Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

The Women's 800 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 29 competitors, with four qualifying heats (29) and two semi-finals (16), before the final (8) took off on Monday September 26, 1988.^[1]

Women's 800 metres at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	24 September 1988 (heats) 25 September 1988 (semi-finals) 26 September 1988 (final)
Competitors	29 from 19 nations
Winning time	1:56.10
Medalists
Sigrun Wodars  East Germany Christine Wachtel  East Germany Kim Gallagher  United States
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Medalists

Gold	Sigrun Wodars  East Germany
Silver	Christine Wachtel  East Germany
Bronze	Kim Gallagher  United States

Records

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
Olympic Record	1:53.43	Nadiya Olizarenko	Moscow (URS)	July 27, 1980

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Sigrun Wodars	East Germany	1:56.10
	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	1:56.64
	Kim Gallagher	United States	1:56.91
4	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	1:57.50
5	Delisa Walton-Floyd	United States	1:57.80
6	Inna Yevseyeva	Soviet Union	1:59.37
7	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	1:59.82
8	Diane Edwards	Great Britain	2:00.77

Semi finals

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Sigrun Wodars	East Germany	1:57.21
2	Kim Gallagher	United States	1:57.39
3	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	1:57.49
4	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	1:58.85
5	Kirsty Wade	Great Britain	2:00.86
6	Soraya Telles	Brazil	2:01.86
7	Joetta Clark	United States	2:03.32
8	Nadiya Olizarenko	Soviet Union	2:05.27

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	1:58.44
2	Delisa Walton-Floyd	United States	1:58.82
3	Inna Yevseyeva	Soviet Union	1:59.10
4	Diane Edwards	Great Britain	1:59.66
5	Gabi Lesch	West Germany	1:59.85
6	Shireen Bailey	Great Britain	1:59.94
7	Dalia Matusevičienė	Soviet Union	2:00.15
8	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	2:02.34

Qualifying heats

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Inna Yevseyeva	Soviet Union	2:01.59
2	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	2:01.80
3	Shireen Bailey	Great Britain	2:02.36
4	Sharon Powell	Jamaica	2:03.49
5	Montserrat Pujol	Spain	2:03.73
6	Choi Se-Beom	South Korea	2:06.65
7	Assumpta Achuo-Bei	Cameroon	2:07.10
8	Christine Bakombo	Zaire	2:11.00

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Christine Wachtel	East Germany	2:00.62
2	Joetta Clark	United States	2:00.83
3	Gabi Lesch	West Germany	2:00.95
4	Mayte Zúñiga	Spain	2:00.98
5	Mary Burzminski	Canada	2:02.85
6	Shiny Abraham-Wilson	India	2:03.26
7	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	2:04.36
8	Sheila Seebaluck	Mauritius	2:08.93

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Sigrun Wodars	East Germany	2:02.24
2	Delisa Walton-Floyd	United States	2:02.37
3	Soraya Telles	Brazil	2:02.48
4	Dalia Matusevičienė	Soviet Union	2:02.57
5	Kirsty Wade	Great Britain	2:02.75
6	Maureen Stewart	Costa Rica	2:08.17
7	Laverne Bryan	Antigua and Barbuda	2:12.18
—	Sun Sumei	China	DNS

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Kim Gallagher	United States	2:01.70
2	Diane Edwards	Great Britain	2:01.79
3	Nadiya Olizarenko	Soviet Union	2:01.81
4	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	2:01.83
5	Hassiba Boulmerka	Algeria	2:03.33
6	Renée Belanger	Canada	2:04.74
—	Rosa Colorada	Spain	DNS

See also

• 1987 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Rome)
• 1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres (Split)
• 1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Barcelona)