Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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
10 km walk 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

These are the official results of the women's 800 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 36 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Ellen van Langen
Netherlands (NED)
Silver  Liliya Nurutdinova
Unified Team (EUN)
Bronze  Ana Fidelia Quirot
Cuba (CUB)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:53.28 Jarmila Kratochvílová Munich (FRG) July 26, 1983
Olympic Record 1:53.43 Nadezhda Olizarenko Moscow (URS) July 27, 1980

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Ellen van Langen (NED) 1:55.54
 Liliya Nurutdinova (EUN) 1:55.99
 Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 1:56.80
4.  Inna Yevseyeva (EUN) 1:57.20
5.  Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) 1:57.49
6.  Ella Kovacs (ROU) 1:57.95
7.  Joetta Clark (USA) 1:58.06
8.  Lyubov Gurina (EUN) 1:58.13

Semi finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Liliya Nurutdinova (EUN) 1:58.04
2.  Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) 1:58.16
3.  Inna Yevseyeva (EUN) 1:58.20
4.  Joetta Clark (USA) 1:58.22
5.  Letitia Vriesde (SUR) 1:58.28
6.  Charmaine Crooks (CAN) 1:58.55
7.  Lorraine Baker (GBR) 2:02.17
8.  Sabine Zwiener (GER) 2:02.64
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Lyubov Gurina (EUN) 2:00.64
2.  Ellen van Langen (NED) 2:00.68
3.  Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 2:00.86
4.  Ella Kovacs (ROU) 2:00.89
5.  Sigrun Grau (GER) 2:00.91
6.  Carla Sacramento (POR) 2:02.85
7.  Diane Edwards (GBR) 2:04.32
8.  Julie Jenkins (USA) 2:06.53

Heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Sigrun Grau (GER) 2:00.31
2.  Liliya Nurutdinova (EUN) 2:00.37
3.  Diane Edwards (GBR) 2:00.39
4.  Shiny Wilson (IND) 2:01.90
5.  Stella Jongmans (NED) 2:02.26
6.  Brigitte Nganaye (CAF) 2:15.70
—  R. Baguepeng Gangue (CHA) DSQ
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Joetta Clark (USA) 1:59.62
2.  Ellen van Langen (NED) 1:59.86
3.  Carla Sacramento (POR) 2:00.57
4.  Christine Wachtel (GER) 2:01.39
5.  Paula Fryer (GBR) 2:02.72
6.  Sukanya Sang-Ngeun (THA) 2:09.94
7.  Andrea Rose Garae (VAN) 2:28.61
RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Ella Kovacs (ROU) 1:59.88
2.  Letitia Vriesde (SUR) 1:59.93
3.  Julie Jenkins (USA) 1:59.96
4.  Sabine Zwiener (GER) 2:00.87
5.  Fabia Trabaldo (ITA) 2:01.44
6.  Sriyani Dhammika Menike (SRI) 2:03.85
(NR)
7.  Prisca Singano (MAW) 2:20.84
RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Inna Yevseyeva (EUN) 1:58.58
2.  Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) 1:59.06
3.  Charmaine Crooks (CAN) 1:59.52
4.  Lorraine Baker (GBR) 2:00.50
5.  Leontina Salagean (ROU) 2:01.44
6.  Zewdie Hailemariam (ETH) 2:03.85
—  Carol Galea (MLT) DSQ
RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Lioubov Gurina (EUN) 2:00.27
2.  Maria de Lurdes Mutola (MOZ) 2:00.83
3.  Meredith Rainey (USA) 2:01.33
4.  Viviane Dorsile (FRA) 2:01.54
5.  Amaia Andrés (ESP) 2:02.67
6.  Gladys Wamuyu (KEN) 2:03.01
7.  Edith Nakiyingi (UGA) 2:03.55
8.  Mantokoane Pitso (LES) 2:29.77

See also

References

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