These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. The final was held on August 6, 1984.[1][2][3][4]
| Women's 800 metres at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |||||||||
| Date | 3 August 1984 (heats) 4 August 1984 (semi-finals) 6 August 1984 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:57.60 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Medalists edit
| Gold | Doina Melinte Romania
|
| Silver | Kim Gallagher United States
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| Bronze | Fiţa Lovin Romania
|
Records edit
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 1:53.28 |  Jarmila Kratochvílová
|
Munich (FRG) | July 26, 1983 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 1:53.43 |  Nadiya Olizarenko
|
Moscow (URS) | July 27, 1980 |
Final edit
Held on August 6, 1984
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Doina Melinte |  Romania
|
1:57.60 | |
|
Kim Gallagher |  United States
|
1:58.63 | |
|
Fiţa Lovin | Romania
|
1:58.83 | |
| 4 | Gabriella Dorio |  Italy
|
1:59.05 | |
| 5 | Lorraine Baker |  Great Britain
|
2:00.03 | |
| 6 | Ruth Wysocki | United States
|
2:00.34 | |
| 7 | Margrit Klinger |  West Germany
|
2:00.65 | |
| 8 | Caroline O'Shea |  Ireland
|
2:00.77 |
Semifinals edit
- Held on August 4, 1984
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Gallagher | United States
|
2:00.48 | |
| 2 | Doina Melinte | Romania
|
2:01.42 | |
| 3 | Ruth Wysocki | United States
|
2:02.31 | |
| 4 | Caroline O'Shea | Ireland
|
2:02.70 | |
| 5 | Elly van Hulst |  Netherlands
|
2:03.25 | |
| 6 | Angelita Lind |  Puerto Rico
|
2:03.27 | |
| 7 | Christine Slythe |  Canada
|
2:04.95 | |
| 8 | Ranza Clark | Canada
|
2:05.42 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiţa Lovin | Romania
|
1:59.29 | |
| 2 | Gabriella Dorio | Italy
|
1:59.53 | |
| 3 | Margrit Klinger | West Germany
|
2:00.00 | |
| 4 | Lorraine Baker | Great Britain
|
2:00.66 | |
| 5 | Robin Campbell | United States
|
2:01.21 | |
| 6 | Jill McCabe |  Sweden
|
2:02.20 | |
| 7 | Grace Verbeek | Canada
|
2:03.23 | |
| 8 | Shiny Abraham |  India
|
2:05.42 |
Round one edit
- Held on August 3, 1984
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margrit Klinger | West Germany
|
2:03.66 | |
| 2 | Ruth Wysocki | United States
|
2:04.05 | |
| 3 | Jill McCabe | Sweden
|
2:04.16 | |
| 4 | Ranza Clark | Canada
|
2:04.67 | |
| 5 | Céléstine N'Drin |  Ivory Coast
|
2:06.06 | |
| 6 | Christine Bakombo |  Zaire
|
2:18.79 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiţa Lovin | Romania
|
2:01.51 | |
| 2 | Robin Campbell | United States
|
2:01.72 | |
| 3 | Lorraine Baker | Great Britain
|
2:01.73 | |
| 4 | Angelita Lind | Puerto Rico
|
2:01.84 | |
| 5 | Selina Chirchir |  Kenya
|
2:07.17 | |
| 6 | Grace Bakari |  Ghana
|
2:14.50 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doina Melinte | Romania
|
2:02.77 | |
| 2 | Caroline O'Shea | Ireland
|
2:03.60 | |
| 3 | Christine Slythe | Canada
|
2:04.17 | |
| 4 | Shiny Abraham | India
|
2:04.69 | |
| 5 | Alejandra Ramos |  Chile
|
2:05.77 | |
| 6 | Evelyn Adiru |  Uganda
|
2:07.39 | |
| 7 | Zonia Meigham |  Guatemala
|
2:14.17 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Gallagher | United States
|
2:00.37 | |
| 2 | Gabriella Dorio | Italy
|
2:01.41 | |
| 3 | Elly van Hulst | Netherlands
|
2:03.38 | |
| 4 | Grace Verbeek | Canada
|
2:04.16 | |
| 5 | Albertina Machado |  Portugal
|
2:05.74 | |
| 6 | Laverne Bryan |  Antigua and Barbuda
|
2:11.44 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Games: Women's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "Reference at www.newsobserver.com".
- ^ "Reference at www.star-telegram.com".
- ^ Longman, Jere (23 June 1996). "How the Women Won". The New York Times.