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800 metres, Women

Date	20 – 23 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	43 from 36 countries

The defending champion, Maria Mutola, was the favorite, having won the 2001 and 2003 World Championships. The final pace was led by American Jearl Miles-Clark who led thru 600 metres. At the start of the homestretch Mutola and Britain’s Kelly Holmes passed into the lead. It was expected to be a great battle but Mutola faded, and Holmes ran away from her. But the finish was very close as Morocco’s Hasna Benhassi and Slovenia’s Jolanda Čeplak closed quickly. Holmes held on to win, with almost nothing to choose between Benhassi and Ceplak, both clocked in 1:56.43, Benhassi getting the silver. Mutola dropped back to fourth, and Miles-Clark trailed in sixth place.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	1809	Kelly Holmes	GBR	2:00.81 (1 h3)	1:57.98 (1 h1)	1:56.38 (1)	Gold
2	2462	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	2:01.20 (1 h1)	1:58.59 (1 h2)	1:56.43 (2)	Silver
3	3010	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	2:00.61 (1 h5)	1:58.80 (2 h2)	1:56.43 (3)	Bronze
4	2548	Maria Mutola	MOZ	2:01.50 (2 h1)	1:59.30 (1 h3)	1:56.51 (4)
5	2849	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	2:03.77 (1 h6)	1:58.41 (2 h1)	1:56.88 (5)
6	3308	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	2:01.33 (2 h3)	1:58.71 (3 h1)	1:57.27 (6)
7	2780	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.64 (1 h2)	1:59.44 (2 h3)	1:59.62 (7)
8	1444	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2:03.99 (3 h6)	1:59.21 (4 h1)	2:00.95 (8)
3 h2 r2/3	3188	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	2:02.07 (3 h1)	1:59.48 (3 h2)	–
3 h3 r2/3	2867	Svetlana Cherkasova	RUS	2:03.60 (1 h4)	1:59.80 (3 h3)	–
4 h2 r2/3	3350	Nicole Teter	USA	2:01.16 (3 h5)	1:59.50 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r2/3	1309	Diane Cummins	CAN	2:01.19 (5 h2)	2:00.30 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	2556	Agnes Samaria	NAM	2:00.05 (2 h2)	1:59.37 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	2890	Nataliya Khrushchelyeva	RUS	2:00.56 (4 h2)	2:00.68 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	1804	Jo Fenn	GBR	2:03.72 (3 h4)	2:00.60 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	1742	Élisabeth Grousselle	FRA	2:00.31 (3 h2)	2:00.21 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	3060	Lucia Klocová	SVK	2:02.17 (5 h5)	2:00.79 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	2458	Seltana Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.95 (2 h6)	2:00.64 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	2457	Mina Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.70 (2 h4)	2:00.66 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	2050	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.12 (4 h1)	2:02.21 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	1253	Luciana Mendes	BRA	2:01.36 (4 h5)	2:02.00 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r2/3	2214	Michelle Ballentine	JAM	2:01.52 (3 h3)	2:00.94 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	1603	Mayté Martínez	ESP	2:00.81 (2 h5)	2:03.30 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r2/3	3055	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	2:01.70 (4 h3)	2:06.95 (8 h3)	–
4 h4 r1/3	1886	Claudia Gesell	GER	2:03.87 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	3044	Anita Brägger	SUI	2:04.00 (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	2746	Nédia Semedo	POR	2:02.61 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	1073	Tamsyn Lewis	AUS	2:02.67 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	1963	Akosua Serwaa	GHA	2:03.96 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	3241	Hazel Clark-Riley	USA	2:05.67 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	2497	Olga Cristea	MDA	2:08.97 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	2290	Miho Sugimori	JPN	2:02.82 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	2323	Tatyana Roslanova	KAZ	2:06.39 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	2350	Faith Macharia	KEN	2:06.31 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	3154	Binnaz Uslu	TUR	2:03.46 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	1407	Noelly Mankatu Bibiche	COD	2:06.23 (6 h6)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	1785	Marlyse Nsourou	GAB	2:12.35 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	1786	Adama N'Jie	GAM	2:10.02 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	2656	Sanna Bkheet	PLE	2:32.10 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	1858	Emilia Mikue Ondo	GEQ	2:22.88 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	1535	Marie-Lyne Joseph	DMA	2:20.23 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	2544	Tanya Blake	MLT	2:19.34 (7 h6)	–	–
AC h3 r1/3	1852	Anhel Cape	GBS	– (DNF h3)	–	–

