The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the women's 800 meters from the Summer Olympic games.
- 1928
GOLD Lina Radke, GER 2:16.8
SILVER Kinuye Hitomi, JPN 2:17.6
BRONZE Inga Gentzel, SWE 2:18.8
- 1960
GOLD Lyudmila Shevtsova, URS 2:04.50
SILVER Brenda Jones, AUS 2:04.58
BRONZE Ursula Donath, GDR 2:05.73
- 1964
GOLD Ann Packer, GBR 2:01.1
SILVER Maryvonne Dupureur, FRA 2:01.9
BRONZE Marise Chamberlain, NZL 2:02.8
- 1968
GOLD Madeline Manning, USA 2:00.92
SILVER Ilona Silai, ROM 2:02.58
BRONZE Maria Gommers, NED 2:02.63
- 1972
GOLD Hildegard Falck, FRG 1:58.55
SILVER Niole Sabaité, URS 1:58.65
BRONZE Gunhild Hoffmeister, GDR 1:59.19
- 1976
GOLD Tatyana Kazankina, URS 1:54.94
SILVER Nikolina Shtereva, BUL 1:55.42
BRONZE Elfi Zinn, GDR 1:55.60
- 1980
GOLD Nadyezhda Olizarenko, URS 1:53.43
SILVER Olga Mineyeva, URS 1:54.81
BRONZE Tatyana Providokhina, URS 1:55.46
- 1984
GOLD Doina Melinte, ROM 1:57.60
SILVER Kim Gallagher, USA 1:58.63
BRONZE Fita Lovin, ROM 1:58.83
- 1988
GOLD Sigrun Wodars, GDR 1:56.10
SILVER Christine Wachtel, GDR 1:56.64
BRONZE Kim Gallagher, USA 1:56.91
- 1992
GOLD Ellen van Langen, NED 1:55.54
SILVER Liliya Nurutdinova, EUN 1:55.99
BRONZE Ana Quirot, CUB 1:56.80
- 1996
GOLD Svetlana Masterkova, RUS 1:57.73
SILVER Ana Quirot, CUB 1:58.11
BRONZE Maria Mutola, MOZ 1:58.71
- 2000
GOLD Maria Mutola, MOZ 1:56.15
SILVER Stephanie Graf, AUT 1:56.64
BRONZE Kelly Holmes, GBR 1:56.80
- 2004
GOLD Kelly Holmes, GBR 1:56.38
SILVER Hasna Benhassi, MAR 1:56.43
BRONZE Jolanda Ceplak, SLO 1:56.43
- 2008
GOLD Pamela Jelimo, KEN 1:54.87
SILVER Janeth Jepkosgei, KEN 1:56.07
BRONZE Hasna Benhassi, MAR 1:56.73
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