World Athletics Championships 1987/800 m women
2. World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 28 athletes from 22 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 29th (preliminary) August 30th (semi-finals) August 31st (final) |
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The 800-meter run for women at the World Athletics Championships in 1987 was held from August 29 to 31, 1987 in the Olympic Stadium in the Italian capital, Rome .
The middle distance athletes of the GDR achieved a double victory in this competition. World champion became the vice European champion from 1986 Sigrun Wodars . She won ahead of Christine Wachtel . Bronze went to Lyubov Gurina from the Soviet Union , who had already finished third at the 1983 World Championships and the 1986 European Championships.
Existing records
World record | 1: 53.28 min |
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Munich , FR Germany | July 26, 1983 |
World championship record | 1: 54.68 min | 1983 World Cup in Helsinki , Finland | August 9, 1983 |
- The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.
- Two records were set in the final on August 31:
- 1: 55.26 min - National record for the GDR : Sigrun Wodars (first place)
- 1: 55.84 min - American record: Ana Fidelia Quirot , Cuba (fourth place)
Preliminary round
August 30, 1987
The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Slobodanka Čolović |
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2: 02.54 |
2 | Delisa Walton-Floyd |
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2: 02.76 |
3 | Jarmila Kratochvílová |
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2: 03.06 |
4th | Pink Colorado |
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2: 03.40 |
5 | Soraya Telles |
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2: 03.55 |
6th | Ausa Mwendachabe |
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2: 07.06 |
7th | Jacqueline Rasoazanamanalina |
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2: 11.27 |
DNS | Maria Lomba |
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Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Ana Fidelia Quirot |
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2: 01.99 |
2 | Mitica Junghiatu |
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2: 02.23 |
3 | Nathalie Thoumas |
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2: 02.54 |
4th | Essie Washington |
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2: 02.61 |
5 | Selina Chirchir |
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2: 02.90 |
6th | Jennifer Fisher |
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2: 09.04 |
7th | Mireille Sankatsing |
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2: 12.02 |
DNS | Sarmila Ray |
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Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Christine Wachtel |
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2: 01.50 |
2 | Lyubov Gurina |
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2: 01.74 |
3 | Diane Modahl |
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2: 02.57 |
4th | Catalina Gheorghiu |
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2: 03.04 |
5 | Angelita Lind |
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2: 04.59 |
6th | Puseletso Monkoe |
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2: 22.29 |
7th | Letticia Thomas |
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2: 26.02 |
DNS | Andri Avraam |
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Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Sigrun Wodars |
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1: 59.97 |
2 | Gabriela Sedlaková |
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2: 00.23 |
3 | Nadia Olisarenko |
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2: 00.28 |
4th | Mary Burzminski |
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2: 01.62 |
5 | Joetta Clark |
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2: 01.81 |
6th | Maria Akraka |
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2: 02.24 |
7th | Zeina Boulos Neaime |
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2: 15.75 |
DNS | Kungu Bankombo |
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Semifinals
August 30, 1987
In each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Semi-final run 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Ana Fidelia Quirot |
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1: 57.96 |
2 | Sigrun Wodars |
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1: 58.06 |
3 | Lyubov Gurina |
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1: 58.16 |
4th | Jarmila Kratochvílová |
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1: 58.65 |
5 | Slobodanka Čolović |
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1: 58.85 |
6th | Diane Modahl |
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1: 59.34 |
7th | Essie Washington |
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2: 02.65 |
8th | Mary Burzminski |
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2: 03.72 |
Semi-final run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Christine Wachtel |
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2: 01.47 |
2 | Nadia Olisarenko |
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2: 01.63 |
3 | Mitica Junghiatu |
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2: 01.65 |
4th | Gabriela Sedlaková |
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2: 02.27 |
5 | Delisa Walton-Floyd |
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2: 02.45 |
6th | Nathalie Thoumas |
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2: 03.90 |
7th | Maria Akraka |
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2: 05.20 |
8th | Joetta Clark |
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2: 06.10 |
final
August 31, 1987
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Sigrun Wodars |
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1: 55.26 NO |
2 | Christine Wachtel |
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1: 55.32 |
3 | Lyubov Gurina |
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1: 55.56 |
4th | Ana Fidelia Quirot |
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1: 55.84 AM |
5 | Jarmila Kratochvílová |
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1: 57.81 |
6th | Mitica Junghiatu |
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1: 59.66 |
7th | Nadia Olisarenko |
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2: 00.28 |
8th | Slobodanka Čolović |
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2: 02.09 |
The defending champion Jarmila Kratochvílová (here in 2012) , over 400 meters also world champion from 1983 , Olympic runner-up in 1980 and vice European champion from 1982 , finished fifth again at the end of her great career
Video
- 1987 World - Rome 800m Women Final on youtube.com, accessed April 1, 2020
Web links
- IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed April 1, 2020
- Women 800m Athletics II World Championship Rome (ITA) 1987 at todor66.com, accessed April 1, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 800 m, Rome 1987 (PDF 10.3 MB, p. 268), English, accessed on April 1, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on April 1, 2020