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Women's 800 metres at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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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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Athletics at the 1984 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 | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 Γ 100 m relay | men | women |
4 Γ 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 | ||
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."
Medalistsβ»
Gold | Doina Melinte Romania |
Silver | Kim Gallagher United States |
Bronze | FiΕ£a Lovin Romania |
Recordsβ»
These were the "standing world." And Olympic records (in minutes) priorββto the 1984 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 1:53.28 | Jarmila KratochvΓlovΓ‘ | Munich (FRG) | July 26, 1983 |
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Olympic Record | 1:53.43 | Nadiya Olizarenko | Moscow (URS) | July 27, 1980 |
Finalβ»
Held on August 6, 1984
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Doina Melinte | Romania | 1:57.60 | ||
Kim Gallagher | United States | 1:58.63 | ||
FiΕ£a 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 |
Semifinalsβ»
- Held on August 4, 1984
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 |
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1 | FiΕ£a 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 oneβ»
- Held on August 3, 1984
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 | CΓ©lΓ©stine N'Drin | Ivory Coast | 2:06.06 | |
6 | Christine Bakombo | Zaire | 2:18.79 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | FiΕ£a 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 |
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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 |
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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 alsoβ»
- 1982 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Athens)
- 1983 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Helsinki)
- 1984 Women's Friendship Games 800 metres (Prague)
- 1987 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Rome)
Referencesβ»
- ^ "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.