1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 1987 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
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
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Monday 1987-08-31.

Medalists

Gold	Sigrun Wodars-Grau East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Christine Wachtel East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Lyubov Gurina Soviet Union (URS)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, West Germany	July 26, 1983
Championship Record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:54.68	Helsinki, Finland	August 9, 1983

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Sigrun Wodars-Grau (GDR)	1:55.26 NR
	Christine Wachtel (GDR)	1:55.32 PB
	Lyubov Gurina (URS)	1:55.56 PB
4.	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:55.84 AR
5.	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:57.81
6.	Mitica Junghiatu (ROU)	1:59.66
7.	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)	2:00.28
8.	Slobodanka Čolović (YUG)	2:02.09

Semi-Finals

• Held on Sunday 1987-08-30

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	1:57.96
2.	Sigrun Wodars-Grau (GDR)	1:58.06
3.	Lyubov Gurina (URS)	1:58.16
4.	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:58.65
5.	Slobodanka Čolović (YUG)	1:58.85
6.	Diane Edwards (GBR)	1:59.34
7.	Essie Washington (USA)	2:02.65
8.	Mary Burzminski (CAN)	2:03.72

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Christine Wachtel (GDR)	2:01.47
2.	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)	2:01.63
3.	Mitica Junghiatu (ROU)	2:01.65
4.	Gabriela Sedláková (TCH)	2:02.27
5.	Delisa Walton-Floyd (USA)	2:02.45
6.	Nathalie Thoumas (FRA)	2:03.90
7.	Maria Akraka (SWE)	2:05.20
8.	Joetta Clark (USA)	2:06.10

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 1987-08-29

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Slobodanka Čolović (YUG)	2:02.54
2.	Delisa Walton-Floyd (USA)	2:02.76
3.	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	2:03.06
4.	Rosa Colorado (ESP)	2:03.40
5.	Soraya Telles (BRA)	2:03.55
6.	Ausa Mwendachabe (ZAM)	2:07.06
7.	Jacqueline Rasaozanamanalina (MAD)	2:11.27
—	Maria Lomba (STP)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)	2:01.99
2.	Mitica Junghiatu (ROU)	2:02.23
3.	Nathalie Thoumas (FRA)	2:02.54
4.	Essie Washington (USA)	2:02.61
5.	Selina Chirchir (KEN)	2:02.90
6.	Jennifer Fisher (BER)	2:09.04
7.	Mireille Sankatsing (SUR)	2:12.02
—	Chakma Sharmila Ray (BAN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Christine Wachtel (GDR)	2:01.50
2.	Lyubov Gurina (URS)	2:01.74
3.	Diane Edwards (GBR)	2:02.57
4.	Catalina Gheorghiu (ROU)	2:03.04
5.	Angelita Lind (PUR)	2:04.59
6.	Puseletso Monkoe (LES)	2:22.29
7.	Leticia Thomas (DMA)	2:26.02
—	Andri Avraam (CYP)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Sigrun Wodars-Grau (GDR)	1:59.57
2.	Gabriela Sedláková (TCH)	2:00.23
3.	Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)	2:00.28
4.	Mary Burzminski (CAN)	2:01.62
5.	Joetta Clark (USA)	2:01.81
6.	Maria Akraka (SWE)	2:02.24
7.	Zeina Mina El-Jas (LIB)	2:15.75
—	Kungu Bakombo (ZAI)	DNS

References

• Results