Final | time | 1. Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:56.10 | 2. Christine Wachtel | GDR | 1:56.64 | 3. Kim Gallagher | USA | 1:56.91 | 4. Slobodanka Colovic | YUG | 1:57.50 | 5. Delisa Floyd | USA | 1:57.80 | 6. Inna Evseeva | URS | 1:59.37 | 7. Teresa Zuniga | ESP | 1:59.82 | 8. Diane Edwards | GBR | 2:00.77 |
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| Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium, Seoul 69,950. | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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Semi 1 | time | 1. Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:57.21 | 2. Kim Gallagher | USA | 1:57.39 | 3. Slobodanka Colovic | YUG | 1:58.49 | 4. Teresa Zuniga | ESP | 1:58.85 | 5. Kirsty Wade | GBR | 2:00.86 | 6. Soraya Telles | BRA | 2:01.86 | 7. Joetta Clark | USA | 2:03.32 | 8. Nadejda Olizarenko | URS | 2:05.27 |
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Semi 2 | time | 1. Christine Wachtel | GDR | 1:58.44 | 2. Delisa Floyd | USA | 1:58.82 | 3. Inna Evseeva | URS | 1:59.10 | 4. Diane Edwards | GBR | 1:59.66 | 5. Caby Lesch | FRG | 1:59.85 | 6. Shireen Bailey | GBR | 1:59.94 | 7. Dalia Matoussiavitchene | URS | 2:00.15 | 8. Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 2:02.34 |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Inna Evseeva | URS | 2:01.59 | 2. Slobodanka Colovic | YUG | 2:01.80 | 3. Shireen Bailey | GBR | 2:02.36 | 4. Sharon Powell | JAM | 2:03.49 | 5. Montserrat Pujol | ESP | 2:03.73 | 6. Se-Beom Choi | KOR | 2:06.65 | 7. Assumpta Achuo-Bei | CMR | 2:07.10 | 8. Bakombo Kungu | ZAI | 2:11.00 |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Christine Wachtel | GDR | 2:00.62 | 2. Joetta Clark | USA | 2:00.83 | 3. Caby Lesch | FRG | 2:00.95 | 4. Teresa Zuniga | ESP | 2:00.98 | 5. Mary Burzminski | CAN | 2:02.85 | 6. Shiny Kurisingal Abraham | IND | 2:03.26 | 7. Maria Mutola | MOZ | 2:04.36 | 8. Sheila Seebaluck | MRI | 2:08.93 |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 2:02.24 | 2. Delisa Floyd | USA | 2:02.37 | 3. Soraya Telles | BRA | 2:02.48 | 4. Dalia Matoussiavitchene | URS | 2:02.57 | 5. Kirsty Wade | GBR | 2:02.75 | 6. Maureen Stewart | CRC | 2:08.17 | 7. Laverne Bryan | ANT | 2:12.18 | -. Sumei Sun | CHN | DNS |
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Heat 4 | time | 1. Kim Gallagher | USA | 2:01.70 | 2. Diane Edwards | GBR | 2:01.79 | 3. Nadejda Olizarenko | URS | 2:01.81 | 4. Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 2:01.83 | 5. Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 2:03.33 | 6. Renee Belanger | CAN | 2:04.74 | -. Rosa Colorado | ESP | DNS |
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