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Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games:

Women's 800 metres Semi-Finals

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Date Started: September 24, 1988
Date Finished: September 24, 1988
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Gold: GDR Sigrun Wodars-Grau
Silver: GDR Christine Wachtel
Bronze: USA Kim Gallagher

Semi-Finals Heat One

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T(A) L
1 Sigrun Wodars-Grau 22 East Germany GDR 1:57.21 7 QU
2 Kim Gallagher 24 United States USA 1:57.39 5 QU
3 Slobodanka Čolović 23 Yugoslavia YUG 1:58.49 2 QU
4 Maite Zúñiga 23 Spain ESP 1:58.85 3 QU
5 Kirsty Wade 26 Great Britain GBR 2:00.86 4
6 Soraya Telles 30 Brazil BRA 2:01.86 6
7 Joetta Clark-Diggs 26 United States USA 2:03.32 1
8 Nadiya Olizarenko 34 Soviet Union URS 2:05.27 8

Semi-Finals Heat Two

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T(A) L
1 Christine Wachtel 23 East Germany GDR 1:58.44 4 QU
2 Delisa Walton-Floyd 27 United States USA 1:58.82 2 QU
3 Inna Yevseieva 24 Soviet Union URS 1:59.10 6 QU
4 Diane Edwards-Modahl 22 Great Britain GBR 1:59.66 7 QU
5 Gaby Lesch 24 West Germany FRG 1:59.85 3
6 Shireen Bailey 28 Great Britain GBR 1:59.94 1
7 Dalia Matusevičienė 25 Soviet Union URS 2:00.15 8
8 Letitia Vriesde 23 Suriname SUR 2:02.34 5