Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

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Women's 800 metres at the 2019 Pan American Games
VenueAthletics Stadium
DatesAugust 6 – August 7
Competitors14 from 10 nations
Winning time2:01.26
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
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The women's 800 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place between the 6 and 7 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Melissa Bishop from the Canada.

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Summary

From the beginning of the final, Rose Mary Almanza asserted herself, hitting the break line first and pushing out to the front of the tight pack. For most of the first lap, Sade Sealy sat immediately on Almanza's outer shoulder until the first pass down the home straight, when Natoya Goule moved forward into the outer position, briefly poking into the lead at the bell. Almanza would not let Goule get far enough ahead to move in. Sealy had to drop directly behind Almanza, with Déborah Rodríguez boxing her from the outside. At the beginning of the final turn, Goule tried to accelerate around Almanza, but was held to the outside through the entire turn. Coming off the turn, Almanza accelerated and gained a slight advantage, the two battling almost shoulder to shoulder down the home straight. 50 metres to go, Almanza's face began to show strain, Goule gained the advantage and went on for the win. Fighting as she tied up, Almanza strained to hold off the fast closing Rodríguez, making one last jerk to get her torso over the finish line .02 ahead to retain silver

Records

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

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

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 6, 201917:07 Semifinal
August 7, 201916:00 Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Semifinal

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The results were as follows: [1]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Natoya Goule Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2:02.68Q
22 Sade Sealy Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2:03.23Q, PB
32 Alena Brooks Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 2:03.79Q
42 Lindsey Butterworth Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:03.82q
51 Rose Mary Almanza Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:05.25Q
62 Mariela Luisa Real Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:05.73q
71 Sonia Gaskin Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2:05.85Q
82 Johana Arrieta Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:06.00
91 Déborah Rodríguez Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2:06.30Q
101 Alethia Marrero Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 2:06.87
112 Athing Mu Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.30
121 Andrea Calderón Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 2:08.49
131 Jazmine Fray Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2:10.14
1 Maïté Bouchard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF

Final

The results were as follows: [2]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Natoya Goule Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2:01.26
Silver medal icon.svg Rose Mary Almanza Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:01.64
Bronze medal icon.svg Déborah Rodríguez Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2:01.66SB
4 Sade Sealy Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2:02.23 NR
5 Lindsey Butterworth Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:02.68
6 Alena Brooks Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 2:02.75
7 Mariela Luisa Real Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:04.56
8 Sonia Gaskin Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2:05.68

References

  1. "Women's 800 metres − Semifinal − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Retrieved 16 Aug 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Women's 800 metres − Final − Results" (PDF). Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 16 Aug 2019.