Final 17:35 | | time | | 1. Gerda Kraan | Netherlands | 2:02.8 | ER | 2. Waltraud Kaufmann | East Germany | 2:05.0 | NR | 3. Olga Kazi | Hungary | 2:05.0 | NR | 4. Joy Jordan | Great Britain | 2:05.0 | NR | 5. Krystyna Nowakowska | Poland | 2:05.8 | NR | 6. Vera Mukhanova | Soviet Union | 2:07.2 | |
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History Women 800m | World Record: Willis, Austrlia 2:01.2 | European Record: Shevzova, Soviet Union 2:04.3 | Semi-Finals |
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Semi 1 | | time | | 1. Gerda Kraan | Netherlands | 2:06.3 | CR Q | 2. Vera Mukhanova | Soviet Union | 2:08.3 | Q | 3. Phyllis Perkins | Great Britain | 2:08.4 | | 4. Ilse Schönemann | East Germany | 2:09.4 | | 5. Gizella Sasvári | Hungary | 2:11.1 | | 6. Maeve Kyle | Ireland | 2:13.0 | NR | 7. Elisabeta Teodorof | Romania | 2:13.6 | |
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Semi 2 | | time | | 1. Joy Jordan | Great Britain | 2:07.4 | Q | 2. Waltraud Kaufmann | East Germany | 2:07.7 | Q | 3. Lyudmila Lysenko | Soviet Union | 2:08.4 | | 4. Florica Grecescu | Romania | 2:08.8 | | 5. Milica Rajkov | Yugoslavia | 2:16.5 | | -. Z. Isaieva | Bulgaria | DNS | | -. B. Zbikowska | Poland | DNS | |
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Semi 3 | | time | | 1. Olga Kazi | Hungary | 2:08.1 | Q | 2. Krystyna Nowakowska | Poland | 2:08.1 | Q | 3. Tamara Dmitriyeva | Soviet Union | 2:08.9 | | 4. Anita Wörner | West Germany | 2:09.5 | | 5. Madeline Ibbotson | Great Britain | 2:09.7 | | 6. Jannie van Eyck-Voss | Netherlands | 2:11.3 | | 7. Gilda Jannacone | Italy | 2:13.6 | |
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Heats - Friday 14th September 17:25 | First 2 progress to Semi-Finals. Not enough competitors. |
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