Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

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Women's 800 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DateAugust 1, 1928 (heats)
August 2, 1928 (final)
Winning time2:16.8
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lina Radke Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Kinue Hitomi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Inga Gentzel Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1960  

The women's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place between August 1 and August 2. [1] Some press reports of the event claimed that many of the competitors were exhausted or failed to finish the race. [2] [3] According to Lynne Emery, these reports were inaccurate and the athletes were winded as normal after a race. [2] In any case, the idea that the distance was too great for women prompted the IOC to drop it from the Olympic programme. [3] It was reintroduced in 1960. [3]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Marie Dollinger Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 2:22.4 OR, Q
2 Inga Gentzel Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Q
3 Bobbie Rosenfeld Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada Q
4 Jo Mallon Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
5 Elisabeth Oestreich Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany
6 Dee Boeckmann US flag 48 stars.svg  United States

Key: OR = Olympic record, Q = Qualified

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Lina Radke Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 2:26.0Q
2 Kinue Hitomi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:26.4 Q
3 Gertruda Kilosówna Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Poland 2:28.0Q
4 Aat van Noort Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
5 Edie Robinson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
6 Juliette Segers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
7 Sébastienne Guyot Flag of France.svg  France
8 Emy Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
9 Giannina Marchini Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
10 Rayma Wilson US flag 48 stars.svg  United States

Key: Q = Qualified

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jean Thompson Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 2:23.2Q
2 Florence MacDonald US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Q
3 Elfriede Wever Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany Q
4 Mien Duchateau Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
5 Ida Degrande Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
6 Marcelle Neveu Flag of France.svg  France
7 Otylia Tabacka Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Poland 2:33.0
8 Josefine Lauterbach Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
9 Paula Radziulytė Flag of Lithuania (1918-1940).svg  Lithuania

Key: Q = Qualified

Finals

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Lina Radke Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 2:16.8 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Kinue Hitomi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:17.6
Bronze medal icon.svg Inga Gentzel Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:17.8
4 Jean Thompson Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 2:21.6
5 Bobbie Rosenfeld Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 2:22.4
6 Florence MacDonald US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 2:22.6
7 Marie Dollinger Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany 2:23.0
8 Gertruda Kilosówna Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Poland 2:28.0
9 Elfriede Wever Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Germany

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 Emery, Lynne. "An examination of the 1928 Olympic 800 meter race for women" (PDF). Proceedings of the North American Society for Sport History (1985): 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Welch, Paula; Costa, D. Margaret (1994). "A Century of Olympic Competition". In Sharon Ruth Guthrie & D. Margaret Costa (ed.). Women and Sport: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Human Kinetics. pp. 127–128. ISBN   9780873226868 . Retrieved 12 August 2012.