Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 23 and 24 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nery McKeen Cuba	Ranza Clark Canada	Alejandra Ramos Chile

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ranza Clark	Canada	2:05.06	Q
2	1	Eloína Kerr	Cuba	2:05.19	Q
3	1	Diana Richburg	United States	2:05.67	Q
4	2	Angelita Lind	Puerto Rico	2:06.22	Q
5	2	Nery McKeen	Cuba	2:06.48	Q
6	2	Christine Slythe	Canada	2:06.54	Q
7	2	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	2:06.81	q
8	2	Lee Arbogast	United States	2:07.09	q
9	1	Eucaris Caicedo	Colombia	2:07.63
10	1	Adriana Marchena	Venezuela	2:08.58
11	1	Laverne Bryan	Antigua and Barbuda	2:10.31
12	1	Liliana Góngora	Argentina	2:13.21
13	2	Joycelyn Joseph	Antigua and Barbuda	2:14.32
14	2	Iyiechia Petrus	United States Virgin Islands	2:15.72
15	2	Virginia Davis	Venezuela	2:15.72

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nery McKeen	Cuba	2:02.20
	Ranza Clark	Canada	2:02.44
	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	2:03.65
4	Christine Slythe	Canada	2:03.71
5	Eloína Kerr	Cuba	2:04.96
6	Diana Richburg	United States	2:05.29
7	Angelita Lind	Puerto Rico	2:07.19
8	Lee Arbogast	United States	2:07.83