Seven years after winning her previous gold medal at one of the two major
international athletics championships (2009 World Championships in Daegu, age 19)
Caster won the 2016 Olympic title in Rio. Thus she improved her silver medal from
London four years earlier and confirmed her position as the world's top 800 metres
runner.
In April 2016 she became the first person to win all three of 400m, 800m
and 1500m at the South African Championships. On 16 July, she then set a new national
record for 800 metres of 1:55:33. Needless to say she was the favourite to win the 800m.
She improved her South African record in the Olympic final.
2016 Olympic Games.
Final women's 800 metres
| 1. |
Caster Semenya
|
South Africa |
1:55.28 |
NR
|
| 2. |
Francine Niyonsaba |
Burundi |
1:56.49 |
|
| 3. |
Margaret Wambui |
Kenya |
1:56.89 |
PB |
| 4. |
Melissa Bishop |
Canada |
1:57.02 |
NR |
| 5. |
Joanna Jóźwik |
Poland
|
1:57.37 |
PB |
| 6. |
Lynsey Sharp |
Great Britain |
1:57.69 |
PB |
| 7. |
Maryna Arzamasava |
Belarus |
1:59.10 |
|
| 8. |
Kate Grace |
United States |
1:59.57 |
|