1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

Events at the
1974 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 800 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Roma, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974.[1]

Medalists

Gold Lilyana Todorova
 Bulgaria
Silver Gunhild Hoffmeister
 East Germany
Bronze Mariana Suman
 Romania

Results

Final

4 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Lilyana Todorova  Bulgaria 1:58.14 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany 1:58.81 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Mariana Suman  Romania 1:59.84
4 Marie-Françoise Dubois  France 1:59.94 NR
5 Valentina Gerasimova  Soviet Union 2:00.10
6 Nina Morgunova  Soviet Union 2:00.76
7 Elżbieta Katolik  Poland 2:01.37
8 Gisela Ellenberger  West Germany 2:01.48

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mariana Suman  Romania 2:00.2 Q
2 Marie-Françoise Dubois  France 2:00.3 NR Q
3 Valentina Gerasimova  Soviet Union 2:00.8 Q
4 Gisela Ellenberger  West Germany 2:01.5 Q
5 Waltraud Pöhland  East Germany 2:01.9
6 Mary Purcell  Ireland 2:04.0
7 Nikolina Shtereva  Bulgaria 2:04.1
8 Rosemary Wright  United Kingdom 2:04.9

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany 2:03.0 Q
2 Elżbieta Katolik  Poland 2:03.1 Q
3 Lilyana Todorova  Bulgaria 2:03.3 Q
4 Nina Morgunova  Soviet Union 2:03.6 Q
5 Anne-Marie Van Nuffel  Belgium 2:04.1
6 Lesley Kiernan  United Kingdom 2:05.4
7 Nijolė Sabaitė  Soviet Union DNS
8 Gunilla Lindh  Sweden DNS

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marie-Françoise Dubois  France 2:01.2 Q
2 Elżbieta Katolik  Poland 2:01.4 Q
3 Mariana Suman  Romania 2:01.5 Q
4 Nina Morgunova  Soviet Union 2:01.7 Q
5 Mary Purcell  Ireland 2:02.8 q
6 Birgitte Jennes  Denmark 2:09.2

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany 2:02.6 Q
2 Gisela Ellenberger  West Germany 2:02.7 Q
3 Nijolė Sabaitė  Soviet Union 2:02.9 Q
4 Nikolina Shtereva  Bulgaria 2:03.2 Q
5 Anne-Marie Van Nuffel  Belgium 2:03.6 q
6 Rosemary Wright  United Kingdom 2:03.9 q

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lilyana Todorova  Bulgaria 2:02.1 Q
2 Valentina Gerasimova  Soviet Union 2:02.2 Q
3 Waltraud Pöhland  East Germany 2:02.3 Q
4 Gunilla Lindh  Sweden 2:02.3 NR Q
5 Lesley Kiernan  United Kingdom 2:02.8 q
6 Jolanta Januchta  Poland 2:04.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014
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