| Event: | Women's 800 metres |
| Games: | 2015 |
| Venue: | CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium |
| Dates: | July 21–22 |
| Competitors: | 14 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Win Value: | 1:59.62 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Gold: | Melissa Bishop |
| Goldnoc: | CAN |
| Silver: | Alysia Montaño |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Flávia de Lima |
| Bronzenoc: | BRA |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2019 |
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.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 1:53.28 | Munich, Germany | July 26, 1983 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 1:58.71 | Havana, Cuba | August 8, 1991 |
See main article: article and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – 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]
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2015 | 18:45 | Semifinals | |
| July 22, 2015 | 19:30 | Final |
All times shown are in seconds.
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualified |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2:02.39 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 2:02.95 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 2:03.34 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 2:03.94 | q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 2:04.39 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 2:04.51 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 2:04.88 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 2:05.72 | q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 2:06.44 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 2:07.82 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 2:08.11 | SB | |||
| 12 | 2 | 2:09.01 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 2:11.39 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 2:13.72 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Melissa Bishop | 1:59.52 | ||||
| 3 | Alysia Montaño | 1:59.76 | ||||
| 7 | Flávia de Lima | 2:00.40 | PB | |||
| 4 | 5 | Rose Mary Almanza | 2:01.82 | |||
| 5 | 8 | Jessica Smith | 2:03.02 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Gabriela Medina | 2:03.91 | |||
| 7 | 6 | Phoebe Wright | 2:04.17 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Kimarra McDonald | 2:04.37 |