1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

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The women's 800 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 18 September 1969.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Lillian Board
 Great Britain
Silver Annelise Damm Olesen
 Denmark
Bronze Vera Nikolić
 Yugoslavia

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

18 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lillian Board  Great Britain 2:01.50 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annelise Damm Olesen  Denmark 2:02.6 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 2:02.6
4 Barbara Wieck  East Germany 2:02.7
5 Ileana Silai  Romania 2:03.0
6 Patricia Lowe  Great Britain 2:03.4
7 Anne-Marie Nenzell  Sweden 2:05.2
8 Ilja Keizer  Netherlands 2:05.2

Heats[edit]

16 September

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ileana Silai  Romania 2:05.0 Q
2 Anne-Marie Nenzell  Sweden 2:06.0 Q
3 Gertrud Schmidt  East Germany 2:06.0
4 Zofia Kołakowska  Poland 2:07.1
5 Britt Ramstad  Norway 2:07.4
6 Neşe Karatepe  Turkey 2:18.8

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vera Nikolić  Yugoslavia 2:04.2 Q
2 Patricia Lowe  Great Britain 2:05.9 Q
3 Milda Kade  Soviet Union 2:06.7
4 Maryvonne Dupureur  France 2:09.6
5 María Budavári  Hungary 2:10.7

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lillian Board  Great Britain 2:04.2 Q
2 Annelise Damm Olesen  Denmark 2:04.5 NR Q
3 Ilja Keizer  Netherlands 2:04.8 q
4 Barbara Wieck  East Germany 2:05.4 q

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014