1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres at the 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 Yugoslavia
Silver	Zsuzsa Szabó Hungary
Bronze	Antje Gleichfeld West Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	2:02.8	=CR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Zsuzsa Szabó	Hungary	2:03.1	NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Antje Gleichfeld	West Germany	2:03.7	NR
4	Pam Piercy	Great Britain	2:04.1
5	Alla Krivoshchekova	Soviet Union	2:04.2
6	Vera Mukhanova	Soviet Union	2:04.8
7	Ilja Laman	Netherlands	2:05.2
8	Waltraud Pöhlitz	East Germany	2:12.1

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	2:04.2	Q
2	Antje Gleichfeld	West Germany	2:04.9	Q
3	Zsuzsa Szabó	Hungary	2:05.2	Q
4	Vera Mukhanova	Soviet Union	2:05.5	Q
5	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:08.0
6	Karin Kessler	West Germany	2:08.0
7	Patricia Lowe	Great Britain	2:08.4
	Regina Kleinau	East Germany	DQ

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Waltraud Pöhlitz	East Germany	2:05.1	Q
2	Alla Krivoshchekova	Soviet Union	2:05.1	Q
3	Ilja Laman	Netherlands	2:05.4	Q
4	Pam Piercy	Great Britain	2:05.5	Q
5	Sára Szenteleki	Hungary	2:05.8
6	Anita Wörner	West Germany	2:05.9
7	Tamara Babincheva	Soviet Union	2:06.3
8	Paola Pigni	Italy	2:09.2

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	2:08.5	Q
2	Waltraud Pöhlitz	East Germany	2:08.9	Q
3	Anita Wörner	West Germany	2:09.0	Q
4	Patricia Lowe	Great Britain	2:09.4	Q
5	Zofia Kaliszczuk	Poland	2:10.3
6	Britt Ramstad	Norway	2:10.4	NR
7	Florentina Stancu	Romania	2:11.9

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ilja Laman	Netherlands	2:08.8	Q
2	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:08.8	Q
3	Karin Kessler	West Germany	2:09.2	Q
4	Tamara Babincheva	Soviet Union	2:09.5	Q
5	Teresa Jędrak	Poland	2:09.9
6	Jette Andersen	Denmark	2:10.0
7	Katalin Nagy	Hungary	2:10.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antje Gleichfeld	West Germany	2:05.5	Q
2	Alla Krivoshchekova	Soviet Union	2:05.6	Q
3	Sára Szenteleki	Hungary	2:05.6	Q
4	Regina Kleinau	East Germany	2:05.8	Q
5	Danuta Wierzbowska	Poland	2:06.1
6	Marie Ingrova	Czechoslovakia	2:07.5	NR
7	Elisabeta Baciu	Romania	2:09.2

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zsuzsa Szabó	Hungary	2:06.9	Q
2	Pam Piercy	Great Britain	2:07.2	Q
3	Vera Mukhanova	Soviet Union	2:07.3	Q
4	Paola Pigni	Italy	2:07.5	Q
5	Dobroslava Žáková	Czechoslovakia	2:09.5
6	Francine Peyskens	Belgium	2:12.8	NR
7	Maeve Kyle	Ireland	2:13.2
8	Adile Dani	Albania	2:13.2	NR

Participation

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

• Albania (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (2)
• Hungary (3)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (3)
• Romania (3)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (3)
• Yugoslavia (1)