| Women's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships |
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The women's 800 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 22 and 24 August 1958.
Medalists
| Gold | Yelizaveta Yermolayeva Soviet Union
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| Silver | Diane Leather Great Britain
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| Bronze | Dzidra Levicka Soviet Union
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Results
Final
24 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Yelizaveta Yermolayeva | Soviet Union |
2:06.3 | CR |
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Diane Leather | Great Britain |
2:06.6 | |
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Dzidra Levicka | Soviet Union |
2:06.6 | |
| 4 | Ariane Döser |  West Germany |
2:08.2 | |
| 5 | Vera Mukhanova | Soviet Union |
2:08.4 | |
| 6 | Edith Schiller | West Germany |
2:10.2 | |
| 7 | Beata Żbikowska |  Poland |
2:11.0 | |
| 8 | Betty Loakes | Great Britain |
2:11.4 | |
| 9 | Joy Jordan | Great Britain |
2:11.6 |
Heats
22 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yelizaveta Yermolayeva | Soviet Union |
2:10.1 | Q |
| 2 | Joy Jordan | Great Britain |
2:10.5 | Q |
| 3 | Ariane Döser | West Germany |
2:10.7 | Q |
| 4 | Krystyna Nowakowska | Poland |
2:10.7 | |
| 5 | Eila Helin |  Finland |
2:11.9 | |
| 6 | Jytte Kort |  Denmark |
2:16.4 | |
| 7 | Maria Kessels |  Belgium |
2:38.5 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diane Leather | Great Britain |
2:09.8 | Q |
| 2 | Dzidra Levicka | Soviet Union |
2:10.0 | Q |
| 3 | Beata Żbikowska | Poland |
2:10.2 | Q |
| 4 | Margrete Buscher | West Germany |
2:11.3 | |
| 5 | Nicole Goullieux |  France |
2:11.7 | |
| 6 | Milica Rajkov |  Yugoslavia |
2:13.3 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betty Loakes | Great Britain |
2:10.6 | Q |
| 2 | Vera Mukhanova | Soviet Union |
2:10.6 | Q |
| 3 | Edith Schiller | West Germany |
2:10.8 | Q |
| 4 | Gül Çıray |  Turkey |
2:11.6 | NR |
| 5 | Aranka Kazi |  Hungary |
2:12.1 | |
| 6 | Saara Vilén | Finland |
2:15.1 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (1)
- Denmark (1)
- Finland (2)
- France (1)
- Hungary (1)
- Poland (2)
- Soviet Union (3)
- Turkey (1)
- Great Britain (3)
- West Germany (3)
- Yugoslavia (1)
References
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 384–390, retrieved 13 August 2014
| 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships | |
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| Men | |
| Women | |
| European Athletics Championships champions in women's 800 metres | |
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