Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

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Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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The Women's 800 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 29 competitors, with four qualifying heats (29) and two semi-finals (16), before the final (8) took off on Monday September 26, 1988.

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 Czechoslovakia Jarmila Kratochvílová Munich (FGR) July 26, 1983
Olympic Record 1:53.43 Soviet Union Nadezhda Olizarenko Moscow (URS) July 27, 1980

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
Med 1.png  Sigrun Wodars (GDR) 1:56.10
Med 2.png  Christine Wachtel (GDR) 1:56.64
Med 3.png  Kim Gallagher (USA) 1:56.91
4.  Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) 1:57.50
5.  Delisa Walton-Floyd (USA) 1:57.80
6.  Inna Yevseyeva (URS) 1:59.37
7.  Mayte Zuñiga (ESP) 1:59.82
8.  Diane Edwards (GBR) 2:00.77

Semi finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Sigrun Wodars (GDR) 1:57.21
2.  Kim Gallagher (USA) 1:57.39
3.  Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) 1:57.49
4.  Mayte Zuñiga (ESP) 1:58.85
5.  Kirsty Wade (GBR) 2:00.86
6.  Soraya Telles (BRA) 2:01.86
7.  Joetta Clark (USA) 2:03.32
8.  Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) 2:05.27


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Christine Wachtel (GDR) 1:58.44
2.  Delisa Walton-Floyd (USA) 1:58.82
3.  Inna Yevseyeva (URS) 1:59.10
4.  Diane Edwards (GBR) 1:59.66
5.  Gabi Lesch (FRG) 1:59.85
6.  Shireen Bailey (GBR) 1:59.94
7.  Dalya Matoussiavichene (URS) 2:00.15
8.  Letitia Vriesde (SUR) 2:02.34

Qualifying heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Inna Yevseyeva (URS) 2:01.59
2.  Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) 2:01.80
3.  Shireen Bailey (GBR) 2:02.36
4.  Sharon Powell (JAM) 2:03.49
5.  Montserrat Pujol (ESP) 2:03.73
6.  Choi Se-Beom (KOR) 2:06.65
7.  Assumpta Achuo-Bei (CMR) 2:07.10
8. 22x20px Christine Bakombo (ZAI) 2:11.00


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Christine Wachtel (GDR) 2:00.62
2.  Joetta Clark (USA) 2:00.83
3.  Gabi Lesch (FRG) 2:00.95
4.  Mayte Zúñiga (ESP) 2:00.98
5.  Mary Burzminski (CAN) 2:02.85
6.  Shiny Abraham-Wilson (IND) 2:03.26
7.  Maria Mutola (MOZ) 2:04.36
8.  Sheila Seebaluck (MRI) 2:08.93


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Sigrun Wodars (GDR) 2:02.24
2.  Delisa Walton-Floyd (USA) 2:02.37
3.  Soraya Telles (BRA) 2:02.48
4.  Dalya Matusevičienė (URS) 2:02.57
5.  Kirsty Wade (GBR) 2:02.75
6.  Maureen Stewart (CRC) 2:08.17
7.  Laverne Bryan (ANT) 2:12.18


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Kim Gallagher (USA) 2:01.70
2.  Diane Edwards (GBR) 2:01.79
3.  Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) 2:01.81
4.  Letitia Vriesde (SUR) 2:01.83
5.  Hassiba Boulmerka (ALG) 2:03.33
6.  Renée Belanger (CAN) 2:04.74

See also

References

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