1972 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (women)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 38 athletes from 28 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Olympic Stadium Munich | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 31, 1972 (preliminary) September 1, 1972 (semi-finals) September 3, 1972 (final) |
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The women's 800-meter run at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich was held on August 31, September 1 and September 3, 1972 in the Munich Olympic Stadium. 38 athletes took part.
Olympic champion was Hildegard Falck from the Federal Republic of Germany. She won ahead of Nijolė Sabaitė from the Soviet Union and Gunhild Hoffmeister , GDR.
For the Federal Republic of Germany - officially Germany - Sylvia Schenk and Gisela Ellenberger started alongside the winner Falck . Both were eliminated in the semi-finals.
In addition to the medalist Hoffmeister, Maritta Politz competed for the GDR , who failed in the preliminary run.
The Austrian Maria Sykora qualified for the semi-finals and was eliminated there.
Switzerland was represented by Elisabeth Neuenschwander, who was also eliminated in the run-up.
Runners from Liechtenstein did not take part.
Existing records
| World record | 1: 58.5 min |
Hildegard Falck ( Federal Republic of Germany )
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Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany (now Germany ) | July 11, 1971 |
| Olympic record | 2: 00.9 min |
Madeline Manning ( USA )
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Mexico City Final , Mexico | 19th October 1968 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in five heats on August 31. The three best runners as well as the following fastest reached the semi-finals on September 1st. From the preliminary rounds, the four best runners qualified for the final on September 3rd.
Time schedule
August 31, 4:45 p.m .: preliminary runs
September 1, 5:40 p.m .: semi-finals
September 3, 6 p.m .: Final
The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the others in light green.
Preliminary round
Date: August 31, 1972, from 4:45 p.m.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hildegard Falck |
BR Germany
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2: 01.52 min | |
| 2 | Madeline Manning |
United States
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2: 02.63 min | |
| 3 | Cheryl Peasley |
 Australia
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2: 03.11 min | |
| 4th | Mary Tracey |
 Ireland
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2: 04.18 min | |
| 5 | Martine Duvivier |
 France
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2: 04.87 min | |
| 6th | Donata Govoni |
 Italy
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2: 05.24 min | |
| 7th | Elisabeth Neuenschwander |
 Switzerland
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2: 06.89 min | |
| DNS | Arda Kalpakian |
 Lebanon
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Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Svetla Slateva |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
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1: 58.93 min | OR |
| 2 | Vera Nikolić |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
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1: 59.62 min | |
| 3 | Sylvia Schenk |
BR Germany
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2: 02.22 min | |
| 4th | Elżbieta Skowrońska |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
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2: 03.26 min | |
| 5 | Jennifer Orr |
Australia
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2: 04.46 min | |
| 6th | Cheryl Toussaint |
United States
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2: 08.90 min | |
| 7th | Claire Walsh |
Ireland
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2: 08.98 min | |
| 8th | Heather Gooding |
 Barbados
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2: 19.69 min |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nijolė Sabaitė |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
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2: 01.50 min | |
| 2 | Abby Hoffman |
 Canada
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2: 01.57 min | |
| 3 | Maria Sykora |
 Austria
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2: 01.82 min | |
| 4th | Gisela Ellenberger |
BR Germany
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2: 01.92 min | |
| 5 | Maritta Politz |
 GDR
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2: 02.40 min | |
| 6th | Margaret Coomber |
 Great Britain
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2: 02.99 min | |
| 7th | Emesia Chizunga |
 Malawi
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2: 19.22 min | |
| DNF | Malak El-Nasser |
.svg){kind=small} Syria
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Malak El-Nasser was the first Syrian woman to compete in the Olympic Games. At the same time, she was the first female athlete from Syria to take part in Olympic track and field competitions.
Forward 4
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ileana Silai |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
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2: 01.42 min | |
| 2 | Annelise Damm Olesen |
 Denmark
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2: 01.77 min | |
| 3 | Magdolna Kulcsár |
 Hungary
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2: 02.35 min | |
| 4th | Pat Cropper |
Great Britain
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2: 03.55 min | |
| 5 | Wasilena Amzina |
Bulgaria
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2: 05.92 min | |
| 6th | Marleen Verheuen |
 Belgium
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2: 09.13 min | |
| 7th | Raissa Ruus |
Soviet Union
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2: 11.18 min | |
| 8th | Lee Chiu-hsia |
 Taiwan
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2: 11.81 min |
Forward 5
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nina Morgunova |
Soviet Union
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2: 02.64 min | |
| 2 | Gunhild Hoffmeister |
GDR
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2: 03.15 min | |
| 3 | Rosemary Stirling |
Great Britain
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2: 03.64 min | |
| 4th | Sue Haden |
 New Zealand
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2: 04.86 min | |
| 5 | Chereno Maiyo |
 Kenya
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2: 04.86 min | |
| 6th | Wendy Koenig |
United States
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2: 08.71 min | |
| 7th | Malika Hadky |
 Morocco
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2: 12.46 min |
Semifinals
Date: September 1, 1972, from 5.40 p.m.
