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

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]

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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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   Jarmila Kratochvílová Munich (FGR) July 26, 1983
Olympic Record 1:53.43   Nadiya Olizarenko Moscow (URS) July 27, 1980

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
  Sigrun Wodars   East Germany 1:56.10
  Christine Wachtel   East Germany 1:56.64
  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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