Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on August 6, 1984.[1][2]

Women's 800 metres
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date3 August 1984 (heats)
4 August 1984 (semi-finals)
6 August 1984 (final)
Competitors25 from 20 nations
Winning time1:57.60
Medalists
Doina Melinte
 Romania
Kim Gallagher
 United States
Fiţa Lovin
 Romania
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In the final, Kim Gallagher was the first to the break line but from there she was content to mark Doina Melinte. Impatient, Gabriella Dorio ran around the pair and out to a 2-meter lead. The gap was slowly eaten up over the next 300 metres, with Fiţa Lovin always present a step behind her Roumanian teammate. On the backstretch, Dorio began to falter and the two leaders edged past her. As she fell back through the pack, Lovin lost her step trying to avoid the slowing traffic. It was the same three leaders in the same order, chased by Margrit Klinger who strung out through the turn, separating from the rest, Dorio falling back to 6th place. Melinte built on her lead, the gap widening to 4 metres by the finish. Loving couldn't make any progress on Gallagher and finished a couple of metres behind her. Coming off the final turn, Dorio squeezed inside of Lorraine Baker, crossed in front of her to get to the outside for a sprint to the finish, catching elbows with Klinger along the way. But Dorio was unable to catch Lovin for bronze.[3][4]

Medalists
GoldDoina Melinte
 Romania
SilverKim Gallagher
 United States
BronzeFiţa Lovin
 Romania

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

Held on August 6, 1984

Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
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
  • Held on August 4, 1984
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
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 AthleteNation TimeNotes
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
  • Held on August 3, 1984
Rank AthleteNation TimeNotes
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 AthleteNation TimeNotes
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 AthleteNation TimeNotes
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 AthleteNation TimeNotes
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
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See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/olympics/article95021822.html
  3. https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/olympics/article95021822.html
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/23/magazine/how-the-women-won.html
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