| Women 800m Athletics XXXI Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016 - Saturday, 20th August - Gold Medal: Caster Semenya 20.08, South Africa | 
| | Start Time: 21:15. Temperature: 24 °C, Humidity: 78%, Conditions: Cloudy. | 
 | | 1. Caster Semenya |  South Africa | 1:55.28s | NR | 3 |  | 2. Francine Niyonsaba |  Burundi | 1:56.49s |  | 5 |  | 3. Margaret Wambui |  Kenya | 1:56.89s | PB | 4 |  | 4. Melissa Bishop |  Canada | 1:57.02s | NR | 6 |  | 5. Joanna Jóźwik |  Poland | 1:57.37s | PB | 2 |  | 6. Lynsey Sharp |  Great Britain | 1:57.69s | PB | 7 |  | 7. Maryna Arzamasava |  Belarus | 1:59.10s |  | 8 |  | 8. Kate Grace |  United States | 1:59.57s |  | 1 | 
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 | -- Competitors from -- Nations. Venue: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Cap: 46,931. | 
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 | Semi-Finals - Thursday, 16th August 21:15 |  | First 2 and Best 2 times advanced to Final. | 
 | | Semi 1 |  | time |  | L |  | 1. Margaret Wambui |  Kenya | 1:59.21 | Q | 3 |  | 2. Francine Niyonsaba |  Burundi | 1:59.59 | Q | 6 |  | 3. Ajee' Wilson |  United States | 1:59.75 |  | 7 |  | 4. Nataliya Pryshchepa |  Ukraine | 1:59.95 |  | 4 |  | 5. Renée Eykens |  Belgium | 2:00.45 |  | 1 |  | 6. Halimah Nakaayi |  Uganda | 2:00.63 |  | 8 |  | 7. Yusneysi Santiusti |  Italy | 2:00.80 |  | 2 |  | 8. Angelika Cichocka |  Poland | 2:01.29 |  | 5 | 
 | Semi 2 |  | time |  | L |  | 1. Joanna Jóźwik |  Poland | 1:58.93 | Q, SB | 1 |  | 2. Melissa Bishop |  Canada | 1:59.05 | Q | 4 |  | 3. Selina Büchel |  Switzerland | 1:59.35 |  | 5 |  | 4. Lovisa Lindh |  Sweden | 1:59.41 | PB | 2 |  | 5. Shelayna Oskan-Clarke |  Great Britain | 1:59.45 | SB | 7 |  | 6. Habitam Alemu |  Ethiopia | 2:00.07 |  | 6 |  | 7. Eunice Jepkoech Sum |  Kenya | 2:00.88 |  | 3 |  | 8. Nataliia Lupu |  Ukraine | 2:02.10 |  | 8 | 
 | Semi 3 |  | time |  | L |  | 1. Caster Semenya |  South Africa | 1:58.15 | Q | 5 |  | 2. Lynsey Sharp |  Great Britain | 1:58.65 | Q | 4 |  | 3. Kate Grace |  United States | 1:58.79 | q, PB | 6 |  | 4. Maryna Arzamasava |  Belarus | 1:58.87 | q | 3 |  | 5. Noélie Yarigo |  Benin | 1:59.78 |  | 8 |  | 6. Winny Chebet |  Kenya | 2:01.90 |  | 7 |  | 7. Amela Terzić |  Serbia | 2:03.81 |  | 2 |  | 8. Wang Chunyu |  China | 2:04.05 |  | 1 | 
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| Heats - Wednesday 17th August 10:55 | 
| First 2 and Best 8 times advanced to Semi-Finals. | 
| | Heat 1 |  | time |  | L |  | 1. Lynsey Sharp |  Great Britain | 2:00.83 | Q | 4 |  | 2. Amela Terzić |  Serbia | 2:00.99 | Q, SB | 1 |  | 3. Sahily Diago |  Cuba | 2:01.38 |  | 6 |  | 4. Angela Petty |  New Zealand | 2:02.40 |  | 8 |  | 5. Justine Fedronic |  France | 2:02.73 |  | 7 |  | 6. Olha Lyakhova |  Ukraine | 2:03.02 |  | 2 |  | 7. Florina Pierdevară |  Romania | 2:03.32 |  | 3 |  | 8. Ciara Everard |  Ireland | 2:07.91 |  | 5 | 
 |  | | Heat 2 |  | time |  | L |  | 1. Caster Semenya |  South Africa | 1:59.31 | Q | 4 |  | 2. Ajee' Wilson |  United States | 1:59.44 | Q, SB | 8 |  | 3. Shelayna Oskan-Clarke |  Great Britain | 1:59.67 | q | 5 |  | 4. Wang Chunyu |  China | 1:59.93 | q, PB | 3 |  | 5. Margarita Mukasheva |  Kazakhstan | 2:00.97 |  | 1 |  | 6. Claudia Bobocea |  Romania | 2:03.75 |  | 2 |  | 7. Rose Nathike Lokonyen |  Refugee OT | 2:16.64 |  | 7a |  | 8. Houleye Ba |  Mauritania | 2:43.52 |  | 7b |  | -. Rababe Arafi |  Morocco | DNF |  | 6 | 
