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

GoldNina Otkalenko
 Soviet Union
SilverDiane Leather
 Great Britain
BronzeLyudmila Lysenko
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

27 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Nina Otkalenko Soviet Union2:08.8CR
Diane Leather Great Britain2:09.8
Lyudmila Lysenko Soviet Union2:11.2
4Aranka Kazi Hungary2:11.9
5Bożena Pestka Poland2:12.6
6Valerie Winn Great Britain2:13.3
7Anne Oliver Great Britain2:13.3
8Bedřiška Müllerová Czechoslovakia2:13.6
9Anna Bácskai Hungary2:14.6

Heats

25 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Nina Otkalenko Soviet Union2:09.9Q
2Anne Oliver Great Britain2:11.8Q
3Bedřiška Müllerová Czechoslovakia2:11.8NR Q
4Ágnes Oros Hungary2:11.8
5Inga Nyqvist Finland2:17.2

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Aranka Kazi Hungary2:11.8Q
2Bożena Pestka Poland2:12.0NR Q
3Valerie Winn Great Britain2:12.4Q
4Nina Cernoscek Soviet Union2:12.7
5Marianne Weiss West Germany2:15.6NR
6Odile Monguillon France2:17.3
7Maria Kessels Belgium2:33.7

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Lyudmila Lysenko Soviet Union2:08.8CR Q
2Diane Leather Great Britain2:08.9Q
3Anna Bácskai Hungary2:12.5Q
4Claude Laurent France2:14.7
5Loredana Simonetti Italy2:16.5NR
6Isolde Beichler West Germany2:17.6
7Ludmila Dunst Austria2:24.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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