Run 1
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nijolė Sabaitė |
Soviet Union
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2: 00.90 min | |
| 2 | Gunhild Hoffmeister |
GDR
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2: 01.21 min | |
| 3 | Abby Hoffman |
Canada
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2: 01.37 min | |
| 4th | Vera Nikolić |
Yugoslavia
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2: 01.49 min | |
| 5 | Sylvia Schenk |
BR Germany
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2: 01.50 min | |
| 6th | Annelise Damm Olesen |
Denmark
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2: 04.19 min | |
| 7th | Cheryl Peasley |
Australia
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2: 04.56 min | |
| DNS | Magdolna Kulcsár |
Hungary
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Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hildegard Falck |
BR Germany
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2: 01.41 min | |
| 2 | Svetla Slateva |
Bulgaria
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2: 01.66 min | |
| 3 | Ileana Silai |
Romania
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2: 01.85 min | |
| 4th | Rosemary Stirling |
Great Britain
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2: 02.36 min | |
| 5 | Madeline Manning |
United States
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2: 02.39 min | |
| 6th | Maria Sykora |
Austria
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2: 02.44 min | |
| 7th | Gisela Ellenberger |
BR Germany
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2: 02.97 min | |
| 8th | Nina Morgunova |
Soviet Union
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2: 04.93 min |
final
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hildegard Falck |
BR Germany
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1: 58.55 min | OR |
| 2 | Nijolė Sabaitė |
Soviet Union
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1: 58.65 min | |
| 3 | Gunhild Hoffmeister |
GDR
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1: 59.16 min | |
| 4th | Svetla Slateva |
Bulgaria
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1: 59.72 min | |
| 5 | Vera Nikolić |
Yugoslavia
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1: 59.98 min | |
| 6th | Ileana Silai |
Romania
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2:00:04 min | |
| 7th | Rosemary Stirling |
Great Britain
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2:00:15 min | |
| 8th | Abby Hoffman |
Canada
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2:00, 17 min |
Date: September 3, 1972, 6 p.m.
The German world record holder Hildegard Falck, who was the first woman to stay under two minutes at this distance last year, had a season that had not been very successful so far. In comparisons with international top athletes, she was always inferior and even at the German championships she had to be satisfied with second place. Even in the preliminary runs here in Munich , top times were achieved in a row, even the 2-minute mark was clearly undercut by the Bulgarian Swetla Slatewa, who set a new Olympic record . However, Falck made a strong impression in the preliminary and intermediate runs, so she defeated u in the semifinals. a. also Slatewa. The European champion from 1971 Vera Nikolić from Yugoslavia, Gunhild Hoffmeister from the GDR, vice European champion over 1500 meters , and the Soviet runner Nijolė Sabaitė were also highly rated .
In the final, Nikolić, Slatewa and the Romanian Ileana Silai, Olympic runner-up in 1968 , took the lead, the pace was high, the 400-meter split was 58.31 seconds. Falck, Hoffmeister and Sabaitė ran in the slipstream of the three leaders. So it stayed with a tight margin into the target curve. About 130 meters from the finish, Falck increased the pace significantly and went outside to her rivals, who now also had to let Sabaitė and Hoffmeister pass. On the home stretch Sabaitė came up again strongly, but Hildegard Falck was able to bring the Olympic victory just over the finish line and set a new Olympic record with 1: 58.55 minutes. Nijolė Sabaitė was second, a tenth of a second behind. Gunhild Hoffmeister won the bronze medal half a second behind, ahead of Swetla Slatewa and Vera Nikolić. These five runners undercut the 2-minute mark.
Hildegard Falck became the first German Olympic champion over 800 meters .
Gunhild Hoffmeister was the first GDR athlete to win a medal in this discipline.
However, Lina Radke , Olympic champion in 1928 , and Ursula Donath , bronze medalist in 1960 , had previously won medals as starters for an all-German team.
European Champion Vera Nikolić, Yugoslavia
literature
- Werner Schneider / Sport-Informations-Dienst / Bertelsmann Sportredaktion, The Olympic Games 1972. Munich - Kiel - Sapporo, Bertelsmann-Verlag, Munich, Gütersloh, Vienna 1972, ISBN 3-570-04559-5 , pp. 54f
Video
- 1972 Olympic Games. Women's 800 meters final run , published December 10, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed December 6, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference 800m , accessed December 6, 2017
- Official report, Volume 3 "The competitions" , p. 67, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 6, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 642 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 6, 2017
- ↑ Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 43, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 6, 2017
- ↑ a b c Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 67, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 6, 2017
- ↑ SportsReference , accessed December 6, 2017
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