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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union

Format: Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Date Started: July 24, 1980

Format: Top three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Date Finished: July 27, 1980

(Competitors: 28; Countries: 17; Finalists: 8)

Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva

Overview by IAAF

Olizarenko broke the world record in June with 1:54.85, and also had pre-Olympic runs of 50.96 for 400m and 3:56.8 for 1500m, making her a very strong favourite. Her teammates were faster in the early going, with Providokhina clocking 1:58.44 in the heats as compared with Olizarenko’s 1:59.23, and Mineyeva running 1:57.50 to win the first semi-final while the favourite ran 1:57.69 to take the other heat. In the final Olizarenko went straight to the front, zipping through 200m in 27.2 (1:48.8 pace) with last place no more than 0.5 seconds behind. The relatively short Olizarenko (1.65) was trailed by the tall (1.78) cadaverous Mineyeva until the final curve, when Olizarenko’s potent mix of speed and stamina, carried her clear of her teammate. She won by a full 10m, breaking her own world record by 1.42 seconds. All of the top six set personal bests, with Mineyeva becoming the second fastest of all-time.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The American-led boycott had little effect on this race as all the top runners were from the USSR or East Germany. In fact the top five finishers in this event would come from those two nations, with the Soviet Union sweeping the medals. Nadezhda Olizarenko was favored, having placed second at the 1978 Europeans (as Mushta), and equalling the world record with 1:54.9 at a meet in Moskva in June 1980. The 1978 European Champion was also a Soviet, Tatyana Providokhina. At the Olympics, Olizarenko wasted no time, moving into the lead with a fast first lap of 27.2 and 56.2. The field was still close at that time, but she then added 28.5 for the third 200 and dropped everybody but Olga Syrovatskaya-Minyeyeva. Finishing strongly (last 200 in 28.8) gave her the gold medal and a world record of 1:53.43, with Syrovatskaya-Minyeyeva getting silver, and Providokhina the bronze.

		Results

*800 m*	Women	Final	27 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	1.53.43	Nadezhda Olizarenko	Soviet Union	URS	28 Nov 53	NR WR
2	1.54.81	Olga Mineyeva	Soviet Union	URS	1 Sep 52	NR
3	1.55.46	Tatyana Providokhina	Soviet Union	URS	26 Mar 53
4	1.56.21	Martina Kämpfert	East Germany	GDR	11 Nov 59
5	1.57.20	Hildegard Ullrich	East Germany	GDR	20 Dec 59
6	1.58.25	Jolanta Januchta	Poland	POL	16 Jan 55
7	1.58.71	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	BUL	21 Jan 55
8	1.59.12	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	ITA	26 Jun 57
*800 m*	Women	Semifinal 1	25 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	1.57.50	Olga Mineyeva	Soviet Union	URS	1 Sep 52
2	1.58.03	Martina Kämpfert	East Germany	GDR	11 Nov 59
3	1.58.23	Tatyana Providokhina	Soviet Union	URS	26 Mar 53
4	1.58.87	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	BUL	21 Jan 55
5	1.58.94	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	ITA	26 Jun 57
6	2.00.72	Doina Melinte	Romania	ROU	27 Dec 56
7	2.01.08	Elzbieta Katolik	Poland	POL	9 Jan 49
8	2.01.99	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel	Belgium	BEL	22 May 56
*800 m*	Women	Semifinal 2	25 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	1.57.69	Nadezhda Olizarenko	Soviet Union	URS	28 Nov 53
2	1.58.61	Hildegard Ullrich	East Germany	GDR	20 Dec 59
3	1.58.84	Jolanta Januchta	Poland	POL	16 Jan 55
4	1.59.11	Fita Lovin	Romania	ROU	14 Jan 51
5	1.59.84	Vesela Yatsinska	Bulgaria	BUL	16 Jan 51
6	1.59.97	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	BUL	17 Dec 56
7	2.00.23	Anna Bukis	Poland	POL	8 Sep 53
8	2.00.89	Christina Cahill	Great Britain	GBR	25 Mar 57
*800 m*	Women	Heat 1	24 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	2.01.37	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	ITA	26 Jun 57
2	2.01.45	Olga Mineyeva	Soviet Union	URS	1 Sep 52
3	2.01.84	Doina Melinte	Romania	ROU	27 Dec 56
4	2.02.06	Christina Cahill	Great Britain	GBR	25 Mar 57
5	2.05.15	Mwinga Mwanjala	Tanzania	TAN	13 Jan 60
6	2.06.53	Geeta Zutshi	India	IND	2 Dec 56
7	2.08.62	Fantaye Sirak	Ethiopia	ETH	17 Dec 63
*800 m*	Women	Heat 2	24 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	1.59.23	Nadezhda Olizarenko	Soviet Union	URS	28 Nov 53
2	1.59.64	Jolanta Januchta	Poland	POL	16 Jan 55
3	1.59.83	Vesela Yatsinska	Bulgaria	BUL	16 Jan 51
4	2.00.02	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel	Belgium	BEL	22 May 56
5	2.10.70	Daniela Porcelli	Italy	ITA	15 Oct 61
6	2.11.67	Albertine Raheliarisoa	Madagascar	MAD	15 Jun 61
7	2.16.94	Margaret Morel	Seychelles	SEY	19 Feb 58
*800 m*	Women	Heat 3	24 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	1.58.44	Tatyana Providokhina	Soviet Union	URS	26 Mar 53
2	1.58.73	Martina Kämpfert	East Germany	GDR	11 Nov 59
3	1.58.83	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	BUL	21 Jan 55
4	1.58.90	Anna Bukis	Poland	POL	8 Sep 53
5	2.04.01	Agnese Possamai	Italy	ITA	17 Jan 53
6	2.19.80	Fatalmoudou Toure	Mali	MLI	63
*800 m*	Women	Heat 4	24 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	2.00.10	Hildegard Ullrich	East Germany	GDR	20 Dec 59
2	2.00.13	Fita Lovin	Romania	ROU	14 Jan 51
3	2.00.53	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	BUL	17 Dec 56
4	2.01.13	Elzbieta Katolik	Poland	POL	9 Jan 49
5	2.11.05	Lilian Nyiti	Tanzania	TAN	59
6	2.17.59	Hala el Moughrabi	Syria	SYR	6 Jun 59
7	2.19.70	Acacia Mate	Mozambique	MOZ
8	2.33.40	Eugenia Osho-Williams	Sierra Leone	SLE	19 Jan 61