European Athletics Championships 1974/800 m women
| 11th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Women's 800-meter run |
| city |
 Rome
|
| Stadion | Olympic Stadium |
| Participants | 18 athletes from 12 countries |
| Competition phase | September 2nd (preliminary) September 3rd (semi-finals) September 4th (final) |
| Medalists | |
 gold |
Liljana Tomowa ( BUL )
.svg){kind=small} |
 silver |
Gunhild Hoffmeister ( GDR )
 |
 bronze |
Mariana Suman ( ROM )
.svg){kind=small} |
The 800-meter run for women at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held from September 2 to 4, 1974 in the Olympic Stadium in Rome .
The Bulgarian Liljana Tomowa became European champion . Second place went to the Olympic third over 800 meters / Olympic second over 1500 meters from 1972 and Vice European Champion from 1971 over 1500 meters Gunhild Hoffmeister , who won the European Championship over 1500 meters four days later . Bronze went to the Romanian Mariana Suman.
Records
Existing records
| World record | 1: 57.5 min |
Svetla Slateva
|
Athens , Greece | August 24, 1973 |
| European record | ||||
| EM record | 2: 00.00 min |
.svg){kind=small} Vera Nikolić
|
EM Helsinki , Finland | August 12, 1971 |
Record improvement
In the final on September 4th, European champion Liljana Tomowa improved the existing championship record by 1.86 seconds to 1: 58.14 minutes.
Preliminary round
2nd September 1974
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-Françoise Dubois |
 France
|
2: 01.2 |
| 2 | Elżbieta Katolik |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
2: 01.4 |
| 3 | Mariana Suman |
Romania
|
2: 01.5 |
| 4th | Nina Morgunova |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
|
2: 01.7 |
| 5 | Mary Purcell |
 Ireland
|
2: 02.8 PB |
| 6th | Birgitte Jennes |
 Denmark
|
2: 09.2 |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunhild Hoffmeister |
GDR
|
2: 02.6 |
| 2 | Gisela Ellenberger |
 BR Germany
|
2: 02.7 |
| 3 | Nijolė Sabaitė |
Soviet Union
|
2: 02.9 SB |
| 4th | Nikolina Shtereva |
Bulgaria
|
2: 03.2 |
| 5 | Anne-Marie Van Nuffel |
 Belgium
|
2: 03.6 SB |
| 6th | Rosemary Wright |
 Great Britain
|
2: 03.9 SB |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liljana Tomowa |
Bulgaria
|
2: 02.1 |
| 2 | Valentina Gerasimova |
Soviet Union
|
2: 02.2 |
| 3 | Waltraud Pöhland |
GDR
|
2: 02.3 |
| 4th | Gunilla Lindh |
 Sweden
|
2: 02.3 NO |
| 5 | Lesley Kiernan |
Great Britain
|
2: 02.8 PB |
| 6th | Jolanta Januchta |
Poland
|
2: 04.7 PB |
Semifinals
September 3, 1974, 5:10 p.m.
In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mariana Suman |
Romania
|
2: 00.2 |
| 2 | Marie-Françoise Dubois |
France
|
2: 00.3 NO |
| 3 | Valentina Gerasimova |
Soviet Union
|
2: 00.8 |
| 4th | Gisela Ellenberger |
BR Germany
|
2: 01.5 |
| 5 | Waltraud Pöhland |
GDR
|
2: 01.9 PB |
| 6th | Mary Purcell |
Ireland
|
2: 04.0 |
| 7th | Nikolina Shtereva |
Bulgaria
|
2: 04.1 |
| 8th | Rosemary Wright |
Great Britain
|
2: 04.9 |
Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunhild Hoffmeister |
GDR
|
2: 03.0 |
| 2 | Elżbieta Katolik |
Poland
|
2: 03.1 |
| 3 | Liljana Tomowa |
Bulgaria
|
2: 03.3 |
| 4th | Nina Morgunova |
Soviet Union
|
2: 03.6 |
| 5 | Anne-Marie Van Nuffel |
Belgium
|
2: 04.1 |
| 6th | Lesley Kiernan |
Great Britain
|
2: 05.4 |
| DNS | Nijolė Sabaitė |
Soviet Union
|
|
| Gunilla Lindh |
Sweden
|
final
4th September 1974
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liljana Tomowa |
Bulgaria
|
1: 58.14 CR |
| 2 | Gunhild Hoffmeister |
GDR
|
1: 58.81 DR |
| 3 | Mariana Suman |
Romania
|
1: 59.84 SB |
| 4th | Marie-Françoise Dubois |
France
|
1: 59.94 NO |
| 5 | Valentina Gerasimova |
Soviet Union
|
2: 00.10 SB |
| 6th | Nina Morgunova |
Soviet Union
|
2: 00.76 SB |
| 7th | Elżbieta Katolik |
Poland
|
2: 01.37 SB |
| 8th | Gisela Ellenberger |
BR Germany
|
2: 01.48 SB |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Rome 1974 from european-athletics.org, accessed July 21, 2019
- Women 800m European Championship 1974 Rome on todor66.com, accessed July 21, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1974 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed July 21, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 800m European Championship 1974 Rome, p. 425 (PDF, 13.363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on July 21, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1974, 800 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on July 21, 2019
- 11th European Athletics Championships 1974 in Rome, Italy from ifosta.de, accessed on July 21, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 800m women , accessed July 21, 2019