Host City: Barcelona, Spain |
Format: Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final. |
Date Started: August 5, 1992 |
Format: Top six in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals. |
Date Finished: August 8, 1992 |
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(Competitors: 43; Countries: 31; Finalists: 12) |
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Venue(s): Montjuïc Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
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Overview by IAAF |
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Boulmerka won the first semi-final in 4:03.81, and her predecessor as World Champion, Dorovskikh, won the second heat in 4:03.79, with Angela Chalmers (CAN) the fastest non-qualifier with 4:04.87. Rogachova set the pace in the final, passing through 400m in a swift 60.7, and continued leading until 1300m, at which point Boulmerka zipped past. The Algerian led by 3m into the finishing straight and won by 10m, as Rogachova slowed up in the last few metres, and was almost caught by Qu, who had fought Dorovskikh off with 25m to go. |
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Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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Algeria’s Hassiba Boulmerka had won the 1991 World Championships at this distance, but becoming a world-class runner had not been an easy task for her. A Muslim from Algeria, she was singled out by Islamic fundamentalists who considered it shameful for her to run with her “legs naked.” There were rumors of a possible assassination attempt in Barcelona if she ran. Supported by her parents she moved to Germany early in 1992 where she continued her training. The final was led out by Russian Lyudmila Rogachova with Boulmerka on her shoulder at 800 metres. They maintained those positions for the third lap, before Boulmerka pulled ahead just before the final turn. She held the lead to the finish for the gold medal, with Rogachova second. China’s Qu Yunxia placed third. In 1993 she would break the vaunted world record that had been set by Tatyana Kazankina in 1993. Trained by the Chinese martinet Ma Junren, who pushed his runners mercilessly at a high-altitude training camp, Qu and several other Chinese runners set startling world records at the 1993 Chinese National Championships. The marks were considered by many to be “too good.” It was known that Ma fed his runners an unusual diet of turtle soup extract, and an elixir containing products from caterpillars. But it was also rumored that he fed them other performance-enhancing agents as well. Most of those runners quickly disappeared from the world scene once drug testing came to China. |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Results |
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1500 m |
Women |
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Final |
8 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
3.55.30 |
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Hassiba Boulmerka |
Algeria |
ALG |
10 Jul 68 |
AR |
2 |
3.56.91 |
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Lyudmila Rogachova |
Russia |
RUS |
30 Oct 66 |
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3 |
3.57.08 |
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Qu Yunxia |
China |
CHN |
4 Oct 72 |
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4 |
3.57.92 |
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Tatyana Dorovskikh |
Ukraine |
UKR |
12 Aug 61 |
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5 |
4.00.20 |
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Liu Li |
China |
CHN |
12 Mar 71 |
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6 |
4.00.59 |
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Mayte Zúñiga |
Spain |
ESP |
28 Dec 64 |
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7 |
4.01.91 |
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Małgorzata Rydz |
Poland |
POL |
18 Jan 67 |
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8 |
4.02.03 |
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Yekaterina Podkopayeva |
Russia |
RUS |
11 Jun 52 |
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9 |
4.02.60 |
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Maria Mutola |
Mozambique |
MOZ |
27 Oct 72 |
NR |
10 |
4.03.42 |
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PattiSue Plumer |
United States |
USA |
27 Apr 62 |
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11 |
4.06.44 |
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Elena Fidatov |
Romania |
ROU |
24 Jul 60 |
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DNF |
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Doina Melinte |
Romania |
ROU |
27 Dec 56 |
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1500 m |
Women |
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Semifinal 1 |
6 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
4.03.81 |
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Hassiba Boulmerka |
Algeria |
ALG |
10 Jul 68 |
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2 |
4.03.85 |
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Lyudmila Rogachova |
Russia |
RUS |
30 Oct 66 |
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3 |
4.04.20 |
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Maria Mutola |
Mozambique |
MOZ |
27 Oct 72 |
NR |
4 |
4.04.35 |
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Liu Li |
China |
CHN |
12 Mar 71 |
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5 |
4.04.55 |
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Elena Fidatov |
Romania |
ROU |
24 Jul 60 |
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6 |
4.04.87 |
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Angela Chalmers |
Canada |
CAN |
6 Sep 63 |
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7 |
4.05.46 |
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Violeta Szekely |
Romania |
ROU |
26 Mar 65 |
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8 |
4.09.64 |
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Letitia Vriesde |
Suriname |
SUR |
5 Oct 64 |
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9 |
4.11.36 |
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Kirsty McDermott |
Great Britain |
GBR |
6 Aug 62 |
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10 |
4.14.30 |
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Maria Akraka |
Sweden |
SWE |
7 Jul 66 |
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11 |
4.15.53 |
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Anna Brzezińska |
Poland |
POL |
9 Jan 71 |
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12 |
4.21.55 |
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Regina Jacobs |
United States |
USA |
28 Aug 63 |
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13 |
4.26.61 |
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Marie-Pierre Duros |
France |
FRA |
7 Jun 67 |
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1500 m |
Women |
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Semifinal 2 |
6 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
4.03.79 |
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Tatyana Dorovskikh |
Ukraine |
UKR |
12 Aug 61 |
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2 |
4.03.83 |
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Małgorzata Rydz |
Poland |
POL |
18 Jan 67 |
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3 |
4.03.86 |
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Qu Yunxia |
China |
CHN |
4 Oct 72 |
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4 |
4.03.93 |
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Yekaterina Podkopayeva |
Russia |
RUS |
11 Jun 52 |
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5 |
4.04.00 |
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Mayte Zúñiga |
Spain |
ESP |
28 Dec 64 |
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6 |
4.04.23 |
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PattiSue Plumer |
United States |
USA |
27 Apr 62 |
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7 |
4.04.42 |
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Doina Melinte |
Romania |
ROU |
27 Dec 56 |
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8 |
4.04.80 |
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Paula Schnurr |
