1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

Events at the
1966 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 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 September 1966.[1]

Medalists

Gold Vera Nikolić
 Yugoslavia
Silver Zsuzsa Szabó
 Hungary
Bronze Antje Gleichfeld
 West Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 2:02.8 =CR, NR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Zsuzsa Szabó  Hungary 2:03.1 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Antje Gleichfeld  West Germany 2:03.7 NR
4 Pam Piercy  United Kingdom 2:04.1
5 Alla Krivoshchekova  Soviet Union 2:04.2
6 Vera Mukhanova  Soviet Union 2:04.8
7 Ilja Laman  Netherlands 2:05.2
8 Waltraud Pöhlitz  East Germany 2:12.1

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 2:04.2 Q
2 Antje Gleichfeld  West Germany 2:04.9 Q
3 Zsuzsa Szabó  Hungary 2:05.2 Q
4 Vera Mukhanova  Soviet Union 2:05.5 Q
5 Ileana Silai  Romania 2:08.0
6 Karin Kessler  West Germany 2:08.0
7 Patricia Lowe  United Kingdom 2:08.4
8 Regina Kleinau  East Germany DQ

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Waltraud Pöhlitz  East Germany 2:05.1 Q
2 Alla Krivoshchekova  Soviet Union 2:05.1 Q
3 Ilja Laman  Netherlands 2:05.4 Q
4 Pam Piercy  United Kingdom 2:05.5 Q
5 Sára Szenteleki  Hungary 2:05.8
6 Anita Wörner  West Germany 2:05.9
7 Tamara Babincheva  Soviet Union 2:06.3
8 Paola Pigni  Italy 2:09.2

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 2:08.5 Q
2 Waltraud Pöhlitz  East Germany 2:08.9 Q
3 Anita Wörner  West Germany 2:09.0 Q
4 Patricia Lowe  United Kingdom 2:09.4 Q
5 Zofia Kaliszczuk  Poland 2:10.3
6 Britt Ramstad  Norway 2:10.4 NR
7 Florentina Stancu  Romania 2:11.9

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ilja Laman  Netherlands 2:08.8 Q
2 Ileana Silai  Romania 2:08.8 Q
3 Karin Kessler  West Germany 2:09.2 Q
4 Tamara Babincheva  Soviet Union 2:09.5 Q
5 Teresa Jędrak  Poland 2:09.9
6 Jette Andersen  Denmark 2:10.0
7 Katalin Nagy  Hungary 2:10.8

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Antje Gleichfeld  West Germany 2:05.5 Q
2 Alla Krivoshchekova  Soviet Union 2:05.6 Q
3 Sára Szenteleki  Hungary 2:05.6 Q
4 Regina Kleinau  East Germany 2:05.8 Q
5 Danuta Wierzbowska  Poland 2:06.1
6 Marie Ingrova  Czechoslovakia 2:07.5 NR
7 Elisabeta Baciu  Romania 2:09.2

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Zsuzsa Szabó  Hungary 2:06.9 Q
2 Pam Piercy  United Kingdom 2:07.2 Q
3 Vera Mukhanova  Soviet Union 2:07.3 Q
4 Paola Pigni  Italy 2:07.5 Q
5 Dobroslava Žáková  Czechoslovakia 2:09.5
6 Francine Peyskens  Belgium 2:12.8 NR
7 Maeve Kyle  Ireland 2:13.2
8 Adile Dani  Albania 2:13.2 NR

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 397–405, retrieved 13 August 2014
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