| Women's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships |
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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.
Medalists
| Gold | Lilyana Todorova Bulgaria
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| Silver | Gunhild Hoffmeister East Germany
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| Bronze | Mariana Suman Romania
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Results
Final
4 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Lilyana Todorova | Bulgaria |
1:58.14 | CR |
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Gunhild Hoffmeister | East Germany |
1:58.81 | NR |
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Mariana Suman | Romania |
1:59.84 | |
| 4 | Marie-Françoise Dubois |  France |
1:59.94 | NR |
| 5 | Valentina Gerasimova |  Soviet Union |
2:00.10 | |
| 6 | Nina Morgunova | Soviet Union |
2:00.76 | |
| 7 | Elżbieta Katolik |  Poland |
2:01.37 | |
| 8 | Gisela Ellenberger |  West Germany |
2:01.48 |
Semi-finals
3 September
Semi-final 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariana Suman | Romania |
2:00.2 | Q |
| 2 | Marie-Françoise Dubois | France |
2:00.3 | NR Q |
| 3 | Valentina Gerasimova | Soviet Union |
2:00.8 | Q |
| 4 | Gisela Ellenberger | West Germany |
2:01.5 | Q |
| 5 | Waltraud Pöhland | East Germany |
2:01.9 | |
| 6 | Mary Purcell |  Ireland |
2:04.0 | |
| 7 | Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria |
2:04.1 | |
| 8 | Rosemary Wright |  Great Britain |
2:04.9 |
Semi-final 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | East Germany |
2:03.0 | Q |
| 2 | Elżbieta Katolik | Poland |
2:03.1 | Q |
| 3 | Lilyana Todorova | Bulgaria |
2:03.3 | Q |
| 4 | Nina Morgunova | Soviet Union |
2:03.6 | Q |
| 5 | Anne-Marie Van Nuffel |  Belgium |
2:04.1 | |
| 6 | Lesley Kiernan | Great Britain |
2:05.4 | |
| Nijolė Sabaitė | Soviet Union |
DNS | ||
| Gunilla Lindh |  Sweden |
DNS |
Heats
2 September
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-Françoise Dubois | France |
2:01.2 | Q |
| 2 | Elżbieta Katolik | Poland |
2:01.4 | Q |
| 3 | Mariana Suman | Romania |
2:01.5 | Q |
| 4 | Nina Morgunova | Soviet Union |
2:01.7 | Q |
| 5 | Mary Purcell | Ireland |
2:02.8 | q |
| 6 | Birgitte Jennes |  Denmark |
2:09.2 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | East Germany |
2:02.6 | Q |
| 2 | Gisela Ellenberger | West Germany |
2:02.7 | Q |
| 3 | Nijolė Sabaitė | Soviet Union |
2:02.9 | Q |
| 4 | Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria |
2:03.2 | Q |
| 5 | Anne-Marie Van Nuffel | Belgium |
2:03.6 | q |
| 6 | Rosemary Wright | Great Britain |
2:03.9 | q |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lilyana Todorova | Bulgaria |
2:02.1 | Q |
| 2 | Valentina Gerasimova | Soviet Union |
2:02.2 | Q |
| 3 | Waltraud Pöhland | East Germany |
2:02.3 | Q |
| 4 | Gunilla Lindh | Sweden |
2:02.3 | NR Q |
| 5 | Lesley Kiernan | Great Britain |
2:02.8 | q |
| 6 | Jolanta Januchta | Poland |
2:04.7 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (1)
- Bulgaria (2)
- Denmark (1)
- East Germany (2)
- France (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Poland (2)
- Romania (1)
- Soviet Union (3)
- Sweden (1)
- Great Britain (2)
- West Germany (1)
References
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014
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