Final 14:40 | time | | | 1. Yelizaveta Yermolayeva | URS | 2:06.3 | CR | 2. Diane Leather | GBR | 2:06.6 | | 3. Dzidra Levicka | URS | 2:06.6 | | 4. Ariane Döser | FRG | 2:08.2 | | 5. Vera Mukhanova | URS | 2:08.4 | | 6. Edith Schiller | FRG | 2:10.2 | | 7. Beata Żbikowska | POL | 2:11.0 | | 8. Betty Loakes | GBR | 2:11.4 | | 9. Joyce Jordan | GBR | 2:11.6 | |
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History Women 800m | World and European Record: Otkalenko (URS) 2:05 | Championship Record: Otkalenko (URS) 2:08.8 - 1954 |
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Heats - Friday 22.08 15:40 | First 3 to Final |
Heat 1 | time | | 1. Yelizaveta Yermolayeva | URS | 2:10.1 | Q | 2. Joyce Jordan | GBR | 2:10.5 | Q | 3. Ariane Döser | FRG | 2:10.7 | Q | 4. Krystyna Nowakowska | POL | 2:10.7 | | 5. Eila Helin | FIN | 2:11.9 | | 6. Jytte Kort | DEN | 2:16.4 | | 7. Maria Kessels | BEL | 2:38.5 | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Diane Leather | GBR | 2:09.8 | Q | 2. Dzidra Levicka | URS | 2:10.0 | Q | 3. Beata Żbikowska | POL | 2:10.2 | Q | 4. Margrete Buscher | FRG | 2:11.3 | | 5. Nicole Goullieux | FRA | 2:11.7 | | 6. Milica Rajkov | YUG | 2:13.3 | |
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Heat 3 | time | | 1. Betty Loakes | GBR | 2:10.6 | Q | 2. Vera Mukhanova | URS | 2:10.6 | Q | 3. Edith Schiller | FRG | 2:10.8 | Q | 4. Gül Çıray | TUR | 2:11.6 | NR | 5. Aranka Kazi | HUN | 2:12.1 | | 6. Saara Vilén | FIN | 2:15.1 | | -. Dumitrescu | ROU | DNS | |
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