1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

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

The women's 800 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 September 1966.

Medalists

Gold	Vera Nikolić
Silver	Zsuzsa Szabó
Bronze	Antje Gleichfeld

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		2:02.8	=CR, NR
	align=left		align=left		2:03.1	NR
	align=left		align=left		2:03.7	NR
4	align=left		align=left		2:04.1
5	align=left		align=left		2:04.2
6	align=left		align=left		2:04.8
7	align=left		align=left		2:05.2
8	align=left		align=left		2:12.1

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:04.2	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:04.9	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:05.2	Q
4	align=left		align=left		2:05.5	Q
5	align=left		align=left		2:08.0
6	align=left		align=left		2:08.0
7	align=left		align=left		2:08.4
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:05.1	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:05.1	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:05.4	Q
4	align=left		align=left		2:05.5	Q
5	align=left		align=left		2:05.8
6	align=left		align=left		2:05.9
7	align=left		align=left		2:06.3
8	align=left		align=left		2:09.2

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:08.5	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:08.9	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:09.0	Q
4	align=left		align=left		2:09.4	Q
5	align=left		align=left		2:10.3
6	align=left		align=left		2:10.4	NR
7	align=left		align=left		2:11.9

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:08.8	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:08.8	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:09.2	Q
4	align=left		align=left		2:09.5	Q
5	align=left		align=left		2:09.9
6	align=left		align=left		2:10.0
7	align=left		align=left		2:10.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:05.5	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:05.6	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:05.6	Q
4	align=left		align=left		2:05.8	Q
5	align=left		align=left		2:06.1
6	align=left		align=left		2:07.5	NR
7	align=left		align=left		2:09.2

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:06.9	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:07.2	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:07.3	Q
4	align=left		align=left		2:07.5	Q
5	align=left		align=left		2:09.5
6	align=left		align=left		2:12.8	NR
7	align=left		align=left		2:13.2
8	align=left		align=left		2:13.2	NR

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

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