Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres explained
| Event: | Women's 800 metres |
| Games: | 1988 Summer |
| 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 |
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]
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|
| | | 1:56.10 |
| | | 1:56.64 |
| | | 1:56.91 |
| 4 | | | 1:57.50 |
| 5 | | | 1:57.80 |
| 6 | | | 1:59.37 |
| 7 | | | 1:59.82 |
| 8 | | | 2:00.77 | |
Semi finals
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 1:57.21 |
| 2 | | | 1:57.39 |
| 3 | | | 1:57.49 |
| 4 | | | 1:58.85 |
| 5 | | | 2:00.86 |
| 6 | | | 2:01.86 |
| 7 | | | 2:03.32 |
| 8 | | | 2:05.27 | |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 1:58.44 |
| 2 | | | 1:58.82 |
| 3 | | | 1:59.10 |
| 4 | | | 1:59.66 |
| 5 | | | 1:59.85 |
| 6 | | | 1:59.94 |
| 7 | | | 2:00.15 |
| 8 | | | 2:02.34 | |
Qualifying heats
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2:01.59 |
| 2 | | | 2:01.80 |
| 3 | | | 2:02.36 |
| 4 | | | 2:03.49 |
| 5 | | | 2:03.73 |
| 6 | | | 2:06.65 |
| 7 | | | 2:07.10 |
| 8 | | | 2:11.00 | |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2:00.62 |
| 2 | | | 2:00.83 |
| 3 | | | 2:00.95 |
| 4 | | | 2:00.98 |
| 5 | | | 2:02.85 |
| 6 | | | 2:03.26 |
| 7 | | | 2:04.36 |
| 8 | | | 2:08.93 | |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2:02.24 |
| 2 | | | 2:02.37 |
| 3 | | | 2:02.48 |
| 4 | | | 2:02.57 |
| 5 | | | 2:02.75 |
| 6 | | | 2:08.17 |
| 7 | | | 2:12.18 |
| — | Sun Sumei | | | |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2:01.70 |
| 2 | | | 2:01.79 |
| 3 | | | 2:01.81 |
| 4 | | | 2:01.83 |
| 5 | | | 2:03.33 |
| 6 | | | 2:04.74 |
| — | Rosa Colorada | | | |
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Games: Women's 800 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174146/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-800-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 October 2017 . sports-reference.com.
