800m
Athletics
on August 11, 2012 in London
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Olympic Medals in this event
3 Medals
Medals
Athletics
800m
on August 11, 2012
in London
Result
1:57.23Russian Mariya Savinova finished first with 1: 56.19. In 2014, German television ARD broadcast a documentary about doping practices in Russia. Savinova reported on the use of doping agents. But she also said that the Russian sports system put pressure on the coaches and this on the athletes. Obviously, money did not matter to buy the most expensive doping agents that can only be proven for a short time. In 2015 she was stripped of the gold medal and in 2017 she was suspended for four years. The documentation had far-reaching consequences: In 2018, the state of Russia was excluded from the Olympic Games until further notice. The gold medal was awarded to the South African Caster Semenya, the subsequent athletes moved up. Caster Semenya is also not without controversy, because there were doubts whether she is 100% woman. In 2016 she also won the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. Since 2019 there has been a decision by the International Sports Court (CAS) that a certain testosterone level sho
