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Athletics At The 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 Metres
The women's 800 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 2 and 6 August 2022. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: Schedule The schedule was as follows: All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Results First round The first round consisted of three heats. The two fastest competitors per heat (plus next two fastest) advanced to the final. Final The medals were determined in the final. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games - Women's 800 metres Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Women's 800 metres 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games, 2022 2022 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Stadium
Alexander Stadium is a track and field athletics stadium in Perry Park, Birmingham, England. It hosted the athletics and opening/closing ceremonies of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Other events held there include the annual British Grand Prix between 2011 and 2019 and in 2022, the Amateur Athletics Association Championships, 1998 Disability World Athletics Championships, and English Schools' Athletics Championships. Original construction began in 1975 and the stadium opened in 1976. It is owned and operated by Birmingham City Council. Birchfield Harriers use it as their home stadium, replacing their former home at Alexander Sports Ground. The stadium underwent a renovation between 2019 and 2022, to prepare it for hosting the Commonwealth Games. Structure The stadium has a nine-lane synthetic surface track with a blue surface. Before redevelopment, there were 7,000 covered seats in three separate stands called Main, Knowles (after Dick Knowles) and Nelson (after Doris Nel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caster Semenya
Mokgadi Caster Semenya OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and winner of two Olympic gold medals and three World Championships in the women's 800 metres. She first won gold at the World Championships in 2009 and went on to win at the 2016 Olympics and the 2017 World Championships, where she also won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres. After the doping disqualification of Mariya Savinova, she was also awarded gold medals for the 2011 World Championships and the 2012 Olympics. Semenya is an intersex woman, with 5α-Reductase 2 deficiency, assigned female at birth, with XY chromosomes and naturally elevated testosterone levels caused by the presence of internal testes. Following her victory at the 2009 World Championships, she was made to undergo sex testing, and cleared to return to competition the following year. In 2019, new World Athletics rules came into force preventing women like Semenya from participating in 400m, 800m, and 1500m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gayanthika Abeyratne
Gayanthika Artigala Thushari Abeyratne (born 23 December 1986) is a Sri Lankan middle-distance runner who established a national record time at 800m. Career She won a gold medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and silver at the 2017 Asian Championships. She currently holds her country's national record in the 800 metres. At the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok she won a bronze medal in the 1500m. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *400 metres – 55.62 (Colombo 2014) *800 metres – 2:02.55 (Diyagama 2017) NR *1500 metres – 4:18.7 (Jaffna 2016) *5000 metres – 17:00.46 (Diyagama 2011) Indoor *800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ... – 2:05.12 (Ashgabat 2017) References External links * 1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarinter Mwasya
Jarinter Mwasya (born 30 December 1996) is a Kenyan track and field athlete. She was the 2022 African champion over 800 metres. Mwaysa was issued with a four year competition ban by the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya due to a doping violations (set to expire in August 2027). Early life Mwaysa is from Iuani a mountainous region in Makueni County. She started running at Nthukula Secondary School in Wote. In 2013 she achieved her first medal over 800m whilst competing at the East Africa School Games in Lira, Uganda. Mwaysa joined the Kenya Defence Force in 2015. Career In May 2022 she achieved a new personal best time of 1:59.84 at the Meeting international du SATUC in Toulouse. Mwaysa then won the 800m African Championship race in 2022 held at Saint Pierre, Mauritius. Competing at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in July, 2022 Mwaysa finished fifth in her heat won by Diribe Welteji and therefore did not progress to the semi-finals. Mwaysa was sprinted out of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemma Reekie
Jemma Reekie (born 6 March 1998) is a Scottish middle-distance runner. She placed fourth in the 800 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, narrowly missing out on the bronze medal. Reekie achieved a rare double at the 2019 European U23 Championships, winning both the 800m and 1500 metres events. At age 19, she took the 1500m title at the 2017 European under-20 Championships, when she also finished fourth in the 3000 metres. Reekie is the British record holder for the indoor mile. She won two British titles, and four titles at junior level. Career In February 2020, Reekie broke three British indoor records within eight days, setting new mark for the 800 metres, and then for the mile and 1500 metres along the way. The 1500m record was taken back by her Scottish training partner, Laura Muir, in 2021. The 800m record was bettered by Keely Hodgkinson in 2022. In September 2021, she won the Fifth Avenue Mile in New York. It was a Scottish sweep as Jake Wightman took victory in the me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catriona Bisset
Catriona Bisset (born 1 March 1994) is an Australian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. She holds the Oceanian record for both indoors and outdoors in the event, and won the gold medal at the 2019 Universiade. Bisset took four individual Australian national titles. Career Early years Born in Newcastle and raised in Canberra, Bisset participated in Little Athletics from age 6. She displayed potential as a youth, but withdrew from competition for several years as she improved her mental health. During her undergraduate studies at the University of New South Wales, she began training with University of Sydney head coach Dean Gleeson. She resumed racing in 2016. The following year, Bisset moved from Sydney to Melbourne, and Gleeson introduced her to Peter Fortune, best known as the coach of 400-metre sprinter Cathy Freeman. 2019: Breakthrough season Bisset rose to national prominence in 2019. After improving her personal best throughout the domestic seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Griffith
