The 22-year-old Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson won the gold medal in the women’s 800m race at the Paris 2024 Olympics. With this medal, she created a new Olympic history, as she became the first athlete to win Olympic gold and silver medals in the women’s 800m event.
Keely Hodgkinson won the gold medal in the women's 800m at the Paris 2024 Olympics
In the final race of the women’s 800m, once Keely Hodgkinson grabbed the first spot, she successfully controlled her position and comfortably won the gold medal. She clocked in 1:56.72 minutes. It was Great Britain’s first Olympic gold medal in the women’s 800m event since Beijing 2008.
It was the third Olympic gold medal for Great Britain in the women’s 800m, equalling the Soviet Union’s record for most Olympic golds in the women’s 800m. Ann Packer was the first Great Britain athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in this event at Tokyo 1964, while Kelly Holmes earned the second Great Britain gold medal during the Athens 2004.
Meanwhile, it was the second Olympic medal for Keely Hodgkinson. During the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, she won the silver medal in the women’s 800m race. With the latest gold medal, Hodgkinson became the first Olympic athlete to earn gold and silver medals in the women’s 800m event. In the future, Hodgkinson will surely target South African Caster Semenya’s record of winning two Olympic gold medals in the women’s 800m event.
Paris 2024 Olympics: Women's 800m - Other top performers
Ethiopian Tsige Duguma clinched the silver medal as she beat reigning world champion Kenyan Mary Moraa in the last moment of the race. While Duguma finished the race in 1:57.15 minutes, bronze medallist Moraa clocked in 1:57.42 minutes.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines just missed their first Olympic podium finish
Shafiqua Maloney was very close to creating history for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, who are waiting for their first Olympic medal. Unfortunately, Maloney finished in fourth place (1:57.66) to miss the podium finish.
