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Athletics — 800 metres, Women

Times held 18
Total participants 516
Total countries 132

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
2024 800 metres, Women Olympic 50 32

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 —— Pamela JelimoKEN
2016 Caster SemenyaRSA Francine NiyonsabaBDI Margaret WambuiKEN
2020 Athing MuUSA Keely HodgkinsonGBR Raevyn RogersUSA
2024 Keely HodgkinsonGBR Tsige DugumaETH Mary MoraaKEN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Soviet Union URS 3 2 1 6
Great Britain GBR 3 1 1 5
United States USA 2 1 2 5
South Africa RSA 2 0 0 2
Kenya KEN 1 1 3 5
East Germany GDR 1 1 2 4
Romania ROU 1 1 1 3
Germany GER 1 0 1 2
Mozambique MOZ 1 0 1 2
Netherlands NED 1 0 1 2
Russian Federation RUS 1 0 0 1
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
Ethiopia ETH 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
Keely Hodgkinson GBR 1 1 0 2
Kelly Holmes GBR 1 0 1 2
Maria Mutola MOZ 1 0 1 2
Pamela Jelimo KEN 1 0 1 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1988 Summer Olympics Hassiba Boulmerka 5 h4 r1/3 See all
Angola ANG 2012 Summer Olympics Felismina Cavela 5 h4 r1/3 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1984 Summer Olympics Laverne Bryan 6 h4 r1/3 See all
Argentina ARG 1996 Summer Olympics Marta Orellana 6 h2 r1/3 See all
Armenia ARM 2000 Summer Olympics Anna Nasilyan 7 h5 r1/3 See all
Australia AUS 1960 Summer Olympics Brenda Jones 2 Silver See all
Austria AUT 2000 Summer Olympics Steffi Graf 2 Silver See all
Bahrain BRN 2012 Summer Olympics Genzeb Shumi 5 h3 r2/3 See all
Barbados BAR 1972 Summer Olympics Heather Gooding 8 h2 r1/3 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Natallia Dukhnova 7 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Maryna Arzamasava 7
Belgium BEL 1928 Summer Olympics Ida Degrande 5 h3 r1/2 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Renée Eykens 5 h1 r2/3
Belize BIZ 1996 Summer Olympics Sharette García 7 h1 r1/3 See all
Benin BEN 2016 Summer Olympics Noélie Yarigo 5 h3 r2/3 See all
Botswana BOT 2024 Summer Olympics Oratile Nowe 5h3 r2/4 See all
Brazil BRA 1988 Summer Olympics Soraya Telles 6 h1 r2/3 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1976 Summer Olympics Nikolina Shtereva 2 Silver See all
Burundi BDI 2016 Summer Olympics Francine Niyonsaba 2 Silver See all
Cameroon CMR 1988 Summer Olympics Assumpta Achuo-Bei 7 h1 r1/3 See all
Canada CAN 1928 Summer Olympics Jenny Thompson 4 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Melissa Bishop-Nriagu 4
Central African Republic CAF 1992 Summer Olympics Brigitte Nganaye 6 h1 r1/3 See all
Chad CHA 1992 Summer Olympics Rosalie Gangué AC h1 r1/3 See all
Chile CHI 1984 Summer Olympics Alejandra Ramos 5 h3 r1/3 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1972 Summer Olympics Lee Chiu-Hsia 8 h4 r1/3 See all
Colombia COL 2012 Summer Olympics Rosibel García 3 h1 r2/3 See all
Congo CGO 1996 Summer Olympics Léontine Tsiba 6 h1 r1/3 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Léontine Tsiba 6 h2 r1/3
Costa Rica CRC 1988 Summer Olympics Maureen Stewart 6 h3 r1/3 See all
Croatia CRO 2008 Summer Olympics Vanja Perišić DQ See all
Cuba CUB 1996 Summer Olympics Ana Fidelia Quirós 2 Silver See all
Czechia CZE 2000 Summer Olympics Helena Fuchsová 5 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1968 Summer Olympics Jaroslava Jehličková 8 h2 r2/3 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1984 Summer Olympics Céléstine N'Drin 5 h1 r1/3 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1984 Summer Olympics Christine Bakombo 6 h1 r1/3 See all
Denmark DEN 1972 Summer Olympics Annelise Damm Olesen 6 h1 r2/3 See all
Djibouti DJI 2000 Summer Olympics Roda Wais 8 h2 r1/3 See all
Dominica DMA 1996 Summer Olympics Dawn Williams 5 h1 r2/3 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Sigrun Wodars 1 Gold See all
