1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

Event:	Women's 800 metres
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

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.

Medalists

Gold	Nina Otkalenko
Silver	Diane Leather
Bronze	Lyudmila Lysenko

Results

Final

27 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		2:08.8	CR
	align=left		align=left		2:09.8
	align=left		align=left		2:11.2
4	align=left		align=left		2:11.9
5	align=left		align=left		2:12.6
6	align=left	Valerie Winn	align=left		2:13.3
7	align=left		align=left		2:13.3
8	align=left		align=left		2:13.6
9	align=left		align=left		2:14.6

Heats

25 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:09.9	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:11.8	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:11.8	NR Q
4	align=left		align=left		2:11.8
5	align=left		align=left		2:17.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:11.8	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:12.0	NR Q
3	align=left	Valerie Winn	align=left		2:12.4	Q
4	align=left		align=left		2:12.7
5	align=left		align=left		2:15.6	NR
6	align=left		align=left		2:17.3
7	align=left		align=left		2:33.7

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:08.8	CR Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:08.9	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:12.5	Q
4	align=left		align=left		2:14.7
5	align=left		align=left		2:16.5
6	align=left		align=left		2:17.6
7	align=left		align=left		2:24.7

Participation

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

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