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 Silver Gunhild Hoffmeister Bronze Mariana Suman
Results
Final 4 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Lilyana Todorova 1:58.14 CR Gunhild Hoffmeister 1:58.81 NR Mariana Suman 1:59.84 4 Marie-Françoise Dubois 1:59.94 NR 5 Valentina Gerasimova 2:00.10 6 Nina Morgunova 2:00.76 7 Elżbieta Katolik 2:01.37 8 Gisela Ellenberger 2:01.48
Semi-finals 3 September
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mariana Suman 2:00.2 Q 2 Marie-Françoise Dubois 2:00.3 NR Q 3 Valentina Gerasimova 2:00.8 Q 4 Gisela Ellenberger 2:01.5 Q 5 Waltraud Pöhland 2:01.9 6 Mary Purcell 2:04.0 7 Nikolina Shtereva 2:04.1 8 Rosemary Wright 2:04.9
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gunhild Hoffmeister 2:03.0 Q 2 Elżbieta Katolik 2:03.1 Q 3 Lilyana Todorova 2:03.3 Q 4 Nina Morgunova 2:03.6 Q 5 Anne-Marie Van Nuffel 2:04.1 6 Lesley Kiernan 2:05.4 Nijolė Sabaitė DNS Gunilla Lindh DNS
Heats 2 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marie-Françoise Dubois 2:01.2 Q 2 Elżbieta Katolik 2:01.4 Q 3 Mariana Suman 2:01.5 Q 4 Nina Morgunova 2:01.7 Q 5 Mary Purcell 2:02.8 q 6 Birgitte Jennes 2:09.2
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gunhild Hoffmeister 2:02.6 Q 2 Gisela Ellenberger 2:02.7 Q 3 Nijolė Sabaitė 2:02.9 Q 4 Nikolina Shtereva 2:03.2 Q 5 Anne-Marie Van Nuffel 2:03.6 q 6 Rosemary Wright 2:03.9 q
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lilyana Todorova 2:02.1 Q 2 Valentina Gerasimova 2:02.2 Q 3 Waltraud Pöhland 2:02.3 Q 4 Gunilla Lindh 2:02.3 NR Q 5 Lesley Kiernan 2:02.8 q 6 Jolanta Januchta 2:04.7
Participation According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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