Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Women's 800 metres

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The Women's 800m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21 at 18:05.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jessica dos Santos Brazil	Geisiane de Lima Brazil	Evangelina Thomas Argentina

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Czechoslovakia	1:53.28	Munich, Germany	26 July 1983
World Leading	Holly Noack	Australia	2:04.26	Hobart, Australia	12 February 2010
South American record	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	1:56.68	Gothenburg, Sweden	13 August 1995
South American U23 record	Luciana de Paula Mendes	Brazil	2:00.37	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	8 August 1993

Results

Results were published.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Jessica dos Santos	Brazil	2:09.72
	Geisiane de Lima	Brazil	2:10.98
	Evangelina Thomas	Argentina	2:11.58	SB
4	Rosa Escobar	Colombia	2:14.91
5	Vanessa Philbert	Netherlands Antilles	2:15.66	†
–	Alison Sánchez	Bolivia	DSQ	‡

^†: Not eligible for the South American Under-23 Championships.
^‡: Alison Sánchez from Bolivia was initially 6th in 2:17.27, but was disqualified, because she was tested positive for nandrolone. Intermediate times:

400m	1:03.59	Jessica dos Santos (BRA)
600m	1:37.25	Jessica dos Santos (BRA)

See also

• 2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics

External links

• Report