European Athletics Championships 2014/800 m women

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	800 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	29 athletes from 21 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	August 13th (preliminary) August 14th (semi-finals) August 16th (final)
Medalists Maryna Arsamassawa ( BLR )   Lynsey Sharp ( GBR )   Joanna Jóźwik ( POL )

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The 800-meter race of women in the 2014 European Athletics Championships was from 13 to 16 August 2014 at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

In first and second places, the result of the last European championships was swapped. Belorussian Maryna Arsamassawa won here in Zurich . The British Lynsey Sharp won the silver medal. Bronze went to the Polish Joanna Jozwik .

Existing records

World record	1: 53.28 min	Jarmila Kratochvílová	Munich , FR Germany	July 26, 1983
European record
EM record	1: 55.41 min	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.

Preliminary round

Hedda Hynne was eliminated in sixth of her preliminary run

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

August 13, 2014, 12:22 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Alison Leonard	Great Britain	2: 01.47
2	Ekaterina Poistogova	Russia	2: 01.61
3	Lovisa Lindh	Sweden	2: 01.73
4th	Justine Fedronic	France	2: 02.01
5	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	2: 02.12
6th	Hedda Hynne	Norway	2: 05.08
DNS	Federica Del Buono	Italy

Forward 2

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  Sanne Verstegen was eleven hundredths of a second missing from the semi-finals

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  Sixth place in the second heat was not enough for Mihaela Nunu to advance

August 13, 2014, 12:31 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Maryna Arsamassawa	Belarus	2: 01.56
2	Selina Büchel	Switzerland	2: 02.14
3	Jessica Judd	Great Britain	2: 02.30
4th	Trine Mjåland	Norway	2: 02.62
5	Sanne Verstegen	Netherlands	2: 02.73
6th	Mihaela Nunu	Romania	2: 03.27
7th	Liina Tšernov	Estonia	2: 07.95
8th	Kim Baglietto	Gibraltar	2: 24.47

Forward 3

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  Angelika Cichocka failed as fourth of her race in the preliminary round

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  Sixth place in her preliminary run was too little for Anastassija Tkachuk to participate in the semi-finals

August 13, 2014, 12:40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Svetlana Rogosina	Russia	2: 03.80
2	Rénelle Lamote	France	2: 03.92
3	Mirela Lavric	Romania	2: 04.04
4th	Angelika Cichocka	Poland	2: 04.41
5	Marta Milani	Italy	2: 05.64
6th	Anastassija Tkachuk	Ukraine	2: 06.89
7th	Khadija Rahmouni	Spain	2: 08.09

Forward 4

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  Charline Mathias was eliminated as fifth in her preliminary run

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  Florina Pierdevară was sixth in the fourth heat and did not reach the semi-finals

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  Eglė Balčiūnaitė - seventh in her preliminary run and thus eliminated

August 13, 2014, 12:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	2: 01.55
2	Vanya Stambolova	Bulgaria	2: 01.60
3	Joanna Jóźwik	Poland	2: 01.61
4th	Lenka Masná	Czech Republic	2: 01.73
5	Charline Mathias	Luxembourg	2: 03.43
6th	Florina Pierdevară	Romania	2: 03.99
7th	Eglė Balčiūnaitė	Lithuania	2: 08.05
8th	Tuğba Koyuncu	Turkey	2: 09.05

Semifinals

In each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

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  Aníta Hinriksdóttir did not reach the final as sixth of her semi-finals run

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  Rénelle Lamote came in sixth place in the first semifinals and was eliminated

August 14, 2014, 6:38 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Maryna Arsamassawa	Belarus	2: 00.36
2	Joanna Jóźwik	Poland	2: 00.58
3	Svetlana Rogosina	Russia	2: 00.83
4th	Mirela Lavric	Romania	2: 01.24
5	Vanya Stambolova	Bulgaria	2: 01.59
6th	Aníta Hinriksdóttir	Iceland	2: 02.45
7th	Rénelle Lamote	France	2: 03.90
DNF	Alison Leonard	Great Britain

Run 2

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  Her shared fourth place in the second semifinals was not enough for Selina Büchel to take part in the final

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  Lenka Masná finished fourth in her race and failed in the semifinals

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  Lovisa Lindh - sixth in the second semifinals and therefore not in the final

August 14, 2014, 6:48 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	2: 01.32
2	Ekaterina Poistogova	Russia	2: 01.45
3	Jessica Judd	Great Britain	2: 01.53
4th	Selina Büchel	Switzerland	2: 01.80
	Lenka Masná	Czech Republic	2: 01.80
6th	Lovisa Lindh	Sweden	2: 02.60
7th	Trine Mjåland	Norway	2: 03.92
8th	Justine Fedronic	France	2: 04.39

final

August 16, 2014, 4:05 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Maryna Arsamassawa	Belarus	1: 58.15 tbsp
2	Lynsey Sharp	Great Britain	1: 58.80
3	Joanna Jóźwik	Poland	1: 59.63
4th	Ekaterina Poistogova	Russia	1: 59.69
5	Svetlana Rogosina	Russia	2: 00.76
6th	Vanya Stambolova	Bulgaria	2: 00.91
7th	Jessica Judd	Great Britain	2: 01.65
8th	Mirela Lavric	Romania	2: 09.25

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  Maryna Arsamassawa, 2012 Vice European Champion, won the 800 meters

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  Lynsey Sharp, the 2012 European Champion, came second this time

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  Bronze medalist Joanna Jóźwik

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  Jekaterina Poistogowa, 2012 Olympic runner-up, had to be satisfied with fourth place here

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  Vanya Stambolowa, 2010 EM. Second over 400 meter hurdles , finished sixth

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  Jessica Judd reached number seven

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  Mirela Lavric came in eighth

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Zurich 2014 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 12, 2020
• Women 800m European Championship 2014 Zurich on todor66.com, accessed on February 12, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2014 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 12, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2014, 800 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on February 12, 2020
• 22nd European Athletics Championships 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on February 12, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 800m women , accessed February 12, 2020