1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres
at the European Athletics Championships
1998 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
10 km walkwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The women's 800 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18, 19 and 20 August.

Medalists

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Gold Yelena Afanasyeva
 Russia
Silver Malin Ewerlöf
 Sweden
Bronze Stephanie Graf
 Austria

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Round 1

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Violeta Szekely  Romania 1:59.98 Q
1 2 Yelena Afanasyeva  Russia 1:59.98 Q
3 1 Malin Ewerlöf  Sweden 2:00.17 Q
4 3 Stephanie Graf  Austria 2:00.25 Q
5 1 Aleksandra Dereń  Poland 2:00.31 Q
6 2 Viviane Dorsile  France 2:00.31 Q
7 2 Natalya Dukhnova  Belarus 2:00.33 Q
8 1 Diane Modahl  Great Britain 2:00.52 q
9 3 Natalya Tsyganova  Russia 2:00.84 Q
10 2 Irina Krakoviak  Lithuania 2:01.04 q
11 3 Ludmila Formanová  Czech Republic 2:01.13 Q
12 3 Maria Akraka  Sweden 2:01.32 q
13 2 Petya Strashilova  Bulgaria 2:01.42 q
14 3 Pilar Barreiro  Spain 2:01.60
15 2 Ana Menéndez  Spain 2:01.63
16 4 Larissa Mikhailova  Russia 2:02.03 Q
17 4 Heike Meißner  Germany 2:02.20 Q
18 1 Sandra Stals  Belgium 2:02.34
19 3 Yelena Buzhenko  Ukraine 2:02.36
20 4 Tsvetelina Kirilova  Bulgaria 2:02.37 Q
21 4 Anita Brägger  Switzerland 2:02.50
22 4 Patricia Djaté-Taillard  France 2:02.60
23 2 Iryna Lishchynska  Ukraine 2:02.78
24 4 Ella Kovacs  Romania 2:02.85
25 3 Judit Varga  Hungary 2:03.05
25 4 Monica Lundgren  Sweden 2:03.05
27 2 Claudia Gesel  Germany 2:03.20
28 3 Elena Buhăianu  Romania 2:04.01
29 1 Brigitte Mühlbacher  Austria 2:04.02
30 1 Virgie Fouquet  France 2:04.20
31 1 Nuria Fernández  Spain 2:04.89
4 Stella Jongmans  Netherlands DNS

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Yelena Afanasyeva  Russia 1:59.22 Q
2 1 Larissa Mikhailova  Russia 1:59.33 Q
3 2 Malin Ewerlöf  Sweden 1:59.44 Q, NR
4 1 Stephanie Graf  Austria 1:59.50 Q
5 2 Violeta Szekely  Romania 1:59.71 Q
6 1 Tsvetelina Kirilova  Bulgaria 1:59.77 Q, PB
7 2 Heike Meißner  Germany 1:59.92 q
8 1 Natalya Dukhnova  Belarus 1:59.95 q, SB
9 1 Diane Modahl  Great Britain 2:00.08
10 2 Viviane Dorsile  France 2:00.26 SB
11 1 Ludmila Formanová  Czech Republic 2:00.88
12 1 Maria Akraka  Sweden 2:01.13
13 2 Petya Strashilova  Bulgaria 2:01.54
14 1 Natalya Tsyganova  Russia 2:01.96
15 2 Aleksandra Dereń  Poland 2:02.22
16 2 Irina Krakoviak  Lithuania 2:06.29

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yelena Afanasyeva  Russia 1:58.50
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Malin Ewerlöf  Sweden 1:59.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stephanie Graf  Austria 2:00.11
4 Violeta Szekely  Romania 2:00.56
5 Tsvetelina Kirilova  Bulgaria 2:00.66
6 Heike Meißner  Germany 2:01.36
7 Natalya Dukhnova  Belarus 2:02.14
8 Larissa Mikhailova  Russia DNF

References

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