1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

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Women's 800 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

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]

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Medalists

Gold Nina Otkalenko
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Silver Diane Leather
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze Lyudmila Lysenko
Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union

Results

Final

27 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Nina Otkalenko Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 2:08.8CR
Silver medal icon.svg Diane Leather Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:09.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Lyudmila Lysenko Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 2:11.2
4 Aranka Kazi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 2:11.9
5 Bożena Pestka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:12.6
6Valerie WinnFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:13.3
7 Anne Oliver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:13.3
8 Bedřiška Müllerová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:13.6
9 Anna Bácskai Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 2:14.6

Heats

25 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Nina Otkalenko Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 2:09.9Q
2 Anne Oliver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:11.8Q
3 Bedřiška Müllerová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:11.8NR Q
4 Ágnes Oros Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 2:11.8
5 Inga Nyqvist Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:17.2

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Aranka Kazi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 2:11.8Q
2 Bożena Pestka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:12.0NR Q
3Valerie WinnFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:12.4Q
4 Nina Cernoscek Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 2:12.7
5 Marianne Weiss Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:15.6NR
6 Odile Monguillon Flag of France.svg  France 2:17.3
7 Maria Kessels Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:33.7

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Lyudmila Lysenko Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 2:08.8CR Q
2 Diane Leather Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:08.9Q
3 Anna Bácskai Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 2:12.5Q
4 Claude Laurent Flag of France.svg  France 2:14.7
5 Loredana Simonetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:16.5 NR
6 Isolde Beichler Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:17.6
7 Ludmila Dunst Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:24.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014