:07.91 |
| 58 | LUXLuxembourg | Charline Mathias | 2:09.30 |
| 59 | LESLesotho | Tsepang Sello | 2:10.22 |
| 60 | CAFCentral African Republic | Elisabeth Mandaba | 2:11.70 |
| 61 | EORRefugee Olympic Team | Rose Nathike Lokonyen | 2:16.64 |
| 62 | MYAMyanmar | Swe Li Myint Myint | 2:16.98 |
| 63 | EGYEgypt | Fatma Elsharnouby | 2:21.24 |
| 64 | MTNMauritania | Houleye Ba | 2:43.52 |
| MARMorocco | Rababe Arafi | DNF | |
| Women's 800m, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 21 - Final | |||
| 1 | RSASouth Africa | Caster Semenya | 1:55.28 |
| 2 | BDIBurundi | Francine Niyonsaba | 1:56.49 |
| 3 | KENKenya | Margaret Wambui | 1:56.89 |
| 4 | CANCanada | Melissa Bishop | 1:57.02 |
| 5 | POLPoland | Joanna Józwik | 1:57.37 |
| 6 | GBRGreat Britain | Lynsey Sharp | 1:57.69 |
| 7 | BLRBelarus | Marina Arzamasova | 1:59.10 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Kate Grace | 1:59.57 |
| Women's 800m, Semifinal, Semifinal 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 19 - Final | |||
| 1 | RSASouth Africa | Caster Semenya | 1:58.15 Q |
| 2 | GBRGreat Britain | Lynsey Sharp | 1:58.65 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Kate Grace | 1:58.79 |
| 4 | BLRBelarus | Marina Arzamasova | 1:58.87 |
| 5 | BENBenin | Noëlie Yarigo | 1:59.78 |
| 6 | KENKenya | Winny Chebet | 2:01.90 |
| 7 | SRBSerbia Republic | Amela Terzic | 2:03.81 |
| 8 | CHNChina | Wang Chunyu | 2:04.05 |
| Women's 800m, Semifinal, Semifinal 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 19 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Joanna Józwik | 1:58.93 Q |
| 2 | CANCanada | Melissa Bishop | 1:59.05 Q |
| 3 | SUISwitzerland | Selina Büchel | 1:59.35 |
| 4 | SWESweden | Lovisa Lindh | 1:59.41 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | 1:59.45 |
| 6 | ETHEthiopia | Habitam Alemu | 2:00.07 |
| 7 | KENKenya | Eunice Jepkoech Sum | 2:00.88 |
| 8 | UKRUkraine | Nataliia Lupu | 2:02.10 |
| Women's 800m, Semifinal, Semifinal 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 19 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Margaret Wambui | 1:59.21 Q |
| 2 | BDIBurundi | Francine Niyonsaba | 1:59.59 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Ajeé Wilson | 1:59.75 |
| 4 | UKRUkraine | Nataliia Pryshchepa | 1:59.95 |
| 5 | BELBelgium | Renée Eykens | 2:00.45 |
| 6 | UGAUganda | Halima Nakayi | 2:00.63 |
| 7 | ITAItaly | Yuneysi Santiusti | 2:00.80 |
| 8 | POLPoland | Angelika Cichocka | 2:01.29 |
| Women's 800m, Semifinal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 19 - Final | |||
| 1 | RSASouth Africa | Caster Semenya | 1:58.15 Q |
| 2 | GBRGreat Britain | Lynsey Sharp | 1:58.65 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Kate Grace | 1:58.79 q |
| 4 | BLRBelarus | Marina Arzamasova | 1:58.87 q |
| 5 | POLPoland | Joanna Józwik | 1:58.93 Q |
| 6 | CANCanada | Melissa Bishop | 1:59.05 Q |
| 7 | KENKenya | Margaret Wambui | 1:59.21 Q |
| 8 | SUISwitzerland | Selina Büchel | 1:59.35 |
| 9 | SWESweden | Lovisa Lindh | 1:59.41 |
| 10 | GBRGreat Britain | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | 1:59.45 |
| 11 | BDIBurundi | Francine Niyonsaba | 1:59.59 Q |
| 12 | USAUnited States | Ajeé Wilson | 1:59.75 |
| 13 | BENBenin | Noëlie Yarigo | 1:59.78 |
| 14 | UKRUkraine | Nataliia Pryshchepa | 1:59.95 |
| 15 | ETHEthiopia | Habitam Alemu | 2:00.07 |
| 16 | BELBelgium | Renée Eykens | 2:00.45 |
| 17 | UGAUganda | Halima Nakayi | 2:00.63 |
| 18 | ITAItaly | Yuneysi Santiusti | 2:00.80 |
| 19 | KENKenya | Eunice Jepkoech Sum | 2:00.88 |
| 20 | POLPoland | Angelika Cichocka | 2:01.29 |
| 21 | KENKenya | Winny Chebet | 2:01.90 |
| 22 | UKRUkraine | Nataliia Lupu | 2:02.10 |
| 23 | SRBSerbia Republic | Amela Terzic | 2:03.81 |
| 24 | CHNChina | Wang Chunyu | 2:04.05 |
