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1996 Olympic Games Atlanta - Women's 800 m

 

 

Host City: Atlanta, United States Format: Top four in each advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 26, 1996 Format: Top two in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
Date Finished: July 29, 1996  
(Competitors: 32; Countries: 21; Finalists: 8)  
    Venue(s): Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Overview by IAAF   1996_olympic_stadium.jpg 
Mutola and Quirot, the 1995 World Champion who had returned after terrible burns from a domestic accident in 1993, were favourites. All five heats were won in less than two minutes, with Holmes (1:58.80) the fastest. Masterkova came into the reckoning in the semi-finals, following Quirot through 400m in 56.62 and easing over the line in 1:57.95, just 0.04 seconds ahead of the Cuban. Mutola won the other semi in 1:57.62, with Letitia Vriesde (SUR) the fastest non-qualifier with 1:58.29. Masterkova went to the front after the first bend of the final and held the lead, passing 400m in 58.43 and then slowing the pace so as to control the race. Quirot stayed with the Russian, running at her shoulder as if impatient to surge past. As the runners came into the home straight it was Masterkova who surged, and she went away to win by 3m without being threatened. Mutola gave Holmes 2m start in the straight, and caught the Briton with 20m to go, to win the bronze medal after running below her capabilities.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
In January 1993, Ana Fidelia Quirot was cooking with a kerosene cooker at her home when it exploded, leaving her with 3rd-degree burns over 40% of her body. She endured a long hospitalization, and 21 surgeries with multiple skin grafts to cover the burned skin. Incredibly she returned to competition in November, and recovered enough to win the 1995 World Championships. Co-favorite with her in Atlanta was Mozambique's Maria Mutola, who had first run in the Olympics in 1988 as a 15-year-old, and placed fifth in 1992 800. Mutola had lost only one race since 1993, that the 1995 Worlds to Quirot when she was disqualified for running out of her lane before the break. Nobody was considering Russia's Svetlana Masterkova, who had not competed in 1994 or 1995. But in the final she moved into the lead at the gun, but then slowed the pace. She continued to lead into the straight when she was challenged by Quirot. But Masterkova took off with 80 metres left and dropped her easily. Mutola never really challenged for the gold but moved up in the run-in to get a bronze medal.
 

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:53.28 Czechoslovakia Jarmila Kratochvílová Munich (FRG) July 26, 1983
Olympic Record 1:53.43 Soviet Union Nadezhda Olizarenko Moscow (URS) July 27, 1980
 
