| 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 |
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| (Competitors: 36; Countries: 26; Finalists: 8) |
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Venue(s): Montjuïc Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| 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. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| 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.
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Results |
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| 800 m |
Women |
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Final |
3 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
1.55.54 |
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Ellen van Langen |
Netherlands |
NED |
9 Feb 66 |
NR |
| 2 |
1.55.99 |
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Liliya Nurutdinova |
Russia |
RUS |
15 Dec 63 |
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| 3 |
1.56.60 |
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Ana Fidelia Quirot |
Cuba |
CUB |
23 Mar 63 |
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| 4 |
1.57.20 |
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Inna Yevseyeva |
Ukraine |
UKR |
14 Aug 64 |
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| 5 |
1.57.49 |
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Maria Mutola |
Mozambique |
MOZ |
27 Oct 72 |
AR |
| 6 |
1.57.95 |
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Ella Kovacs |
Romania |
ROU |
11 Dec 64 |
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| 7 |
1.58.06 |
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Joetta Clark-Diggs |
United States |
USA |
1 Aug 62 |
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| 8 |
1.58.13 |
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Lyubov Gurina |
Russia |
RUS |
6 Aug 57 |
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| 800 m |
Women |
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Semifinal 1 |
1 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
1.58.04 |
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Liliya Nurutdinova |
Russia |
RUS |
15 Dec 63 |
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| 2 |
1.58.16 |
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Maria Mutola |
Mozambique |
MOZ |
27 Oct 72 |
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| 3 |
1.58.20 |
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Inna Yevseyeva |
Ukraine |
UKR |
14 Aug 64 |
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| 4 |
1.58.22 |
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Joetta Clark-Diggs |
United States |
USA |
1 Aug 62 |
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| 5 |
1.58.28 |
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Letitia Vriesde |
Suriname |
SUR |
5 Oct 64 |
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| 6 |
1.58.55 |
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Charmaine Crooks |
Canada |
CAN |
8 Aug 62 |
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| 7 |
2.02.17 |
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Lorraine Baker |
Great Britain |
GBR |
9 Apr 64 |
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| 8 |
2.02.64 |
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Sabine Zwiener |
Germany |
GER |
5 Dec 67 |
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| 800 m |
Women |
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Semifinal 2 |
1 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
2.00.64 |
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Lyubov Gurina |
Russia |
RUS |
6 Aug 57 |
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| 2 |
2.00.68 |
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Ellen van Langen |
Netherlands |
NED |
9 Feb 66 |
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| 3 |
2.00.86 |
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Ana Fidelia Quirot |
Cuba |
CUB |
23 Mar 63 |
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| 4 |
2.00.89 |
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Ella Kovacs |
Romania |
ROU |
11 Dec 64 |
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| 5 |
2.00.91 |
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Sigrun Wodars |
Germany |
GER |
7 Nov 65 |
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| 6 |
2.02.85 |
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Carla Sacramento |
Portugal |
POR |
10 Dec 71 |
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| 7 |
2.04.32 |
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Diane Modahl |
Great Britain |
GBR |
17 Jun 66 |
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| 8 |
2.06.53 |
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Julie Jenkins |
United States |
USA |
12 Aug 64 |
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| 800 m |
Women |
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Heat 1 |
31 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
2.00.31 |
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Sigrun Wodars |
Germany |
GER |
7 Nov 65 |
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| 2 |
2.00.37 |
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Liliya Nurutdinova |
Russia |
RUS |
15 Dec 63 |
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| 3 |
2.00.39 |
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Diane Modahl |
Great Britain |
GBR |
17 Jun 66 |
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| 4 |
2.01.90 |
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Shiny Wilson |
India |
IND |
8 May 65 |
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| 5 |
2.02.26 |
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Stella Jongmans |
Netherlands |
NED |
17 May 71 |
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| 6 |
2.15.70 |
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Brigitte Nganaye |
Central African Republic |
CAF |
28 Oct 73 |
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DQ |
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Rosalie Gangue |
Chad |
CHA |
31 May 75 |
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| 800 m |
Women |
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Heat 2 |
31 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
1.59.62 |
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Joetta Clark-Diggs |
United States |
USA |
1 Aug 62 |
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| 2 |
1.59.86 |
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Ellen van Langen |
Netherlands |
NED |
9 Feb 66 |
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| 3 |
2.00.57 |
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Carla Sacramento |
Portugal |
POR |
10 Dec 71 |
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| 4 |
2.01.39 |
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Christine Wachtel |
Germany |
GER |
6 Jan 65 |
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| 5 |
2.02.72 |
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Paula Fryer |
Great Britain |
GBR |
14 Jul 69 |
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| 6 |
2.09.94 |
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Sukanya Sangngueng |
Thailand |
THA |
10 Sep 66 |
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| 7 |
2.28.61 |
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Andrea Rose Garae |
Vanuatu |
VAN |
28 Jun 73 |
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| 800 m |
Women |
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Heat 3 |
31 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
1.59.88 |
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Ella Kovacs |
Romania |
ROU |
11 Dec 64 |
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| 2 |
1.59.93 |
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Letitia Vriesde |
Suriname |
SUR |
5 Oct 64 |
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| 3 |
1.59.96 |
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Julie Jenkins |
United States |
USA |
12 Aug 64 |
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| 4 |
2.00.87 |
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Sabine Zwiener |
Germany |
GER |
5 Dec 67 |
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| 5 |
2.01.44 |
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Fabia Trabaldo |
Italy |
ITA |
5 Mar 72 |
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| 6 |
2.03.85 |
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Dhammika Menike |
Sri Lanka |
SRI |
3 Feb 70 |
NR |
| 7 |
2.20.84 |
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Prisca Singano |
Malawi |
MAW |
76 |
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| 800 m |
Women |
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Heat 4 |
31 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
1.58.58 |
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Inna Yevseyeva |
Ukraine |
UKR |
14 Aug 64 |
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| 2 |
1.59.06 |
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Ana Fidelia Quirot |
Cuba |
CUB |
23 Mar 63 |
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| 3 |
1.59.52 |
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Charmaine Crooks |
Canada |
CAN |
8 Aug 62 |
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| 4 |
2.00.50 |
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Lorraine Baker |
Great Britain |
GBR |
9 Apr 64 |
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| 5 |
2.02.65 |
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Liliana Salagean |
Romania |
ROU |
24 Mar 71 |
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| 6 |
2.11.60 |
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Zewde Hailemariam |
Ethiopia |
ETH |
71 |
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DQ |
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Carol Walsh |
Malta |
MLT |
24 Oct 62 |
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| 800 m |
Women |
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Heat 5 |
31 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
2.00.27 |
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Lyubov Gurina |
Russia |
RUS |
6 Aug 57 |
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| 2 |
2.00.83 |
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Maria Mutola |
Mozambique |
MOZ |
27 Oct 72 |
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| 3 |
2.01.33 |
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Meredith Valmon |
United States |
USA |
15 Oct 68 |
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| 4 |
2.01.54 |
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Viviane Dorsile |
France |
FRA |
1 Jun 67 |
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| 5 |
2.02.67 |
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Amaya Andres |
Spain |
ESP |
26 Jun 66 |
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| 6 |
2.03.01 |
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Gladys Wamuyu |
Kenya |
KEN |
23 Dec 72 |
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| 7 |
2.03.55 |
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Edith Nakiyingi |
Uganda |
UGA |
15 Oct 68 |
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| 8 |
2.29.77 |
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Angelina Pitso |
Lesotho |
LES |
25 May 75 |
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