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800 metres, Women

Date3 – 6 August 1984
StatusOlympic
LocationLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Participants25 from 20 countries

The Soviet boycott crippled the level of competition in this event as all the best 800 metre runners in the world were from Eastern Europe. But Romania did compete in Los Angeles, and their runners became the favorites in the absence of the USSR, GDR, and Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia was of note because at the 1st Athletics World Championships in 1983, Jarmila Kratochvílová had won the 400/800 double, shortly after setting a world record of 1:53.28, which stood well into the 2020s. The final pace was set by Italy’s Gabriella Dorio who led until 550 metres, when Doina Beşliu-Melinte (ROM) took over. She was chased to the line by American Kim Gallagher but never was caught. Dorio faded and the bronze medal went to Melinte’s teammate, Fiţa Lovin.

PosNrAthleteNOCR1SFFinal
1315Doina MelinteROU2:02.77 (1 h3)2:01.42 (2 h1)1:57.60 (1)Gold
2377Kim GallagherUSA2:00.37 (1 h4)2:00.48 (1 h1)1:58.63 (2)Silver
3314Fița LovinROU2:01.51 (1 h2)1:59.29 (1 h2)1:58.83 (3)Bronze
4226Gabriella DorioITA2:01.41 (2 h4)1:59.53 (2 h2)1:59.05 (4)
5146Lorraine BakerGBR2:01.73 (3 h2)2:00.66 (4 h2)2:00.03 (5)
6405Ruth WysockiUSA2:04.05 (2 h1)2:02.31 (3 h1)2:00.34 (6)
7124Margrit KlingerFRG2:03.66 (1 h1)2:00.00 (3 h2)2:00.65 (7)
8216Caroline O'SheaIRL2:03.60 (2 h3)2:02.70 (4 h1)2:00.77 (8)
5 h1 r2/3204Elly van HulstNED2:03.38 (3 h4)2:03.25 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/3369Robin CampbellUSA2:01.72 (2 h2)2:01.21 (5 h2)
6 h1 r2/3306Angelita LindPUR2:01.84 (4 h2)2:03.27 (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/3331Jill McCabeSWE2:04.16 (3 h1)2:02.20 (6 h2)
7 h1 r2/362Christine SlytheCAN2:04.17 (3 h3)2:04.95 (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/366Grace VerbeekCAN2:04.16 (4 h4)2:03.23 (7 h2)
8 h1 r2/340Ranza ClarkCAN2:04.67 (4 h1)2:05.42 (8 h1)
8 h2 r2/3207Shiny AbrahamIND2:04.69 (4 h3)2:05.42 (8 h2)
5 h1 r1/382Céléstine N'DrinCIV2:06.06 (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/3260Selina ChirchirKEN2:07.17 (5 h2)
5 h3 r1/371Alejandra RamosCHI2:05.77 (5 h3)
5 h4 r1/3302Albertina MachadoPOR2:05.74 (5 h4)
6 h1 r1/3408Christine BakomboCOD2:18.79 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/3186Grace BakariGHA2:14.50 (6 h2)
6 h3 r1/3355Evelyn AdiruUGA2:07.39 (6 h3)
6 h4 r1/33Laverne BryanANT2:11.44 (6 h4)
7 h3 r1/3193Patricia MeighamGUA2:14.17 (7 h3)

Round One (3 August 1984 — 16:00)

Top three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
16Margrit KlingerFRG2:03.66Q
24Ruth WysockiUSA2:04.05Q
35Jill McCabeSWE2:04.16Q
43Ranza ClarkCAN2:04.67q
52Céléstine N'DrinCIV2:06.06
67Christine BakomboCOD2:18.79

Heat Two

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
14Fița LovinROU2:01.51Q
26Robin CampbellUSA2:01.72Q
32Lorraine BakerGBR2:01.73Q
43Angelita LindPUR2:01.84q
57Selina ChirchirKEN2:07.17
65Grace BakariGHA2:14.50

Heat Three

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
12Doina MelinteROU2:02.77Q
24Caroline O'SheaIRL2:03.60Q
37Christine SlytheCAN2:04.17Q
43Shiny AbrahamIND2:04.69q
56Alejandra RamosCHI2:05.77
68Evelyn AdiruUGA2:07.39
75Patricia MeighamGUA2:14.17

Heat Four

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
16Kim GallagherUSA2:00.37Q
22Gabriella DorioITA2:01.41Q
33Elly van HulstNED2:03.38Q
44Grace VerbeekCAN2:04.16q
57Albertina MachadoPOR2:05.74
65Laverne BryanANT2:11.44

Semi-Finals (4 August 1984 — 16:55)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
18Kim GallagherUSA2:00.48Q
23Doina MelinteROU2:01.42Q
34Ruth WysockiUSA2:02.31Q
45Caroline O'SheaIRL2:02.70Q
51Elly van HulstNED2:03.25
66Angelita LindPUR2:03.27
72Christine SlytheCAN2:04.95
87Ranza ClarkCAN2:05.42

Heat Two

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
11Fița LovinROU1:59.29Q
24Gabriella DorioITA1:59.53Q
32Margrit KlingerFRG2:00.00Q
48Lorraine BakerGBR2:00.66Q
56Robin CampbellUSA2:01.21
67Jill McCabeSWE2:02.20
73Grace VerbeekCAN2:03.23
85Shiny AbrahamIND2:05.42

Final (6 August 1984 — 17:35)

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
14Doina MelinteROU1:57.60
25Kim GallagherUSA1:58.63
31Fița LovinROU1:58.83
43Gabriella DorioITA1:59.05
57Lorraine BakerGBR2:00.03
68Ruth WysockiUSA2:00.34
76Margrit KlingerFRG2:00.65
82Caroline O'SheaIRL2:00.77

Splits

200 m27.7Gabriella Dorio
400 m57.3Gabriella Dorio
600 m1:27.9Doina Beșliu-Melinte