Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres
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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
Medalists
| Gold | Sigrun Wodars East Germany |
| Silver | Christine Wachtel East Germany |
| Bronze | Kim Gallagher United States |
Records
These 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 1:53.43 |  Nadiya Olizarenko |
Moscow (URS) | July 27, 1980 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Sigrun Wodars | East Germany |
1:56.10 | |
 |
Christine Wachtel | East Germany |
1:56.64 | |
 |
Kim Gallagher | United States |
1:56.91 | |
| 4 | Slobodanka Čolović | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Dalya Matoussiavichene | Soviet Union |
2:00.15 | |
| 8 | Letitia Vriesde |  Suriname |
2:02.34 |
Qualifying heats
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Dalya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
References
- "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
- (in English) Official Report
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