1984 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (women)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 25 athletes from 20 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 3, 1984 (preliminary round) August 4, 1984 (semi-finals) August 6, 1984 (final) |
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The 800-meter race of women in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was on the 3rd, 4th and August 6th, 1984 in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum discharged. 25 athletes took part.
The Romanian Doina Melinte was Olympic champion . She won ahead of the American Kim Gallagher and the Romanian Fița Lovin .
The Federal Republic of Germany was represented by Margrit Klinger , who reached the final and reached seventh place there.
Runners from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part. Athletes from the GDR were also not there because of the Olympic boycott.
Current titleholders
| Olympic champion in 1980 |
Nadija Olisarenko ( Soviet Union )
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1: 53.43 min | Moscow 1980 |
| World Champion 1983 |
Jarmila Kratochvilová ( Czechoslovakia )
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1: 54.68 min | Helsinki 1983 |
| European champion 1982 |
Olga Minejewa ( Soviet Union )
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1: 55.41 min | Athens 1982 |
| Pan American Champion 1983 |
Nery McKeen ( Cuba )
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2: 02.20 min | Caracas 1983 |
| Central America and Caribbean champion 1983 | 2: 04.26 min | Havana 1983 | |
| South America Champion 1983 | Alejandra Ramos ( Chile )
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2: 04.6 min | Santa Fe 1983 |
| Asian champion 1983 | Huo Lianzhu ( People's Republic of China )
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2: 08.92 min | Kuwait City 1983 |
| African champion 1982 | Justina Chepchirchir ( Kenya )
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2: 04.52 min | Cairo 1982 |
Existing records
| World record | 1: 53.28 min |
Jarmila Kratochvilová ( Czechoslovakia )
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Munich , Federal Republic of Germany (now Germany ) | July 26, 1983 |
| Olympic record | 1: 53.43 min |
Nadija Olisarenko ( Soviet Union )
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Final of Moscow , Soviet Union (today Russia ) | July 27, 1980 |
Preliminary round
Date: August 3, 1984
For the preliminary round, the 25 participants were drawn in four runs. The first three athletes per run qualified for the quarter-finals. Furthermore, the four fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , advanced. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
At the age of 15, Selina Chirchir from Kenya was the youngest participant.
Kim Gallagher from the USA achieved the fastest lead time with 2: 00.37 min in run 4. The slowest directly qualified athlete was Christine Slythe from Canada in run 3 with 2: 04.17 min.
Forward 1
Kungu Bakombo was the first athlete from Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo ) to take part in the Olympic Games.
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margrit Klinger |
 BR Germany
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2: 03.66 min | |
| 2 | Ruth Wysocki |
 United States
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2: 04.05 min | |
| 3 | Jill McCabe |
 Sweden
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2: 04.16 min | |
| 4th | Ranza Clark |
 Canada
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2: 04.67 min | |
| 5 | Celestine N'Drin |
 Ivory Coast
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2: 06.06 min | |
| 6th | Kungu Bakongo |
 Zaire
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2: 18.79 min |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fița Lovin |
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2: 01.51 min | |
| 2 | Robin Campbell |
United States
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2: 01.72 min | |
| 3 | Lorraine Baker |
 Great Britain
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2: 01.73 min | |
| 4th | Angelita Lind |
 Puerto Rico
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2: 01.84 min | |
| 5 | Selina Chirchir |
Kenya
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2: 07.17 min | |
| 6th | Grace Bakari |
 Ghana
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2: 14.50 min |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doina Melinte |
Romania
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2: 02.77 min | |
| 2 | Caroline O'Shea |
 Ireland
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2: 03.60 min | |
| 3 | Christine Slythe |
Canada
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2: 04.17 min | |
| 4th | Shiny Abraham |
 India
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2: 04.69 min | |
| 5 | Alejandra Ramos |
Chile
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2: 05.77 min | |
| 6th | Evelyn Adiru |
 Uganda
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2: 07.39 min | |
| 7th | Zonia Meigham-Juarez |
 Guatemala
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2: 14.17 min |
Forward 4
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Gallagher |
United States
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2: 00.37 min | |
| 2 | Gabriella Dorio |
 Italy
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2: 01.41 min | |
| 3 | Elly van Hulst |
 Netherlands
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2: 03.38 min | |
| 4th | Grace Verbeek |
Canada
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2: 04.16 min | |
| 5 | Albertina Machado |
 Portugal
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2: 05.74 min | |
| 6th | Laverne Bryan |
 Antigua and Barbuda
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2: 11.44 min |
Semifinals
Date: August 4, 1984
In each of the two semi-finals, the first four (highlighted in light blue) qualified for the final.
