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800 metres, Women

Date	24 – 27 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Bolshaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V.I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants	28 from 17 countries

The American-led boycott had little effect on this race as all the top runners were from the USSR or East Germany. In fact the top five finishers in this event would come from those two nations, with the Soviet Union sweeping the medals. Nadezhda Olizarenko was favored, having placed second at the 1978 Europeans (as Mushta), and equalling the world record with 1:54.9 at a meet in Moskva in June 1980. The 1978 European Champion was also a Soviet, Tatyana Providokhina. At the Olympics, Olizarenko wasted no time, moving into the lead with a fast first lap of 27.2 and 56.2. The field was still close at that time, but she then added 28.5 for the third 200 and dropped everybody but Olga Syrovatskaya-Minyeyeva. Finishing strongly (last 200 in 28.8) gave her the gold medal and a world record of 1:53.43, with Syrovatskaya-Minyeyeva getting silver, and Providokhina the bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	281	Nadezhda Olizarenko	URS	1:59.3 (1 h2)	1:57.7 (1 h2)	1:53.5 (1)	Gold
2	278	Olga Syrovatskaya-Mineyeva	URS	2:01.5 (2 h1)	1:57.5 (1 h1)	1:54.9 (2)	Silver
3	283	Tatyana Providokhina	URS	1:58.5 (1 h3)	1:58.3 (3 h1)	1:55.5 (3)	Bronze
4	117	Martina Kämpfert	GDR	1:58.8 (2 h3)	1:58.1 (2 h1)	1:56.3 (4)
5	138	Hildegard Ullrich	GDR	2:00.1 (1 h4)	1:58.7 (2 h2)	1:57.2 (5)
6	201	Jolanta Januchta	POL	1:59.7 (2 h2)	1:58.9 (3 h2)	1:58.3 (6)
7	26	Nikolina Shtereva	BUL	1:58.9 (3 h3)	1:58.9 (4 h1)	1:58.8 (7)
8	167	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	2:01.4 (1 h1)	1:59.0 (5 h1)	1:59.2 (8)
4 h2 r2/3	217	Fița Lovin	ROU	2:00.2 (2 h4)	1:59.2 (4 h2)	–
5 h2 r2/3	49	Vesela Yatsinska	BUL	1:59.9 (3 h2)	1:59.9 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	212	Doina Beşliu	ROU	2:01.9 (3 h1)	2:00.8 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	39	Totka Petrova	BUL	2:00.6 (3 h4)	2:00.0 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	202	Elżbieta Katolik	POL	2:01.2 (4 h4)	2:01.1 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	197	Anna Bukis	POL	1:58.9 (4 h3)	2:00.3 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r2/3	15	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel	BEL	2:00.1 (4 h2)	2:02.0 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	81	Christina Boxer	GBR	2:02.1 (4 h1)	2:00.9 (8 h2)	–
5 h1 r1/3	249	Mwinga Mwanjala	TAN	2:05.2 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	171	Daniela Porcelli	ITA	2:10.7 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	173	Agnese Possamai	ITA	2:04.1 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	250	Lilian Nyiti	TAN	2:11.1 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	165	Geeta Zutshi	IND	2:06.6 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	187	Albertine Rahéliarisoa	MAD	2:11.7 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	189	Fatalmoudou Touré	MLI	2:19.8 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	244	Hala El-Moughrabi	SYR	2:17.6 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	60	Fantaye Sirak	ETH	2:08.7 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	230	Margaret Morel	SEY	2:17.0 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	191	Acacia Mate	MOZ	2:19.7 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h4 r1/3	232	Eugenia Osho-Williams	SLE	2:33.4 (8 h4)	–	–
DNS	1	Sakina Boutamine	ALG	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One

