1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
Introduction These are the official results of the '''Women's 800 metres''' event at the '''1987 IAAF World Championships''' in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Monday August 31, 1987.
Medalists '''Gold''' Sigrun Wodars''East Germany (GDR)'''''Silver''' Christine Wachtel''East Germany (GDR)'''''Bronze''' Lyubov Gurina''Soviet Union (URS)''
Records Existing records at the start of the event. '''World Record''''''1:53.28'''Munich, West GermanyJuly 26, 1983'''Championship Record''''''1:54.68'''Helsinki, FinlandAugust 9, 1983
Final RANKFINALTIMENotesImage:Med 1.png'''1:55.26''' NRImage:Med 2.png'''1:55.32'''PBImage:Med 3.png'''1:55.56''' PB4. '''1:55.84''' AR5.'''1:57.81'''6.'''1:59.66'''7.'''2:00.28'''8. '''2:02.09'''
Semi-finals *Held on Sunday 1987-08-30RANKHEAT 1TIME1.'''1:57.96'''2.'''1:58.06'''3.'''1:58.16'''4.'''1:58.65'''5.'''1:58.85'''6.'''1:59.34'''7.'''2:02.65'''8. '''2:03.72'''RANKHEAT 2TIME1.'''2:01.47'''2.'''2:01.63'''3.'''2:01.65'''4.'''2:02.27'''5.'''2:02.45'''6.'''2:03.90'''7.'''2:05.20'''8. '''2:06.10'''
Qualifying heats *Held on Saturday 1987-08-29RANKHEAT 1TIME1.'''2:02.54'''2.'''2:02.76'''3.'''2:03.06'''4.'''2:03.40'''5.'''2:03.55'''6.'''2:07.06'''7. '''2:11.27'''—'''DNS'''RANKHEAT 2TIME1.'''2:01.99'''2.'''2:02.23'''3.'''2:02.54'''4.'''2:02.61'''5.'''2:02.90'''6.'''2:09.04'''7. '''2:12.02'''—'''DNS'''RANKHEAT 3TIME1.'''2:01.50'''2.'''2:01.74'''3.'''2:02.57'''4.'''2:03.04'''5.'''2:04.59'''6.'''2:22.29'''7. '''2:26.02'''—'''DNS'''RANKHEAT 4TIME1.'''1:59.57'''2.'''2:00.23'''3.'''2:00.28'''4.'''2:01.62'''5.'''2:01.81'''6.'''2:02.24'''7. '''2:15.75'''—'''DNS'''
References *  Results