2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 13, 14, and 16 August.

Women's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Maryna Arzamasava  Belarus
Silver	Lynsey Sharp  Great Britain
Bronze	Joanna Jóźwik  Poland

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, West Germany	26 July 1983
European record	Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, West Germany	26 July 1983
Championship record	Olga Mineyeva (URS)	1:55.41	Athens, Greece	8 September 1982
World Leading	Ajee' Wilson (USA)	1:57.67	Fontvieille, Monaco	18 July 2014
European Leading	Yekaterina Poistogova (RUS)	1:58.55	Sochi, Russia	30 May 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
13 August 2014	12:20	Round 1
14 August 2014	18:38	Semifinals
16 August 2014	16:05	Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	5	Alison Leonard	Great Britain	2:01.47	Q
2	4	4	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	2:01.55	Q
3	2	4	Maryna Arzamasava	Belarus	2:01.56	Q
4	4	2	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria	2:01.60	Q
5	4	8	Joanna Jóźwik	Poland	2:01.61	Q
5	1	6	Yekaterina Poistogova	Russia	2:01.61	Q
7	1	7	Lovisa Lindh	Sweden	2:01.73	Q, PB
7	4	1	Lenka Masná	Czech Republic	2:01.73	q
9	1	2	Justine Fedronic	France	2:02.01	q
10	1	4	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	2:02.12	q, SB
11	2	8	Selina Büchel	Switzerland	2:02.14	Q
12	2	3	Jessica Judd	Great Britain	2:02.30	Q
13	2	7	Trine Mjåland	Norway	2:02.62	q
14	2	6	Sanne Verstegen	Netherlands	2:02.73
15	2	5	Mihaela Nunu	Romania	2:03.27
16	4	6	Charline Mathias	Luxembourg	2:03.43
17	3	2	Svetlana Rogozina	Russia	2:03.80	Q
18	3	4	Rénelle Lamote	France	2:03.92	Q
19	4	5	Florina Pierdevara	Romania	2:03.99
20	3	3	Mirela Lavric	Romania	2:04.06	Q
21	3	7	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	2:04.41
22	1	8	Hedda Hynne	Norway	2:05.08
23	3	5	Marta Milani	Italy	2:05.64
24	3	8	Anastasiya Tkachuk	Ukraine	2:06.89
25	2	1	Liina Tšernov	Estonia	2:07.95
26	4	7	Egle Balciunaite	Lithuania	2:08.05
27	3	6	Khadija Rahmouni	Spain	2:08.09
28	4	3	Tugba Koyuncu	Turkey	2:09.05
29	2	2	Kim Baglietto	Gibraltar	2:24.47
	1	3	Federica Del Buono	Italy	DNS

Semifinal

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	5	Maryna Arzamasava	Belarus	2:00.36	Q
2	1	7	Joanna Jóźwik	Poland	2:00.58	Q, PB
3	1	4	Svetlana Rogozina	Russia	2:00.83	Q
4	1	2	Mirela Lavric	Romania	2:01.24	q, SB
5	2	3	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	2:01.32	Q
6	2	4	Yekaterina Poistogova	Russia	2:01.45	Q
7	2	5	Jessica Judd	Great Britain	2:01.53	Q
8	1	8	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria	2:01.59	q
9	2	8	Selina Büchel	Switzerland	2:01.80
9	2	6	Lenka Masná	Czech Republic	2:01.80
11	1	1	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	2:02.45
12	2	1	Lovisa Lindh	Sweden	2:02.60
13	1	6	Rénelle Lamote	France	2:03.90
14	2	2	Trine Mjåland	Norway	2:03.92
15	2	7	Justine Fedronic	France	2:04.39
	1	3	Alison Leonard	Great Britain	DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	5	Maryna Arzamasava	Belarus	1:58.15	EL
	6	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	1:58.80	PB
	8	Joanna Jóźwik	Poland	1:59.63	PB
4	3	Yekaterina Poistogova	Russia	1:59.69
5	4	Svetlana Rogozina	Russia	2:00.76
6	1	Vania Stambolova	Bulgaria	2:00.91	PB
7	7	Jessica Judd	Great Britain	2:01.65
8	2	Mirela Lavric	Romania	2:09.25