Date	24 July 1980 — 11:00
Format	Top 3 in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	283	Tatyana Providokhina	URS	1:58.44	1:58.5	Q
2	117	Martina Kämpfert	GDR	1:58.73	1:58.8	Q
3	26	Nikolina Shtereva	BUL	1:58.83	1:58.9	Q
4	197	Anna Bukis	POL	1:58.90	1:58.9	q
5	281	Nadezhda Olizarenko	URS	1:59.23	1:59.3	Q
6	201	Jolanta Januchta	POL	1:59.64	1:59.7	Q
7	49	Vesela Yatsinska	BUL	1:59.83	1:59.9	Q
8	15	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel	BEL	2:00.02	2:00.1	q
9	138	Hildegard Ullrich	GDR	2:00.10	2:00.1	Q
10	217	Fița Lovin	ROU	2:00.13	2:00.2	Q
11	39	Totka Petrova	BUL	2:00.53	2:00.6	Q
12	202	Elżbieta Katolik	POL	2:01.13	2:01.2	q
13	167	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	2:01.37	2:01.4	Q
14	278	Olga Syrovatskaya-Mineyeva	URS	2:01.45	2:01.5	Q
15	212	Doina Beşliu	ROU	2:01.84	2:01.9	Q
16	81	Christina Boxer	GBR	2:02.06	2:02.1	q
17	173	Agnese Possamai	ITA	2:04.01	2:04.1
18	249	Mwinga Mwanjala	TAN	2:05.15	2:05.2
19	165	Geeta Zutshi	IND	2:06.53	2:06.6
20	60	Fantaye Sirak	ETH	2:08.62	2:08.7
21	171	Daniela Porcelli	ITA	2:10.70	2:10.7
22	250	Lilian Nyiti	TAN	2:11.05	2:11.1
23	187	Albertine Rahéliarisoa	MAD	2:11.67	2:11.7
24	230	Margaret Morel	SEY	2:16.94	2:17.0
25	244	Hala El-Moughrabi	SYR	2:17.59	2:17.6
26	191	Acacia Mate	MOZ	2:19.70	2:19.7
27	189	Fatalmoudou Touré	MLI	2:19.71	2:19.8
28	232	Eugenia Osho-Williams	SLE	2:33.35	2:33.4
DNS	1	Sakina Boutamine	ALG	–	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	2:01.4	2:01.37	Q
2	2	Olga Syrovatskaya-Mineyeva	URS	2:01.5	2:01.45	Q
3	7	Doina Beşliu	ROU	2:01.9	2:01.84	Q
4	6	Christina Boxer	GBR	2:02.1	2:02.06	q
5	1	Mwinga Mwanjala	TAN	2:05.2	2:05.15
6	4	Geeta Zutshi	IND	2:06.6	2:06.53
7	3	Fantaye Sirak	ETH	2:08.7	2:08.62

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Fantaye Sirak		1:01.0

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Nadezhda Olizarenko	URS	1:59.3	1:59.23	Q
2	4	Jolanta Januchta	POL	1:59.7	1:59.64	Q
3	2	Vesela Yatsinska	BUL	1:59.9	1:59.83	Q
4	5	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel	BEL	2:00.1	2:00.02	q
5	6	Daniela Porcelli	ITA	2:10.7	2:10.70
6	3	Albertine Rahéliarisoa	MAD	2:11.7	2:11.67
7	7	Margaret Morel	SEY	2:17.0	2:16.94

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Jolanta Januchta		1:00.4

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	7	Tatyana Providokhina	URS	1:58.5	1:58.44	Q
2	6	Martina Kämpfert	GDR	1:58.8	1:58.73	Q
3	4	Nikolina Shtereva	BUL	1:58.9	1:58.83	Q
4	3	Anna Bukis	POL	1:58.9	1:58.90	q
5	2	Agnese Possamai	ITA	2:04.1	2:04.01
6	1	Fatalmoudou Touré	MLI	2:19.8	2:19.71
DNS	5	Sakina Boutamine	ALG	–	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Fatalmoudou Touré		1:02.0

