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1962 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

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Women's 800 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The women's 800 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 15 and 16 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

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

Results

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Final

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16 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gerda Kraan  Netherlands 2:02.8 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Waltraud Kaufmann  East Germany 2:05.0 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Olga Kazi  Hungary 2:05.0 NR
4 Joy Jordan  Great Britain 2:05.0 NR
5 Krystyna Nowakowska  Poland 2:05.8 NR
6 Vera Mukhanova  Soviet Union 2:07.2

Heats

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15 September

Heat 1

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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  Great Britain 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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Joy Jordan  Great Britain 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

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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  Great Britain 2:09.7
6 Jannie van Eyck-Vos  Netherlands 2:11.3
7 Gilda Jannacone  Italy 2:13.6

Participation

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

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014