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Medal record
Ileana Silai
Women's Athletics
Competitor for Romania
Olympic Games
Silver	1968 Mexico City	800 metres

Ileana Gergely Silai (born October 14, 1941 in Cluj) is a retired Romanian middle distance runner. She won the silver medal over 800 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics behind Madeline Manning but ahead of Mia Gommers.

In the 800 metres, she also won silver medals at the 1971 and 1972 European Indoor Championships. She won a gold medal in 1978, this time over 1500 metres.

In 1979, she received a one-year ban for a positive drug test.

World Best Year Performance in Women's 800 m

1976: Tatyana Kazankina (URS) • 1977: Ileana Silai (ROM) • 1978: Tatyana Providokhina (URS) • 1979: Totka Petrova (BUL) • 1980: Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) • 1981: Lyudmila Veselkova (URS) • 1982: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1983: Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) • 1984: Irina Podyalovskaya (URS) • 1985: Ella Kovacs (ROM) • 1986: Doina Melinte (ROM) • 1987: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) • 1988: Inna Yevseyeva and Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) • 1989: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1990: Sigrun Wodars (GDR) • 1991: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1992: Ellen van Langen (NED) • 1993 – 1995: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 1996: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 1997: Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) • 1998: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 1999: Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) • 2000–2001: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 2002: Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) • 2003: Maria Mutola (MOZ) • 2004–2005: Tatyana Andrianova (RUS) • 2006–2007: Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei (KEN) • 2008: Pamela Jelimo (KEN)

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