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
| Gold | Nina Otkalenko Soviet Union
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| Silver | Diane Leather United Kingdom
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| Bronze | Lyudmila Lysenko Soviet Union
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Results
Final
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 | United Kingdom |
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 | United Kingdom |
2:13.3 | |
| 7 | Anne Oliver | United Kingdom |
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 | United Kingdom |
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 | United Kingdom |
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 | United Kingdom |
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.
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References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014