1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

None Women's 800 metres European Athletics Championships 1971 1978 The women's 800 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2, 3, and 4 September 1974. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 420–427 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Lilyana Todorova BUL 1971Silver Gunhild Hoffmeister GDRBronze Mariana Suman ROU 1965 Results Final 4 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Lilyana Todorova BUL 1971 1:58.14 CR Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR 1:58.81 NR Mariana Suman ROU 1965 1:59.84 4 Marie-Françoise Dubois FRA 1:59.94 NR 5 Valentina Gerasimova URS 1955 2:00.10 6 Nina Morgunova URS 1955 2:00.76 7 Elżbieta Katolik POL 2:01.37 8 Gisela Ellenberger FRG 2:01.48 Semi-finals 3 September Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mariana Suman ROU 1965 2:00.2 Q 2 Marie-Françoise Dubois FRA 2:00.3 NR Q 3 Valentina Gerasimova URS 1955 2:00.8 Q 4 Gisela Ellenberger FRG 2:01.5 Q 5 Waltraud Pöhland GDR 2:01.9 6 Mary Purcell IRL 2:04.0 7 Nikolina Shtereva BUL 1971 2:04.1 8 Rosemary Wright GBR 2:04.9 Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR 2:03.0 Q 2 Elżbieta Katolik POL 2:03.1 Q 3 Lilyana Todorova BUL 1971 2:03.3 Q 4 Nina Morgunova URS 1955 2:03.6 Q 5 Anne-Marie Van Nuffel BEL 2:04.1 6 Lesley Kiernan GBR 2:05.4 7 Nijolė Sabaitė URS 1955 DNS 8 Gunilla Lindh SWE DNS Heats 2 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marie-Françoise Dubois FRA 2:01.2 Q 2 Elżbieta Katolik POL 2:01.4 Q 3 Mariana Suman ROU 1965 2:01.5 Q 4 Nina Morgunova URS 1955 2:01.7 Q 5 Mary Purcell IRL 2:02.8 q 6 Birgitte Jennes DEN 2:09.2 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gunhild Hoffmeister GDR 2:02.6 Q 2 Gisela Ellenberger FRG 2:02.7 Q 3 Nijolė Sabaitė URS 1955 2:02.9 Q 4 Nikolina Shtereva BUL 1971 2:03.2 Q 5 Anne-Marie Van Nuffel BEL 2:03.6 q 6 Rosemary Wright GBR 2:03.9 q Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lilyana Todorova BUL 1971 2:02.1 Q 2 Valentina Gerasimova URS 1955 2:02.2 Q 3 Waltraud Pöhland GDR 2:02.3 Q 4 Gunilla Lindh SWE 2:02.3 NR Q 5 Lesley Kiernan GBR 2:02.8 q 6 Jolanta Januchta POL 2:04.7 Participation According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (1) BUL 1971 (2) DEN (1) GDR (2) FRA (1) IRL (1) POL (2) ROU 1965 (1) URS 1955 (3) SWE (1) GBR (2) FRG (1) References Category:800 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 1974 European Athletics Championships