Women 800m Athletics XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 - Wednesday, 7th September - Gold Medal:
Final 16:45timeelectr
1. Lyudmila ShevtsovaURS Soviet Union2:04.3 WR2:04.50
2. Brenda JonesAUS Australia2:04.42:04.58
3. Ursula DonathGER UT Germany2:05.62:05.73
4. Veronika KummerfeldtGER UT Germany2:05.92:06.07
5. Antje GleichfeldGER UT Germany2:06.52:06.63
6. Joy JordanGBR Great Britain2:07.82:07.95
7. Gizella CsókaHUN Hungary2:08.02:08.11
8. Beata ŻbikowskaPOL Poland2:11.82:11.91
9. Dixie WillisAUS AustraliaDNF2:27.5

world Women 800m History

Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Roma. 65,000. 27 competitors from 16 nations.
RounddateHAthl.
Heats06.09430
World Record: 2:04.3 Lyudmila Shevtsova, Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 3 July 1960
Olympic Record: 2:16.8 Lina Radke, Germany Amsterdam, Netherlands 2 August 1928
Eighteen year-old Dixie Willis (AUS) was fastest in the heats with 2:05.9 (2:06.03). The veteran Russian Shevtsova, who had won bronze in the European Championships six years earlier, under her maiden name of Lysenko, was favourite, having set a world record of 2:04.3 two months earlier. Willis set the pace in the final, passing 400m in 60.0, with Shevtsova, Jones and Donath in close attendance. Willis still led into the finishing straight, with Donath beginning to fade. Shevtsova and Jones moved up to overtake, and Willis trod on the kerb and suddenly stepped off the track with 70m remaining. Shevtsova and Jones battled to the tape with the Soviet star getting home by half a metre, equalling her world record in the process. Willis stepped back onto the track and finished in approximately 2:27.5, though in official results she is listed as a non-finisher.

Heats - Tuesday, 6th September 15:15

Heat 1timeelectr
1. Antje GleichfeldGER UT Germany2:10.92:11.05
2. Brenda JonesAUS Australia2:11.02:11.14
3. Sinaida MatistowitschURS Soviet Union2:11.42:11.57
4. Maryvonne DupureurFRA France2:12.32:12.42
5. Diane CharlesGBR Great Britain2:14.12:14.24
6. Zofia WalasekPOL Poland2:16.32:16.44
7. Lee Hak-jaKOR South Korea2:28.4
-. T. IsaevaBUL Bulgaria
Heat 2timeelectr
1. Ursula DonathGER UT Germany2:07.82:07.92
2. Beata ŻbikowskaPOL Poland2:09.52:09.57
3. Florica GrecescuROU Romania2:10.02:10.10
4. Olga KaziHUN Hungary2:10.92:11.07
5. Gilda JannacconeITA Italy2:13.62:13.72
6. Phyllis PerkinsGBR Great Britain2:15.32:15.41
DSQ. Pat DanielsUSA United States
Heat 3timeelectr
1. Lyudmila ShevtsovaURS Soviet Union2:09.22:09.31
2. Gizella CsókaHUN Hungary2:09.62:09.77
3. Krystyna NowakowskaPOL Poland2:09.72:09.81
4. Eleanor HaslamCAn Canada2:10.02:10.17
5. Bedřiška KulhaváTCH Czechoslovakia2:10.12:10.23
6. Gerda KraanNED Netherlands2:10.62:10.71
7. Nicole GoullieuxFRA France2:13.42:13.53
Heat 4timeelectr
1. Dixie WillisAUS Australia2:05.92:06.03
2. Joy JordanGBR Great Britain2:07.22:07.29
3. Veronika KummerfeldtGER UT Germany2:07.22:07.34
4. Jekaterina ParljukURS Soviet Union2:07.52:07.71
5. Ine ter Laak-SpijkNED Netherlands2:10.22:10.36
6. Gül ÇirayTUR Turkey2:11.42:11.55
-. U. BrodbekSUI SwitzerlandDNS
-. S. AlvaradoMEX MexicoDNS
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