1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
| Women's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships |
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The women's 800 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25 and 27 August 1954.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Nina Otkalenko Soviet Union |
| Silver | Diane Leather Great Britain |
| Bronze | Lyudmila Lysenko Soviet Union |
Results
Final
27 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nina Otkalenko | Soviet Union | 2:08.8 | CR | |
| Diane Leather | Great Britain | 2:09.8 | ||
| Lyudmila Lysenko | Soviet Union | 2:11.2 | ||
| 4 | Aranka Kazi | Hungary | 2:11.9 | |
| 5 | Bożena Pestka | Poland | 2:12.6 | |
| 6 | Valerie Winn | Great Britain | 2:13.3 | |
| 7 | Anne Oliver | Great Britain | 2:13.3 | |
| 8 | Bedřiška Müllerová | Czechoslovakia | 2:13.6 | |
| 9 | Anna Bácskai | Hungary | 2:14.6 |
Heats
25 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nina Otkalenko | Soviet Union | 2:09.9 | Q |
| 2 | Anne Oliver | Great Britain | 2:11.8 | Q |
| 3 | Bedřiška Müllerová | Czechoslovakia | 2:11.8 | NR Q |
| 4 | Ágnes Oros | Hungary | 2:11.8 | |
| 5 | Inga Nyqvist | Finland | 2:17.2 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aranka Kazi | Hungary | 2:11.8 | Q |
| 2 | Bożena Pestka | Poland | 2:12.0 | NR Q |
| 3 | Valerie Winn | Great Britain | 2:12.4 | Q |
| 4 | Nina Cernoscek | Soviet Union | 2:12.7 | |
| 5 | Marianne Weiss | West Germany | 2:15.6 | NR |
| 6 | Odile Monguillon | France | 2:17.3 | |
| 7 | Maria Kessels | Belgium | 2:33.7 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyudmila Lysenko | Soviet Union | 2:08.8 | CR Q |
| 2 | Diane Leather | Great Britain | 2:08.9 | Q |
| 3 | Anna Bácskai | Hungary | 2:12.5 | Q |
| 4 | Claude Laurent | France | 2:14.7 | |
| 5 | Loredana Simonetti | Italy | 2:16.5 | NR |
| 6 | Isolde Beichler | West Germany | 2:17.6 | |
| 7 | Ludmila Dunst | Austria | 2:24.7 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
- Austria (1)
- Belgium (1)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Finland (1)
- France (2)
- Hungary (3)
- Italy (1)
- Poland (1)
- Soviet Union (3)
- Great Britain (3)
- West Germany (2)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014