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Host City: Barcelona, Spain

Format: Top four in each advanced to the final.

Date Started: July 31, 1992

Format: Top two in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Date Finished: August 3, 1992

(Competitors: 36; Countries: 26; Finalists: 8)

Venue(s): Montjuïc Olympic Stadium, Barcelona

Overview by IAAF

Fastest in the heats was Yevseyeva with 1:58.58 ahead of favourite Quirot (1:59.06). The Ukrainian ran 1:58.20 in the semis, but beaten this time by Nurutdinova (1:58.04) and Mutola (1:58.16). Gurina won the slower semi-final in 2:00.64, which was notable for the demise of Sigrun Grau (Wodars), who missed the chance of defending her title by 0.02. Nurutdinova, the World Champion, led the final as the athletes broke for the inside on the back straight with Mutola on her shoulder. The Russian led through halfway at world record pace, with only Yevseyeva out of touch, and the position remained unchanged at 600m. Mutola began to tire, and Nurutdinova led into the home straight from Quirot, with van Langen coming up on the inside. As Nurutdinova moved out slightly, so van Langen made her move, passing the Russian with just under 50m to go, and finished 3m clear after running the last 200m in 29.2. She gained 10m on the field, except for Yevseyeva who moved up four places in the last 150m.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The defending German gold and silver medalists, Sigrun Wodars and Christine Wachtel, went out in round one. The fastest semi-final was won by Liliya Nurutdinova of Russia/Unified Team, who had been World Champion in 1991. Going into the Olympics, the year leader was Dutchwoman Ellen van Langen, who had run 1:56.66. Nurutdinova led the final for 600 metres but had not dropped her rivals. Entering the stretch she had a slight lead but van Langen moved thru on the inside, winning in a new national record of 1:55.44. Ana Fidelia Quirot, favored in 1988 before Cuba boycotted, was not the same runner in 1992, but moved up for the bronze.

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

		Results

*800 m*	Women	Final	3 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	1.55.54	Ellen van Langen	Netherlands	NED	9 Feb 66	NR
2	1.55.99	Liliya Nurutdinova	Russia	RUS	15 Dec 63
3	1.56.60	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	CUB	23 Mar 63
4	1.57.20	Inna Yevseyeva	Ukraine	UKR	14 Aug 64
5	1.57.49	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	MOZ	27 Oct 72	AR
6	1.57.95	Ella Kovacs	Romania	ROU	11 Dec 64
7	1.58.06	Joetta Clark-Diggs	United States	USA	1 Aug 62
8	1.58.13	Lyubov Gurina	Russia	RUS	6 Aug 57
*800 m*	Women	Semifinal 1	1 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	1.58.04	Liliya Nurutdinova	Russia	RUS	15 Dec 63
2	1.58.16	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	MOZ	27 Oct 72
3	1.58.20	Inna Yevseyeva	Ukraine	UKR	14 Aug 64
4	1.58.22	Joetta Clark-Diggs	United States	USA	1 Aug 62
5	1.58.28	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	SUR	5 Oct 64
6	1.58.55	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	CAN	8 Aug 62
7	2.02.17	Lorraine Baker	Great Britain	GBR	9 Apr 64
8	2.02.64	Sabine Zwiener	Germany	GER	5 Dec 67
*800 m*	Women	Semifinal 2	1 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	2.00.64	Lyubov Gurina	Russia	RUS	6 Aug 57
2	2.00.68	Ellen van Langen	Netherlands	NED	9 Feb 66
3	2.00.86	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	CUB	23 Mar 63
4	2.00.89	Ella Kovacs	Romania	ROU	11 Dec 64
5	2.00.91	Sigrun Wodars	Germany	GER	7 Nov 65
6	2.02.85	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	POR	10 Dec 71
7	2.04.32	Diane Modahl	Great Britain	GBR	17 Jun 66
8	2.06.53	Julie Jenkins	United States	USA	12 Aug 64
*800 m*	Women	Heat 1	31 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	2.00.31	Sigrun Wodars	Germany	GER	7 Nov 65
2	2.00.37	Liliya Nurutdinova	Russia	RUS	15 Dec 63
3	2.00.39	Diane Modahl	Great Britain	GBR	17 Jun 66
4	2.01.90	Shiny Wilson	India	IND	8 May 65
5	2.02.26	Stella Jongmans	Netherlands	NED	17 May 71
6	2.15.70	Brigitte Nganaye	Central African Republic	CAF	28 Oct 73
	DQ	Rosalie Gangue	Chad	CHA	31 May 75
*800 m*	Women	Heat 2	31 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	1.59.62	Joetta Clark-Diggs	United States	USA	1 Aug 62
2	1.59.86	Ellen van Langen	Netherlands	NED	9 Feb 66
3	2.00.57	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	POR	10 Dec 71
4	2.01.39	Christine Wachtel	Germany	GER	6 Jan 65
5	2.02.72	Paula Fryer	Great Britain	GBR	14 Jul 69
6	2.09.94	Sukanya Sangngueng	Thailand	THA	10 Sep 66
7	2.28.61	Andrea Rose Garae	Vanuatu	VAN	28 Jun 73
*800 m*	Women	Heat 3	31 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	1.59.88	Ella Kovacs	Romania	ROU	11 Dec 64
2	1.59.93	Letitia Vriesde	Suriname	SUR	5 Oct 64
3	1.59.96	Julie Jenkins	United States	USA	12 Aug 64
4	2.00.87	Sabine Zwiener	Germany	GER	5 Dec 67
5	2.01.44	Fabia Trabaldo	Italy	ITA	5 Mar 72
6	2.03.85	Dhammika Menike	Sri Lanka	SRI	3 Feb 70	NR
7	2.20.84	Prisca Singano	Malawi	MAW	76
*800 m*	Women	Heat 4	31 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	1.58.58	Inna Yevseyeva	Ukraine	UKR	14 Aug 64
2	1.59.06	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	CUB	23 Mar 63
3	1.59.52	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	CAN	8 Aug 62
4	2.00.50	Lorraine Baker	Great Britain	GBR	9 Apr 64
5	2.02.65	Liliana Salagean	Romania	ROU	24 Mar 71
6	2.11.60	Zewde Hailemariam	Ethiopia	ETH	71
	DQ	Carol Walsh	Malta	MLT	24 Oct 62
*800 m*	Women	Heat 5	31 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	2.00.27	Lyubov Gurina	Russia	RUS	6 Aug 57
2	2.00.83	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	MOZ	27 Oct 72
3	2.01.33	Meredith Valmon	United States	USA	15 Oct 68
4	2.01.54	Viviane Dorsile	France	FRA	1 Jun 67
5	2.02.67	Amaya Andres	Spain	ESP	26 Jun 66
6	2.03.01	Gladys Wamuyu	Kenya	KEN	23 Dec 72
7	2.03.55	Edith Nakiyingi	Uganda	UGA	15 Oct 68
8	2.29.77	Angelina Pitso	Lesotho	LES	25 May 75