Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

These are the official results of the women's 800 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. The competition was held on July 24, 1980, and on July 27, 1980.[1]

Women's 800 metres
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueLenin Central Stadium
Date24 July 1980 (heats)
25 July 1980 (semi-final)
27 July 1980 (final)
Competitors29 from 16 nations
Winning time1:53.5 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nadezhda Olizarenko
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olga Mineyeva
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tatyana Providokhina
 Soviet Union
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Final edit

  • Held on Sunday July 27, 1980
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
  Nadezhda Olizarenko   Soviet Union 1:53.5 WR
  Olga Mineyeva   Soviet Union 1:54.9
  Tatyana Providokhina   Soviet Union 1:55.5
4 Martina Kämpfert   East Germany 1:56.3
5 Hildegard Ullrich   East Germany 1:57.2
6 Jolanta Januchta   Poland 1:58.3
7 Nikolina Shtereva   Bulgaria 1:58.8
8 Gabriella Dorio   Italy 1:59.2

Semifinals edit

  • Held on Friday July 25, 1980
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Olga Mineyeva   Soviet Union 1:57.5
2 Martina Kämpfert   East Germany 1:58.1
3 Tatyana Providokhina   Soviet Union 1:58.3
4 Nikolina Shtereva   Bulgaria 1:58.9
5 Gabriella Dorio   Italy 1:59.0
6 Doina Melinte   Romania 2:00.8
7 Elżbieta Skowrońska-Katolik   Poland 2:01.1
8 Anne-Marie Van Nuffel   Belgium 2:02.0


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Nadezhda Olizarenko   Soviet Union 1:57.7
2 Hildegard Ullrich   East Germany 1:58.7
3 Jolanta Januchta   Poland 1:58.9
4 Fiţa Lovin   Romania 1:59.2
5 Vesela Yatsinska   Bulgaria 1:59.9
6 Totka Petrova   Bulgaria 2:00.0
7 Anna Bukis   Poland 2:00.3
8 Christina Boxer   Great Britain 2:00.9

Heats edit

  • Held on Thursday July 24, 1980
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gabriella Dorio   Italy 2:01.4
2 Olga Mineyeva   Soviet Union 2:01.5
3 Doina Melinte   Romania 2:01.9
4 Christina Boxer   Great Britain 2:02.1
5 Mwinga Mwanjala   Tanzania 2:05.2
6 Geeta Zutshi   India 2:06.6
7 Fantaye Sirak   Ethiopia 2:08.7


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Nadezhda Olizarenko   Soviet Union 1:59.3
2 Jolanta Januchta   Poland 1:59.7
3 Vesela Yatsinska   Bulgaria 1:59.9
4 Anne-Marie Van Nuffel   Belgium 2:00.1
5 Daniela Porcelli   Italy 2:10.7
6 Albertine Rahéliarisoa   Madagascar 2:11.7
7 Margaret Morel   Seychelles 2:17.0


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Tatyana Providokhina   Soviet Union 1:58.5
2 Martina Kämpfert   East Germany 1:58.8
3 Nikolina Shtereva   Bulgaria 1:58.9
4 Anna Bukis   Poland 1:58.9
5 Agnese Possamai   Italy 2:04.1
6 Fatalmoudou Touré   Mali 2:19.8


Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Hildegard Ullrich   East Germany 2:00.1
2 Fiţa Lovin   Romania 2:00.2
3 Totka Petrova   Bulgaria 2:00.6
4 Elżbieta Skowrońska-Katolik   Poland 2:01.2
5 Lilian Nyiti   Tanzania 2:11.1
6 Hala El-Moughrabi   Syria 2:17.6
7 Acacia Mate   Mozambique 2:19.7
8 Eugenia Osho-Williams   Sierra Leone 2:33.4

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Women's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

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