Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres
| Women's 800 metres at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
| Date | October 17–19 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:00.9 OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The Women's 800 metres competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. The event were held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 17–19.[1]
Madeline Manning became the first Black woman to win an Olympic 800m title. She also became the first American to do so.
Competition format
[edit]The competition had four heats in the first round, two semi-finals and a final. The top four in the first round heats progressed. The top four finishers in the semi-final race reached the finals.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Vera Nikolić (YUG)
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2:00.5 | London, United Kingdom | July 20, 1968 |
| Olympic record |  Ann Packer (GBR)
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2:01.1 | Tokyo, Japan | October 20, 1964 |
Results
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vera Nikolić |  Yugoslavia
|
2:05.7 | Q |
| 2 | Laine Erik |  Soviet Union
|
2:06.5 | Q |
| 3 | Paola Pigni |  Italy
|
2:06.7 | Q |
| 4 | Karin Krebs |  East Germany
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2:07.1 | Q |
| 5 | Francie Kraker |  United States
|
2:07.3 | |
| 6 | Elizabeth Chesire |  Kenya
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2:10.9 |
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia Gommers |  Netherlands
|
2:04.0 | Q |
| 2 | Ileana Silai |  Romania
|
2:04.1 | Q |
| 3 | Sheila Carey |  Great Britain
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2:04.1 | Q |
| 4 | Anna Zimina | Soviet Union
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2:04.4 | Q |
| 5 | Barbara Wieck | East Germany
|
2:08.5 | |
| 6 | Hana Shezifi |  Israel
|
2:09.2 |
Heat 3
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryvonne Dupureur |  France
|
2:09.5 | Q |
| 2 | Doris Brown | United States
|
2:09.5 | Q |
| 3 | Pat Lowe-Cropper | Great Britain
|
2:09.5 | Q |
| 4 | Sylvia Potts |  New Zealand
|
2:09.6 | Q |
| 5 | Eeva Haimi |  Finland
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2:09.6 | |
| 6 | Tilly van der Made | Netherlands
|
2:10.5 |
Heat 4
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madeline Manning | United States
|
2:08.7 | Q |
| 2 | Abby Hoffman |  Canada
|
2:08.9 | Q |
| 3 | Jaroslava Jehličková |  Czechoslovakia
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2:08.9 | Q |
| 4 | Ilja Keizer | Netherlands
|
2:08.9 | Q |
| 5 | Annelise Damm Olesen |  Denmark
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2:09.0 | |
| 6 | Joan Page-Allison | Great Britain
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2:10.2 |
Semifinals
[edit]Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madeline Manning | United States
|
2:05.8 | Q |
| 2 | Ileana Silai | Romania
|
2:05.9 | Q |
| 3 | Pat Lowe-Cropper | Great Britain
|
2:06.6 | Q |
| 4 | Abby Hoffman | Canada
|
2:07.0 | Q |
| 5 | Karin Krebs | East Germany
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2:08.4 | |
| 6 | Anna Zimina | Soviet Union
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2:04.4 | |
| 7 | Ilja Keizer | Netherlands
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2:14.8 | |
| — | Vera Nikolić | Yugoslavia
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DNF |
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia Gommers | Netherlands
|
2:05.1 | Q |
| 2 | Doris Brown | United States
|
2:05.2 | Q |
| 3 | Sheila Carey | Great Britain
|
2:05.2 | Q |
| 4 | Maryvonne Dupureur | France
|
2:05.5 | Q |
| 5 | Laine Erik | Soviet Union
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2:06.0 | |
| 6 | Sylvia Potts | New Zealand
|
2:07.2 | |
| 7 | Paola Pigni | Italy
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2:07.8 | |
| 8 | Jaroslava Jehličková | Czechoslovakia
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2:13.5 |
Final
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Madeline Manning | United States
|
2:00.9 | OR |
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Ileana Silai | Romania
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2:02.5 | |
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Mia Gommers | Netherlands
|
2:02.6 | |
| 4 | Sheila Carey | Great Britain
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2:03.8 | |
| 5 | Doris Brown | United States
|
2:03.9 | |
| 6 | Pat Lowe-Cropper | Great Britain
|
2:04.2 | |
| 7 | Abby Hoffman | Canada
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2:06.8 | |
| 8 | Maryvonne Dupureur | France
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2:08.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games: Women's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official Olympic Report[permanent dead link], la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
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