Fița Lovin achieved the best time of the semifinals with 1: 59.29 min in run 2.
Run 1
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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| 1 | Kim Gallagher |
United States
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2: 00.48 min | |
| 2 | Doina Melinte |
Romania
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2: 01.42 min | |
| 3 | Ruth Wysocki |
United States
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2: 02.31 min | |
| 4th | Caroline O'Shea |
Ireland
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2: 02.70 min | |
| 5 | Elly van Hulst |
Netherlands
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2: 03.25 min | |
| 6th | Angelita Lind |
Puerto Rico
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2: 03.27 min | |
| 7th | Christine Slythe |
Canada
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2: 04.95 min | |
| 8th | Ranza Clark |
Canada
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2: 05.42 min |
Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fița Lovin |
Romania
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1: 59.29 min | |
| 2 | Gabriella Dorio |
Italy
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1: 59.53 min | |
| 3 | Margrit Klinger |
BR Germany
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2: 00.00 min | |
| 4th | Lorraine Baker |
Great Britain
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2: 00.66 min | |
| 5 | Robin Campbell |
United States
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2: 01.21 min | |
| 6th | Jill McCabe |
Sweden
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2: 02.20 min | |
| 7th | Grace Verbeek |
Canada
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2: 03.23 min | |
| 8th | Shiny Abraham |
India
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2: 05.42 min |
final
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doina Melinte |
Romania
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1: 57.60 min | |
| 2 | Kim Gallagher |
United States
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1: 58.63 min | |
| 3 | Fița Lovin |
Romania
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1: 58.83 min | |
| 4th | Gabriella Dorio |
Italy
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1: 59.05 min | |
| 5 | Lorraine Baker |
Great Britain
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2:00:03 min | |
| 6th | Ruth Wysocki |
United States
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2: 00.34 min | |
| 7th | Margrit Klinger |
BR Germany
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2: 00.65 min | |
| 8th | Caroline O'Shea |
Ireland
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2: 00.77 min |
Date: August 6, 1984
For the final two US-Americans, two Romanians and one runner each from Germany, Ireland, Italy and Great Britain qualified. Due to the Olympic boycott, however, many of the world's best 800-meter runners did not start. Above all, the Czechoslovak world record holder and world champion Jarmila Kratochvilová was absent , as was the Soviet Olympic champion from 1980 Nadija Olisarenko . It was difficult to identify favorites among the athletes who competed here. The two Romanians Doina Melinte and Fița Lovin and the runners from the host country were most likely to be among the contenders for top positions.
In the first 500 meters of the final, the Italian Gabriella Dorio set the pace. Behind her lay Melinte, the American Kim Gallagher and Lovin. Melinte took the lead at the end of the last corner. Gallagher, Lovin, Margrit Klinger from the Federal Republic of Germany and the British Lorraine Baker also passed the Italian. Doina Melinte sprinted five meters ahead of Kim Gallagher as Olympic champion, while Fița Lovin was just third. On the home straight Gabriella Dorio came up again and reached fourth place ahead of Lorraine Baker and the second US starter Ruth Wysocki. Margrit Klinger was seventh ahead of Caroline O'Shea from Ireland.
Doina Melinte was the first Romanian Olympic champion over 800 meters .
literature
- Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Sarajevo with contributions by Ulrich Kaiser and Heinz Maegerlein , eds. Manfred Vorderwülbecke , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-570-01851-2 , p. 43
Web links
- SportsReference 800m , accessed January 14, 2018
- Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 261, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 14, 2018
Video
- Los Angeles 1984 - Women's 800m Olympic final , published August 20, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed January 14, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 795 , accessed on January 14, 2018
- ↑ a b c Los Angeles 1984 Official Report, 3, Results of the Games , p. 261, English / French (PDF, 11 MB), accessed on January 14, 2018
- ↑ SportsReference 800 m , accessed January 14, 2018
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