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800 metres, Women

Date	31 July – 3 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Participants	36 from 26 countries

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.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	1289	Ellen van Langen	NED	1:59.86 (2 h2)	2:00.68 (2 h2)	1:55.54 (1)	Gold
2	540	Liliya Nurutdinova	EUN	2:00.37 (2 h1)	1:58.04 (1 h1)	1:55.99 (2)	Silver
3	363	Ana Fidelia Quirós	CUB	1:59.06 (2 h4)	2:00.86 (3 h2)	1:56.80 (3)	Bronze
4	502	Inna Yevseyeva	EUN	1:58.58 (1 h4)	1:58.20 (3 h1)	1:57.20 (4)
5	1257	Maria Mutola	MOZ	2:00.83 (2 h5)	1:58.16 (2 h1)	1:57.49 (5)
6	1459	Ella Kovacs	ROU	1:59.88 (1 h3)	2:00.89 (4 h2)	1:57.95 (6)
7	1677	Joetta Clark	USA	1:59.62 (1 h2)	1:58.22 (4 h1)	1:58.06 (7)
8	508	Lyubov Gurina	EUN	2:00.27 (1 h5)	2:00.64 (1 h2)	1:58.13 (8)
5 h1 r2/3	1561	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	1:59.93 (2 h3)	1:58.28 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	804	Sigrun Grau	GER	2:00.31 (1 h1)	2:00.91 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	211	Charmaine Crooks	CAN	1:59.52 (3 h4)	1:58.55 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	1416	Carla Sacramento	POR	2:00.57 (3 h2)	2:02.85 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	687	Lorraine Baker	GBR	2:00.50 (4 h4)	2:02.17 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	703	Diane Edwards	GBR	2:00.39 (3 h1)	2:04.32 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r2/3	862	Sabine Zwiener	GER	2:00.87 (4 h3)	2:02.64 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	1716	Julie Jenkins	USA	1:59.96 (3 h3)	2:06.53 (8 h2)	–
3 h5 r1/3	1755	Meredith Rainey	USA	2:01.33 (3 h5)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	936	Shiny Wilson	IND	2:01.90 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	858	Christine Wachtel	GER	2:01.39 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	627	Viviane Dorsile	FRA	2:01.54 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	1282	Stella Jongmans	NED	2:02.26 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	711	Paula Fryer	GBR	2:02.72 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	1031	Fabia Trabaldo	ITA	2:01.44 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	1467	Liliana Sălăgeanu	ROU	2:02.65 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	395	Amaya Andrés	ESP	2:02.67 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	202	Brigitte Nganaye	CAF	2:15.70 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	1627	Sukanya Sang-Nguen	THA	2:09.94 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	1535	Sriyani Dhammika Manike	SRI	2:03.85 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	466	Zewde Hailemariam	ETH	2:11.60 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	1143	Gladys Wamuyu	KEN	2:03.01 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	1787	Andrea Garae	VAN	2:28.61 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	1218	Prisca Singamo	MAW	2:20.84 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	1659	Edith Nakiyingi	UGA	2:03.55 (7 h5)	–	–
8 h5 r1/3	1179	Mantokoane Pitso	LES	2:29.77 (8 h5)	–	–
AC h1 r1/3	262	Rosalie Gangué	CHA	– (DQ h1)	–	–
AC h4 r1/3	1256	Carol Galea	MLT	– (DQ h4)	–	–

Round One (31 July 1992)

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

Heat One (11:30)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Sigrun Grau	GER	2:00.31	Q
2	4	Liliya Nurutdinova	EUN	2:00.37	Q
3	6	Diane Edwards	GBR	2:00.39	q
4	1	Shiny Wilson	IND	2:01.90
5	5	Stella Jongmans	NED	2:02.26
6	2	Brigitte Nganaye	CAF	2:15.70
DQ	7	Rosalie Gangué	CHA	–

