Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres
Women's 800 metres at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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.[1]
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 |
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Olympic Record | 1:53.43 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | Moscow (URS) | July 27, 1980 |
Summary
The final started with returning silver medalist Kim Gallagher running the fastest first turn to take the lead at the break. But that was short lived as the two East German teammates ran past her down the backstretch, Christine Wachtel on the inside, leading Sigrun Wodars tight on her shoulder. Inna Yevseyeva moved to the outside to run past Gallagher, with Slobodanka Čolović in her wake while Gallagher had her teammate Delisa Walton-Floyd a step behind her. As Yevseyeva moved forward, the first lap was a fast 56.43. Through the penultimate turn, Wodars took the lead and pushed the pace. Behind her, a break began to form as Walton-Floyd, Maite Zúñiga and Diane Edwards couldn't keep up. Wachtel made up a little lost ground on the backstretch and pulled shoulder to shoulder with Wodars by the 600 mark in 1:25.5, then taking the lead into the final turn. It was a lead in formality only as Wodars, Yevseyeva and Čolović lining up in close order drill, getting ready to pounce coming off the turn. As the straightaway neared, Gallagher seized the gap on the inside, running through to Wachtel's heels. Yevseyeva struggled to keep up, as Gallagher moved to the outside of Wodars, leaving Čolović with nowhere to run and the first three all having clear running room to the finish line. Just like the World Championships the year before, Wachtel had a slight edge coming off the turn and a long history of winning, but in the big ones, Wodars had slightly more speed to edge ahead and take the gold even more decisively. The race lost, Wachtel struggled toward the end but Gallagher couldn't catch her for the silver.
Final
RANK | FINAL | TIME |
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Sigrun Wodars (GDR) | 1:56.10 | |
Christine Wachtel (GDR) | 1:56.64 | |
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. | Maite Zúñiga (ESP) | 1:59.82 |
8. | Diane Edwards (GBR) | 2:00.77 |
Semi finals
RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
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1. | Sigrun Wodars (GDR) | 1:57.21 |
2. | Kim Gallagher (USA) | 1:57.39 |
3. | Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) | 1:57.49 |
4. | Maite Zúñiga (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 |
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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 |
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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. | Christine Bakombo (ZAI) | 2:11.00 |
RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
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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 |
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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 |
— | Sun Sumei (CHN) | DNS |
RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
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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 |
— | Rosa Colorada (ESP) | DNS |
See also
- 1987 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Rome)
- 1990 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Split)
- 1991 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Tokyo)
- 1992 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Barcelona)
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Games: Women's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 21 October 2017.