Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

event at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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. There were a total of 37 competitors, with one non-starter.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:53.28	Jarmila Kratochvílová Jarmila Kratochvílová Jarmila Kratochvílová is a Czech former sprinter and middle distance runner. In 1983, she set world record times for both the 400 metres and 800 metres, and won gold medals in both distances at the World Championships....	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... (FRG West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... )	July 26, 1983
Olympic Record	1:53.43	Nadezhda Olizarenko Nadezhda Olizarenko Nadezhda Fyodorovna Olizarenko is a retired athlete, who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She represented the Soviet Union.Olizarenko competed for Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Russia in the 800 metres, where she won the gold medal ahead of country women Olga Mineyeva...	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... (URS Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... )	July 27, 1980

Final classification

RANK		1:57.73	1:57.95	1:59.67
	1:58.11	1:57.99	1:59.98
	1:58.71	1:57.62	1:58.98
4.	1:58.81	1:58.49	1:58.80
5.	1:59.57	1:57.77	1:59.18
6.	1:59.61	1:57.93	1:58.98
7.	2:00.32	1:58.67	1:59.23
8.	2:00.54	1:58.25	1:59.35

Non-qualifiers

RANK	—		1:59.06	1:59.65
—		1:59.23	1:59.56
—		2:00.68	2:00.02
—		DNF	2:00.26
—		1:58.29	1:59.71
—		1:59.28	1:59.37
—		1:59.36	1:59.96
—		2:02.50	2:00.18
—		DNQ	2:00.27
—		DNQ	2:00.38
—		DNQ	2:00.47
—		DNQ	2:01.48
—		DNQ	2:01.61
—		DNQ	2:02.13
—		DNQ	2:02.88
—		DNQ	2:03.22
—		DNQ	2:04.17
—		DNQ	2:04.80
—		DNQ	2:04.99
—		DNQ	2:08.31
—		DNQ	2:08.58
—		DNQ	2:13.52
—		DNQ	2:36.85
—		DNQ	DNF
—		DNQ	DNF
—		DNQ	DNF
—		DNQ	DNS

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