Round One

Date	20 August 2004 — 22:00
Format	Top three in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	2780	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.64	Q
2	2556	Agnes Samaria	NAM	2:00.05	Q
3	1742	Élisabeth Grousselle	FRA	2:00.31	Q
4	2890	Nataliya Khrushchelyeva	RUS	2:00.56	q
5	3010	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	2:00.61	Q
=6	1809	Kelly Holmes	GBR	2:00.81	Q
=6	1603	Mayté Martínez	ESP	2:00.81	Q
8	3350	Nicole Teter	USA	2:01.16	Q
9	1309	Diane Cummins	CAN	2:01.19	q
10	2462	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	2:01.20	Q
11	3308	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	2:01.33	Q
12	1253	Luciana Mendes	BRA	2:01.36	q
13	2548	Maria Mutola	MOZ	2:01.50	Q
14	2214	Michelle Ballentine	JAM	2:01.52	Q
15	3055	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	2:01.70	q
16	3188	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	2:02.07	Q
17	2050	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.12	q
18	3060	Lucia Klocová	SVK	2:02.17	q
19	2746	Nédia Semedo	POR	2:02.61
20	1073	Tamsyn Lewis	AUS	2:02.67
21	2290	Miho Sugimori	JPN	2:02.82
22	3154	Binnaz Uslu	TUR	2:03.46
23	2867	Svetlana Cherkasova	RUS	2:03.60	Q
24	2457	Mina Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.70	Q
25	1804	Jo Fenn	GBR	2:03.72	Q
26	2849	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	2:03.77	Q
27	1886	Claudia Gesell	GER	2:03.87
28	2458	Seltana Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.95	Q
29	1963	Akosua Serwaa	GHA	2:03.96
30	1444	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2:03.99	Q
31	3044	Anita Brägger	SUI	2:04.00
32	3241	Hazel Clark-Riley	USA	2:05.67
33	1407	Noelly Mankatu Bibiche	COD	2:06.23
34	2350	Faith Macharia	KEN	2:06.31
35	2323	Tatyana Roslanova	KAZ	2:06.39
36	2497	Olga Cristea	MDA	2:08.97
37	1786	Adama N'Jie	GAM	2:10.02
38	1785	Marlyse Nsourou	GAB	2:12.35
39	2544	Tanya Blake	MLT	2:19.34
40	1535	Marie-Lyne Joseph	DMA	2:20.23
41	1858	Emilia Mikue Ondo	GEQ	2:22.88
42	2656	Sanna Bkheet	PLE	2:32.10
DNF	1852	Anhel Cape	GBS	–

Heat #1

Time	22:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2462	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	2:01.20	Q
2	2548	Maria Mutola	MOZ	2:01.50	Q
3	3188	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	2:02.07	Q
4	2050	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.12	q
5	2746	Nédia Semedo	POR	2:02.61
6	2497	Olga Cristea	MDA	2:08.97
7	1785	Marlyse Nsourou	GAB	2:12.35

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Hasna Benhassi		1:02.30

Heat #2

Time	22:06

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2780	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.64	Q
2	2556	Agnes Samaria	NAM	2:00.05	Q
3	1742	Élisabeth Grousselle	FRA	2:00.31	Q
4	2890	Nataliya Khrushchelyeva	RUS	2:00.56	q
5	1309	Diane Cummins	CAN	2:01.19	q
6	2290	Miho Sugimori	JPN	2:02.82
7	1786	Adama N'Jie	GAM	2:10.02

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Miho Sugimori		58.22

Heat #3

Time	22:12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1809	Kelly Holmes	GBR	2:00.81	Q
2	3308	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	2:01.33	Q
3	2214	Michelle Ballentine	JAM	2:01.52	Q
4	3055	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	2:01.70	q
5	1073	Tamsyn Lewis	AUS	2:02.67
6	2323	Tatyana Roslanova	KAZ	2:06.39
7	2656	Sanna Bkheet	PLE	2:32.10
DNF	1852	Anhel Cape	GBS	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Letitia Vriesde		59.73

