| Women's 800 metres at the Games of the XVII Olympiad |
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||
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| Dates | September 6 (heats) September 7 (final) |
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| «1928 | 1964» | ||||||
| Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 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 | |||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The women's 800 metres middle distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 6 and September 7.
Contents |
The top two runners in each of the four heats (blue) and the next fastest one (pink) advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Antje Gleichfeld | Germany | 2:11.05 | OR |
| 2 | Brenda Jones | Australia | 2:11.14 | |
| 3 | Zinaida Matistovich | Soviet Union | 2:11.57 | |
| 4 | Maryvonne Dupureur | France | 2:12.42 | |
| 5 | Diane Charles | Great Britain | 2:14.24 | |
| 6 | Zofia Walasek | Poland | 2:16.44 | |
| 7 | Lee Hak-Ja | South Korea | 2:28.4 |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Ursula Donath | Germany | 2:07.92 | OR |
| 2 | Beata Żbikowska | Poland | 2:09.57 | |
| 3 | Florica Grecescu | Romania | 2:10.10 | |
| 4 | Olga Kazi | Hungary | 2:11.07 | |
| 5 | Gilda Jannaccone | Italy | 2:13.72 | |
| 6 | Phyllis Perkins | Great Britain | 2:15.41 | |
| - | Pat Daniels-Winslow | United States | DQ |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Lyudmila Lysenko | Soviet Union | 2:09.31 | |
| 2 | Gizella Sasvári-Csóka | Hungary | 2:09.77 | |
| 3 | Krystyna Nowakowska | Poland | 2”09.81 | |
| 4 | Eleanor Haslam | Canada | 2:10.17 | |
| 5 | Bedřiška Kulhavá | Czechoslovakia | 2:10.23 | |
| 6 | Gerda Kraan | Netherlands | 2:10.71 | |
| 7 | Nicole Goullieux | France | 2:13.53 |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Dixie Willis | Australia | 2:06.03 | OR |
| 2 | Joy Jordan | Great Britain | 2:07.29 | |
| 3 | Vera Kummerfeldt | Germany | 2:07.34 | |
| 4 | Yekaterina Parlyuk | Soviet Union | 2:07.71 | |
| 5 | Ine ter Laak-Spijk | Netherlands | 2:10.36 | |
| 6 | Gül Çiray | Turkey | 2:11.55 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| Lyudmila Lysenko | Soviet Union | 2:04.50 | WR | |
| Brenda Jones | Australia | 2:04.58 | ||
| Ursula Donath | Germany | 2:05.73 | ||
| 4 | Vera Kummerfeldt | Germany | 2:06.07 | |
| 5 | Antje Gleichfeld | Germany | 2:06.63 | |
| 6 | Joy Jordan | Great Britain | 2:07.95 | |
| 7 | Gizella Sasvári-Csóka | Hungary | 2:08.11 | |
| 8 | Beata Żbikowska | Poland | 2:11.91 | |
| - | Dixie Willis | Australia | DNF |
Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; DQ = disqualified
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