1958 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

Events at the
1958 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 800 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 22 and 24 August 1958.[1]

Medalists

Gold Yelizaveta Yermolayeva
 Soviet Union
Silver Diane Leather
 United Kingdom
Bronze Dzidra Levicka
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

24 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Yelizaveta Yermolayeva  Soviet Union 2:06.3 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Diane Leather  United Kingdom 2:06.6
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Dzidra Levicka  Soviet Union 2:06.6
4 Ariane Döser  West Germany 2:08.2
5 Vera Mukhanova  Soviet Union 2:08.4
6 Edith Schiller  West Germany 2:10.2
7 Beata Żbikowska  Poland 2:11.0
8 Betty Loakes  United Kingdom 2:11.4
9 Joy Jordan  United Kingdom 2:11.6

Heats

22 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yelizaveta Yermolayeva  Soviet Union 2:10.1 Q
2 Joy Jordan  United Kingdom 2:10.5 Q
3 Ariane Döser  West Germany 2:10.7 Q
4 Krystyna Nowakowska  Poland 2:10.7
5 Eila Helin  Finland 2:11.9
6 Jytte Kort  Denmark 2:16.4
7 Maria Kessels  Belgium 2:38.5

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Diane Leather  United Kingdom 2:09.8 Q
2 Dzidra Levicka  Soviet Union 2:10.0 Q
3 Beata Żbikowska  Poland 2:10.2 Q
4 Margrete Buscher  West Germany 2:11.3
5 Nicole Goullieux  France 2:11.7
6 Milica Rajkov  Yugoslavia 2:13.3

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Betty Loakes  United Kingdom 2:10.6 Q
2 Vera Mukhanova  Soviet Union 2:10.6 Q
3 Edith Schiller  West Germany 2:10.8 Q
4 Gül Çıray  Turkey 2:11.6 NR
5 Aranka Kazi  Hungary 2:12.1
6 Saara Vilén  Finland 2:15.1

Participation

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

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014
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