Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metres

These are the official results of the women's 800 metres
Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...

event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 36 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:53.28	Jarmila Kratochvílová Jarmila Kratochvílová Jarmila Kratochvílová is a Czech former sprinter and middle distance runner. In 1983, she set world record times for both the 400 metres and 800 metres, and won gold medals in both distances at the World Championships....	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... (FRG West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... )	July 26, 1983
Olympic Record	1:53.43	Nadezhda Olizarenko Nadezhda Olizarenko Nadezhda Fyodorovna Olizarenko is a retired athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She represented the Soviet Union.Olizarenko competed for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia in the 800 metres, where she won the gold medal ahead of country women Olga Mineyeva...	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... (URS Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... )	July 27, 1980

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		1:55.54
		1:55.99
		1:56.80
4.		1:57.20
5.		1:57.49
6.		1:57.95
7.		1:58.06
8.		1:58.13

Semi finals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		1:58.04
2.		1:58.16
3.		1:58.20
4.		1:58.22
5.		1:58.28
6.		1:58.55
7.		2:02.17
8.		2:02.64

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		2:00.64
2.		2:00.68
3.		2:00.86
4.		2:00.89
5.		2:00.91
6.		2:02.85
7.		2:04.32
8.		2:06.53

Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		2:00.31
2.		2:00.37
3.		2:00.39
4.		2:01.90
5.		2:02.26
6.		2:15.70
—		DSQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		1:59.62
2.		1:59.86
3.		2:00.57
4.		2:01.39
5.		2:02.72
6.		2:09.94
7.		2:28.61

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		1:59.88
2.		1:59.93
3.		1:59.96
4.		2:00.87
5.		2:01.44
6.		2:03.85 (NR)
7.		2:20.84

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		1:58.58
2.		1:59.06
3.		1:59.52
4.		2:00.50
5.		2:01.44
6.		2:03.85
—		DSQ

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		2:00.27
2.		2:00.83
3.		2:01.33
4.		2:01.54
5.		2:02.67
6.		2:03.01
7.		2:03.55
8.		2:29.77

Medalists

Records

Final

Semi finals

Heats

See also