Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Women's 800 metres; at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date	3 August 1984 (heats); 4 August 1984 (semi-finals); 6 August 1984 (final)
Competitors	25 from 20 nations
Winning time	1:57.60
Medalists
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These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. The final was held on August 6, 1984.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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Medalists

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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

Held on August 6, 1984

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Doina Melinte	Romania	1:57.60
	Kim Gallagher	United States	1:58.63
	Fiţa Lovin	Romania	1:58.83
4	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	1:59.05
5	Lorraine Baker	Great Britain	2:00.03
6	Ruth Wysocki	United States	2:00.34
7	Margrit Klinger	West Germany	2:00.65
8	Caroline O'Shea	Ireland	2:00.77

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Kim Gallagher	United States	2:00.48
2	Doina Melinte	Romania	2:01.42
3	Ruth Wysocki	United States	2:02.31
4	Caroline O'Shea	Ireland	2:02.70
5	Elly van Hulst	Netherlands	2:03.25
6	Angelita Lind	Puerto Rico	2:03.27
7	Christine Slythe	Canada	2:04.95
8	Ranza Clark	Canada	2:05.42

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Fiţa Lovin	Romania	1:59.29
2	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	1:59.53
3	Margrit Klinger	West Germany	2:00.00
4	Lorraine Baker	Great Britain	2:00.66
5	Robin Campbell	United States	2:01.21
6	Jill McCabe	Sweden	2:02.20
7	Grace Verbeek	Canada	2:03.23
8	Shiny Abraham	India	2:05.42

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Margrit Klinger	West Germany	2:03.66
2	Ruth Wysocki	United States	2:04.05
3	Jill McCabe	Sweden	2:04.16
4	Ranza Clark	Canada	2:04.67
5	Céléstine N'Drin	Ivory Coast	2:06.06
6	Christine Bakombo	Zaire	2:18.79

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Fiţa Lovin	Romania	2:01.51
2	Robin Campbell	United States	2:01.72
3	Lorraine Baker	Great Britain	2:01.73
4	Angelita Lind	Puerto Rico	2:01.84
5	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	2:07.17
6	Grace Bakari	Ghana	2:14.50

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Doina Melinte	Romania	2:02.77
2	Caroline O'Shea	Ireland	2:03.60
3	Christine Slythe	Canada	2:04.17
4	Shiny Abraham	India	2:04.69
5	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	2:05.77
6	Evelyn Adiru	Uganda	2:07.39
7	Zonia Meigham	Guatemala	2:14.17

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Kim Gallagher	United States	2:00.37
2	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	2:01.41
3	Elly van Hulst	Netherlands	2:03.38
4	Grace Verbeek	Canada	2:04.16
5	Albertina Machado	Portugal	2:05.74
6	Laverne Bryan	Antigua and Barbuda	2:11.44