Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between August 1 & August 2.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marie Dollinger		2:22.4	OR, Q
2	Inga Gentzel Inga Gentzel Inga Kristina Gentzel-Dahlgren was a Swedish athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres....			Q
3	Bobbie Rosenfeld Bobbie Rosenfeld Fanny Rosenfeld was a Canadian athlete, who earned a gold medal for the 400 metre relay and a silver medal for the 100 metre at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. She was called the "best Canadian female athlete of the half-century" and a star at basketball, hockey, softball, and tennis...			Q
4	Anny Mallon
5	Elisabeth Oestreich
6	Dee Boeckmann

Key: OR = Olympic record, Q = Qualified

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lina Radke Lina Radke Karoline Radke-Batschauer was a German runner. She was the first Olympic champion in the 800 m for women....		2:26.0	Q
2	Kinue Hitomi		2:26.4	Q
3	Gertruda Kilosówna		2:28.0	Q
4	Aat van Noort
5	Edie Robinson
6	Juliette Segers
7	Sébastienne Guyot
8	Emy Pettersson
9	Giannina Marchini
10	Rayma Wilson

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

Key: Q = Qualified

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Lina Radke Lina Radke Karoline Radke-Batschauer was a German runner. She was the first Olympic champion in the 800 m for women....		2:16.8	WR
	Kinue Hitomi		2:17.6
	Inga Gentzel Inga Gentzel Inga Kristina Gentzel-Dahlgren was a Swedish athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres....		2:17.8
4	Jenny Thompson		2:21.4
5	Bobbie Rosenfeld Bobbie Rosenfeld Fanny Rosenfeld was a Canadian athlete, who earned a gold medal for the 400 metre relay and a silver medal for the 100 metre at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. She was called the "best Canadian female athlete of the half-century" and a star at basketball, hockey, softball, and tennis...		2:22.4
6	Florence MacDonald		2:22.6
7	Marie Dollinger		2:23.0
8	Gertruda Kilosówna		2:28.0
9	Elfriede Wewer

Key: WR = World record

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