Canada |
CAN |
15 Jan 64 |
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9 |
4.05.54 |
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Carla Sacramento |
Portugal |
POR |
10 Dec 71 |
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10 |
4.06.05 |
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Fabia Trabaldo |
Italy |
ITA |
5 Mar 72 |
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11 |
4.06.24 |
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Sonia O'Sullivan |
Ireland |
IRL |
28 Nov 69 |
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12 |
4.07.46 |
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Theresia Kiesl |
Austria |
AUT |
26 Oct 63 |
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13 |
4.12.50 |
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Debbie Bowker |
Canada |
CAN |
16 Dec 58 |
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1500 m |
Women |
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Heat 1 |
5 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
4.09.91 |
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Hassiba Boulmerka |
Algeria |
ALG |
10 Jul 68 |
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2 |
4.09.94 |
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Tatyana Dorovskikh |
Ukraine |
UKR |
12 Aug 61 |
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3 |
4.09.99 |
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Paula Schnurr |
Canada |
CAN |
15 Jan 64 |
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4 |
4.10.00 |
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Elena Fidatov |
Romania |
ROU |
24 Jul 60 |
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5 |
4.10.01 |
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Carla Sacramento |
Portugal |
POR |
10 Dec 71 |
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6 |
4.10.08 |
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Liu Li |
China |
CHN |
12 Mar 71 |
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7 |
4.10.14 |
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Marie-Pierre Duros |
France |
FRA |
7 Jun 67 |
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8 |
4.15.16 |
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Maxine Newman |
Great Britain |
GBR |
15 Dec 70 |
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9 |
4.15.64 |
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Simone Meier |
Switzerland |
SUI |
15 Nov 65 |
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10 |
4.17.73 |
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Susan Sirma |
Kenya |
KEN |
26 May 66 |
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11 |
4.22.36 |
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Suzy Favor Hamilton |
United States |
USA |
8 Aug 68 |
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12 |
4.24.87 |
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Laurence Niyonsaba |
Rwanda |
RWA |
14 Jun 73 |
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13 |
4.33.41 |
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Bigna Samuel |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
VIN |
11 Sep 65 |
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14 |
4.39.96 |
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Angelina Pitso |
Lesotho |
LES |
25 May 75 |
NJR |
15 |
5.10.52 |
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Rosemary Turare |
Papua New Guinea |
PNG |
6 Jun 64 |
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1500 m |
Women |
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Heat 2 |
5 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
4.07.82 |
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Mayte Zúñiga |
Spain |
ESP |
28 Dec 64 |
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2 |
4.08.58 |
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Doina Melinte |
Romania |
ROU |
27 Dec 56 |
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3 |
4.09.47 |
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Małgorzata Rydz |
Poland |
POL |
18 Jan 67 |
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4 |
4.09.54 |
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Lyudmila Rogachova |
Russia |
RUS |
30 Oct 66 |
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5 |
4.10.63 |
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Letitia Vriesde |
Suriname |
SUR |
5 Oct 64 |
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6 |
4.11.27 |
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Debbie Bowker |
Canada |
CAN |
16 Dec 58 |
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7 |
4.13.87 |
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Regina Jacobs |
United States |
USA |
28 Aug 63 |
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8 |
4.26.22 |
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Dhammika Menike |
Sri Lanka |
SRI |
3 Feb 70 |
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9 |
4.33.41 |
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Carol Walsh |
Malta |
MLT |
24 Oct 62 |
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10 |
5.06.31 |
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Rosalie Gangue |
Chad |
CHA |
31 May 75 |
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DNF |
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Fabia Trabaldo |
Italy |
ITA |
5 Mar 72 |
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DNF |
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Ellen Kießling |
Germany |
GER |
17 Feb 68 |
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DNF |
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Maria Akraka |
Sweden |
SWE |
7 Jul 66 |
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DQ |
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Ann Griffiths |
Great Britain |
GBR |
20 Aug 65 |
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1500 m |
Women |
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Heat 3 |
5 August |
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Rank |
Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
1 |
4.07.40 |
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Qu Yunxia |
China |
CHN |
4 Oct 72 |
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2 |
4.07.55 |
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Yekaterina Podkopayeva |
Russia |
RUS |
11 Jun 52 |
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3 |
4.07.59 |
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Maria Mutola |
Mozambique |
MOZ |
27 Oct 72 |
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4 |
4.07.60 |
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Violeta Szekely |
Romania |
ROU |
26 Mar 65 |
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5 |
4.07.70 |
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Sonia O'Sullivan |
Ireland |
IRL |
28 Nov 69 |
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6 |
4.07.75 |
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Angela Chalmers |
Canada |
CAN |
6 Sep 63 |
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7 |
4.07.81 |
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Theresia Kiesl |
Austria |
AUT |
26 Oct 63 |
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8 |
4.08.30 |
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Kirsty McDermott |
Great Britain |
GBR |
6 Aug 62 |
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9 |
4.08.35 |
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Anna Brzezińska |
Poland |
POL |
9 Jan 71 |
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10 |
4.09.47 |
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PattiSue Plumer |
United States |
USA |
27 Apr 62 |
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11 |
4.18.09 |
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Gete Urge |
Ethiopia |
ETH |
30 Aug 70 |
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12 |
4.18.81 |
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Khin Khin Htwe |
Myanmar |
MYA |
29 Nov 67 |
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13 |
4.33.57 |
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Brigitte Nganaye |
Central African Republic |
CAF |
28 Oct 73 |
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14 |
4.33.66 |
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Ana Isabel Elias |
Angola |
ANG |
17 Sep 65 |
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