1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 and 15 March in Vienna.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Maria Sykora Austria	Lyudmila Bragina Soviet Union	Zofia Kołakowska Poland

Results

Heats

First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Hildegard Janze	West Germany	2:09.9	Q
2	1	Ilja Keizer	Netherlands	2:10.5	Q
3	1	Lyudmila Bragina	Soviet Union	2:10.7	Q
4	1	Zofia Kołakowska	Poland	2:10.9	Q
5	1	Annelise Damm Olesen	Denmark	2:14.5
1	2	Lyudmila Safronova	Soviet Union	2:12.9	Q
2	2	Maria Sykora	Austria	2:13.0	Q
3	2	María Fuentes	Spain	2:14.9	Q
4	2	Svetla Zlateva	Bulgaria	2:14.9	Q
5	2	Rosemary Stirling	Great Britain	2:16.8
6	2	Wenche Sørum	Norway	2:18.9

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maria Sykora	Austria	2:07.0
	Lyudmila Bragina	Soviet Union	2:07.5
	Zofia Kołakowska	Poland	2:07.6
4	Ilja Keizer	Netherlands	2:07.7
5	Lyudmila Safronova	Soviet Union	2:07.9
6	Svetla Zlateva	Bulgaria	2:08.6
7	María Fuentes	Spain	2:09.0
8	Hildegard Janze	West Germany	2:09.5