1958 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

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

The women's 800 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 22 and 24 August 1958.

Medalists

Gold	Yelizaveta Yermolayeva
Silver	Diane Leather
Bronze	Dzidra Levicka

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		2:06.3	CR
	align=left		align=left		2:06.6
	align=left		align=left		2:06.6
4	align=left		align=left		2:08.2
5	align=left		align=left		2:08.4
6	align=left		align=left		2:10.2
7	align=left		align=left		2:11.0
8	align=left		align=left		2:11.4
9	align=left		align=left		2:11.6

Heats

22 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:10.1	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:10.5	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:10.7	Q
4	align=left		align=left		2:10.7
5	align=left		align=left		2:11.9
6	align=left		align=left		2:16.4
7	align=left		align=left		2:38.5

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:09.8	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:10.0	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:10.2	Q
4	align=left		align=left		2:11.3
5	align=left		align=left		2:11.7
6	align=left		align=left		2:13.3

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:10.6	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:10.6	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:10.8	Q
4	align=left		align=left		2:11.6	NR
5	align=left		align=left		2:12.1
6	align=left		align=left		2:15.1

Participation

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

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