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

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

Final

• Held on Sunday July 27, 1980

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)	1:53.5 WR
	Olga Mineyeva (URS)	1:54.9
	Tatyana Providokhina (URS)	1:55.5
4.	Martina Kämpfert (GDR)	1:56.3
5.	Hildegard Ullrich (GDR)	1:57.2
6.	Jolanta Januchta (POL)	1:58.3
7.	Nikolina Shtereva (BUL)	1:58.8
8.	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	1:59.2

Semifinals

• Held on Friday July 25, 1980

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Olga Mineyeva (URS)	1:57.5
2.	Martina Kämpfert (GDR)	1:58.1
3.	Tatyana Providokhina (URS)	1:58.3
4.	Nikolina Shtereva (BUL)	1:58.9
5.	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	1:59.0
6.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	2:00.8
7.	Elżbieta Skowrońska-Katolik (POL)	2:01.1
8.	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel (BEL)	2:02.0

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)	1:57.7
2.	Hildegard Ullrich (GDR)	1:58.7
3.	Jolanta Januchta (POL)	1:58.9
4.	Fiţa Lovin (ROU)	1:59.2
5.	Vesela Yatsinska (BUL)	1:59.9
6.	Totka Petrova (BUL)	2:00.0
7.	Anna Bukis (POL)	2:00.3
8.	Christina Boxer-Cahill (GBR)	2:00.9

Heats

• Held on Thursday July 24, 1980

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Gabriella Dorio (ITA)	2:01.4
2.	Olga Mineyeva (URS)	2:01.5
3.	Doina Melinte (ROU)	2:01.9
4.	Christina Boxer-Cahill (GBR)	2:02.1
5.	Mwinga Mwanjala (TAN)	2:05.2
6.	Geeta Zutshi (IND)	2:06.6
7.	Fantaye Sirak (ETH)	2:08.7

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)	1:59.3
2.	Jolanta Januchta (POL)	1:59.7
3.	Vesela Yatsinska (BUL)	1:59.9
4.	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel (BEL)	2:00.1
5.	Daniela Porcelli (ITA)	2:10.7
6.	Albertine Rahéliarisoa (MAD)	2:11.7
7.	Margaret Morel (SEY)	2:17.0

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Tatyana Providokhina (URS)	1:58.5
2.	Martina Kämpfert (GDR)	1:58.8
3.	Nikolina Shtereva (BUL)	1:58.9
4.	Anna Bukis (POL)	1:58.9
5.	Agnese Possamai (ITA)	2:04.1
6.	Fatalmoudou Touré (MLI)	2:19.8

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Hildegard Ullrich (GDR)	2:00.1
2.	Fiţa Lovin (ROU)	2:00.2
3.	Totka Petrova (BUL)	2:00.6
4.	Elżbieta Skowrońska-Katolik (POL)	2:01.2
5.	Lilian Nyiti (TAN)	2:11.1
6.	Hala El-Moughrabi (SYR)	2:17.6
7.	Acacia Mate (MOZ)	2:19.7
8.	Eugenia Osho-Williams (SLE)	2:33.4

References

• Results
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