# 1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2, 3, and 4 September 1966.

## Medalists

| Gold | Vera Nikolić Yugoslavia |
| Silver | Zsuzsa Szabó Hungary |
| Bronze | Antje Gleichfeld West Germany |

## Results
### Final

4 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Vera Nikolić | Yugoslavia | 2:02.8 | =CR, NR |
| | Zsuzsa Szabó | Hungary | 2:03.1 | NR |
| | Antje Gleichfeld | West Germany | 2:03.7 | NR |
| 4 | Pam Piercy | Great Britain | 2:04.1 | |
| 5 | Alla Krivoshchekova | Soviet Union | 2:04.2 | |
| 6 | Vera Mukhanova | Soviet Union | 2:04.8 | |
| 7 | Ilja Laman | Netherlands | 2:05.2 | |
| 8 | Waltraud Pöhlitz | East Germany | 2:12.1 | |

### Semi-finals

3 September

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vera Nikolić | Yugoslavia | 2:04.2 | Q |
| 2 | Antje Gleichfeld | West Germany | 2:04.9 | Q |
| 3 | Zsuzsa Szabó | Hungary | 2:05.2 | Q |
| 4 | Vera Mukhanova | Soviet Union | 2:05.5 | Q |
| 5 | Ileana Silai | Romania | 2:08.0 | |
| 6 | Karin Kessler | West Germany | 2:08.0 | |
| 7 | Patricia Lowe | Great Britain | 2:08.4 | |
| | Regina Kleinau | East Germany | DQ | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Waltraud Pöhlitz | East Germany | 2:05.1 | Q |
| 2 | Alla Krivoshchekova | Soviet Union | 2:05.1 | Q |
| 3 | Ilja Laman | Netherlands | 2:05.4 | Q |
| 4 | Pam Piercy | Great Britain | 2:05.5 | Q |
| 5 | Sára Szenteleki | Hungary | 2:05.8 | |
| 6 | Anita Wörner | West Germany | 2:05.9 | |
| 7 | Tamara Babincheva | Soviet Union | 2:06.3 | |
| 8 | Paola Pigni | Italy | 2:09.2 | |

### Heats

2 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vera Nikolić | Yugoslavia | 2:08.5 | Q |
| 2 | Waltraud Pöhlitz | East Germany | 2:08.9 | Q |
| 3 | Anita Wörner | West Germany | 2:09.0 | Q |
| 4 | Patricia Lowe | Great Britain | 2:09.4 | Q |
| 5 | Zofia Kaliszczuk | Poland | 2:10.3 | |
| 6 | Britt Ramstad | Norway | 2:10.4 | NR |
| 7 | Florentina Stancu | Romania | 2:11.9 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ilja Laman | Netherlands | 2:08.8 | Q |
| 2 | Ileana Silai | Romania | 2:08.8 | Q |
| 3 | Karin Kessler | West Germany | 2:09.2 | Q |
| 4 | Tamara Babincheva | Soviet Union | 2:09.5 | Q |
| 5 | Teresa Jędrak | Poland | 2:09.9 | |
| 6 | Jette Andersen | Denmark | 2:10.0 | |
| 7 | Katalin Nagy | Hungary | 2:10.8 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Antje Gleichfeld | West Germany | 2:05.5 | Q |
| 2 | Alla Krivoshchekova | Soviet Union | 2:05.6 | Q |
| 3 | Sára Szenteleki | Hungary | 2:05.6 | Q |
| 4 | Regina Kleinau | East Germany | 2:05.8 | Q |
| 5 | Danuta Wierzbowska | Poland | 2:06.1 | |
| 6 | Marie Ingrova | Czechoslovakia | 2:07.5 | NR |
| 7 | Elisabeta Baciu | Romania | 2:09.2 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zsuzsa Szabó | Hungary | 2:06.9 | Q |
| 2 | Pam Piercy | Great Britain | 2:07.2 | Q |
| 3 | Vera Mukhanova | Soviet Union | 2:07.3 | Q |
| 4 | Paola Pigni | Italy | 2:07.5 | Q |
| 5 | Dobroslava Žáková | Czechoslovakia | 2:09.5 | |
| 6 | Francine Peyskens | Belgium | 2:12.8 | NR |
| 7 | Maeve Kyle | Ireland | 2:13.2 | |
| 8 | Adile Dani | Albania | 2:13.2 | NR |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
* Albania (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Denmark (1)
* East Germany (2)
* Hungary (3)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (3)
* Romania (3)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Great Britain (2)
* West Germany (3)
* Yugoslavia (1)