2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6, 7, and 9 July.^[1]

Women's 800 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	July 6 (heats) July 7 (semifinals) July 9 (final)
Competitors	36 from 23 nations
Winning time	1:59.70
Medalists
Nataliya Pryshchepa    Ukraine   Rénelle Lamote    France   Lovisa Lindh    Sweden
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Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 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	Caster Semenya (RSA)	1:56.64	Rabat, Morocco	22 May 2016
European Leading	Rénelle Lamote (FRA)	1:58.01	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5 June 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
6 July 2016	18:25	Round 1
7 July 2016	18:50	Semifinals
9 July 2016	21:40	Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	4	Rénelle Lamote	France	2:01.60	Q
2	1	2	Lovisa Lindh	Sweden	2:01.77	Q
3	1	5	Hedda Hynne	Norway	2:01.85	Q
4	1	7	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	2:02.44	Q
5	3	3	Nataliya Pryshchepa	Ukraine	2:02.57	Q
6	1	8	Renée Eykens	Belgium	2:02.76	q
7	5	6	Jenny Meadows	Great Britain	2:03.10	Q
8	5	5	Trine Mjåland	Norway	2:03.13	Q
9	3	8	Alison Leonard	Great Britain	2:03.64	Q
10	5	2	Esther Guerrero	Spain	2:03.72	Q
11	3	5	Yuliya Karol	Belarus	2:03.78	Q
12	5	3	Anastasiya Tkachuk	Ukraine	2:03.80	Q
13	3	4	Anna Silvander	Sweden	2:03.95	Q
14	3	7	Florina Pierdevara	Romania	2:04.28	q
15	2	4	Selina Büchel	Switzerland	2:04.50	Q
16	4	5	Nataliya Lupu	Ukraine	2:04.53	Q
17	4	7	Yusneysi Santiusti	Italy	2:04.53	Q
18	3	2	Alexandra Štuková	Slovakia	2:04.58	q
19	5	4	Anastasiya Komarova	Azerbaijan	2:04.60	q, SB
20	4	8	Joanna Jóźwik	Poland	2:04.62	Q
21	2	3	Sanne Verstegen	Netherlands	2:04.69	Q
22	4	6	Bianka Kéri	Hungary	2:04.90	Q
23	4	3	Síofra Cléirigh Büttner	Ireland	2:04.97
24	4	4	Adelle Tracey	Great Britain	2:05.41
25	3	6	Fabienne Kohlmann	Germany	2:05.54
26	1	3	Katia Hristova	Bulgaria	2:05.72
27	2	6	Natalia Evangelidou	Cyprus	2:05.73	Q
28	2	1	Christina Hering	Germany	2:05.78	Q
29	2	5	Yngvild Elvemo	Norway	2:05.78
30	1	6	Irene Baldessari	Italy	2:06.15
31	2	8	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	Lithuania	2:08.14
	2	2	Yuliya Stepanova	EAA	DQ	R163.3a[3]
	4	2	Claudia Bobocea	Romania	DNF
	2	7	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	DNS
	5	7	Sofia Ennaoui	Poland	DNS
	5	8	Justine Fedronic	France	DNS

• EAA : Independent athlete competing under European Athletics Association flag.

Semifinal

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	5	Rénelle Lamote	France	1:59.87	Q
2	2	4	Selina Büchel	Switzerland	2:00.30	Q, SB
3	2	3	Lovisa Lindh	Sweden	2:00.66	q
4	2	6	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	2:01.41	q
5	1	4	Joanna Jóźwik	Poland	2:01.52	Q
6	1	7	Hedda Hynne	Norway	2:01.57	Q
7	2	8	Esther Guerrero	Spain	2:01.62
8	2	2	Trine Mjåland	Norway	2:01.73	SB
9	1	6	Nataliya Lupu	Ukraine	2:01.74
10	3	4	Nataliya Pryshchepa	Ukraine	2:01.75	Q
11	2	7	Anastasiya Tkachuk	Ukraine	2:01.91
12	3	5	Yusneysi Santiusti	Italy	2:02.21	Q
13	3	3	Alison Leonard	Great Britain	2:02.31
14	1	8	Renée Eykens	Belgium	2:02.38
15	1	3	Christina Hering	Germany	2:02.56
16	3	7	Florina Pierdevara	Romania	2:02.75
17	1	5	Jenny Meadows	Great Britain	2:03.13
18	3	8	Yuliya Karol	Belarus	2:03.17
19	1	1	Alexandra Štuková	Slovakia	2:03.27
20	2	1	Anastasiya Komarova	Azerbaijan	2:03.32	SB
21	3	6	Sanne Verstegen	Netherlands	2:03.33
22	1	2	Anna Silvander	Sweden	2:03.37
23	3	1	Bianka Kéri	Hungary	2:03.47
24	3	2	Natalia Evangelidou	Cyprus	2:03.99

Final

The final

^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3	Nataliya Pryshchepa	Ukraine	1:59.70
	5	Rénelle Lamote	France	2:00.19
	7	Lovisa Lindh	Sweden	2:00.37	PB
4	4	Selina Büchel	Switzerland	2:00.47
5	6	Yusneysi Santiusti	Italy	2:00.53
6	2	Joanna Jóźwik	Poland	2:00.57	SB
7	1	Hedda Hynne	Norway	2:00.94	PB
8	8	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	2:02.55