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.

Medalists

Records 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 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Sigrun Wodars 1:56.10 Christine Wachtel 1:56.64 Kim Gallagher 1:56.91 4 Slobodanka Čolović 1:57.50 5 Delisa Walton-Floyd 1:57.80 6 Inna Yevseyeva 1:59.37 7 Maite Zúñiga 1:59.82 8 Diane Edwards 2:00.77

Semi finals Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Sigrun Wodars 1:57.21 2 Kim Gallagher 1:57.39 3 Slobodanka Čolović 1:57.49 4 Maite Zúñiga 1:58.85 5 Kirsty Wade 2:00.86 6 Soraya Telles 2:01.86 7 Joetta Clark 2:03.32 8 Nadiya Olizarenko 2:05.27

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

Qualifying heats Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Inna Yevseyeva 2:01.59 2 Slobodanka Čolović 2:01.80 3 Shireen Bailey 2:02.36 4 Sharon Powell 2:03.49 5 Montserrat Pujol 2:03.73 6 Choi Se-Beom 2:06.65 7 Assumpta Achuo-Bei 2:07.10 8 Christine Bakombo 2:11.00

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Christine Wachtel 2:00.62 2 Joetta Clark 2:00.83 3 Gabi Lesch 2:00.95 4 Mayte Zúñiga 2:00.98 5 Mary Burzminski 2:02.85 6 Shiny Abraham 2:03.26 7 Maria Mutola 2:04.36 8 Sheila Seebaluck 2:08.93

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Sigrun Wodars 2:02.24 2 Delisa Walton-Floyd 2:02.37 3 Soraya Telles 2:02.48 4 Dalia Matusevičienė 2:02.57 5 Kirsty Wade 2:02.75 6 Maureen Stewart 2:08.17 7 Laverne Bryan 2:12.18— Sun Sumei

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Kim Gallagher 2:01.70 2 Diane Edwards 2:01.79 3 Nadiya Olizarenko 2:01.81 4 Letitia Vriesde 2:01.83 5 Hassiba Boulmerka 2:03.33 6 Renée Belanger 2:04.74— Rosa Colorada

See also 1987 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Rome) 1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres (Split) 1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres (Tokyo) 1992 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Barcelona)

References

External links Official Report