The Women's 800 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 29 competitors, with four qualifying heats (29) and two semi-finals (16), before the final (8) took off on Monday September 26, 1988.[1]
Women's 800 metres at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 24 September 1988 (heats) 25 September 1988 (semi-finals) 26 September 1988 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 19 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 1:56.10 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Medalists
editGold | Sigrun Wodars East Germany |
Silver | Christine Wachtel East Germany |
Bronze | Kim Gallagher United States |
Records
editThese were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 1:53.28 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Munich (FGR) | July 26, 1983 |
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Olympic Record | 1:53.43 | Nadiya Olizarenko | Moscow (URS) | July 27, 1980 |
Final
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Sigrun Wodars | East Germany | 1:56.10 | ||
Christine Wachtel | East Germany | 1:56.64 | ||
Kim Gallagher | United States | 1:56.91 | ||
4 | Slobodanka Čolović | Yugoslavia | 1:57.50 | |
5 | Delisa Walton-Floyd | United States | 1:57.80 | |
6 | Inna Yevseyeva | Soviet Union | 1:59.37 | |
7 | Maite Zúñiga | Spain | 1:59.82 | |
8 | Diane Edwards | Great Britain | 2:00.77 |
Semi finals
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Sigrun Wodars | East Germany | 1:57.21 | |
2 | Kim Gallagher | United States | 1:57.39 | |
3 | Slobodanka Čolović | Yugoslavia | 1:57.49 | |
4 | Maite Zúñiga | Spain | 1:58.85 | |
5 | Kirsty Wade | Great Britain | 2:00.86 | |
6 | Soraya Telles | Brazil | 2:01.86 | |
7 | Joetta Clark | United States | 2:03.32 | |
8 | Nadiya Olizarenko | Soviet Union | 2:05.27 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Christine Wachtel | East Germany | 1:58.44 | |
2 | Delisa Walton-Floyd | United States | 1:58.82 | |
3 | Inna Yevseyeva | Soviet Union | 1:59.10 | |
4 | Diane Edwards | Great Britain | 1:59.66 | |
5 | Gabi Lesch | West Germany | 1:59.85 | |
6 | Shireen Bailey | Great Britain | 1:59.94 | |
7 | Dalia Matusevičienė | Soviet Union | 2:00.15 | |
8 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 2:02.34 |
Qualifying heats
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Inna Yevseyeva | Soviet Union | 2:01.59 | |
2 | Slobodanka Čolović | Yugoslavia | 2:01.80 | |
3 | Shireen Bailey | Great Britain | 2:02.36 | |
4 | Sharon Powell | Jamaica | 2:03.49 | |
5 | Montserrat Pujol | Spain | 2:03.73 | |
6 | Choi Se-Beom | South Korea | 2:06.65 | |
7 | Assumpta Achuo-Bei | Cameroon | 2:07.10 | |
8 | Christine Bakombo | Zaire | 2:11.00 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Christine Wachtel | East Germany | 2:00.62 | |
2 | Joetta Clark | United States | 2:00.83 | |
3 | Gabi Lesch | West Germany | 2:00.95 | |
4 | Mayte Zúñiga | Spain | 2:00.98 | |
5 | Mary Burzminski | Canada | 2:02.85 | |
6 | Shiny Abraham-Wilson | India | 2:03.26 | |
7 | Maria Mutola | Mozambique | 2:04.36 | |
8 | Sheila Seebaluck | Mauritius | 2:08.93 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Sigrun Wodars | East Germany | 2:02.24 | |
2 | Delisa Walton-Floyd | United States | 2:02.37 | |
3 | Soraya Telles | Brazil | 2:02.48 | |
4 | Dalia Matusevičienė | Soviet Union | 2:02.57 | |
5 | Kirsty Wade | Great Britain | 2:02.75 | |
6 | Maureen Stewart | Costa Rica | 2:08.17 | |
7 | Laverne Bryan | Antigua and Barbuda | 2:12.18 | |
— | Sun Sumei | China | DNS |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kim Gallagher | United States | 2:01.70 | |
2 | Diane Edwards | Great Britain | 2:01.79 | |
3 | Nadiya Olizarenko | Soviet Union | 2:01.81 | |
4 | Letitia Vriesde | Suriname | 2:01.83 | |
5 | Hassiba Boulmerka | Algeria | 2:03.33 | |
6 | Renée Belanger | Canada | 2:04.74 | |
— | Rosa Colorada | Spain | DNS |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Games: Women's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
External links
edit- (in English) Official Report