Egypt EGY 2016 Summer Olympics Fatma El-Sharnouby 8 h4 r1/3 See all
Equatorial Guinea GEQ 2008 Summer Olympics Emilia Mikue Ondo 6 h4 r1/3 See all
Estonia EST 1928 Summer Olympics Sara Teitelbaum DNS See all
Ethiopia ETH 2024 Summer Olympics Tsige Duguma 2 Silver See all
Finland FIN 2020 Summer Olympics Sara Kuivisto 6 h2 r2/3 See all
France FRA 1964 Summer Olympics Maryvonne Dupureur 2 Silver See all
Gabon GAB 2004 Summer Olympics Marlyse Nsourou 7 h1 r1/3 See all
Germany GER 1928 Summer Olympics Lina Radke-Batschauer 1 Gold See all
Ghana GHA 1984 Summer Olympics Grace Bakari 6 h2 r1/3 See all
Great Britain GBR 1964 Summer Olympics Ann Packer 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Kelly Holmes 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Keely Hodgkinson 1 Gold
Greece GRE 2012 Summer Olympics Eleni Filandra 7 h1 r2/3 See all
Grenada GRN 2008 Summer Olympics Neisha Bernard-Thomas 7 h3 r2/3 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Neisha Bernard-Thomas 7 h2 r2/3
Guam GUM 2012 Summer Olympics Amy Atkinson 5 h3 r1/3 See all
Guatemala GUA 1984 Summer Olympics Patricia Meigham 7 h3 r1/3 See all
Guinea Bissau GBS 2000 Summer Olympics Anhel Cape 7 h3 r1/3 See all
Guyana GUY 2004 Summer Olympics Marian Burnett 7 h2 r2/3 See all
Hungary HUN 1964 Summer Olympics Zsuzsa Szabó 4 See all
Iceland ISL 1976 Summer Olympics Lilja Guðmundsdóttir 7 h1 r1/3 See all
India IND 2012 Summer Olympics Tintu Luka 5 h2 r2/3 See all
Ireland IRL 1984 Summer Olympics Caroline O'Shea 8 See all
Israel ISR 1968 Summer Olympics Channa Shezifi 6 h2 r1/3 See all
Italy ITA 1984 Summer Olympics Gabriella Dorio 4 See all
Jamaica JAM 2008 Summer Olympics Kenia Sinclair 6 See all
Japan JPN 1928 Summer Olympics Kinue Hitomi 2 Silver See all
Jordan JOR 2008 Summer Olympics Baraah Awadallah 7 h1 r1/3 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2012 Summer Olympics Margarita Mukashova 2 h3 r2/3 See all
Kenya KEN 2008 Summer Olympics Pamela Jelimo 1 Gold See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2012 Summer Olympics Sarah Attar 7 h6 r1/3 See all
Kosovo KOS 2024 Summer Olympics Gresa Bakraçi DQh3 r2/4 See all
Kuwait KUW 2024 Summer Olympics Amal Al-Roumi 8h4 r2/4 See all
Latvia LAT 2000 Summer Olympics Irina Latve 6 h4 r1/3 See all
Lebanon LBN 1972 Summer Olympics Arda Kalpakian DNS See all
Lesotho LES 1992 Summer Olympics Mantokoane Pitso 8 h5 r1/3 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 1976 Summer Olympics Maria Ritter 7 h3 r1/3 See all
Lithuania LTU 2008 Summer Olympics Eglė Balčiūnaitė 7 h2 r2/3 See all
Luxembourg LUX 2016 Summer Olympics Charline Mathias 8 h6 r1/3 See all
Madagascar MAD 1980 Summer Olympics Albertine Rahéliarisoa 6 h2 r1/3 See all
Malawi MAW 1972 Summer Olympics Emesia Chizunga 7 h3 r1/3 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Prisca Singamo 7 h3 r1/3
Maldives MDV 1996 Summer Olympics Yaznee Nasheeda 7 h3 r1/3 See all
Mali MLI 1980 Summer Olympics Fatalmoudou Touré 6 h3 r1/3 See all
Malta MLT 2004 Summer Olympics Tanya Blake 7 h6 r1/3 See all
Marshall Islands MHL 2012 Summer Olympics Haley Nemra 5 h2 r1/3 See all
Mauritania MTN 2012 Summer Olympics Aicha Fall 6 h5 r1/3 See all
Mauritius MRI 2012 Summer Olympics Annabelle Lascar 5 h1 r1/3 See all
Mexico MEX 1960 Summer Olympics Sebastiana Alvarado DNS See all
Mongolia MGL 1964 Summer Olympics Ramazangiin Aldaa-nysh 7 h2 r1/3 See all
Morocco MAR 2004 Summer Olympics Hasna Benhassi 2 Silver See all
Mozambique MOZ 2000 Summer Olympics Maria Mutola 1 Gold See all
Myanmar MYA 2016 Summer Olympics Myint Swe Li 7 h5 r1/3 See all
Namibia NAM 2004 Summer Olympics Agnes Samaria 5 h1 r2/3 See all
Netherlands NED 1992 Summer Olympics Ellen van Langen 1 Gold See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 2000 Summer Olympics Florencia Hunt 7 h1 r1/3 See all
