European Athletics Championships 2010/800 m women

20th European Athletics Championships
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	24 athletes from 15 countries
venue	Barcelona
Competition location	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase	July 27th (preliminary) ; July 30th (final)
	Medalists
	Yvonne Hak ( NED )
	Jennifer Meadows ( GBR )
	Lucia Klocová ( SVK )

The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona in 2007

The women's 800-meter run at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on July 27th and 30th, 2010 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the city of Barcelona .

European champion was Yvonne Hak from the Netherlands . Second place went to Jennifer Meadows , who finished third in the British World Cup in 2009 . Bronze went to Lucia Klocová from Slovakia .

Existing records

World record	1: 53.28 min	Czechoslovakia Jarmila Kratochvílová	Munich , FR Germany	July 26, 1983
European record
EM record	1: 55.41 min	Soviet Union Olga Mineeva	EM Athens , Greece	September 8, 1982

The European Championship record, which has existed since 1982 , was not achieved at these European championships either.

doping

In this competition, five other athletes were subsequently disqualified for violating the doping regulations:

Maria Savinova , Russia , the original winner, was stripped of all her results between July 2010 and August 2013 by the CAS International Court of Justice. The verdict is based on clear deviations in the biological passport, which prove Savinova's violation of the doping regulations.
Svetlana Kljuka , Russia , who finished eighth, was suspended in July 2012 due to irregularities in her biological passport, and her results were accordingly canceled.
When Olga Cristea , Moldova , resigned in advance, excessive were testosterone observed values. She received a two-year ban, her result at these European championships was annulled.
Swjatlana Ussowitsch , Belarus , eliminated in the run-up, it was proven in follow-up tests that she had already violated the doping regulations in 2008. Their results were accordingly canceled.
Tatiana Andrianova , Russia , eliminated in the run-up, was caught several times for violating the doping regulations. Among other things, their results from July 26, 2010 to July 25, 2012 were canceled.

The following runners in particular suffered:

The Dutchwoman Yvonne Hak received the gold medal instead of the silver medal with a delay.
The Slovakian Lucia Klocová , who was initially fourth, was unable to take part in the award ceremony and received the bronze medal very late.
The Lithuanian Eglė Balčiūnaitė could have participated in the final as runner-up in the first heat.
The Ukrainian Julija Krewsun would have been eligible to start in the final over her time from the second run.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first two athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified directly for the final.

Eglė Balčiūnaitė was initially eliminated as third in her preliminary run, but would have been eligible to start in the final
Marilyn Okoro's third place in the first heat was not enough for participation in the final

Forward 1

July 27, 2010, 8:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Yvonne Hak	Netherlands Netherlands	2: 00.35
2	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	Lithuania Lithuania	2: 01.19 actually qualified for the final
3	Marilyn Okoro	United Kingdom Great Britain	2: 01.33
4th	Elián Périz	Spain Spain	2: 03.55
5	Olha Zavhorodnya	Ukraine Ukraine	2: 03.58
DOP	Maria Savinova	Russia Russia	admitted to the finals
DOP	Olga Cristea	Moldova Republic Moldova
DOP	Svyatlana Usovich	Belarus 1995 Belarus

Julija Krewsun was eliminated in fourth in her preliminary run, but had actually qualified for the final over her time
Claudia Hoffmann failed as the fifth of her preliminary round in the preliminary round

Forward 2

July 27, 2010, 8:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Jennifer Meadows	United Kingdom Great Britain	1: 58.90
2	Mayte Martínez	Spain Spain	1: 59.12
3	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia Slovakia	1: 59.31
4th	Julija Krewsun	Ukraine Ukraine	1: 59.44 actually qualified for the final
5	Claudia Hoffmann	Germany Germany	2: 01.19
6th	Rose-Anne Galligan	Ireland Ireland	2: 01.76
7th	Daniela Reina	Italy Italy	2: 01.94
DOP	Svetlana Kljuka	Russia Russia	admitted to the finals

Despite a time of less than two minutes, Elisa Cusma Piccione did not reach the final as third in her preliminary run
Natalija Lupu finished fourth in the third heat and was eliminated
Her sixth place in her preliminary run was too little for Angelika Cichocka (here in 2014) to make it to the final

Forward 3

July 27, 2010, 8:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Jemma Simpson	United Kingdom Great Britain	1: 59.18
2	Lenka Masná	Czech Republic Czech Republic	1: 59.71
3	Elisa Cusma Piccione	Italy Italy	1: 59.80
4th	Natalija Lupu	Ukraine Ukraine	2: 00.50
5	Eléni Filándra	Greece Greece	2: 00.88
6th	Angelika Cichocka	Poland Poland	2: 01.17
7th	Irene Alfonso	Spain Spain	2: 01.61
DOP	Tatiana Andrianova	Russia Russia

final

The 800m final in Barcelona

July 30, 2010, 9:50 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Yvonne Hak	Netherlands Netherlands	1: 58.85
2	Jennifer Meadows	United Kingdom Great Britain	1: 59.39
3	Lucia Klocová	Slovakia Slovakia	1: 59.48
4th	Jemma Simpson	United Kingdom Great Britain	1: 59.90
5	Lenka Masná	Czech Republic Czech Republic	1: 59.91
6th	Mayte Martínez	Spain Spain	1: 59.97
DOP	Maria Savinova	Russia Russia
DOP	Svetlana Kljuka	Russia Russia