Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Women's 800 metres; at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 17–19
Competitors	24 from 16 nations
Winning time	2:00.9 OR
Medalists
	← 1964 1972 →

The Women's 800 metres competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. The event were held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 17–19.^[1]

Competition format edit

The competition had four heats in the first round, two semi-finals and a final. The top four in the first round heats progressed. The top four finishers in the semi-final race reached the finals.

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Vera Nikolić (YUG)	2:00.5	London, United Kingdom	July 20, 1968
Olympic record	Ann Packer (GBR)	2:01.1	Tokyo, Japan	October 20, 1964

Results edit

Round 1 edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	2:05.7	Q
2	Laine Erik	Soviet Union	2:06.5	Q
3	Paola Pigni	Italy	2:06.7	Q
4	Karin Krebs	East Germany	2:07.1	Q
5	Francie Kraker	United States	2:07.3
6	Elizabeth Chesire	Kenya	2:10.9

Heat 2 edit

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Mia Gommers	Netherlands	2:04.0	Q
2	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:04.1	Q
3	Sheila Carey	Great Britain	2:04.1	Q
4	Anna Zimina	Soviet Union	2:04.4	Q
5	Barbara Wieck	East Germany	2:08.5
6	Hana Shezifi	Israel	2:09.2

Heat 3 edit

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Maryvonne Dupureur	France	2:09.5	Q
2	Doris Brown	United States	2:09.5	Q
3	Pat Lowe-Cropper	Great Britain	2:09.5	Q
4	Sylvia Potts	New Zealand	2:09.6	Q
5	Eeva Haimi	Finland	2:09.6
6	Tilly van der Made	Netherlands	2:10.5

Heat 4 edit

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Madeline Manning	United States	2:08.7	Q
2	Abby Hoffman	Canada	2:08.9	Q
3	Jaroslava Jehličková	Czechoslovakia	2:08.9	Q
4	Ilja Keizer	Netherlands	2:08.9	Q
5	Annelise Damm Olesen	Denmark	2:09.0
6	Joan Page-Allison	Great Britain	2:10.2

Semifinals edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Madeline Manning	United States	2:05.8	Q
2	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:05.9	Q
3	Pat Lowe-Cropper	Great Britain	2:06.6	Q
4	Abby Hoffman	Canada	2:07.0	Q
5	Karin Krebs	East Germany	2:08.4
6	Anna Zimina	Soviet Union	2:04.4
7	Ilja Keizer	Netherlands	2:14.8
—	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	DNF

Heat 2 edit

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Mia Gommers	Netherlands	2:05.1	Q
2	Doris Brown	United States	2:05.2	Q
3	Sheila Carey	Great Britain	2:05.2	Q
4	Maryvonne Dupureur	France	2:05.5	Q
5	Laine Erik	Soviet Union	2:06.0
6	Sylvia Potts	New Zealand	2:07.2
7	Paola Pigni	Italy	2:07.8
8	Jaroslava Jehličková	Czechoslovakia	2:13.5

Final edit

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Madeline Manning	United States	2:00.9	OR
	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:02.5
	Mia Gommers	Netherlands	2:02.6
4	Sheila Carey	Great Britain	2:03.8
5	Doris Brown	United States	2:03.9
6	Pat Lowe-Cropper	Great Britain	2:04.2
7	Abby Hoffman	Canada	2:06.8
8	Maryvonne Dupureur	France	2:08.2

References edit

^ "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

External links edit

Official Olympic Report^{[permanent dead link]}, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 16, 2012.

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2017.

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