New Zealand NZL 1964 Summer Olympics Marise Chamberlain 3 Bronze See all
Norway NOR 2020 Summer Olympics Hedda Hynne 7 h1 r2/3 See all
Pakistan PAK 2012 Summer Olympics Rabia Ashiq 6 h4 r1/3 See all
Palestine PLE 2012 Summer Olympics Woroud Sawalha 7 h5 r1/3 See all
Panama PAN 2012 Summer Olympics Andrea Ferris 4 h2 r1/3 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2020 Summer Olympics Wang Chunyu 5 See all
Poland POL 2016 Summer Olympics Joanna Jóźwik 5 See all
Portugal POR 1992 Summer Olympics Carla Sacramento 6 h2 r2/3 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1984 Summer Olympics Angelita Lind 6 h1 r2/3 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Choi Se-Beom 6 h1 r1/3 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2008 Summer Olympics Olga Cristea 6 h3 r2/3 See all
Romania ROU 1984 Summer Olympics Doina Melinte 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Svetlana Masterkova 1 Gold See all
Rwanda RWA 2000 Summer Olympics Christine Mukamutesi 6 h3 r1/3 See all
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 2024 Summer Olympics Shafiqua Maloney 4 See all
Senegal SEN 1976 Summer Olympics Ndew Niang 7 h4 r1/3 See all
Serbia SRB 2016 Summer Olympics Amela Terzić 7 h3 r2/3 See all
Seychelles SEY 1980 Summer Olympics Margaret Morel 7 h2 r1/3 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1980 Summer Olympics Eugenia Osho-Williams 8 h4 r1/3 See all
Singapore SGP 1976 Summer Olympics Chee Swee Lee AC h2 r1/3 See all
Slovakia SVK 2008 Summer Olympics Lucia Klocová 3 h1 r2/3 See all
Slovenia SLO 2004 Summer Olympics Jolanda Čeplak 3 Bronze See all
South Africa RSA 2012 Summer Olympics Caster Semenya 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Caster Semenya 1 Gold
Soviet Union URS 1960 Summer Olympics Lyudmila Lysenko 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics Tatyana Kazankina 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Nadezhda Olizarenko 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1988 Summer Olympics Maite Zúñiga 7 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1992 Summer Olympics Sriyani Dhammika Menike 6 h3 r1/3 See all
Sudan SUD 2012 Summer Olympics Amina Bakhit 4 h3 r1/3 See all
Suriname SUR 1992 Summer Olympics Letitia Vriesde 5 h1 r2/3 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Letitia Vriesde 5 h2 r2/3
Sweden SWE 1928 Summer Olympics Inga Gentzel 3 Bronze See all
Switzerland SUI 2016 Summer Olympics Selina Büchel 3 h2 r2/3 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Hala El-Moughrabi 6 h4 r1/3 See all
São Tomé and Príncipe STP 2020 Summer Olympics D'jamila Tavares 8 h5 r1/3 See all
Thailand THA 1992 Summer Olympics Sukanya Sang-Nguen 6 h2 r1/3 See all
The Gambia GAM 2000 Summer Olympics Adama N'Jie 6 h5 r1/3 See all
Togo TOG 2000 Summer Olympics Direma Banasso 8 h1 r1/3 See all
Türkiye TUR 1960 Summer Olympics Gül Çiray 6 h4 r1/2 See all
Uganda UGA 2020 Summer Olympics Winnie Nanyondo 5 h3 r2/3 See all
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Yuliya Krevsun 7 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Liliya Nurutdinova 2 Silver See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1980 Summer Olympics Mwinga Mwanjala 5 h1 r1/3 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Lilian Nyiti 5 h4 r1/3
United States USA 1968 Summer Olympics Madeline Manning 1 Gold See all
2020 Summer Olympics Athing Mu 1 Gold
Uruguay URU 2020 Summer Olympics Déborah Rodríguez 7 h3 r2/3 See all
Vanuatu VAN 1992 Summer Olympics Andrea Garae 7 h2 r1/3 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Hildegard Falck 1 Gold See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1988 Summer Olympics Slobodanka Čolović 4 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2020 Summer Olympics Rose Nathike 8 h2 r1/3 See all