Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics - 800m race (women)

Athletics on 1968 Summer Olympics
Running disciplines
100 meters	men	women
200 meters	men	women
400 meters	men	women
800 meters	men	women
1,500 meters	men
5000 meters	men
10,000 meters	men
80 meters with barriers		women
110 meters with barriers	men
400 meters with barriers	men
3000 meters with obstacles	men
Relay race 4 × 100 meters	men	women
Relay race 4 × 400 meters	men
Highway Disciplines
Marathon	men
20 kilometers walking	men
50 kilometers walking	men
Technical disciplines
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vaulting	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin-throwing	men	women
Hammer throwing	men
All-around
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

Type of competition	Olympic Games, athletics program ^[1]
Location	Mexico , Mexico City , National Stadium
Discipline	800m women
Preliminary races	10/17/1968
Semifinals	10/18/1968
The final	10/19/1968
Number of participants	24

Content

Competition Results

Eight of the best

800m Women

Mexico City, National Stadium, October 14–16, 1968

#	Res.	Sportsman		Years old	A country	Etc.
one.	2:00 a.m.	Manning Jackson, Madeline	Madeline manning-jackson	20	USA	OR
2.	2: 02.5	Silai, Ileana	Ileana silai	26	Romania
3.	2: 02.6	Gommers, Mia	Mia gommers	29th	Netherlands
four.	2: 03.8	Taylor Carey, Sheila	Sheila taylor-carey	22	Great Britain
five.	2: 03.9	Brown, Doris	Doris brown	26	USA
6.	2: 04.2	Lowe Cropper, Pat	Pat lowe-cropper	25	Great Britain
7.	2: 06.8	Hoffman, Abby	Abby hoffman	21	Canada
eight.	2: 08.2	Dupurier, Marivonne	Maryvonne Dupureur	31	France

Preliminaries

Mexico City, National Stadium, 10/17/1968

24 participants are divided into 4 runs of 6 people, the four best in each race go to the semifinals.

#	Res.	Sportsman		Years old	A country	E	Q
1st preliminary run
one.	2: 05.7	Nikolic, Vera	Vera Nikolić	20	Yugoslavia	2: 05.78	Q
2.	2: 06.5	Eric, Liane	Laine erik	26	the USSR	2: 06.52	Q
3.	2: 06.7	Pigny, Cacci, Paola	Paola Pigni-Cacchi	22	Italy	2: 06.72	Q
four.	2: 07.1	Burnelle, Karina	Karin burneleit	25	GDR	2: 07.13	Q
five.	2: 07.3	Cracker, Frances	Francie kraker	21	USA	2: 07.34
6.	2: 10.9	Cesir, Elizabeth	Elizabeth Chesire	18	Kenya	2: 10.92
2nd preliminary run
one.	2: 04.0	Gommers, Mia	Mia gommers	29th	Netherlands	2: 04.06	Q
2.	2: 04.1	Silai, Ileana	Ileana silai	26	Romania	2: 04.11	Q
3.	2: 04.1	Taylor Carey, Sheila	Sheila taylor-carey	22	Great Britain	2: 04.17	Q
four.	2: 04.4	Zimina, Anna	Anna Zimina	29th	the USSR	2: 04.48	Q
five.	2: 08.5	Wiek, Barbara	Barbara wieck	17	GDR	2: 08.18
6.	2: 09.2	Shesifi, Hannah	Channels shezifi	24	Israel	2: 09.23
3rd preliminary run
one.	2: 09.5	Dupurier, Marivonne	Maryvonne Dupureur	31	France	2: 09.55	Q
2.	2: 09.5	Brown, Doris	Doris brown	26	USA	2: 09.54	Q
3.	2: 09.5	Lowe Cropper, Pat	Pat lowe-cropper	25	Great Britain	2: 09.57	Q
four.	2: 09.6	Potts, Sylvia	Sylvia potts	25	New Zealand	2: 09.63	Q
five.	2: 09.6	Haimi, Eve	Eeva haimi	22	Finland	2: 09.67
6.	2: 10.5	Van der Made-van der Zvaad, Tilly	Tilly van der made-van der zwaard	thirty	Netherlands	2: 10.59
4th preliminary run
one.	2: 08.7	Manning Jackson, Madeline	Madeline manning-jackson	20	USA	2: 08.74	Q
2.	2: 08.9	Hoffman, Abby	Abby hoffman	21	Canada	2: 08.94	Q
3.	2: 08.9	Yeglichkova, Yaroslav	Jaroslava Jehličková	26	Czechoslovakia	2: 08.96	Q
four.	2: 08.9	Keyser, Laman, Ilya	Ilja keizer-laman	24	Netherlands	2: 08.96	Q
five.	2: 09.0	Damm-Olesen, Annelise	Annelise Damm Olesen	26	Denmark	2: 09.01
6.	2: 10.2	Page Allison, Joan	Joan Page-Allison	21	Great Britain	2: 10.21

