European Athletics Championships 2016/800 m women

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23rd European Athletics Championships
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discipline 800 meter run
gender Women
Attendees 33 athletes from 23 countries
venue NetherlandsNetherlands Amsterdam
Competition location Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase July 6th (preliminary)
July 7th (semi-finals)
July 9th (final)
Medalists
gold medal Natalija Pryschtschepa ( UKR ) UkraineUkraine 
Silver medal Rénelle Lamote ( FRA ) FranceFrance 
Bronze medal Lovisa Lindh ( SWE ) SwedenSweden 

The women's 800-meter run at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held from July 6th to 9th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

The European champion was the Ukrainian Natalija Pryschtschepa . Second place went to the French Rénelle Lamote . The Swede Lovisa Lindh won the bronze medal.

Existing records

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

The European Championship record, which has existed since 1982 , was clearly missed at these European championships.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in five runs. The first four 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

July 6, 2016, 6:25 p.m.

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Rénelle Lamote FranceFrance France 2: 01.60
2 Lovisa Lindh SwedenSweden Sweden 2: 01.77
3 Hedda Hynne NorwayNorway Norway 2: 01.80
4th Aníta Hinriksdóttir IcelandIceland Iceland 2: 02.44
5 Renée Eykens BelgiumBelgium Belgium 2: 01.76
6th Katia Hristova BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 2: 05.72
7th Irene Baldessari ItalyItaly Italy 2: 06.15

Forward 2

July 6, 2016, 6:32 p.m.

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Selina Büchel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2: 04.50
2 Sanne Verstegen NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2: 04.69
3 Natalia Evangelidou Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 2: 05.73
4th Christina Hering GermanyGermany Germany 2: 05.78
5 Yngvild Elvemo NorwayNorway Norway 2: 05.96
6th Eglė Balčiūnaitė LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 2: 06.14
DSQ Julia Stepanova Authorized Neutral AthletesAuthorized Neutral Athletes Authorized Neutral Athletes IAAF Rule 163.3a - Crossing the Track
DNS Angelika Cichocka PolandPoland Poland
As seventh and last of her preliminary run in 2: 05.54 minutes, Fabienne Kohlmann had no chance of advancing

Forward 3

July 6, 2016, 6:39 pm

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Natalija Pryshchepa UkraineUkraine Ukraine 2: 02.57
2 Alison Leonard United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 2: 03.65
3 Julija Karol BelarusBelarus Belarus 2: 03.78
4th Anna Silvander SwedenSweden Sweden 2: 03.95
5 Florina Pierdevară RomaniaRomania Romania 2: 04.28
6th Alexandra Štuková SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 2: 04.58
7th Fabienne Kohlmann GermanyGermany Germany 2: 05.54

Forward 4

July 6, 2016, 6:46 p.m.

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Yusneysi Santiusti ItalyItaly Italy 2: 04.53
2 Natalija Lupu UkraineUkraine Ukraine 2: 04.57
3 Joanna Jóźwik PolandPoland Poland 2: 04.62
4th Bianka Kéri HungaryHungary Hungary 2: 04.90
5 Síofra Cléirigh Büttner IrelandIreland Ireland 2: 04.97
6th Adelle Tracey United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 2: 05.41
DNF Claudia Bobocea RomaniaRomania Romania

Forward 5

July 6, 2016, 6:53 p.m.

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Jenny Meadows United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 2: 03.10
2 Trine Mjåland NorwayNorway Norway 2: 03.13
3 Esther Guerrero SpainSpain Spain 2: 03.72
4th Anastassija Tkachuk UkraineUkraine Ukraine 2: 03.80
5 Anastasiya Komarova AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 2: 04.60
DNS Sofia Ennaoui PolandPoland Poland
Justine Fedronic FranceFrance France

Semifinals

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

Run 1

July 7, 2016, 6:45 p.m.

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Joanna Jóźwik PolandPoland Poland 2: 01.52
2 Hedda Hynne NorwayNorway Norway 2: 01.57
3 Natalija Lupu UkraineUkraine Ukraine 2: 01.74
4th Renée Eykens BelgiumBelgium Belgium 2: 02.38
5 Christina Hering GermanyGermany Germany 2: 02.56
6th Jenny Meadows United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 2: 03.13
7th Alexandra Štuková SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 2: 03.27
8th Anna Silvander SwedenSweden Sweden 2: 03.37

Runners eliminated in the first semi-final:

Run 2

July 7, 2016, 6:52 p.m.

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Rénelle Lamote FranceFrance France 1: 59.87
2 Selina Büchel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2: 00.30
3 Lovisa Lindh SwedenSweden Sweden 2: 00.66
4th Aníta Hinriksdóttir IcelandIceland Iceland 2: 01.41
5 Esther Guerrero SpainSpain Spain 2: 01.62
6th Trine Mjåland NorwayNorway Norway 2: 01.71
7th Anastassija Tkachuk UkraineUkraine Ukraine 2: 01.93
8th Anastasiya Komarova AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 2: 03.32

Run 3

July 7, 2016, 6:59 p.m.

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Natalija Pryshchepa UkraineUkraine Ukraine 2: 01.75
2 Yusneysi Santiusti ItalyItaly Italy 2: 02.21
3 Alison Leonard United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 2: 02.31
4th Florina Pierdevară RomaniaRomania Romania 2: 02.75
5 Julija Karol BelarusBelarus Belarus 2: 03.17
6th Sanne Verstegen NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2: 03.33
7th Bianka Kéri HungaryHungary Hungary 2: 03.47
8th Natalia Evangelidou Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 2: 03.99

final

The field of the 800 m finalists on the back straight of the last lap

July 9, 2016, 9:40 pm

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Natalija Pryshchepa UkraineUkraine Ukraine 1: 59.70
2 Rénelle Lamote FranceFrance France 2: 00.19
3 Lovisa Lindh SwedenSweden Sweden 2: 00.37
4th Selina Büchel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2: 00.47
5 Yusneysi Santiusti ItalyItaly Italy 2: 00.53
6th Joanna Jóźwik PolandPoland Poland 2: 00.57
7th Hedda Hynne NorwayNorway Norway 2: 00.94
8th Aníta Hinriksdóttir IcelandIceland Iceland 2: 02.55

Web links

Video

References and comments

  1. IAAF world records. 800m women , accessed March 4, 2020
  2. IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on March 4, 2020