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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	Nr	Athlete	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 (20 August 2004 — 22:00-22:37)

Top three in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (22:00)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	2:01.20	Q
2	7	Maria Mutola	MOZ	2:01.50	Q
3	2	Tetiana Petliuk	UKR	2:02.07	Q
4	6	Marian Burnett	GUY	2:02.12	q
5	8	Nédia Semedo	POR	2:02.61
6	3	Olga Cristea	MDA	2:08.97
7	5	Marlyse Nsourou	GAB	2:12.35

Splits

400 m	1:02.30	Hasna Benhassi

Heat Two (22:06)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.64	Q
2	5	Agnes Samaria	NAM	2:00.05	Q
3	7	Élisabeth Grousselle	FRA	2:00.31	Q
4	3	Nataliya Khrushchelyeva	RUS	2:00.56	q
5	6	Diane Cummins	CAN	2:01.19	q
6	2	Miho Sugimori	JPN	2:02.82
7	4	Adama N'Jie	GAM	2:10.02

Splits

400 m	58.22	Miho Sugimori

Heat Three (22:12)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Kelly Holmes	GBR	2:00.81	Q
2	1	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	2:01.33	Q
3	4	Michelle Ballentine	JAM	2:01.52	Q
4	7	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	2:01.70	q
5	2	Tamsyn Lewis	AUS	2:02.67
6	8	Tatyana Roslanova	KAZ	2:06.39
7	6	Sanna Bkheet	PLE	2:32.10
DNF	5	Anhel Cape	GBS	–

Splits

400 m	59.73	Letitia Vriesde

Heat Four (22:18)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Svetlana Cherkasova	RUS	2:03.60	Q
2	2	Mina Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.70	Q
3	7	Jo Fenn	GBR	2:03.72	Q
4	6	Claudia Gesell	GER	2:03.87
5	8	Akosua Serwaa	GHA	2:03.96
6	3	Faith Macharia	KEN	2:06.31
7	5	Emilia Mikue Ondo	GEQ	2:22.88

Splits

400 m	1:02.97	Jo Fenn

Heat Five (22:24)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	2:00.61	Q
2	2	Mayté Martínez	ESP	2:00.81	Q
3	6	Nicole Teter	USA	2:01.16	Q
4	4	Luciana Mendes	BRA	2:01.36	q
5	7	Lucia Klocová	SVK	2:02.17	q
6	8	Binnaz Uslu	TUR	2:03.46
7	5	Marie-Lyne Joseph	DMA	2:20.23

Splits

400 m	58.98	Jolanda Čeplak

Heat Six (22:30)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	2:03.77	Q
2	6	Seltana Aït Hammou	MAR	2:03.95	Q
3	8	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2:03.99	Q
4	5	Anita Brägger	SUI	2:04.00
5	2	Hazel Clark-Riley	USA	2:05.67
6	4	Noelly Mankatu Bibiche	COD	2:06.23
7	7	Tanya Blake	MLT	2:19.34

Splits

400 m	1:02.54	Hazel Clark-Riley

Semi-Finals (21 August 2004 — 20:40-20:59)

Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:40)

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

Splits

400 m	57.18	Jearl Miles-Clark

Heat Two (20:48)

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

Splits

400 m	57.85	Jolanda Čeplak

Heat Three (20:56)

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

Splits

400 m	57.84	Maria Mutola

Final (23 August 2004 — 20:55)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Kelly Holmes	GBR	1:56.38
2	7	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1:56.43
3	4	Jolanda Čeplak	SLO	1:56.43
4	5	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:56.51
5	6	Tatyana Andrianova	RUS	1:56.88
6	2	Jearl Miles-Clark	USA	1:57.27
7	1	Maria Cioncan	ROU	1:59.62
8	8	Zulia Calatayud	CUB	2:00.95

Splits

400 m	56.37	Jearl Miles-Clark