Venue Olympic Stadium Competitors 35 from 20 nations | Date 23–26 July Winning time 1:54.94 WR | |
The Women's 800 metres competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium on 23–26 July.
Contents
Competition format
The competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The three fastest competitors from each race in the heats plus the next fastest overall qualified for the Semifinals. The four fastest competitors from each of the Semifinal races advanced to the Final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
Round 1
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the next fastest time (q) qualified.
References
Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA