Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 25
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Medalists
Adriana Muñoz    Cuba   Gabriela Medina    Mexico   Rosibel García    Colombia
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The women's 800 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took on the 25 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. ^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Diane Cummins of Canada.

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 one athlete regardless if they had met the qualification standard. To enter two entrants both athletes had to have met the minimum standard (2:07.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011). ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 25, 2011	17:15	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

Final

Held on October 25

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time [3]	Notes
	Adriana Muñoz	Cuba	2:04.08
	Gabriela Medina	Mexico	2:04.41	SB
	Rosibel García	Colombia	2:04.45
4	Rose Mary Almanza	Cuba	2:04.82
5	Christiane dos Santos	Brazil	2:06.15
6	Heather Kampf	United States	2:07.11
7	Christina Rodgers	United States	2:08.29
8	Nancy Gallo	Argentina	2:09.10	PB
9	Daisy Cecilia Ugarte	Bolivia	2:16.94

References

1. "Guadalajara 2011 Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
2. "Athlete's Qualification Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
3. "Women's 800m Final". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.