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


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. 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 record1:53.28Munich, GermanyJuly 26, 1983
Pan American Games record1:58.71Havana, CubaAugust 8, 1991

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee 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 in the qualifying period.

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

Held on October 25
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Adriana Muñoz2:04.08
Gabriela Medina2:04.41SB
Rosibel García2:04.45
4Rose Mary Almanza2:04.82
5Christiane dos Santos2:06.15
6Heather Kampf2:07.11
7Christina Rodgers2:08.29
8Nancy Gallo2:09.10PB
9Daisy Cecilia Ugarte2:16.94