1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 and 13 July 1997.^[1]^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Irina Nedelenko	Ukraine	2:01.72
	Dorota Fiut	Poland	2:02.44
	Lyudmila Goncharova	Russia	2:02.72
4	Claudia Gesell	Germany	2:03.76
5	Virginie Fouquet	France	2:04.39
6	Judit Varga	Hungary	2:04.78
7	Claudia Salvarani	Italy	2:05.32
8	Irina Krakoviak	Lithuania	2:08.15

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dorota Fiut	Poland	2:05.31	Q
2	Irina Krakoviak	Lithuania	2:05.47	Q
3	Mioara Cosulianu	Romania	2:05.55
4	Jeina Mitchell	Great Britain	2:06.04
5	Jolanda Čeplak	Slovenia	2:06.43
6	Peggy Müller	Germany	2:08.43
7	Eva Kasalová	Czech Republic	2:08.44

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Goncharova	Russia	2:03.39	Q
2	Claudia Gesell	Germany	2:03.57	Q
3	Claudia Salvarani	Italy	2:03.88	q
4	Virginie Fouquet	France	2:04.07	q
5	Nuria Fernández	Spain	2:06.05
6	Inna Konovalenko	Belarus	2:08.41

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Irina Nedelenko	Ukraine	2:04.46	Q
2	Judit Varga	Hungary	2:04.79	Q
3	Irina Mistyukevich	Russia	2:04.86
4	Brigitte Mühlbacher	Austria	2:05.09
5	Lara Zulian	Italy	2:09.64
	Sandra Stals	Belgium	DNF

Medalists