Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Date August 1 (heats)
August 2 (final)
Winning time 2:16.8
Medalists
    Germany
    Japan
    Sweden
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Athletics at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The women's 800 metres event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 1 & August 2.

Contents

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Marie Dollinger Germany 2:22.4 OR, Q
2 Inga Gentzel Sweden Q
3 Bobbie Rosenfeld Canada Q
4 Anny Mallon Netherlands
5 Elisabeth Oestreich Germany
6 Dee Boeckmann United States

Key: OR = Olympic record, Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Lina Radke Germany 2:26.0 Q
2 Kinue Hitomi Japan 2:26.4 Q
3 Gertruda Kilosówna Poland 2:28.0 Q
4 Aat van Noort Netherlands
5 Edie Robinson Australia
6 Juliette Segers Belgium
7 Sébastienne Guyot France
8 Emy Pettersson Sweden
9 Giannina Marchini Italy
10 Rayma Wilson United States

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Jenny Thompson Canada 2:23.2 Q
2 Florence MacDonald United States Q
3 Elfriede Wewer Germany Q
4 Mien Duchateau Netherlands
5 Ida Degrande Belgium
6 Marcelle Neveu France
7 Otylia Tabacka Poland 2:33.0
8 Josefine Lauterbach Austria
9 Paula Radziulytė Lithuania

Key: Q = Qualified

Finals

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
Lina Radke Germany 2:16.8 WR
Kinue Hitomi Japan 2:17.6
Inga Gentzel Sweden 2:17.8
4 Jenny Thompson Canada 2:21.4
5 Bobbie Rosenfeld Canada 2:22.4
6 Florence MacDonald United States 2:22.6
7 Marie Dollinger Germany 2:23.0
8 Gertruda Kilosówna Poland 2:28.0
9 Elfriede Wewer Germany

Key: WR = World record

References