Olympic Games

Women

800 m

Year Mo Day Location Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal
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2021 Aug 03 Tokyo, JPN Athing Mu USA Keely Hodgkinson GBR Raevyn Rogers USA
2016 Aug 20 Rio de Janeiro, BRA Caster Semenya RSA Francine Niyonsaba BDI Margaret Wambui KEN
2012 Aug 11 London, GBR Mariya Savinova RUS Caster Semenya RSA Yekaterina Poistogova RUS
2008 Aug 18 Beijing, CHN Pamela Jelimo KEN Janeth Jepkosgei KEN Hasna Benhassi MAR
2004 Aug 23 Athens, GRE Kelly Holmes GBR Hasna Benhassi MAR Jolanda Ceplak SLO
2000 Sep 25 Sydney, AUS Maria Mutola MOZ Stephanie Graf AUT Kelly Holmes GBR
1996 Jul 29 Atlanta, USA Svetlana Masterkova RUS Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB Maria Mutola MOZ
1992 Aug 03 Barcelona, ESP Ellen van Langen NED Liliya Nurutdinova EUN Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB
1988 Sep 26 Seoul, KOR Sigrun Wodars-Grau GDR Christine Wachtel GDR Kim Gallagher USA
1984 Aug 06 Los Angeles, USA Doina Besliu-Melinte ROU Kim Gallagher USA Fita Lovin ROU
1980 Jul 27 Moscow, URS Nadiya Olizarenko URS Olga Syrovatskaya-Mineyeva URS Tatyana Providokhina URS
1976 Jul 26 Montreal, CAN Tatyana Kazankina URS Nikolina Shtereva BUL Elfi Zinn GDR
1972 Sep 03 Munich, GER Hildegard Falck FRG Nijole Sabaite URS Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR
1968 Oct 19 Mexico City, MEX Madeline Manning USA Ileana Silai ROU Mia Gommers NED
1964 Oct 20 Tokyo, JAP Ann Packer GBR Maryvonne Dupureur FRA Marise Chamberlain NZL
1960 Sep 07 Rome, ITA Liudmyla Lysenko URS Brenda Jones AUS Ulla Donath GER
1928 Aug 02 Amsterdam, NED Lina Radke GER Kinue Hitomi JPN Inga Gentzel SWE

2021 Aug 03 Tokyo, JPN
1. Athing Mu USA 1:55.21
2. Keely Hodgkinson GBR 1:55.88
3. Raevyn Rogers USA 1:56.81
4. Jemma Reekie GBR 1:56.90
5. Chunyu Wang CHN 1:57.00
6. Habitam Alemu ETH 1:57.56
7. Alexandra Bell GBR 1:57.66
8. Natoya Goule JAM 1:58.26

2016 Aug 20 Rio de Janeiro, BRA
1. Caster Semenya RSA 1:55.28
2. Francine Niyonsaba BDI 1:56.49
3. Margaret Wambui KEN 1:56.89
4. Melissa Bishop CAN 1:57.02
5. Joanna Józwik POL 1:57.37
6. Lynsey Sharp GBR 1:57.69
7. Maryna Arzamasava BEL 1:59.10
8. Kate Grace USA 1:59.57

2012 Aug 01 London, GBR
1. Mariya Savinova RUS 1:56.19
2. Caster Semenya RSA 1:57.23
3. Yekaterina Poistogova RUS 1:57.53
4. Pamela Jelimo KEN 1:57.59
5. Alysia Johnson-Montaño USA 1:57.93
6. Francine Niyonsaba BDI 1:59.63
7. Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 2:00.19
Yelena Arzhakova RUS DQ [1:59.21]

2008 Aug 18 Beijing, CHN
1. Pamela Jelimo KEN 1:54.87
2. Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 1:56.07
3. Hasna Benhassi MAR 1:56.73
4. Svetlana Klyuka RUS 1:56.94
5. Maria Mutola MOZ 1:57.68
6. Kenia Sinclair JAM 1:58.24
7. Yuliya Krevsun UKR 1:58.73
8. Tatyana Andrianova RUS 2:02.63

2004 Aug 23 Athens, GRE
1. Kelly Holmes GBR 1:56.38
2. Hasna Benhassi MAR 1:56.43
3. Jolanda Ceplak SLO 1:56.43
4. Maria Mutola MOZ 1:56.51
5. Tatyana Andrianova RUS 1:56.88
6. Jearl Miles-Clark USA 1:57.27
7. Maria Cioncan ROU 1:59.62
8. Zulia Calatayud CUB 2:00.95

2000 Sep 25 Sydney, AUS
1. Maria Mutola MOZ 1:56.15
2. Steffi Graf AUT 1:56.64
3. Kelly Holmes GBR 1:56.80
4. Brigita Langerholc SLO 1:58.51
5. Helena Fuchsová CZE 1:58.56
6. Zulia Calatayud CUB 1:58.66
7. Hazel Clark-Riley USA 1:58.75
8. Hasna Benhassi MAR 1:59.27