Heat #4

Time	22:18

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2867	Svetlana Cherkasova	RUS	2:03.60	Q
2	2457	Mina Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.70	Q
3	1804	Jo Fenn	GBR	2:03.72	Q
4	1886	Claudia Gesell	GER	2:03.87
5	1963	Akosua Serwaa	GHA	2:03.96
6	2350	Faith Macharia	KEN	2:06.31
7	1858	Emilia Mikue Ondo	GEQ	2:22.88

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Jo Fenn		1:02.97

Heat #5

Time	22:24

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	3010	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	2:00.61	Q
2	1603	Mayté Martínez	ESP	2:00.81	Q
3	3350	Nicole Teter	USA	2:01.16	Q
4	1253	Luciana Mendes	BRA	2:01.36	q
5	3060	Lucia Klocová	SVK	2:02.17	q
6	3154	Binnaz Uslu	TUR	2:03.46
7	1535	Marie-Lyne Joseph	DMA	2:20.23

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Jolanda Čeplak		58.98

Heat #6

Time	22:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2849	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	2:03.77	Q
2	2458	Seltana Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.95	Q
3	1444	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2:03.99	Q
4	3044	Anita Brägger	SUI	2:04.00
5	3241	Hazel Clark-Riley	USA	2:05.67
6	1407	Noelly Mankatu Bibiche	COD	2:06.23
7	2544	Tanya Blake	MLT	2:19.34

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Hazel Clark-Riley		1:02.54

Semi-Finals

Date	21 August 2004 — 20:40
Format	Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	1809	Kelly Holmes	GBR	1:57.98	Q
2	2849	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	1:58.41	Q
3	2462	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1:58.59	Q
4	3308	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	1:58.71	q
5	3010	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	1:58.80	Q
6	1444	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	1:59.21	q
7	2548	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:59.30	Q
8	2556	Agnes Samaria	NAM	1:59.37
9	2780	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.44	Q
10	3188	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	1:59.48
11	3350	Nicole Teter	USA	1:59.50
12	2867	Svetlana Cherkasova	RUS	1:59.80
13	1742	Élisabeth Grousselle	FRA	2:00.21
14	1309	Diane Cummins	CAN	2:00.30
15	1804	Jo Fenn	GBR	2:00.60
16	2458	Seltana Aït Hammou	MAR	2:00.64
17	2457	Mina Aït Hammou	MAR	2:00.66
18	2890	Nataliya Khrushchelyeva	RUS	2:00.68
19	3060	Lucia Klocová	SVK	2:00.79
20	2214	Michelle Ballentine	JAM	2:00.94
21	1253	Luciana Mendes	BRA	2:02.00
22	2050	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.21
23	1603	Mayté Martínez	ESP	2:03.30
24	3055	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	2:06.95

Heat #1

Time	20:40

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1809	Kelly Holmes	GBR	1:57.98	Q
2	2849	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	1:58.41	Q
3	3308	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	1:58.71	q
4	1444	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	1:59.21	q
5	2556	Agnes Samaria	NAM	1:59.37
6	1742	Élisabeth Grousselle	FRA	2:00.21
7	2457	Mina Aït Hammou	MAR	2:00.66
8	2214	Michelle Ballentine	JAM	2:00.94

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Jearl Miles-Clark		57.18

Heat #2

Time	20:48

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2462	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1:58.59	Q
2	3010	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	1:58.80	Q
3	3188	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	1:59.48
4	3350	Nicole Teter	USA	1:59.50
5	2890	Nataliya Khrushchelyeva	RUS	2:00.68
6	3060	Lucia Klocová	SVK	2:00.79
7	2050	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.21
8	1603	Mayté Martínez	ESP	2:03.30

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Jolanda Čeplak		57.85

Heat #3

Time	20:56

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	2548	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:59.30	Q
2	2780	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.44	Q
3	2867	Svetlana Cherkasova	RUS	1:59.80
4	1309	Diane Cummins	CAN	2:00.30
5	1804	Jo Fenn	GBR	2:00.60
6	2458	Seltana Aït Hammou	MAR	2:00.64
7	1253	Luciana Mendes	BRA	2:02.00
8	3055	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	2:06.95

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Maria Mutola		57.84

Final Round

Date	23 August 2004 — 20:55

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1809	Kelly Holmes	GBR	1:56.38
2	2462	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1:56.43
3	3010	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	1:56.43
4	2548	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:56.51
5	2849	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	1:56.88
6	3308	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	1:57.27
7	2780	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.62
8	1444	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2:00.95

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Jearl Miles-Clark		56.37