Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres
April 09, 2024
These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 31 of August and 3 of September.[1] The favorite coming into the Olympics was West German champion and world record holder Hildegard Falck. In the 1971 West German Championships she became the first woman to officially better two minutes. She was the pre Olympic favorite to win the gold on home soil, the rest of the field was wide open to claim the other podium spots.[1]
In the final, like the men's race, the favorite was the slowest starter, though Falck quickly moved into sixth place. By the end of the first lap the field was tightly packed, Ileana Silai, Vera Nikolić and Svetla Zlateva and three abreast for the lead at 58.31. At 500 metres, Falck decided to move and slightly accelerated away from Nijolė Sabaitė and Gunhild Hoffmeister but found herself blocked behind the wall. The wall began to break up during the final turn, Silai the first to start fading allowing Falck some running room, coming off the turn she accelerated into the lead. Pulling away from the field Falck relaxed to cruise across the finish line. Sabaitė made a late run at her from a huge deficit, as she came into view, Falck had to accelerate a little to hold her off for a narrow win. Hoffmeister followed Sabaitė in passing the pack for bronze, but was too far behind to be competitive for higher medals.
While the 2 minute barrier had been broken barely a year before this race, five women finished under 2 minutes here, with the remainder of the field bunched within .17 of a second of 2 minutes. While the world record was 1:58.5 (hand timed at the time), this electronically timed 1:58.55 was intrinsically faster, but that conversion was not included in record keeping. Zlateva would improve the world record the following year.
Key: OR = Olympic record; DNS = did not start; DNF = did not finish
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These are the official results of the Women s 800 metres event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich The competition was held on 31 of August and 3 of September 1 The favorite coming into the Olympics was West German champion and world record holder Hildegard Falck In the 1971 West German Championships she became the first woman to officially better two minutes She was the pre Olympic favorite to win the gold on home soil the rest of the field was wide open to claim the other podium spots 1 Women s 800 metresat the Games of the XX OlympiadVenueOlympic Stadium Munich West GermanyDate31 August 1972 amp 3 September 1972Competitors38 from 28 nationsWinning time1 58 55 ORMedalistsHildegard Falck West GermanyNijole Sabaite Soviet UnionGunhild Hoffmeister East Germany 19681976 In the final like the men s race the favorite was the slowest starter though Falck quickly moved into sixth place By the end of the first lap the field was tightly packed Ileana Silai Vera Nikolic and Svetla Zlateva and three abreast for the lead at 58 31 At 500 metres Falck decided to move and slightly accelerated away from Nijole Sabaite and Gunhild Hoffmeister but found herself blocked behind the wall The wall began to break up during the final turn Silai the first to start fading allowing Falck some running room coming off the turn she accelerated into the lead Pulling away from the field Falck relaxed to cruise across the finish line Sabaite made a late run at her from a huge deficit as she came into view Falck had to accelerate a little to hold her off for a narrow win Hoffmeister followed Sabaite in passing the pack for bronze but was too far behind to be competitive for higher medals While the 2 minute barrier had been broken barely a year before this race five women finished under 2 minutes here with the remainder of the field bunched within 17 of a second of 2 minutes While the world record was 1 58 5 hand timed at the time this electronically timed 1 58 55 was intrinsically faster but that conversion was not included in record