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

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Women's 800 metres
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates24 September 1988 (heats)
25 September 1988 (semi-finals)
26 September 1988 (final)
Competitors29 from 19 nations
Winning time1:56.10
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sigrun Wodars
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christine Wachtel
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Gallagher
 United States
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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]

Medalists

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Gold Sigrun Wodars
 East Germany
Silver Christine Wachtel
 East Germany
Bronze Kim Gallagher
 United States

Records

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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 Nadiya Olizarenko Moscow (URS) July 27, 1980

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sigrun Wodars  East Germany 1:56.10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christine Wachtel  East Germany 1:56.64
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Gallagher  United States 1:56.91
4 Slobodanka Čolović  Yugoslavia 1:57.50
5 Delisa Walton-Floyd  United States 1:57.80
6 Inna Yevseyeva  Soviet Union 1:59.37
7 Maite Zúñiga  Spain 1:59.82
8 Diane Edwards  Great Britain 2:00.77

Semi finals

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sigrun Wodars  East Germany 1:57.21
2 Kim Gallagher  United States 1:57.39
3 Slobodanka Čolović  Yugoslavia 1:57.49
4 Maite Zúñiga  Spain 1:58.85
5 Kirsty Wade  Great Britain 2:00.86
6 Soraya Telles  Brazil 2:01.86
7 Joetta Clark  United States 2:03.32
8 Nadiya Olizarenko  Soviet Union 2:05.27


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Christine Wachtel  East Germany 1:58.44
2 Delisa Walton-Floyd  United States 1:58.82
3 Inna Yevseyeva  Soviet Union 1:59.10
4 Diane Edwards  Great Britain 1:59.66
5 Gabi Lesch  West Germany 1:59.85
6 Shireen Bailey  Great Britain 1:59.94
7 Dalia Matusevičienė  Soviet Union 2:00.15
8 Letitia Vriesde  Suriname 2:02.34

Qualifying heats

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Inna Yevseyeva  Soviet Union 2:01.59
2 Slobodanka Čolović  Yugoslavia 2:01.80
3 Shireen Bailey  Great Britain 2:02.36
4 Sharon Powell  Jamaica 2:03.49
5 Montserrat Pujol  Spain 2:03.73
6 Choi Se-Beom  South Korea 2:06.65
7 Assumpta Achuo-Bei  Cameroon 2:07.10
8 Christine Bakombo  Zaire 2:11.00


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Christine Wachtel  East Germany 2:00.62
2 Joetta Clark  United States 2:00.83
3 Gabi Lesch  West Germany 2:00.95
4 Mayte Zúñiga  Spain 2:00.98
5 Mary Burzminski  Canada 2:02.85
6 Shiny Abraham-Wilson  India 2:03.26
7 Maria Mutola  Mozambique 2:04.36
8 Sheila Seebaluck  Mauritius 2:08.93


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sigrun Wodars  East Germany 2:02.24
2 Delisa Walton-Floyd  United States 2:02.37
3 Soraya Telles  Brazil 2:02.48
4 Dalia Matusevičienė  Soviet Union 2:02.57
5 Kirsty Wade  Great Britain 2:02.75
6 Maureen Stewart  Costa Rica 2:08.17
7 Laverne Bryan  Antigua and Barbuda 2:12.18
Sun Sumei  China DNS


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Kim Gallagher  United States 2:01.70
2 Diane Edwards  Great Britain 2:01.79
3 Nadiya Olizarenko  Soviet Union 2:01.81
4 Letitia Vriesde  Suriname 2:01.83
5 Hassiba Boulmerka  Algeria 2:03.33
6 Renée Belanger  Canada 2:04.74
Rosa Colorada  Spain DNS

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Games: Women's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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