Semifinals

Mexico City, National Stadium, 10/18/1968

#	Res.	Sportsman		Years old	A country	E	Q
1st semifinal
one.	2: 05.8	Manning Jackson, Madeline	Madeline manning-jackson	20	USA	2: 05.82	Q
2.	2:05 a.m.	Silai, Ileana	Ileana silai	26	Romania	2: 05.94	Q
3.	2: 06.6	Lowe Cropper, Pat	Pat lowe-cropper	25	Great Britain	2: 06.62	Q
four.	2: 07.0	Hoffman, Abby	Abby hoffman	21	Canada	2: 07.03	Q
five.	2: 08.4	Burnelle, Karina	Karin burneleit	25	GDR	2: 08.41
6.	2: 08.5	Zimina, Anna	Anna Zimina	29th	the USSR	2: 08.54
7.	2: 14.8	Keyser, Laman, Ilya	Ilja keizer-laman	24	Netherlands	2: 14.88
AC		Nikolic, Vera	Vera Nikolić	20	Yugoslavia
2nd semifinal
one.	2:05 a.m.	Gommers, Mia	Mia gommers	29th	Netherlands	2: 05.13	Q
2.	2: 05.2	Brown, Doris	Doris brown	26	USA	2: 05.23	Q
3.	2: 05.2	Taylor Carey, Sheila	Sheila taylor-carey	22	Great Britain	2: 05.29	Q
four.	2:05 a.m.	Dupurier, Marivonne	Maryvonne Dupureur	31	France	2: 05.58	Q
five.	2: 06.0	Eric, Liane	Laine erik	26	the USSR	2: September 6
6.	2: 07.2	Potts, Sylvia	Sylvia potts	25	New Zealand	2: 07.27
7.	2: 07.8	Pigny, Cacci, Paola	Paola Pigni-Cacchi	22	Italy	2: 07.82
eight.	2: 13.5	Yeglichkova, Yaroslav	Jaroslava Jehličková	26	Czechoslovakia	2: 13.59

Final

Mexico City, National Stadium, 10/19/1968

#	Res.	Sportsman		Years old	A country	E	Etc.
one.	2:00 a.m.	Manning Jackson, Madeline	Madeline manning-jackson	20	USA	2: 00.92	OR
2.	2: 02.5	Silai, Ileana	Ileana silai	26	Romania	2: 02.58
3.	2: 02.6	Gommers, Mia	Mia gommers	29th	Netherlands	2: 02.63
four.	2: 03.8	Taylor Carey, Sheila	Sheila taylor-carey	22	Great Britain	2: 03.81
five.	2: 03.9	Brown, Doris	Doris brown	26	USA	2: 03.98
6.	2: 04.2	Lowe Cropper, Pat	Pat lowe-cropper	25	Great Britain	2: 04.25
7.	2: 06.8	Hoffman, Abby	Abby hoffman	21	Canada	2: 06.99
eight.	2: 08.2	Dupurier, Marivonne	Maryvonne Dupureur	31	France	2: 08.28

Notes

↑ All materials in this section, except for fragments that are specially marked, were taken from the site Athletics at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games.