2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
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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.[1]
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- 7 August 2018 (round 1)
- 8 August 2018 (semi-finals)
- 10 August 2018 (final)
| Women's 800 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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Nataliya Pryshchepa of Ukraine and Rénelle Lamote of France racing ahead of the other athletes in the final | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympiastadion | |||||||||
| Location | Berlin, Germany | |||||||||
| Dates |
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| Competitors | 32 from 22 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:00.38 min | |||||||||
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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.[2]
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Time | Location | Date |
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| World record[3] |  Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) |
1:53.28 | Munich, West Germany | 26 July 1983 |
| European record[4] | ||||
| Championship record[4] |  Olga Mineyeva (URS) |
1:55.41 | Athens, Greece | 8 September 1982 |
| World leading[5] |  Caster Semenya (RSA) |
1:54.25 | Paris, France | 30 June 2018 |
| European leading[6] |  Rénelle Lamote (FRA) |
1:58.83 | Monaco | 20 July 2018 |
Results
Round 1
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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 (Q) and the next fastest four athletes overall (q), qualified for the semi-finals. In the second heat, Lore Hoffmann of Switzerland ran a personal best (PB) of 2:02.23 min. One of the non-automatic qualifiers came from the first heat and four from the fourth heat.[4]
Semi-finals
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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 (Q) and the next fastest two athletes overall (q), qualified for the final. In the first heat, Aníta Hinriksdóttir of Iceland was disqualified (DQ) for violating IAAF rule 163.2 (b) for jostling or obstruction and Lovisa Lindh of Sweden qualified by referee (qR) 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 (PB) 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.[7]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note |
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| 1 | 2 | 5 | Rénelle Lamote | France | 1:59.44 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | Adelle Tracey |  Great Britain & N.I. | 1:59.86 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | Anna Sabat |  Poland | 2:00.32 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | Great Britain & N.I. | 2:00.39 | q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Olha Lyakhova |  Ukraine | 2:00.47 | q |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Hanna Hermansson |  Sweden | 2:00.52 | SB |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lore Hoffmann |  Switzerland | 2:01.67 | PB |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Charline Mathias |  Luxembourg | 2:02.01 | |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Nataliya Pryshchepa | Ukraine | 2:02.71 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Lynsey Sharp | Great Britain & N.I. | 2:02.73 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Selina Büchel | Switzerland | 2:02.84 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Angelika Cichocka | Poland | 2:03.14 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Lovisa Lindh | Sweden | 2:03.25 | qR |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Christina Hering |  Germany | 2:04.04 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė |  Lithuania | 2:04.60 | |
| 1 | 8 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir |  Iceland | DQ | 163.2 (b) |
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.[8]
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7 | Nataliya Pryshchepa | Ukraine | 2:00.38 | |
 | 6 | Rénelle Lamote | France | 2:00.62 | |
 | 8 | Olha Lyakhova | Ukraine | 2:00.79 | |
| 4 | 4 | Adelle Tracey | Great Britain & N.I. | 2:00.86 | |
| 5 | 8 | Anna Sabat | Poland | 2:01.26 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lynsey Sharp | Great Britain & N.I. | 2:01.83 | |
| 7 | 1 | Selina Büchel | Switzerland | 2:02.05 | |
| 8 | 3 | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | Great Britain & N.I. | 2:02.26 | |
| 9 | 8 | Lovisa Lindh | Sweden | 2:02.36 | SB |
