Hasna Benhassi

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Medal record
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
Silver	2004 Athens	800 m
World Championships
Silver	2005 Helsinki	800 m
Silver	2007 Osaka	800 m

Hasna Benhassi (Arabic: حسنة بنحسي‎; born June 1, 1978) is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.

At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she finished second to Kelly Holmes in the women's 800 meters. In August 2005 she won a silver medal in the 800 meters at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. She placed 8th in the 800 meters at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

• 800m silver medal - World Championships (2005)
• 800m silver medal - Olympic Games (2004)
• 1,500m gold medal - World Indoor Championships (2001)

In 2005, Benhassi was selected as the best sportsperson in Morocco by a survey conducted by the Moroccan Radio among 43 press institutions.