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

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Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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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. The final was held on August 6, 1984.

In the final, Kim Gallagher was the first to the break line but from there she was content to mark Doina Melinte. Impatient, Gabriella Dorio ran around the pair and out to a 2-meter lead. The gap was slowly eaten up over the next 300 metres, with Fiţa Lovin always present a step behind her Roumanian teammate. On the backstretch, Dorio began to falter and the two leaders edged past her. As she fell back through the pack, Lovin lost her step trying to avoid the slowing traffic. It was the same three leaders in the same order, chased by Margrit Klinger who strung out through the turn, separating from the rest, Dorio falling back to 6th place. Gallagher was perfectly positioned with clear sailing on the outside to sprint past Melinte, instead, Melinte just built on her lead, the gap widening to 4 metres by the finish. Loving couldn't make any progress on Gallagher and finished a couple of metres behind her. Coming off the final turn, Dorio squeezed inside of Lorraine Baker, crossed in front of her to get to the outside for a sprint to the finish, catching elbows with Klinger along the way. But Dorio was unable to catch Lovin for bronze.

Medalists

Gold	Doina Melinte Romania (ROU)
Silver	Kim Gallagher United States (USA)
Bronze	Fiţa Lovin Romania (ROU)

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	Nadezhda Olizarenko	Moscow (URS)	July 27, 1980

Final

Held on August 6, 1984

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Doina Melinte (ROU)	1:57.60
	Kim Gallagher (USA)	1:58.63
	Fiţa Lovin (ROU)	1:58.83
4.	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	1:59.05
5.	Lorraine Baker (GBR)	2:00.03
6.	Ruth Wysocki (USA)	2:00.34
7.	Margrit Klinger (FRG)	2:00.65
8.	Caroline O'Shea (IRL)	2:00.77

Semifinals

Held on August 4, 1984

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Kim Gallagher (USA)	2:00.48
2.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	2:01.42
3.	Ruth Wysocki (USA)	2:02.31
4.	Caroline O'Shea (IRL)	2:02.70
5.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	2:03.25
6.	Angelita Lind (PUR)	2:03.27
7.	Christine Slythe-Wynn (CAN)	2:04.95
8.	Ranza Clark (CAN)	2:05.42

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Fiţa Lovin (ROU)	1:59.29
2.	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	1:59.53
3.	Margrit Klinger (FRG)	2:00.00
4.	Lorraine Baker (GBR)	2:00.66
5.	Robin Campbell (USA)	2:01.21
6.	Jill McCabe (SWE)	2:02.20
7.	Grace Verbeek (CAN)	2:03.23
8.	Shiny Abraham-Wilson (IND)	2:05.42

Round One

Held on August 3, 1984

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Margrit Klinger (FRG)	2:03.66
2.	Ruth Wysocki (USA)	2:04.05
3.	Jill McCabe (SWE)	2:04.16
4.	Ranza Clark (CAN)	2:04.67
5.	Céléstine N'Drin (CIV)	2:06.06
6.	Christine Bakombo (ZAI)	2:18.79

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Fiţa Lovin (ROU)	2:01.51
2.	Robin Campbell (USA)	2:01.72
3.	Lorraine Baker (GBR)	2:01.73
4.	Angelita Lind (PUR)	2:01.84
5.	Selina Chirchir (KEN)	2:07.17
6.	Grace Bakari (GHA)	2:14.50

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	2:02.77
2.	Caroline O'Shea (IRL)	2:03.60
3.	Christine Slythe-Wynn (CAN)	2:04.17
4.	Shiny Abraham (IND)	2:04.69
5.	Alejandra Ramos (CHI)	2:05.77
6.	Evelyn Adiru (UGA)	2:07.39
7.	Zonia Meigham (GUA)	2:14.17

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Kim Gallagher (USA)	2:00.37
2.	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	2:01.41
3.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	2:03.38
4.	Grace Verbeek (CAN)	2:04.16
5.	Albertina Machado (POR)	2:05.74
6.	Laverne Bryan (ANT)	2:11.44

References

800 metres at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

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