Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics took place between August 1 and August 2. Some press reports of the event claimed that many of the competitors were exhausted or failed to finish the race. According to Lynne Emery, these reports were inaccurate and the athletes were winded as normal after a race. In any case, the idea that the distance was too great for women prompted the IOC to drop it from the Olympic programme. It was reintroduced in 1960.Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marie Dollinger | | 2:22.4 | OR, Q |
| 2 | Inga Gentzel | | | Q |
| 3 | Bobbie Rosenfeld | | | Q |
| 4 | Jo Mallon | | | |
| 5 | Elisabeth Oestreich | | | |
| 6 | Dee Boeckmann | | | |
Key: OR = Olympic record, Q = Qualified
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lina Radke | | 2:26.0 | Q |
| 2 | Kinue Hitomi | | 2:26.4 | Q |
| 3 | Gertruda Kilosówna | | 2:28.0 | Q |
| 4 | Aat van Noort | | | |
| 5 | Edie Robinson | | | |
| 6 | Juliette Segers | | | |
| 7 | Sébastienne Guyot | | | |
| 8 | Emy Pettersson | | | |
| 9 | Giannina Marchini | | | |
| 10 | Rayma Wilson | | | |
Key: Q = Qualified
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jean Thompson | | 2:23.2 | Q |
| 2 | Florence MacDonald | | | Q |
| 3 | Elfriede Wever | | | Q |
| 4 | Mien Duchateau | | | |
| 5 | Ida Degrande | | | |
| 6 | Marcelle Neveu | | | |
| 7 | Otylia Tabacka | | 2:33.0 | |
| 8 | Josefine Lauterbach | | | |
| 9 | Paula Radziulytė | | | |
Key: Q = QualifiedFinals
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| Lina Radke | | 2:16.8 | WR |
| Kinue Hitomi | | 2:17.6 | |
| Inga Gentzel | | 2:17.8 | |
| 4 | Jean Thompson | | 2:21.6 | |
| 5 | Bobbie Rosenfeld | | 2:22.4 | |
| 6 | Florence MacDonald | | 2:22.6 | |
| 7 | Marie Dollinger | | 2:23.0 | |
| 8 | Gertruda Kilosówna | | 2:28.0 | |
| 9 | Elfriede Wever | | | |
Key: WR = World record
