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

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's 800 metres

|games = 1988 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Olympic Stadium

|dates = 24 September 1988 (heats)
25 September 1988 (semi-finals)
26 September 1988 (final)

|competitors = 29

|nations = 19

|win_value = 1:56.10

|longnames = yes

|gold = Sigrun Wodars

|goldNOC = GDR

|silver = Christine Wachtel

|silverNOC = GDR

|bronze = Kim Gallagher

|bronzeNOC = USA

|prev = 1984

|next = 1992

}}

{{AthleticsAt1988SummerOlympics}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-800-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174146/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-800-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Games: Women's 800 metres |access-date=21 October 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Medalists

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{{OlympicGoldMedalist|Sigrun Wodars|GDR|1988 Summer}}
{{OlympicSilverMedalist|Christine Wachtel|GDR|1988 Summer}}
{{OlympicBronzeMedalist|Kim Gallagher|USA|1988 Summer}}

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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World Record

| 1:53.28

| {{flagicon|TCH}} Jarmila Kratochvílová

| Munich (FGR)

| July 26, 1983

Olympic Record

| 1:53.43

| {{flagicon|URS}} Nadiya Olizarenko

| Moscow (URS)

| July 27, 1980

Final

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! Rank

! Athlete !! Nation

! Time !! Notes

{{gold1}}

|align=left| Sigrun Wodars

align=left| {{flagIOC|GDR|1988 Summer}}1:56.10
{{silver2}}

|align=left| Christine Wachtel

align=left| {{flagIOC|GDR|1988 Summer}}1:56.64
{{bronze3}}

|align=left| Kim Gallagher

align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1988 Summer}}1:56.91
4

|align=left| Slobodanka Čolović

align=left| {{flagIOC|YUG|1988 Summer}}1:57.50
5

|align=left| Delisa Walton-Floyd

align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1988 Summer}}1:57.80
6

|align=left| Inna Yevseyeva

align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1988 Summer}}1:59.37
7

|align=left| Maite Zúñiga

align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1988 Summer}}1:59.82
8

|align=left| Diane Edwards

align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1988 Summer}}2:00.77

Semi finals

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

! Rank

! Athlete !! Nation

! Time !! Notes

style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 1

|align=left| Sigrun Wodars

align=left| {{flagIOC|GDR|1988 Summer}}1:57.21
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 2

|align=left| Kim Gallagher

align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1988 Summer}}1:57.39
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 3

|align=left| Slobodanka Čolović

align=left| {{flagIOC|YUG|1988 Summer}}1:57.49
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 4

|align=left| Maite Zúñiga

align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1988 Summer}}1:58.85
5

|align=left| Kirsty Wade

align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1988 Summer}}2:00.86
6

|align=left| Soraya Telles

align=left| {{flagIOC|BRA|1988 Summer}}2:01.86
7

|align=left| Joetta Clark

align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1988 Summer}}2:03.32
8

|align=left| Nadiya Olizarenko

align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1988 Summer}}2:05.27


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! Rank

! Athlete !! Nation

! Time !! Notes

style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 1

|align=left| Christine Wachtel

align=left| {{flagIOC|GDR|1988 Summer}}1:58.44
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 2

|align=left| Delisa Walton-Floyd

align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1988 Summer}}1:58.82
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 3

|align=left| Inna Yevseyeva

align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1988 Summer}}1:59.10
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 4

|align=left| Diane Edwards

align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1988 Summer}}1:59.66
5

|align=left| Gabi Lesch

align=left| {{flagIOC|FRG|1988 Summer}}1:59.85
6

|align=left| Shireen Bailey

align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1988 Summer}}1:59.94
7

|align=left| Dalia Matusevičienė

align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1988 Summer}}2:00.15
8

|align=left| Letitia Vriesde

align=left| {{flagIOC|SUR|1988 Summer}}2:02.34

Qualifying heats

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! Rank

! Athlete !! Nation

! Time !! Notes

style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 1

|align=left| Inna Yevseyeva

align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1988 Summer}}2:01.59
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 2

|align=left| Slobodanka Čolović

align=left| {{flagIOC|YUG|1988 Summer}}2:01.80
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 3

|align=left| Shireen Bailey

align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1988 Summer}}2:02.36
4

|align=left| Sharon Powell

align=left| {{flagIOC|JAM|1988 Summer}}2:03.49
5

|align=left| Montserrat Pujol

align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1988 Summer}}2:03.73
6

|align=left| Choi Se-Beom

align=left| {{flagIOC|KOR|1988 Summer}}2:06.65
7

|align=left| Assumpta Achuo-Bei

align=left| {{flagIOC|CMR|1988 Summer}}2:07.10
8

|align=left| Christine Bakombo

align=left| {{flagIOC|ZAI|1988 Summer}}2:11.00


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! Rank

! Athlete !! Nation

! Time !! Notes

style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 1

|align=left| Christine Wachtel

align=left| {{flagIOC|GDR|1988 Summer}}2:00.62
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 2

|align=left| Joetta Clark

align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1988 Summer}}2:00.83
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 3

|align=left| Gabi Lesch

align=left| {{flagIOC|FRG|1988 Summer}}2:00.95
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| 4

|align=left| Mayte Zúñiga

align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1988 Summer}}2:00.98
5

|align=left| Mary Burzminski

align=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1988 Summer}}2:02.85
6

|align=left| Shiny Abraham-Wilson

align=left| {{flagIOC|IND|1988 Summer}}2:03.26
7

|align=left| Maria Mutola

align=left| {{flagIOC|MOZ|1988 Summer}}2:04.36
8

|align=left| Sheila Seebaluck

align=left| {{flagIOC|MRI|1988 Summer}}2:08.93


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! Rank

! Athlete !! Nation

! Time !! Notes

style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 1

|align=left| Sigrun Wodars

align=left| {{flagIOC|GDR|1988 Summer}}2:02.24
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 2

|align=left| Delisa Walton-Floyd

align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1988 Summer}}2:02.37
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 3

|align=left| Soraya Telles

align=left| {{flagIOC|BRA|1988 Summer}}2:02.48
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| 4

|align=left| Dalia Matusevičienė

align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1988 Summer}}2:02.57
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| 5

|align=left| Kirsty Wade

align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1988 Summer}}2:02.75
6

|align=left| Maureen Stewart

align=left| {{flagIOC|CRC|1988 Summer}}2:08.17
7

|align=left| Laverne Bryan

align=left| {{flagIOC|ANT|1988 Summer}}2:12.18
align="center"|—

|align=left| Sun Sumei

align=left| {{flagIOC|CHN|1988 Summer}}

| {{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}


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! Rank

! Athlete !! Nation

! Time !! Notes

style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 1

|align=left| Kim Gallagher

align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1988 Summer}}2:01.70
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 2

|align=left| Diane Edwards

align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1988 Summer}}2:01.79
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| 3

|align=left| Nadiya Olizarenko

align=left| {{flagIOC|URS|1988 Summer}}2:01.81
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| 4

|align=left| Letitia Vriesde

align=left| {{flagIOC|SUR|1988 Summer}}2:01.83
5

|align=left| Hassiba Boulmerka

align=left| {{flagIOC|ALG|1988 Summer}}2:03.33
6

|align=left| Renée Belanger

align=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1988 Summer}}2:04.74
align="center"|—

|align=left| Rosa Colorada

align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1988 Summer}}

| {{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}

See also

References

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External links

  • {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155747/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v2.pdf Official Report]

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