| Women's 800m, Round 1, Heat 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 - Final | |||
| 1 | BDIBurundi | Francine Niyonsaba | 1:59.84 Q |
| 2 | SWESweden | Lovisa Lindh | 2:00.04 Q |
| 3 | JAMJamaica | Natoya Goule-Toppin | 2:00.49 |
| 4 | SVKSlovakia | Lucia Hrivnák Klocová | 2:00.57 |
| 5 | BLRBelarus | Yuliya Karol | 2:01.09 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Chrishuna Williams | 2:01.19 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Fabienne Kohlmann | 2:05.36 |
| 8 | CAFCentral African Republic | Elisabeth Mandaba | 2:11.70 |
| Women's 800m, Round 1, Heat 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Joanna Józwik | 2:01.58 Q |
| 2 | KENKenya | Winny Chebet | 2:01.65 Q |
| 3 | ESPSpain | Esther Guerrero | 2:01.85 |
| 4 | CUBCuba | Lisneidy Veitia | 2:02.10 |
| 5 | FRAFrance | Rénelle Lamote | 2:02.19 |
| 6 | LTULithuania | Egle Balciunaite | 2:02.98 |
| 7 | JAMJamaica | Kenia Sinclair | 2:03.76 |
| 8 | BRABrazil | Flavia De Lima | 2:03.78 |
| Women's 800m, Round 1, Heat 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Angelika Cichocka | 2:00.42 Q |
| 2 | ITAItaly | Yuneysi Santiusti | 2:00.45 Q |
| 3 | CUBCuba | Rose Mary Almanza | 2:00.50 |
| 4 | MARMorocco | Malika Akkaoui | 2:00.52 |
| 5 | NORNorway | Hedda Hynne | 2:01.64 |
| 6 | URUUruguay | Déborah Rodríguez | 2:01.86 |
| 7 | JAMJamaica | Simoya Campbell | 2:02.07 |
| 8 | LUXLuxembourg | Charline Mathias | 2:09.30 |
| Women's 800m, Round 1, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Eunice Jepkoech Sum | 1:59.83 Q |
| 2 | UKRUkraine | Nataliia Lupu | 1:59.91 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Kate Grace | 1:59.96 |
| 4 | BELBelgium | Renée Eykens | 2:00.00 |
| 5 | ETHEthiopia | Tigist Assefa | 2:00.21 |
| 6 | UGAUganda | Winnie Nanyondo | 2:02.77 |
| 7 | SUDSudan | Amina Bakhit | 2:07.65 |
| 8 | MYAMyanmar | Swe Li Myint Myint | 2:16.98 |
| Women's 800m, Round 1, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 - Final | |||
| 1 | CANCanada | Melissa Bishop | 1:58.38 Q |
| 2 | BLRBelarus | Marina Arzamasova | 1:58.44 Q |
| 3 | ETHEthiopia | Habitam Alemu | 1:58.99 |
| 4 | BENBenin | Noëlie Yarigo | 1:59.12 |
| 5 | UGAUganda | Halima Nakayi | 1:59.78 |
| 6 | ISLIceland | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | 2:00.14 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Christina Hering | 2:01.04 |
| 8 | EGYEgypt | Fatma Elsharnouby | 2:21.24 |
| Women's 800m, Round 1, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 - Final | |||
| 1 | SUISwitzerland | Selina Büchel | 1:59.00 Q |
| 2 | KENKenya | Margaret Wambui | 1:59.66 Q |
| 3 | UKRUkraine | Nataliia Pryshchepa | 1:59.80 |
| 4 | ETHEthiopia | Gudaf Tsegay | 2:00.13 |
| 5 | NEDNetherlands | Sifan Hassan | 2:00.27 |
| 6 | INDIndia | Tintu Luka | 2:00.58 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Selma Kajan | 2:05.20 |
| 8 | LESLesotho | Tsepang Sello | 2:10.22 |
| Women's 800m, Round 1, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 - Final | |||
| 1 | RSASouth Africa | Caster Semenya | 1:59.31 Q |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Ajeé Wilson | 1:59.44 Q |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | 1:59.67 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Wang Chunyu | 1:59.93 |
| 5 | KAZKazakhstan | Margarita Mukasheva | 2:00.97 |
| 6 | ROURomania | Claudia Bobocea | 2:03.75 |
| 7 | EORRefugee Olympic Team | Rose Nathike Lokonyen | 2:16.64 |
| 8 | MTNMauritania | Houleye Ba | 2:43.52 |
| MARMorocco | Rababe Arafi | DNF | |
Medal Tracker
Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 45
JPN
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Medal Leaders
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
- 5
O'Callaghan
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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