1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18, 19 and 20 August.

Women's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Yelena Afanasyeva  Russia
Silver	Malin Ewerlöf  Sweden
Bronze	Stephanie Graf  Austria

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Violeta Szekely	Romania	1:59.98	Q
1	2	Yelena Afanasyeva	Russia	1:59.98	Q
3	1	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	2:00.17	Q
4	3	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2:00.25	Q
5	1	Aleksandra Dereń	Poland	2:00.31	Q
6	2	Viviane Dorsile	France	2:00.31	Q
7	2	Natalya Dukhnova	Belarus	2:00.33	Q
8	1	Diane Modahl	Great Britain	2:00.52	q
9	3	Natalya Tsyganova	Russia	2:00.84	Q
10	2	Irina Krakoviak	Lithuania	2:01.04	q
11	3	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	2:01.13	Q
12	3	Maria Akraka	Sweden	2:01.32	q
13	2	Petya Strashilova	Bulgaria	2:01.42	q
14	3	Pilar Barreiro	Spain	2:01.60
15	2	Ana Menéndez	Spain	2:01.63
16	4	Larissa Mikhailova	Russia	2:02.03	Q
17	4	Heike Meißner	Germany	2:02.20	Q
18	1	Sandra Stals	Belgium	2:02.34
19	3	Yelena Buzhenko	Ukraine	2:02.36
20	4	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Bulgaria	2:02.37	Q
21	4	Anita Brägger	Switzerland	2:02.50
22	4	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	2:02.60
23	2	Iryna Lishchynska	Ukraine	2:02.78
24	4	Ella Kovacs	Romania	2:02.85
25	3	Judit Varga	Hungary	2:03.05
25	4	Monica Lundgren	Sweden	2:03.05
27	2	Claudia Gesel	Germany	2:03.20
28	3	Elena Buhăianu	Romania	2:04.01
29	1	Brigitte Mühlbacher	Austria	2:04.02
30	1	Virgie Fouquet	France	2:04.20
31	1	Nuria Fernández	Spain	2:04.89
	4	Stella Jongmans	Netherlands	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Yelena Afanasyeva	Russia	1:59.22	Q
2	1	Larissa Mikhailova	Russia	1:59.33	Q
3	2	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	1:59.44	Q, NR
4	1	Stephanie Graf	Austria	1:59.50	Q
5	2	Violeta Szekely	Romania	1:59.71	Q
6	1	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Bulgaria	1:59.77	Q, PB
7	2	Heike Meißner	Germany	1:59.92	q
8	1	Natalya Dukhnova	Belarus	1:59.95	q, SB
9	1	Diane Modahl	Great Britain	2:00.08
10	2	Viviane Dorsile	France	2:00.26	SB
11	1	Ludmila Formanová	Czech Republic	2:00.88
12	1	Maria Akraka	Sweden	2:01.13
13	2	Petya Strashilova	Bulgaria	2:01.54
14	1	Natalya Tsyganova	Russia	2:01.96
15	2	Aleksandra Dereń	Poland	2:02.22
16	2	Irina Krakoviak	Lithuania	2:06.29

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yelena Afanasyeva	Russia	1:58.50
	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	1:59.61
	Stephanie Graf	Austria	2:00.11
4	Violeta Szekely	Romania	2:00.56
5	Tsvetelina Kirilova	Bulgaria	2:00.66
6	Heike Meißner	Germany	2:01.36
7	Natalya Dukhnova	Belarus	2:02.14
8	Larissa Mikhailova	Russia	DNF