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| | Heat 3 |  | time |  | L |  | 1. Selina Büchel |  Switzerland | 1:59.00 | Q, SB | 2 |  | 2. Margaret Wambui |  Kenya | 1:59.66 | Q | 6 |  | 3. Nataliya Pryshchepa |  Ukraine | 1:59.80 | q | 4 |  | 4. Gudaf Tsegay |  Ethiopia | 2:00.13 |  | 7 |  | 5. Sifan Hassan |  Netherlands | 2:00.27 | SB | 5 |  | 6. Tintu Lukka |  India | 2:00.58 | SB | 3 |  | 7. Selma Kajan |  Australia | 2:05.20 |  | 8 |  | 8. Tsepang Sello |  Lesotho | 2:10.22 |  | 1 | 
 |  | | Heat 4 |  | time |  | L |  | 1. Melissa Bishop |  Canada | 1:58.38 | Q | 3 |  | 2. Maryna Arzamasava |  Belarus | 1:58.44 | Q, SB | 4 |  | 3. Habitam Alemu |  Ethiopia | 1:58.99 | q, PB | 5 |  | 4. Noélie Yarigo |  Benin | 1:59.12 | q | 7 |  | 5. Halimah Nakaayi |  Uganda | 1:59.78 | q, PB | 2 |  | 6. Aníta Hinriksdóttir |  Iceland | 2:00.14 | NR | 8 |  | 7. Christina Hering |  Germany | 2:01.04 |  | 1 |  | 8. Fatma El Sharnouby |  Egypt | 2:21.24 |  | 6 | 
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| | Heat 5 |  | time |  | L |  | 1. Eunice Jepkoech Sum |  Kenya | 1:59.83 | Q | 3 |  | 2. Nataliia Lupu |  Ukraine | 1:59.91 | Q | 2 |  | 3. Kate Grace |  United States | 1:59.96 | q | 7 |  | 4. Renée Eykens |  Belgium | 2:00.00 | q, PB | 8 |  | 5. Tigist Assefa |  Ethiopia | 2:00.21 | SB | 1 |  | 6. Winnie Nanyondo |  Uganda | 2:02.77 |  | 6 |  | 7. Amna Bakhit |  Sudan | 2:07.65 |  | 4 |  | 8. Swe Li Myint Myint |  Myanmar | 2:16.98 |  | 5 | 
 |  | | Heat 6 |  | time |  | L |  | 1. Angelika Cichocka |  Poland | 2:00.42 | Q | 3 |  | 2. Yusneysi Santiusti |  Italy | 2:00.45 | Q | 1 |  | 3. Rose Mary Almanza |  Cuba | 2:00.50 |  | 4 |  | 4. Malika Akkaoui |  Morocco | 2:00.52 |  | 8 |  | 5. Hedda Hynne |  Norway | 2:01.64 |  | 7 |  | 6. Déborah Rodríguez |  Uruguay | 2:01.86 | SB | 2 |  | 7. Simoya Campbell |  Jamaica | 2:02.07 |  | 5 |  | 8. Charline Mathias |  Luxembourg | 2:09.30 |  | 6 | 
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| | Heat 7 |  | time |  | L |  | 1. Joanna Jóźwik |  Poland | 2:01.58 | Q | 1 |  | 2. Winny Chebet |  Kenya | 2:01.65 | Q | 6 |  | 3. Esther Guerrero |  Spain | 2:01.85 |  | 8 |  | 4. Lisneidy Veitia |  Cuba | 2:02.10 |  | 4 |  | 5. Rénelle Lamote |  France | 2:02.19 |  | 2 |  | 6. Eglė Balčiūnaitė |  Lithuania | 2:02.98 | SB | 5 |  | 7. Kenia Sinclair |  Jamaica | 2:03.76 |  | 7 |  | 8. Flávia de Lima |  Brazil | 2:03.78 | SB | 3 | 
 |  | | Heat 8 |  | time |  | L |  | 1. Francine Niyonsaba |  Burundi | 1:59.84 | Q | 4 |  | 2. Lovisa Lindh |  Sweden | 2:00.04 | Q, PB | 5 |  | 3. Natoya Goule |  Jamaica | 2:00.49 |  | 8 |  | 4. Lucia Hrivnák Klocová |  Slovakia | 2:00.57 | SB | 3 |  | 5. Yuliya Karol |  Belarus | 2:01.09 | PB | 7 |  | 6. Chrishuna Williams |  United States | 2:01.19 |  | 2 |  | 7. Fabienne Kohlmann |  Germany | 2:05.36 |  | 1 |  | 8. Elisabeth Mandaba |  Central Africa | 2:11.70 | NR | 6 | 
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