2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

Event:	Women's 800 metres
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's 800 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 6–8.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Jolanda Čeplak	Mayte Martínez	Kelly Holmes

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			2:01.69	Q
2	4			2:01.98	Q
3	4			2:02.29	Q
4	4			2:02.31	q
5	2			2:02.40	Q
6	2			2:02.59	Q
7	3			2:02.80	Q
8	3			2:02.91	Q
9	3			2:03.13	Q
10	2			2:03.14	Q
11	4			2:03.16	q
12	1			2:03.18	Q
13	2			2:03.22	q
14	3			2:03.23	q
15	1			2:03.25	Q
16	3			2:03.41
17	4			2:03.71
18	1			2:03.73	Q
19	2			2:03.75
20	4			2:03.97
21	1			2:04.07
22	2			2:04.52
23	1			2:04.69
24	3			2:05.01
25	2			2:05.15	PB
26	1			2:05.82
27	3			2:07.67
28	1			2:08.04

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			2:00.37	Q
	2			2:00.66	Q
	1			2:00.67	Q
	2			2:00.72	Q
	1			2:00.85	Q
	2			2:01.07	Q
	2			2:01.15	q
	2			2:01.20	q
	1			2:01.59
10	2			2:02.43
11	1			2:02.44
12	2			2:02.53
13	1			2:02.99
14	1			2:05.07
15	1			2:10.33
	2

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:57.65
			1:58.86	PB
			1:59.83	SB
4			2:00.23
5			2:00.51
6			2:00.54	PB
7			2:00.87
8			2:04.24

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120813031431/http://athletix.org/?page_id=81