800 m Athletics Rio 2016

Woman's 800 m

Athletics 

Final

1. Gold medal 

Mokgadi Caster Semenya Bronze OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and 2016 Olympic gold medalist. Semenya won gold in the women's 800 metres at the 2009 World Championships with a time of  1:55.45 in the final. Semenya also won silver medals at the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics, both in the 800 metres. She was the winner of the gold medal in the 800 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics,  running a personal best time 1:55.28.

Following her victory at the 2009 World Championships, it was announced that she had been subjected to gender testing. She was withdrawn from international competition until 6 July 2010 when the IAAF cleared her to return to competition. In 2010, the British magazine New Statesman included Semenya in a list of "50 People That Matter 2010".

2. Silver medal

Francine Niyonsaba (born May 5, 1993) is a Burundian runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She is the National record holder in the event, improving her own record to  1:58.67  on August 9, 2012 in the semi-final round of the Women's 800m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was a 0.01 seconds improvement on her previous record. Two days later she finished seventh in the Olympic final. Less than a month later she took the record down yet again to 1:56.59. 

She had a quick rise to prominence in 2012 while still a teenager. The first time she set the record was in late June 2012 while narrowly winning the 2012 African Championships in Athletics in 1:59.11 in what was only her third competitive race. At that, she improved upon her own previous national record of 2:02.13 , set in the qualifying round. In the opening round race, the inexperienced runner had opened up a 30 metres lead on the pack.

Three weeks later on July 20, 2012, she improved the record again to 1:58.68 while finishing second at the 2012 Diamond League meeting at Herculis. She was the winner of the silver medal in the 800 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, running a personal best time 1:56.49.

3. Bronze medal

Margaret Nyairera Wambui is a Kenya middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres. She competed at the 2015 World Championships and won bronze. In the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal, running a personal best time 1:56.89.