The women's 800 metres competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium from 23 to 26 July.
Competition format The competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The three fastest competitors from each race in the heats plus the next fastest overall qualified for the Semifinals. The four fastest competitors from each of the Semifinal races advanced to the Final.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record1:56.0Kiev, USSR12 June 1976Olympic record1:58.55Munich, West Germany3 September 1972
The top four finishers in the final all went under the existing world record.
Results
Round 1 Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the next fastest time (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2:00.12 Q 2 2:00.66 Q 3 2:00.70 Q 4 2:04.39 5 2:05.32 6 2:06.14 7 2:07.26
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2:00.48 Q 2 2:01.02 Q 3 2:01.63 Q 4 2:02.36 5 2:03.31 6 2:03.62 Chee Swee Lee DNF
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 1:59.24 Q 2 1:59.68 Q 3 1:59.91 Q 4 2:00.00 q 5 2:01.70 6 2:04.54 7 2:14.39
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2:01.54 Q 2 2:01.76 Q 3 2:02.82 Q 4 2:03.48 5 2:04.05 6 2:08.46 7 2:09.32 DNS
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2:00.15 Q 2 2:00.54 Q 3 2:00.62 Q 4 2:03.54 5 2:04.09 6 2:04.54 7 2:05.78
Semifinals
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 1:56.53 Q OR 2 1:57.49 Q 3 1:57.93 Q 4 1:59.32 Q 5 1:59.93 6 2:02.22 7 2:02.31 8 2:02.46
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 1:57.28 Q 2 1:57.35 Q 3 1:57.56 Q 4 2:00.01 Q 5 2:00.29 6 2:01.00 7 2:01.97 8 2:07.25
Final Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1:54.94 WR 1:55.42 1:55.60 4 1:55.74 5 1:56.44 6 1:57.21 7 1:58.99 8 2:02.21
References
External links Official Olympic Report , la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 20, 2012. Archive copy from October 7, 2018.