| Event: | Women's 800 metres |
| Games: | 1996 Summer |
| Venue: | Centennial Olympic Stadium |
| Dates: | 26 July 1996 (heats) 27 July 1996 (semi-finals) 29 July 1996 (final) |
| Competitors: | 36 |
| Nations: | 31 |
| Win Value: | 1:57.73 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Svetlana Masterkova |
| Goldnoc: | RUS |
| Silver: | Ana Fidelia Quirot |
| Silvernoc: | CUB |
| Bronze: | Maria de Lurdes Mutola |
| Bronzenoc: | MOZ |
| Prev: | 1992 |
| Next: | 2000 |
These are the official results of the women's 800 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. There were a total of 37 competitors from 31 countries.[1]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 1:53.28 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Munich (FRG) | July 26, 1983 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 1:53.43 | Nadiya Olizarenko | Moscow (URS) | July 27, 1980 |
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1:58.80 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 1:58.98 | Q | |||
| 2 | 5 | 1:58.98 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 1:59.18 | Q | |||
| 5 | 3 | 1:59.23 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 1:59.35 | Q | |||
| 7 | 5 | 1:59.37 | q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 1:59.56 | q | |||
| 8 | 3 | 1:59.56 | q | |||
| 10 | 1 | 1:59.67 | Q | |||
| 11 | 1 | 1:59.71 | Q | |||
| 12 | 3 | 1:59.96 | q | |||
| 13 | 4 | 1:59.98 | Q | |||
| 14 | 2 | 2:00.02 | q | |||
| 15 | 3 | 2:00.18 | q | |||
| 16 | 1 | 2:00.25 | ||||
| 17 | 4 | 2:00.26 | Q | |||
| 18 | 3 | 2:00.27 | ||||
| 19 | 4 | 2:00.38 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 2:00.47 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 2:01.48 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 2:01.61 | ||||
| 23 | 4 | 2:02.13 | ||||
| 24 | 1 | 2:02.44 | ||||
| 25 | 4 | 2:02.88 | ||||
| 26 | 2 | 2:03.22 | ||||
| 27 | 1 | 2:04.17 | ||||
| 28 | 5 | 2:04.80 | ||||
| 29 | 2 | 2:04.99 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 2:08.31 | ||||
| 31 | 1 | 2:08.58 | ||||
| 32 | 1 | 2:13.52 | ||||
| 33 | 3 | 2:36.85 | ||||
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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1:57.62 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 1:57.77 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1:57.93 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 1:57.95 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 1:57.99 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 1:58.25 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 1:58.29 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 1:58.49 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 1:58.67 | Q | |||
| 10 | 1 | 1:59.06 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 1:59.23 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 1:59.28 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 1:59.36 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 2:00.68 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 2:02.50 | ||||
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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:57.73 | |||||
| 1:58.11 | |||||
| 1:58.71 | |||||
| 4 | 1:58.81 | ||||
| 5 | 1:59.57 | ||||
| 6 | 1:59.61 | ||||
| 7 | 2:00.32 | ||||
| 8 | 2:00.54 |