1962 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

Events at the
1962 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 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
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 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 15 and 16 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Gold Gerda Kraan
 Netherlands
Silver Waltraud Kaufmann
 East Germany
Bronze Olga Kazi
 Hungary

Results

Final

16 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Gerda Kraan  Netherlands 2:02.8 AR
2nd Waltraud Kaufmann  East Germany 2:05.0 NR
3rd Olga Kazi  Hungary 2:05.0 NR
4 Joy Jordan  United Kingdom 2:05.0 NR
5 Krystyna Nowakowska  Poland 2:05.8 NR
6 Vera Mukhanova  Soviet Union 2:07.2

Heats

15 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Gerda Kraan  Netherlands 2:06.3 CR Q
2 Vera Mukhanova  Soviet Union 2:08.3 Q
3 Phyllis Perkins  United Kingdom 2:08.4
4 Ilse Schönemann  East Germany 2:09.4
5 Gizella Sasvári  Hungary 2:11.1
6 Maeve Kyle  Ireland 2:13.0 NR
7 Elisabeta Teodorof  Romania 2:13.6

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Joy Jordan  United Kingdom 2:07.4 Q
2 Waltraud Kaufmann  East Germany 2:07.7 Q
3 Lyudmila Lysenko  Soviet Union 2:08.4
4 Florica Grecescu  Romania 2:08.8
5 Milica Rajkov  Yugoslavia 2:16.5

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Olga Kazi  Hungary 2:08.1 Q
2 Krystyna Nowakowska  Poland 2:08.1 Q
3 Tamara Dmitriyeva  Soviet Union 2:08.9
4 Anita Wörner  West Germany 2:09.5
5 Madeline Ibbotson  United Kingdom 2:09.7
6 Jannie van Eyck-Voss  Netherlands 2:11.3
7 Gilda Jannacone  Italy 2:13.6

Participation

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

References

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