Georgia Helen Griffith (born 5 December 1996) is an Australian middle-distance runner. Early years Griffith in her mid-teens decided to take her athletics seriously and commenced regular training. Just days after her 17th birthday she won the 2013 Australian All Schools Championships 800m gold medal in a time of 2:09. Achievements Griffith has represented Australia at the: * 2014 World Junior Championships in Eugene (USA) in both the 800m and 4 × 400m relay. She placed 4th in the 800m and made the finals in the relay * 2017 World Championships in London (UK) in both the 800m and 1500m * 2017 World University Games in Taipei (Taiwan) in the 800m, where she came 4th * 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast (Australia) in both the 800m and 1500m, where she came 5th in 1500m * 2019 World University Games in Naples (Italy) in the 1500m, where she came 2nd * 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha (Qatar) in the 1500m where she made the semi-finals * In 2021, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prudence Sekgodiso
Prudence Tebogo Sekgodiso (born 5 January 2002), also spelled Prudence Sekgodisa, is a South African middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres. She was the gold medalist in the 800 m at the 2019 African U18 Championships. She is also a five-time South African Athletics Championships winner in the 1500 m and 800 m. Personal life Sekgodiso is from Gauteng, South Africa where she attended TuksSport High School, a sports-focused high school that allows learners to train and travel internationally whilst staying in school. Following her success, Sekgodiso was frequently compared and criticized on social media alongside Caster Semenya, the Olympic champion 800 m runner from South Africa who is intersex and has since been restricted from running the women's 800 m by World Athletics unless she reduces her natural testosterone. Sekgodiso, who is not intersex, said that although she does not like the criticism, there is "nothing hecan do about social media". She told BBC Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsey Butterworth
Lindsey Butterworth (born 27 September 1992) is a Canadian middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. She also competed at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics, reaching the semi-final in the women's 800 metres. Named to the Canadian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Butterworth was fifth in her heat of the 800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ... and did not advance to the semi-finals. Results and personal bests All Results taken from World Athletics Profile Championship results Personal records References External links * * 1992 births Living people Canadian female middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Athletes (track an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Bell (athlete)
Alexandra Bell (born 4 November 1992) is a British athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 800 metres event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, and for England at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games. Career Alexandra Bell competes for Pudsey & Bramley Athletics Club. In 2016, she competed at her first Diamond League fixture, finishing seventh, and was the fifth fastest British 800 metres runner. In 2018, she competed for the first time at the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country. Bell finished fifth in the 800 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. In May that year, she became the first British woman to run 800 metres in under 2 minutes at the British Milers’ Club Grand Prix. In July, she was not selected for the 800 m event at the European Championships, despite having run faster than two of the athletes selected. In September 2019, Bell won the 800 m representing Europe in "The Match", a team competition against the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halimah Nakaayi
Halimah Nakaayi (born 16 October 1994) is a Ugandan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. She is the 2019 World Champion at the event and won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. Nakaayi is the current Ugandan record holder for the 800 m both outdoors and indoors, and also for the 1000 metres. She competed in the 800 m at both the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, reaching the semi-finals each time. Career 2011–2017 At 16, Halimah Nakaayi won the 400 metres at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Douglas, Isle of Man. In 2012, she ran the second 10 km leg of a marathon relay at a festival celebrating 50 years of Ugandan independence. After advancing from fifth to second, she spent four hours in a coma. Nakaayi was the flag bearer for Uganda in the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics. The following year, she came second in her specialist 800 metres distance at the Islamic Solidarity Games in a time of 2:01.60 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natoya Goule
Natoya Goule-Toppin (born 30 March 1991) is a Jamaican middle-distance runner. In the 800 metres she is the 2019 Pan American Games champion, 2018 NACAC Championship silver medallist, and 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist. Goule is the current Jamaican record holder at the event both out- and indoors, and also for the indoor 1000 metres. She has represented Jamaica on numerous occasions, including both the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Running career Youth Goule established herself in athletics already by the age of 12, when she ran at the ISSA Athletic Championships in Jamaica. Representing Manchester High School, she holds records in the Girls' Class 1 1500m as well as the Class 3 800m, and she has accumulated 15 individual gold medals at the Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships, and 12 individual at the CARIFTA Games. International Goule first attended South Plains College and ran for their track team. At around the same time South Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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