Splits

400 m	59.04	Sigrun Wodars-Grau

Heat Two (11:37)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Joetta Clark	USA	1:59.62	Q
2	4	Ellen van Langen	NED	1:59.86	Q
3	1	Carla Sacramento	POR	2:00.57	q
4	5	Christine Wachtel	GER	2:01.39
5	6	Paula Fryer	GBR	2:02.72
6	7	Sukanya Sang-Nguen	THA	2:09.94
7	2	Andrea Garae	VAN	2:28.61

Splits

400 m	1:00.24	Christine Wachtel

Heat Three (11:44)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Ella Kovacs	ROU	1:59.88	Q
2	4	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	1:59.93	Q
3	3	Julie Jenkins	USA	1:59.96	q
4	7	Sabine Zwiener	GER	2:00.87	q
5	6	Fabia Trabaldo	ITA	2:01.44
6	2	Sriyani Dhammika Manike	SRI	2:03.85
7	1	Prisca Singamo	MAW	2:20.84

Splits

400 m	1:00.29	Julie Jenkins

Heat Four (11:51)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Inna Yevseyeva	EUN	1:58.58	Q
2	3	Ana Fidelia Quirós	CUB	1:59.06	Q
3	6	Charmaine Crooks	CAN	1:59.52	q
4	2	Lorraine Baker	GBR	2:00.50	q
5	5	Liliana Sălăgeanu	ROU	2:02.65
6	1	Zewde Hailemariam	ETH	2:11.60
DQ	7	Carol Galea	MLT	–

Splits

400 m	58.37	Inna Yevseyeva

Heat Five (11:58)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Lyubov Gurina	EUN	2:00.27	Q
2	5	Maria Mutola	MOZ	2:00.83	Q
3	4	Meredith Rainey	USA	2:01.33
4	6	Viviane Dorsile	FRA	2:01.54
5	7	Amaya Andrés	ESP	2:02.67
6	1	Gladys Wamuyu	KEN	2:03.01
7	8	Edith Nakiyingi	UGA	2:03.55
8	2	Mantokoane Pitso	LES	2:29.77

Splits

400 m	59.92	Lyubov Gurina

Semi-Finals (1 August 1992)

Top four in each heat to the final.

Heat One (19:25)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Liliya Nurutdinova	EUN	1:58.04	Q
2	5	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:58.16	Q
3	6	Inna Yevseyeva	EUN	1:58.20	Q
4	7	Joetta Clark	USA	1:58.22	Q
5	3	Letitia Vriesde	SUR	1:58.28
6	1	Charmaine Crooks	CAN	1:58.55
7	2	Lorraine Baker	GBR	2:02.17
8	8	Sabine Zwiener	GER	2:02.64

Splits

400 m	57.52	Liliya Nurutdinova

Heat Two (19:30)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Lyubov Gurina	EUN	2:00.64	Q
2	4	Ellen van Langen	NED	2:00.68	Q
3	5	Ana Fidelia Quirós	CUB	2:00.86	Q
4	3	Ella Kovacs	ROU	2:00.89	Q
5	1	Sigrun Grau	GER	2:00.91
6	8	Carla Sacramento	POR	2:02.85
7	7	Diane Edwards	GBR	2:04.32
8	2	Julie Jenkins	USA	2:06.53

Splits

400 m	59.90	Lyubov Gurina

Final (3 August 1992 — 19:55)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Ellen van Langen	NED	1:55.54
2	4	Liliya Nurutdinova	EUN	1:55.99
3	1	Ana Fidelia Quirós	CUB	1:56.80
4	6	Inna Yevseyeva	EUN	1:57.20
5	3	Maria Mutola	MOZ	1:57.49
6	2	Ella Kovacs	ROU	1:57.95
7	5	Joetta Clark	USA	1:58.06
8	8	Lyubov Gurina	EUN	1:58.13

Splits

400 m	55.73	Liliya Nurutdinova