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

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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
Wheelchair races

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.

Medalists

Gold	Ellen van Langen  Netherlands
Silver	Liliya Nurutdinova  Unified Team
Bronze	Ana Fidelia Quirot  Cuba

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 (ROM)	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 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 Singamo (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.	Lyubov 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

• 1988 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Tokyo)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Helsinki)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Atlanta)

References

• Official Report
• Results