1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 September 1966.

Women's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Vera Nikolić Yugoslavia
Silver	Zsuzsa Szabó Hungary
Bronze	Antje Gleichfeld West Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	2:02.8	=CR, NR
	Zsuzsa Szabó	Hungary	2:03.1	NR
	Antje Gleichfeld	West Germany	2:03.7	NR
4	Pam Piercy	Great Britain	2:04.1
5	Alla Krivoshchekova	Soviet Union	2:04.2
6	Vera Mukhanova	Soviet Union	2:04.8
7	Ilja Laman	Netherlands	2:05.2
8	Waltraud Pöhlitz	East Germany	2:12.1

Semi-finals

3 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	2:04.2	Q
2	Antje Gleichfeld	West Germany	2:04.9	Q
3	Zsuzsa Szabó	Hungary	2:05.2	Q
4	Vera Mukhanova	Soviet Union	2:05.5	Q
5	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:08.0
6	Karin Kessler	West Germany	2:08.0
7	Patricia Lowe	Great Britain	2:08.4
	Regina Kleinau	East Germany	DQ

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Waltraud Pöhlitz	East Germany	2:05.1	Q
2	Alla Krivoshchekova	Soviet Union	2:05.1	Q
3	Ilja Laman	Netherlands	2:05.4	Q
4	Pam Piercy	Great Britain	2:05.5	Q
5	Sára Szenteleki	Hungary	2:05.8
6	Anita Wörner	West Germany	2:05.9
7	Tamara Babincheva	Soviet Union	2:06.3
8	Paola Pigni	Italy	2:09.2

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	2:08.5	Q
2	Waltraud Pöhlitz	East Germany	2:08.9	Q
3	Anita Wörner	West Germany	2:09.0	Q
4	Patricia Lowe	Great Britain	2:09.4	Q
5	Zofia Kaliszczuk	Poland	2:10.3
6	Britt Ramstad	Norway	2:10.4	NR
7	Florentina Stancu	Romania	2:11.9

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ilja Laman	Netherlands	2:08.8	Q
2	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:08.8	Q
3	Karin Kessler	West Germany	2:09.2	Q
4	Tamara Babincheva	Soviet Union	2:09.5	Q
5	Teresa Jędrak	Poland	2:09.9
6	Jette Andersen	Denmark	2:10.0
7	Katalin Nagy	Hungary	2:10.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antje Gleichfeld	West Germany	2:05.5	Q
2	Alla Krivoshchekova	Soviet Union	2:05.6	Q
3	Sára Szenteleki	Hungary	2:05.6	Q
4	Regina Kleinau	East Germany	2:05.8	Q
5	Danuta Wierzbowska	Poland	2:06.1
6	Marie Ingrova	Czechoslovakia	2:07.5	NR
7	Elisabeta Baciu	Romania	2:09.2

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zsuzsa Szabó	Hungary	2:06.9	Q
2	Pam Piercy	Great Britain	2:07.2	Q
3	Vera Mukhanova	Soviet Union	2:07.3	Q
4	Paola Pigni	Italy	2:07.5	Q
5	Dobroslava Žáková	Czechoslovakia	2:09.5
6	Francine Peyskens	Belgium	2:12.8	NR
7	Maeve Kyle	Ireland	2:13.2
8	Adile Dani	Albania	2:13.2	NR

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (2)
• Hungary (3)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (3)
• Romania (3)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (3)
• Yugoslavia (1)