1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
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[edit]
| Gold | Nina Otkalenko Soviet Union
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| Silver | Diane Leather Great Britain
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| Bronze | Lyudmila Lysenko Soviet Union
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Results[edit]
Final[edit]
27 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Nina Otkalenko | Soviet Union |
2:08.8 | CR |
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Diane Leather | Great Britain |
2:09.8 | |
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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[edit]
25 August
Heat 1[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
European Athletics Championships champions in women's 800 metres | |
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