keeping Zlateva would improve the world record the following year Contents 1 Heats 1 1 Heat one 1 2 Heat two 1 3 Heat three 1 4 Heat four 1 5 Heat five 2 Semifinals 2 1 Heat one 2 2 Heat two 3 Final 4 References 5 External linksHeats editThe top three runners in each heat blue and the next fastest pink advanced to the semifinal round Heat one edit Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time1 Hildegard Falck nbsp West Germany 6 2 01 522 Madeline Manning nbsp United States 7 2 02 633 Cheryl Peasley nbsp Australia 8 2 03 114 Mary Tracey Purcell nbsp Ireland 3 2 04 185 Martine Duvivier nbsp France 2 2 04 876 Donata Govoni nbsp Italy 1 2 05 247 Elisabeth Neuenschwander nbsp Switzerland 4 2 06 89 Arda Kalpakian nbsp Lebanon 5 DNSHeat two edit Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes1 Svetla Zlateva nbsp Bulgaria 7 1 58 93 OR2 Vera Nikolic nbsp Yugoslavia 6 1 59 623 Sylvia Schenk nbsp West Germany 1 2 02 224 Elzbieta Skowronska nbsp Poland 2 2 03 265 Jenny Orr nbsp Australia 8 2 04 466 Cheryl Toussaint nbsp United States 4 2 08 907 Claire Walsh nbsp Ireland 3 2 08 988 Heather Gooding nbsp Barbados 5 2 19 69Heat three edit Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time1 Nijole Sabaite nbsp Soviet Union 4 2 01 502 Abby Hoffman nbsp Canada 5 2 01 573 Maria Sykora nbsp Austria 7 2 01 824 Gisela Ellenberger nbsp West Germany 1 2 01 925 Maritta Politz nbsp East Germany 3 2 02 406 Margaret Coomber nbsp Great Britain 2 2 02 997 Emesia Chizunga nbsp Malawi 6 2 19 22 Malak El Nasser nbsp Syria 8 DNFHeat four edit Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time1 Ileana Silai nbsp Romania 5 2 01 422 Annelise Damm Olesen nbsp Denmark 3 2 01 773 Magdolna Kulcsar nbsp Hungary 4 2 02 354 Patricia Cropper nbsp Great Britain 8 2 03 555 Vasilena Amzina nbsp Bulgaria 2 2 05 926 Marleen Verheuen nbsp Belgium 7 2 09 137 Raissa Ruus nbsp Soviet Union 1 2 11 188 Lee Chiu hsia nbsp Republic of China 6 2 11 81Heat five edit Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time1 Nina Morhunova nbsp Soviet Union 6 2 02 642 Gunhild Hoffmeister nbsp East Germany 7 2 03 153 Rosemary Stirling nbsp Great Britain 1 2 03 644 Sue Haden nbsp New Zealand 4 2 04 865 Chereno Maiyo nbsp Kenya 5 2 04 866 Wendy Koenig nbsp United States 3 2 08 717 Malika Hadky nbsp Morocco 2 2 12 46Semifinals editTop four in each heat advanced to the final round Heat one edit Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time1 Nijole Sabaite nbsp Soviet Union 3 2 00 902 Gunhild Hoffmeister nbsp East Germany 7 2 01 213 Abby Hoffman nbsp Canada 4 2 01 374 Vera Nikolic nbsp Yugoslavia 1 2 01 495 Sylvia Schenk nbsp West Germany 2 2 01 506 Annelisa Damm Olesen nbsp Denmark 5 2 04 197 Cheryl Peasley nbsp Australia 8 2 04 56 Magdolna Kulcsar nbsp Hungary 6 DNSHeat two edit Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time1 Hildegard Falck nbsp West Germany 5 2 01 412 Svetla Zlateva nbsp Bulgaria 3 2 01 663 Ileana Silai nbsp Romania 8 2 01 854 Rosemary Stirling nbsp Great Britain 6 2 02 365 Madeline Manning nbsp United States 2 2 02 396 Maria Sykora nbsp Austria 4 2 02 447 Gisela Ellenberger nbsp West Germany 7 2 02 978 Nina Morhunova nbsp Soviet Union 1 2 04 93Final editRank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes nbsp Hildegard Falck nbsp West Germany 1 1 58 55 OR nbsp Nijole Sabaite nbsp Soviet Union 5 1 58 65 nbsp Gunhild Hoffmeister nbsp East Germany 6 1 59 194 Svetla Zlateva nbsp Bulgaria 2 1 59 725 Vera Nikolic nbsp Yugoslavia 8 1 59 986 Ileana Silai nbsp Romania 3 2 00 047 Rosemary Stirling nbsp Great Britain 4 2 00 158 Abby Hoffman nbsp Canada 7 2 00 17Key OR Olympic record DNS did not start DNF did not finishReferences edit a b Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games Women s 800 metres sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 20 October 2017 External links editOfficial report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics Women 27s 800 metres amp oldid 1108077022, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