1996 Jul 29 Atlanta, USA
1. Svetlana Masterkova RUS 1:57.73
2. Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB 1:58.11
3. Maria Mutola MOZ 1:58.71
4. Kelly Holmes GBR 1:58.81
5. Yelena Afanasyeva RUS 1:59.57
6. Patricia Djaté-Taillard FRA 1:59.61
7. Natasha Dukhnova BLR 2:00.32
8. Toni Hodgkinson NZL 2:00.54

1992 Aug 03 Barcelona, ESP
1. Ellen van Langen NED 1:55.54
2. Liliya Nurutdinova EUN 1:55.99
3. Ana Fidelia Quirot CUB 1:56.80
4. Inna Yevseieva EUN 1:57.20
5. Maria Mutola MOZ 1:57.49
6. Ella Kovacs ROU 1:57.95
7. Joetta Clark-Diggs USA 1:58.06
8. Lyubov Gurina EUN 1:58.13

1988 Sep 26 Seoul, KOR
1. Sigrun Wodars-Grau GDR 1:56.10
2. Christine Wachtel GDR 1:56.64
3. Kim Gallagher USA 1:56.91
4. Slobodanka Colovic YUG 1:57.50
5. Delisa Walton-Floyd USA 1:57.80
6. Inna Yevseieva URS 1:59.37
7. Maite Zúñiga ESP 1:59.82
8. Diane Edwards-Modahl GBR 2:00.77

1984 Aug 06 Los Angeles, USA
1. Doina Besliu-Melinte ROU 1:57.60
2. Kim Gallagher USA 1:58.63
3. Fita Lovin ROU 1:58.83
4. Gabriella Dorio ITA 1:59.05
5. Lorraine Baker GBR 2:00.03
6. Ruth Wysocki USA 2:00.34
7. Margrit Klinger FRG 2:00.65
8. Caroline O'Shea IRL 2:00.77

1980 Jul 27 Moscow, URS
1. Nadiya Olizarenko URS 1:53.5 WR,OR
2. Olga Syrovatskaya-Mineyeva URS 1:54.9
3. Tatyana Providokhina URS 1:55.5
4. Martina Kämpfert GDR 1:56.3
5. Hildegard Ullrich GDR 1:57.2
6. Jolanta Januchta POL 1:58.3
7. Nikolina Shtereva BUL 1:58.8
8. Gabriella Dorio ITA 1:59.2

1976 Jul 26 Montreal, CAN
1. Tatyana Kazankina URS 1:54.94 WR,OR
2. Nikolina Shtereva BUL 1:55.42
3. Elfi Zinn GDR 1:55.60
4. Anita Weiß GDR 1:55.74
5. Svetlana Styrkina URS 1:56.44
6. Svetla Zlateva BUL 1:57.21
7. Doris Gluth GDR 1:58.99
8. Mariana Suman ROU 2:02.21

1972 Sep 03 Munich, GER
1. Hildegard Falck FRG 1:58.55 OR
2. Nijole Sabaite URS 1:58.65
3. Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR 1:59.19
4. Svetla Zlateva BUL 1:59.72
5. Vera Nikolic YUG 1:59.98
6. Ileana Silai ROU 2:00.04
7. Rosemary Stirling GBR 2:00.15
8. Abby Hoffman CAN 2:00.17

1968 Oct 19 Mexico City, MEX
1. Madeline Manning-Jackson USA 2:00.9 OR
2. Ileana Silai ROU 2:02.5
3. Mia Gommers NED 2:02.6
4. Sheila Taylor-Carey GBR 2:03.8
5. Doris Brown USA 2:03.9
6. Pat Lowe-Cropper GBR 2:04.2
7. Abby Hoffman CAN 2:06.8
8. Maryvonne Dupureur FRA 2:08.2

1964 Oct 20 Tokyo, JAP
1. Ann Packer GBR 2:01.1 WR,OR
2. Maryvonne Dupureur FRA 2:01.9
3. Marise Chamberlain NZL 2:02.8
4. Zsuzsa Szabó HUN 2:03.5
5. Antje Gleichfeld GER 2:03.9
6. Laine Erik URS 2:05.1
7. Gerda Kraan NED 2:05.8
8. Anne Smith GBR 2:05.8

1960 Sep 07 Rome, ITA
1. Liudmyla Lysenko URS 2:04.3 tWR,OR
2. Brenda Jones AUS 2:04.4
3. Ulla Donath GER 2:05.6
4. Vera Kummerfeldt GER 2:05.9
5. Antje Gleichfeld GER 2:06.5
6. Joy Jordan GBR 2:07.8
7. Gizella Sasvári-Csóka HUN 2:08.0
8. Beata Zbikowska POL 2:11.8
9. Dixie Willis AUS

1928 Aug 02 Amsterdam, NED
1. Lina Radke-Batschauer GER 2:16.8 WR,OR
2. Kinue Hitomi JPN 2:17.6
3. Inga Gentzel SWE 2:17.8
4. Jenny Thompson CAN 2:21.4
5. Bobby Rosenfeld CAN 2:22.4
6. Florence MacDonald USA 2:22.6
7. Marie Dollinger GER 2:23.0
8. Gertruda Kilosówna POL 2:28.0
9. Elfriede Wever GER

WR = world record
OR = Olympic Record