The women's 800 metres

800 metres

The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

middle distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games

1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

took place between September 6 and September 7.

Heats

The top two runners in each of the four heats (blue) and the next fastest one (pink) advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antje Gleichfeld Antje Gleichfeld Antje Gleichfeld, née Braasch is a German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.She finished fifth at the Olympic Games in 1960 and 1964. She won the bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships...		2:11.05	OR
2	Brenda Jones Brenda Jones Brenda Jones is a former Australian middle distance runner, who after her marriage became known as Brenda Carr....		2:11.14
3	Zinaida Matistovich		2:11.57
4	Maryvonne Dupureur Maryvonne Dupureur Maryvonne Samson Dupureur was a French middle distance who specialized in the 800 metres.Born in Saint-Brieuc, she won the silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan...		2:12.42
5	Diane Charles		2:14.24
6	Zofia Walasek		2:16.44
7	Lee Hak-Ja		2:28.4

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ursula Donath Ursula Donath Ursula Donath is an athlete from East Germany who competed mainly in the 800 metres....		2:07.92	OR
2	Beata Żbikowska		2:09.57
3	Florica Grecescu		2:10.10
4	Olga Kazi Olga Kazi Olga Kazi-Gyulai is a retired female middle distance runner from Hungary, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1960 and 1964. She set her personal best in the women's 800 metres on 1962-09-16 at the European Championships in Belgrade.-References:**...		2:11.07
5	Gilda Jannaccone		2:13.72
6	Phyllis Perkins		2:15.41
-	Pat Daniels-Winslow			DQ

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Lysenko Lyudmila Shevtsova Lyudmila Ivanovna Shevtsova is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She trained at VSS Avanhard in Dnipropetrovsk....		2:09.31
2	Gizella Sasvári-Csóka		2:09.77
3	Krystyna Nowakowska		2”09.81
4	Eleanor Haslam		2:10.17
5	Bedřiška Kulhavá		2:10.23
6	Gerda Kraan Gerda Kraan Gerarda Maria Kraan is a retired female middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1960 and 1964 . In 1962 she won the gold medal in the women's 800 metres race at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade.-References:...		2:10.71
7	Nicole Goullieux		2:13.53

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dixie Willis Dixie Willis Dixie Isabel Willis is a former Australian middle distance runner, who won the gold medal in the women's 880 yards event at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. She was selected to compete over 800 metres for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics...		2:06.03	OR
2	Joy Jordan		2:07.29
3	Vera Kummerfeldt		2:07.34
4	Yekaterina Parlyuk		2:07.71
5	Ine ter Laak-Spijk		2:10.36
6	Gül Çiray		2:11.55

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lyudmila Lysenko Lyudmila Shevtsova Lyudmila Ivanovna Shevtsova is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She trained at VSS Avanhard in Dnipropetrovsk....		2:04.50	WR
	Brenda Jones Brenda Jones Brenda Jones is a former Australian middle distance runner, who after her marriage became known as Brenda Carr....		2:04.58
	Ursula Donath Ursula Donath Ursula Donath is an athlete from East Germany who competed mainly in the 800 metres....		2:05.73
4	Vera Kummerfeldt		2:06.07
5	Antje Gleichfeld Antje Gleichfeld Antje Gleichfeld, née Braasch is a German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.She finished fifth at the Olympic Games in 1960 and 1964. She won the bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships...		2:06.63
6	Joy Jordan		2:07.95
7	Gizella Sasvári-Csóka		2:08.11
8	Beata Żbikowska		2:11.91
-	Dixie Willis Dixie Willis Dixie Isabel Willis is a former Australian middle distance runner, who won the gold medal in the women's 880 yards event at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. She was selected to compete over 800 metres for her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics...			DNF

Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; DQ = disqualified