1962 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 15 and 16 September 1962.

Medalists

Gold	Gerda Kraan Netherlands
Silver	Waltraud Kaufmann East Germany
Bronze	Olga Kazi Hungary

Results

Final

16 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gerda Kraan	Netherlands	2:02.8	AR
	Waltraud Kaufmann	East Germany	2:05.0	NR
	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

Heats

15 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
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

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
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

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
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-Vos	Netherlands	2:11.3
7	Gilda Jannacone	Italy	2:13.6

Participation

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

• East Germany (2)
• Hungary (2)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• Poland (1)
• Romania (2)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (1)
• Yugoslavia (1)