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.
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.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
World Record1:53.28 Jarmila KratochvílováMunich July 26, 1983
Olympic Record1:53.43 Nadiya OlizarenkoMoscow July 27, 1980

Final

Held on August 6, 1984
RANKFINALTIME
1:57.60
1:58.63
1:58.83
4.1:59.05
5.2:00.03
6.2:00.34
7.2:00.65
8.2:00.77

Semifinals

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.2:00.48
2.2:01.42
3.2:02.31
4.2:02.70
5.2:03.25
6.2:03.27
7.2:04.95
8.2:05.42

RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.1:59.29
2.1:59.53
3.2:00.00
4.2:00.66
5.2:01.21
6.2:02.20
7.2:03.23
8.2:05.42

Round one

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.2:03.66
2.2:04.05
3.2:04.16
4.2:04.67
5.2:06.06
6.2:18.79

RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.2:01.51
2.2:01.72
3.2:01.73
4.2:01.84
5.2:07.17
6.2:14.50

RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.2:02.77
2.2:03.60
3.2:04.17
4.2:04.69
5.2:05.77
6.2:07.39
7.2:14.17

RANKHEAT 4TIME
1.2:00.37
2.2:01.41
3.2:03.38
4.2:04.16
5.2:05.74
6.2:11.44