2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships was held over three rounds at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, from 7 to 10 August 2018."2018 European Championships Timetable", European Athletics, 15 March 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

Thirty two athletes from twenty-two nations competed in round 1, where sixteen athletes advanced to the semi-finals. From there, nine athletes advanced to the final, which was won by Nataliya Pryshchepa of Ukraine in 2:00.38 min, followed by Rénelle Lamote of France in second place and Olha Lyakhova of Ukraine in third place.

Background In the 800 metres outdoors, athletes run two laps on a 400-metre track, starting in separate lanes before breaking for the inside lanes after the first bend."800 Metres", World Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2026.

+ Records before the 2018 European Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record"All time Top lists – Senior – 800 Metres women (World)", World Athletics. Retrieved 15 July 2026. 1:53.28 Munich, West Germany 26 July 1983 European record Championship record 1:55.41 Athens, Greece 8 September 1982 World leading"All time Top lists – Senior – 800 Metres women (World 2018)", World Athletics. Retrieved 15 July 2026. 1:54.25 Paris, France 30 June 2018 European leading"All time Top lists – Senior – 800 Metres women (Europe 2018)", World Athletics. Retrieved 15 July 2026. 1:58.83 Monaco 20 July 2018

Results Round 1

On 7 August 2018, thirty-two athletes from twenty-two nations competed in the four heats of round 1, starting at 11:05 (UTC+2). Sixteen athletes, the first three athletes in each heat () and the next fastest four athletes overall (), qualified for the semi-finals. In the second heat, Lore Hoffmann of Switzerland ran a personal best () of 2:02.23 min. One of the non-automatic qualifiers came from the first heat and four from the fourth heat."European Athletics Championships 2018 – 800m Women – Round 1 – Results Summary", European Athletics, 7 August 2018. Archived 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

+ Results of round 1 Rank Heat Lane Athlete Nation Note 1 1 4 2:00.26 , 2 1 8 2:00.32 3 1 7 2:00.42 , 4 1 6 2:01.01 , 5 4 3 2:01.33 6 4 4 2:01.34 7 4 5 2:01.57 8 4 6 2:01.67 9 2 2 2:01.91 10 2 5 2:02.08 11 4 7 2:02.15 12 4 8 2:02.18 , 13 2 4 2:02.23 , 14 2 3 2:02.27 15 1 2 2:02.46 16 4 2 2:02.57 17 4 1 2:02.62 18 2 8 2:02.72 19 2 7 2:02.77 20 1 3 2:02.80 21 1 5 2:03.38 22 1 1 2:03.44 23 3 3 2:04.07 24 3 1 2:04.08 25 2 1 2:04.26 26 3 8 2:04.28 27 3 7 2:04.46 28 3 2 2:04.65 29 3 5 2:05.13 30 3 6 2:05.79 31 4 8 2:14.22 32 3 4 2:56.24 2 6

Semi-finals

On 8 August 2018, sixteen athletes from ten nations competed in the two heats of the semi-finals, starting at 19:55 (UTC+2). Eight athletes, the first three athletes in each heat () and the next fastest two athletes overall (), qualified for the final. In the first heat, Aníta Hinriksdóttir of Iceland was disqualified () for violating IAAF rule 163.2 (b) for jostling or obstruction and Lovisa Lindh of Sweden qualified by referee () for the final as additional athlete. In the second heat, automatic qualifiers Adelle Tracey of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Anna Sabat of Poland ran personal bests () of 1:59.86 min and 2:00.32 min respectively, and Lore Hoffmann of Switzerland further improved her personal bests to 2:01.67 min, but she did not qualify for the final."European Athletics Championships 2018 – 800m Women – Semi-Finals – Results Summary", European Athletics, 8 August 2018. Archived 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

+ Results of the semi-finals Rank Heat Lane Athlete Nation Note 1 2 5 1:59.44 2 2 7 1:59.86 , 3 2 8 2:00.32 , 4 2 3 2:00.39 , 5 2 4 2:00.47 6 2 1 2:00.52 7 2 2 2:01.67 8 2 6 2:02.01 9 1 4 2:02.71 10 1 3 2:02.73 11 1 5 2:02.84 12 1 7 2:03.14 13 1 1 2:03.25 14 1 6 2:04.04 15 1 2 2:04.60 1 8

Final On 10 August 2018, nine athletes from six nations competed in the final at 21:20 (UTC+2). The race was won by Nataliya Pryshchepa of Ukraine in 2:00.38 min, followed by Rénelle Lamote of France in second place in 2:00.62 min and Olha Lyakhova of Ukraine in third place in 2:00.79 min."European Athletics Championships 2018 – 800m Women – Final – Results", European Athletics, 10 August 2018. Archived 19 August 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

+ Results of the final Rank Lane Athlete Nation Note 7 2:00.38 6 2:00.62 8 2:00.79 4 4 2:00.86 5 8 2:01.26 6 2 2:01.83 7 1 2:02.05 8 3 2:02.26 9 8 2:02.36

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