Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

Athletics at the 1984 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
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

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on August 6, 1984.

Medalists

Gold	Doina Melinte Romania (ROU)
Silver	Kim Gallagher United States (USA)
Bronze	Fiţa Lovin Romania (ROU)

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	Nadezhda Olizarenko	Moscow (URS)	July 27, 1980

Final

Held on August 6, 1984

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Doina Melinte (ROU)	1:57.60
	Kim Gallagher (USA)	1:58.63
	Fiţa Lovin (ROU)	1:58.83
4.	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	1:59.05
5.	Lorraine Baker (GBR)	2:00.03
6.	Ruth Wysocki (USA)	2:00.34
7.	Margrit Klinger (FRG)	2:00.65
8.	Caroline O'Shea (IRL)	2:00.77

Semifinals

• Held on August 4, 1984

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Kim Gallagher (USA)	2:00.48
2.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	2:01.42
3.	Ruth Wysocki (USA)	51.53
4.	Caroline O'Shea (IRL)	2:02.70
5.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	2:03.25
6.	Angelita Lind (PUR)	2:03.27
7.	Christine Slythe-Wynn (CAN)	2:04.95
8.	Ranza Clark (CAN)	2:05.42

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Fiţa Lovin (ROU)	1:59.29
2.	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	1:59.53
3.	Margrit Klinger (FRG)	2:00.00
4.	Lorraine Baker (GBR)	2:01.21
5.	Robin Campbell (USA)	2:01.21
6.	Jill McCabe (SWE)	2:03.23
7.	Grace Verbeek (CAN)	2:05.42
8.	Shiny Abraham-Wilson (IND)	2:05.42

Round One

• Held on August 3, 1984

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Margrit Klinger (FRG)	2:03.66
2.	Ruth Wysocki (USA)	2:04.05
3.	Jill McCabe (SWE)	2:04.16
4.	Ranza Clark (CAN)	2:04.67
5.	Céléstine N'Drin (CIV)	2:06.06
6.	Christine Bakombo (COD)	2:18.79

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Fiţa Lovin (ROU)	2:01.51
2.	Robin Campbell (USA)	2:01.72
3.	Lorraine Baker (GBR)	2:01.73
4.	Angelita Lind (PUR)	2:01.84
5.	Selina Chirchir (KEN)	2:07.17
6.	Grace Bakari (GHA)	2:14.50

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	2:02.77
2.	Caroline O'Shea (IRL)	2:03.60
3.	Christine Slythe-Wynn (CAN)	2:04.17
4.	Alejandra Ramos (CHI)	2:05.77
5.	Evelyn Adiru (UGA)	2:07.39
6.	Zonia Meigham (GUA)	2:14.17

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Kim Gallagher (USA)	2:00.37
2.	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	52.53
3.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	2:03.38
4.	Grace Verbeek (CAN)	2:04.16
5.	Albertina Machado (POR)	2:05.74
6.	Laverne Bryan (ANT)	2:11.44

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Helsinki)
• 1987 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Rome)

References

• Round One
• Semi-finals
• Final
• Women's 800 metres