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	2	Hildegard Ullrich	GDR	2:00.1	2:00.10	Q
2	4	Fița Lovin	ROU	2:00.2	2:00.13	Q
3	5	Totka Petrova	BUL	2:00.6	2:00.53	Q
4	1	Elżbieta Katolik	POL	2:01.2	2:01.13	q
5	6	Lilian Nyiti	TAN	2:11.1	2:11.05
6	7	Hala El-Moughrabi	SYR	2:17.6	2:17.59
7	8	Acacia Mate	MOZ	2:19.7	2:19.70
8	3	Eugenia Osho-Williams	SLE	2:33.4	2:33.35

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Elżbieta Skowrońska-Katolik		1:01.3

Semi-Finals

Date	25 July 1980 — 17:35
Format	Top 3 in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	278	Olga Syrovatskaya-Mineyeva	URS	1:57.50	1:57.5	Q
2	281	Nadezhda Olizarenko	URS	1:57.69	1:57.7	Q
3	117	Martina Kämpfert	GDR	1:58.03	1:58.1	Q
4	283	Tatyana Providokhina	URS	1:58.29	1:58.3	Q
5	138	Hildegard Ullrich	GDR	1:58.61	1:58.7	Q
6	201	Jolanta Januchta	POL	1:58.84	1:58.9	Q
7	26	Nikolina Shtereva	BUL	1:58.87	1:58.9	q
8	167	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	1:58.94	1:59.0	q
9	217	Fița Lovin	ROU	1:59.11	1:59.2
10	49	Vesela Yatsinska	BUL	1:59.84	1:59.9
11	39	Totka Petrova	BUL	1:59.97	2:00.0
12	197	Anna Bukis	POL	2:00.23	2:00.3
13	212	Doina Beşliu	ROU	2:00.72	2:00.8
14	81	Christina Boxer	GBR	2:00.89	2:00.9
15	202	Elżbieta Katolik	POL	2:01.08	2:01.1
16	15	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel	BEL	2:01.99	2:02.0

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	8	Olga Syrovatskaya-Mineyeva	URS	1:57.5	1:57.50	Q
2	2	Martina Kämpfert	GDR	1:58.1	1:58.03	Q
3	1	Tatyana Providokhina	URS	1:58.3	1:58.29	Q
4	3	Nikolina Shtereva	BUL	1:58.9	1:58.87	q
5	5	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	1:59.0	1:58.94	q
6	4	Doina Beşliu	ROU	2:00.8	2:00.72
7	6	Elżbieta Katolik	POL	2:01.1	2:01.08
8	7	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel	BEL	2:02.0	2:01.99

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Olga Syrovatskaya-Mineyeva		1:00.2

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	7	Nadezhda Olizarenko	URS	1:57.7	1:57.69	Q
2	2	Hildegard Ullrich	GDR	1:58.7	1:58.61	Q
3	6	Jolanta Januchta	POL	1:58.9	1:58.84	Q
4	5	Fița Lovin	ROU	1:59.2	1:59.11
5	3	Vesela Yatsinska	BUL	1:59.9	1:59.84
6	1	Totka Petrova	BUL	2:00.0	1:59.97
7	8	Anna Bukis	POL	2:00.3	2:00.23
8	4	Christina Boxer	GBR	2:00.9	2:00.89

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Christina Boxer-Cahill		59.1

Final Round

Date	27 July 1980 — 18:10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	7	Nadezhda Olizarenko	URS	1:53.5	1:53.43	WR
2	4	Olga Syrovatskaya-Mineyeva	URS	1:54.9	1:54.81
3	2	Tatyana Providokhina	URS	1:55.5	1:55.46
4	5	Martina Kämpfert	GDR	1:56.3	1:56.21
5	1	Hildegard Ullrich	GDR	1:57.2	1:57.20
6	3	Jolanta Januchta	POL	1:58.3	1:58.25
7	8	Nikolina Shtereva	BUL	1:58.8	1:58.71
8	6	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	1:59.2	1:59.12

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
400 m	Nadezhda Olizarenko		56.2