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
Silver	Diane Leather Great Britain
Bronze	Lyudmila Lysenko Soviet Union

27 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nina Otkalenko	Soviet Union	2:08.8	CR
	Diane Leather	Great Britain	2:09.8
	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

25 August

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

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

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

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

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