1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27 February–1 March.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Ludmila Formanová	Malin Ewerlöf	Judit Varga

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			2:02.80	Q
2	3			2:03.15	Q
3	1			2:03.92	Q
4	1			2:04.00	Q
5	3			2:04.18	q
6	2			2:04.24	Q
7	3			2:04.28	q
8	1			2:04.37
9	4			2:04.49	Q
10	2			2:04.56	Q
11	3			2:04.60
12	4			2:04.74	Q
13	2			2:04.94
14	5			2:05.04	Q
15	4			2:05.09
16	4			2:05.13
17	5			2:05.37	Q
18	4			2:05.48
19	1			2:05.51
20	5			2:05.52
21	5			2:05.58
22	2			2:05.78
23	2			2:05.98
24	1			2:07.37
25	5			2:07.93

Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			2:01.53	Q
2	1			2:01.93	Q
3	1			2:01.96	Q
4	1			2:01.99
5	2			2:03.62	Q
6	2			2:04.15	Q
7	1			2:04.50
8	2			2:04.56	Q
9	2			2:04.62
10	2			2:04.83
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:02.30
			2:03.61
			2:03.81
4			2:03.82
5			2:05.74
6			2:07.99

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/eich/EICH2013-statistics.pdf Results