        Results        
 
800 m Women     Final 29 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.57.73     Svetlana Masterkova Russia RUS 17 Jan 68  
2 1.58.11     Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba CUB 23 Mar 63  
3 1.58.71     Maria Mutola Mozambique MOZ 27 Oct 72  
4 1.58.81     Kelly Holmes Great Britain GBR 19 Apr 70  
5 1.59.57     Yelena Afanasyeva Russia RUS 1 Mar 67  
6 1.59.61     Patricia Djaté-Taillard France FRA 3 Jan 71  
7 2.00.32     Natallia Dukhnova Belarus BLR 16 Jul 66  
8 2.00.54     Toni Hodgkinson New Zealand NZL 12 Dec 71  
800 m Women     Semifinal 1 27 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.57.95     Svetlana Masterkova Russia RUS 17 Jan 68  
2 1.57.99     Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba CUB 23 Mar 63  
3 1.58.49     Kelly Holmes Great Britain GBR 19 Apr 70  
4 1.58.67     Natallia Dukhnova Belarus BLR 16 Jul 66  
5 1.59.06     Dawn Williams-Sewer Dominica DMA 23 Dec 73 NR
6 1.59.23     Linda Kisabaka Germany GER 9 Apr 69  
7 2.00.68     Viviane Dorsile France FRA 1 Jun 67  
  DNF     Stella Jongmans Netherlands NED 17 May 71  
800 m Women     Semifinal 2 27 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.57.62     Maria Mutola Mozambique MOZ 27 Oct 72  
2 1.57.77     Yelena Afanasyeva Russia RUS 1 Mar 67  
3 1.57.93     Patricia Djaté-Taillard France FRA 3 Jan 71  
4 1.58.25     Toni Hodgkinson New Zealand NZL 12 Dec 71 AR
5 1.58.29     Letitia Vriesde Suriname SUR 5 Oct 64  
6 1.59.28     Ludmila Formanová Czech Republic CZE 2 Jan 74  
7 1.59.36     Meredith Valmon United States USA 15 Oct 68  
8 2.02.50     Lyubov Tsyoma Russia RUS 19 May 63  
800 m Women     Heat 1 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.59.67     Svetlana Masterkova Russia RUS 17 Jan 68  
2 1.59.71     Letitia Vriesde Suriname SUR 5 Oct 64  
3 2.00.25     Luciana Mendes Brazil BRA 26 Jul 71  
4 2.02.44     Nouriah Mérah-Benida Algeria ALG 19 Oct 70  
5 2.04.17     Zhang Jian China CHN 5 Apr 76  
6 2.08.58     Leontine Tsiba Congo CGO 20 Nov 73  
7 2.13.52     Sharette Garcia Belize BIZ    
800 m Women     Heat 2 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.58.98     Maria Mutola Mozambique MOZ 27 Oct 72  
2 1.59.18     Yelena Afanasyeva Russia RUS 1 Mar 67  
3 1.59.56     Linda Kisabaka Germany GER 9 Apr 69  
4 2.00.02     Viviane Dorsile France FRA 1 Jun 67  
5 2.03.22     Eduarda Coelho Portugal POR 2 Mar 68  
6 2.04.99     Marta Orellana Argentina ARG 29 Dec 73  
  DNF     Diane Modahl Great Britain GBR 17 Jun 66  
800 m Women     Heat 3 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.59.23     Natallia Dukhnova Belarus BLR 16 Jul 66  
2 1.59.35     Toni Hodgkinson New Zealand NZL 12 Dec 71  
3 1.59.65     Dawn Williams-Sewer Dominica DMA 23 Dec 73 NR
4 1.59.96     Meredith Valmon United States USA 15 Oct 68  
5 2.00.18     Lyubov Tsyoma Russia RUS 19 May 63  
6 2.00.27     Charmaine Crooks Canada CAN 8 Aug 62  
7 2.36.85     Yasnee Nasheeda Maldives MDV 8 Sep 77  
  DNF     Ana Menéndez Spain ESP 17 Mar 72  
800 m Women     Heat 4 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.59.98     Ana Fidelia Quirot Cuba CUB 23 Mar 63  
2 2.00.26     Stella Jongmans Netherlands NED 17 May 71  
3 2.00.38     Joetta Clark-Diggs United States USA 1 Aug 62  
4 2.01.61     Malin Ewerlöf-Krepp Sweden SWE 2 Jun 72  
5 2.02.13     Petya Strashilova Bulgaria BUL 18 Mar 65  
6 2.02.88     Lisa Lightfoot Australia AUS 3 Dec 66  
7 2.08.31     Restituta Joseph Tanzania TAN 30 Jul 71  
800 m Women     Heat 5 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.58.80     Kelly Holmes Great Britain GBR 19 Apr 70  
2 1.58.98     Patricia Djaté-Taillard France FRA 3 Jan 71  
3 1.59.37     Ludmila Formanová Czech Republic CZE 2 Jan 74  
4 2.00.47     Suzy Favor Hamilton United States USA 8 Aug 68  
5 2.01.48     Inez Turner Jamaica JAM 3 Jan 72  
6 2.04.80     Kutre Dulecha Ethiopia ETH 22 Aug 78  
  DNF     Adama Njie Gambia GAM 7 Feb 78  
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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