| Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | women | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The Women's 800 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 32 competitors, with four qualifying heats (32) and two semi-finals (16), before the final (8) took off on Monday September 26, 1988.
Contents |
| Gold | Sigrun Wodars East Germany (GDR) |
| Silver | Christine Wachtel East Germany (GDR) |
| Bronze | Kim Gallagher United States (USA) |
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 1:53.28 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | Munich (FGR) | July 26, 1983 |
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| Olympic Record | 1:53.43 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | Moscow (URS) | July 27, 1980 |
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| Sigrun Wodars (GDR) | 1:56.10 | |
| Christine Wachtel (GDR) | 1:56.64 | |
| Kim Gallagher (USA) | 1:56.91 | |
| 4. | Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) | 1:57.50 |
| 5. | Delisa Walton-Floyd (USA) | 1:57.80 |
| 6. | Inna Yevseyeva (URS) | 1:59.37 |
| 7. | Teresa Zuñiga (ESP) | 1:59.82 |
| 8. | Diane Edwards (GBR) | 2:00.77 |
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sigrun Wodars (GDR) | 1:44.55 |
| 2. | Kim Gallagher (USA) | 1:44.75 |
| 3. | Slobodanka Čolović (YUG) | 1:44.90 |
| 4. | Teresa Zuñiga (ESP) | 1:44.94 |
| 5. | Kirsty Wade (GBR) | 2:00.86 |
| 6. | Soraya Telles (BRA) | 2:01.86 |
| 7. | Joetta Clark (USA) | 2:03.32 |
| 8. | Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) | 2:05.27 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Christine Wachtel (GDR) | 1:58.44 |
| 2. | Delisa Floyd (USA) | 1:58.82 |
| 3. | Inna Yevseyeva (URS) | 1:59.10 |
| 4. | Diane Edwards (GBR) | 1:59.66 |
| 5. | Caby Lesch (FRG) | 1:59.85 |
| 6. | Shireen Bailey (GBR) | 1:59.94 |
| 7. | Dalya Matoussiavichene (URS) | 2:00.15 |
| 8. | Letitia Vriesde (SUR) | 2:02.34 |
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