1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 and 13 July 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Irina Nedelenko
Silver	Dorota Fiut
Bronze	Lyudmila Goncharova

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		2:01.72
	align=left		align=left		2:02.44
	align=left		align=left		2:02.72
4	align=left		align=left		2:03.76
5	align=left		align=left		2:04.39
6	align=left		align=left		2:04.78
7	align=left		align=left		2:05.32
8	align=left		align=left		2:08.15

Heats

12 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:05.31	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:05.47	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:05.55
4	align=left		align=left		2:06.04
5	align=left		align=left		2:06.43
6	align=left		align=left		2:08.43
7	align=left		align=left		2:08.44

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:03.39	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:03.57	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:03.88	q
4	align=left		align=left		2:04.07	q
5	align=left		align=left		2:06.05
6	align=left		align=left		2:08.41

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		2:04.46	Q
2	align=left		align=left		2:04.79	Q
3	align=left		align=left		2:04.86
4	align=left		align=left		2:05.09
5	align=left		align=left		2:09.64
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

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