Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games will take place between the 21 and 22 of July at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Adriana Muñoz of Cuba.

Women's 800 metres at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates	July 21 – July 22
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Winning time	1:59.62
Medalists
Melissa Bishop   Canada   Alysia Montaño   United States   Flavia de Lima   Brazil
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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Jarmila Kratochvilova (CZE)	1:53.28	Munich, Germany	July 26, 1983
Pan American Games record	Ana Quirot (CUB)	1:58.71	Havana, Cuba	August 8, 1991

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (2.06.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
July 21, 2015	18:45	Semifinals
July 22, 2015	19:30	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Flavia de Lima	Brazil	2:02.39	Q
2	1	Alysia Montaño	United States	2:02.95	Q
3	1	Jessica Smith	Canada	2:03.34	Q
4	1	Gabriela Medina	Mexico	2:03.94	q
5	2	Rose Mary Almanza	Cuba	2:04.39	Q
6	2	Melissa Bishop	Canada	2:04.51	Q
7	2	Phoebe Wright	United States	2:04.88	Q
8	2	Kimarra McDonald	Jamaica	2:05.72	q
9	2	Erika Lima	Brazil	2:06.44
10	1	Alena Brooks	Trinidad and Tobago	2:07.82
11	2	Cristina Guevara	Mexico	2:08.11	SB
12	2	Sonia Gaskin	Barbados	2:09.01
13	1	Alethia Marrero	Puerto Rico	2:11.39
14	1	Sahily Diago	Cuba	2:13.72

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Melissa Bishop	Canada	1:59.52
	3	Alysia Montaño	United States	1:59.76
	7	Flavia de Lima	Brazil	2:00.40	PB
4	5	Rose Mary Almanza	Cuba	2:01.82
5	8	Jessica Smith	Canada	2:03.02
6	1	Gabriela Medina	Mexico	2:03.91
7	6	Phoebe Wright	United States	2:04.17
8	2	Kimarra McDonald	Jamaica	2:04.37

References

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.