1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 and 18 September 1969.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Lillian Board   Great Britain
Silver	Annelise Damm Olesen   Denmark
Bronze	Vera Nikolić   Yugoslavia

Results

Final

18 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lillian Board	Great Britain	2:01.50	CR
	Annelise Damm Olesen	Denmark	2:02.6	NR
	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	2:02.6
4	Barbara Wieck	East Germany	2:02.7
5	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:03.0
6	Patricia Lowe	Great Britain	2:03.4
7	Anne-Marie Nenzell	Sweden	2:05.2
8	Ilja Keizer	Netherlands	2:05.2

Heats

16 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ileana Silai	Romania	2:05.0	Q
2	Anne-Marie Nenzell	Sweden	2:06.0	Q
3	Gertrud Schmidt	East Germany	2:06.0
4	Zofia Kołakowska	Poland	2:07.1
5	Britt Ramstad	Norway	2:07.4
6	Neşe Karatepe	Turkey	2:18.8

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vera Nikolić	Yugoslavia	2:04.2	Q
2	Patricia Lowe	Great Britain	2:05.9	Q
3	Milda Kade	Soviet Union	2:06.7
4	Maryvonne Dupureur	France	2:09.6
5	María Budavári	Hungary	2:10.7

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lillian Board	Great Britain	2:04.2	Q
2	Annelise Damm Olesen	Denmark	2:04.5	NR Q
3	Ilja Keizer	Netherlands	2:04.8	q
4	Barbara Wieck	East Germany	2:05.4	q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

•   Denmark (1)
•   East Germany (2)
•   France (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Soviet Union (1)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Turkey (1)
•   Great Britain (2)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014