1958 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 22 and 24 August 1958.

Women's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Yelizaveta Yermolayeva Soviet Union
Silver	Diane Leather Great Britain
Bronze	Dzidra Levicka Soviet Union

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yelizaveta Yermolayeva	Soviet Union	2:06.3	CR
	Diane Leather	Great Britain	2:06.6
	Dzidra Levicka	Soviet Union	2:06.6
4	Ariane Döser	West Germany	2:08.2
5	Vera Mukhanova	Soviet Union	2:08.4
6	Edith Schiller	West Germany	2:10.2
7	Beata Żbikowska	Poland	2:11.0
8	Betty Loakes	Great Britain	2:11.4
9	Joy Jordan	Great Britain	2:11.6

Heats

22 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yelizaveta Yermolayeva	Soviet Union	2:10.1	Q
2	Joy Jordan	Great Britain	2:10.5	Q
3	Ariane Döser	West Germany	2:10.7	Q
4	Krystyna Nowakowska	Poland	2:10.7
5	Eila Helin	Finland	2:11.9
6	Jytte Kort	Denmark	2:16.4
7	Maria Kessels	Belgium	2:38.5

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Diane Leather	Great Britain	2:09.8	Q
2	Dzidra Levicka	Soviet Union	2:10.0	Q
3	Beata Żbikowska	Poland	2:10.2	Q
4	Margrete Buscher	West Germany	2:11.3
5	Nicole Goullieux	France	2:11.7
6	Milica Rajkov	Yugoslavia	2:13.3

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Betty Loakes	Great Britain	2:10.6	Q
2	Vera Mukhanova	Soviet Union	2:10.6	Q
3	Edith Schiller	West Germany	2:10.8	Q
4	Gül Çıray	Turkey	2:11.6	NR
5	Aranka Kazi	Hungary	2:12.1
6	Saara Vilén	Finland	2:15.1

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Denmark (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Poland (2)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Turkey (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (3)
• Yugoslavia (1)