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Athletics — 800 metres, Women

Times held 17
Total participants 481
Total countries 129

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1928 800 metres, Women Olympic 25 13
1960 800 metres, Women Olympic 27 15
1964 800 metres, Women Olympic 23 15
1968 800 metres, Women Olympic 24 16
1972 800 metres, Women Olympic 38 26
1976 800 metres, Women Olympic 35 20
1980 800 metres, Women Olympic 28 17
1984 800 metres, Women Olympic 25 20
1988 800 metres, Women Olympic 29 20
1992 800 metres, Women Olympic 36 26
1996 800 metres, Women Olympic 36 30
2000 800 metres, Women Olympic 38 30
2004 800 metres, Women Olympic 43 36
2008 800 metres, Women Olympic 42 33
2012 800 metres, Women Olympic 41 32
2016 800 metres, Women Olympic 65 45
2020 800 metres, Women Olympic 46 29

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1928 Lina Radke-BatschauerGER Kinue HitomiJPN Inga GentzelSWE
1960 Lyudmila LysenkoURS Brenda JonesAUS Ulla DonathGER
1964 Ann PackerGBR Maryvonne DupureurFRA Marise ChamberlainNZL
1968 Madeline ManningUSA Ileana SilaiROU Mia GommersNED
1972 Hildegard FalckFRG Nijolė SabaitėURS Gunhild HoffmeisterGDR
1976 Tatyana KazankinaURS Nikolina ShterevaBUL Elfi ZinnGDR
1980 Nadezhda OlizarenkoURS Olga Syrovatskaya-MineyevaURS Tatyana ProvidokhinaURS
1984 Doina MelinteROU Kim GallagherUSA Fița LovinROU
1988 Sigrun WodarsGDR Christine WachtelGDR Kim GallagherUSA
1992 Ellen van LangenNED Liliya NurutdinovaEUN Ana Fidelia QuirósCUB
1996 Svetlana MasterkovaRUS Ana Fidelia QuirósCUB Maria MutolaMOZ
2000 Maria MutolaMOZ Steffi GrafAUT Kelly HolmesGBR
2004 Kelly HolmesGBR Hasna BenhassiMAR Jolanda ČeplakSLO
2008 Pamela JelimoKEN Janeth JepkosgeiKEN Hasna BenhassiMAR
2012 Caster SemenyaRSA Yekaterina PoistogovaRUS Pamela JelimoKEN
2016 Caster SemenyaRSA Francine NiyonsabaBDI Margaret WambuiKEN
2020 Athing MuUSA Keely HodgkinsonGBR Raevyn RogersUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 3 2 1 6
United States USA 2 1 2 5
Great Britain GBR 2 1 1 4
South Africa RSA 2 0 0 2
East Germany GDR 1 1 2 4
Kenya KEN 1 1 2 4
Romania ROU 1 1 1 3
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 0 2
Germany GER 1 0 1 2
Mozambique MOZ 1 0 1 2
Netherlands NED 1 0 1 2
West Germany FRG 1 0 0 1
Cuba CUB 0 1 1 2
Morocco MAR 0 1 1 2
Australia AUS 0 1 0 1
Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 1 0 1
Burundi BDI 0 1 0 1
France FRA 0 1 0 1
Japan JPN 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
New Zealand NZL 0 0 1 1
Slovenia SLO 0 0 1 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Caster Semenya RSA 2 0 0 2
Kelly Holmes GBR 1 0 1 2
Maria Mutola MOZ 1 0 1 2
Pamela Jelimo KEN 1 0 1 2
Ann Packer GBR 1 0 0 1
Lina Radke-Batschauer GER 1 0 0 1
Sigrun Wodars-Grau GDR
GER		 1 0 0 1
Hildegard Falck FRG 1 0 0 1
Ellen van Langen NED 1 0 0 1
Doina Beșliu-Melinte ROU 1 0 0 1
Svetlana Masterkova RUS 1 0 0 1
Tatyana Kazankina RUS
URS		 1 0 0 1
Lyudmila Lysenko URS
UKR		 1 0 0 1
Nadezhda Olizarenko URS
UKR		 1 0 0 1
Madeline Manning-Jackson USA 1 0 0 1
Athing Mu USA 1 0 0 1