1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

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]

Women's 800 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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

Results

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Final

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4 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Vera Nikolić   Yugoslavia 2:02.8 =CR, NR
  Zsuzsa Szabó   Hungary 2:03.1 NR
  Antje Gleichfeld   West Germany 2:03.7 NR
4 Pam Piercy   Great Britain 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

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3 September

Semi-final 1

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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   Great Britain 2:08.4
Regina Kleinau   East Germany DQ

Semi-final 2

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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   Great Britain 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

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2 September

Heat 1

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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   Great Britain 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

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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

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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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Zsuzsa Szabó   Hungary 2:06.9 Q
2 Pam Piercy   Great Britain 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

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

References

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