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.

Medalists

Records 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 Held on August 6, 1984 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Doina Melinte 1:57.60 Kim Gallagher 1:58.63 Fiţa Lovin 1:58.83 4 Gabriella Dorio 1:59.05 5 Lorraine Baker 2:00.03 6 Ruth Wysocki 2:00.34 7 Margrit Klinger 2:00.65 8 Caroline O'Shea 2:00.77

Semifinals Held on August 4, 1984 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Kim Gallagher 2:00.48 2 Doina Melinte 2:01.42 3 Ruth Wysocki 2:02.31 4 Caroline O'Shea 2:02.70 5 Elly van Hulst 2:03.25 6 Angelita Lind 2:03.27 7 Christine Slythe 2:04.95 8 Ranza Clark 2:05.42

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Fiţa Lovin 1:59.29 2 Gabriella Dorio 1:59.53 3 Margrit Klinger 2:00.00 4 Lorraine Baker 2:00.66 5 Robin Campbell 2:01.21 6 Jill McCabe 2:02.20 7 Grace Verbeek 2:03.23 8 Shiny Abraham 2:05.42

Round one Held on August 3, 1984 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Margrit Klinger 2:03.66 2 Ruth Wysocki 2:04.05 3 Jill McCabe 2:04.16 4 Ranza Clark 2:04.67 5 Céléstine N'Drin 2:06.06 6 Christine Bakombo 2:18.79

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Fiţa Lovin 2:01.51 2 Robin Campbell 2:01.72 3 Lorraine Baker 2:01.73 4 Angelita Lind 2:01.84 5 Selina Chirchir 2:07.17 6 Grace Bakari 2:14.50

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Doina Melinte 2:02.77 2 Caroline O'Shea 2:03.60 3 Christine Slythe 2:04.17 4 Shiny Abraham 2:04.69 5 Alejandra Ramos 2:05.77 6 Evelyn Adiru 2:07.39 7 Zonia Meigham 2:14.17

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Kim Gallagher 2:00.37 2 Gabriella Dorio 2:01.41 3 Elly van Hulst 2:03.38 4 Grace Verbeek 2:04.16 5 Albertina Machado 2:05.74 6 Laverne Bryan 2:11.44

See also 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)

References

External links Women's 800 metres