2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

Event:	Women's 800 metres
Competition:	2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue:	Ataköy Athletics Arena^[1]
Location:	Istanbul, Turkey
Dates:	2 March 2023 (round 1) 4 March 2023 (semi-finals) 5 March 2025 (final)
Competitors:	28
Nations:	16
Win Value:	1:58.66
Gold:	Keely Hodgkinson
Silver:	Anita Horvat
Bronze:	Agnès Raharolahy
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver Nation:	SLO
Bronze Nation:	FRA
Previous:	2021
Next:	2025

The women's 800 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 2 March 2023 at 19:40 (heats), on 4 March at 19:15 (semi-finals), and on 5 March at 20:35 (final) local time.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record		1:55.82	Wien, Austria	3 March 2002
European record
Championship record
World Leading		1:57.18	Birmingham, Great Britain	25 February 2023
European Leading

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3			2:01.67	Q
2	3			2:01.94	Q,
3	3			2:02.19	q
4	2			2:03.06	Q
5	1			2:03.24	Q
6	2			2:03.25	Q
7	1			2:03.26	Q
8	2			2:03.34	q
9	3			2:03.34
10	1	Annemarie Nissen		2:03.70
11	3	Valentina Rosamilia		2:04.14
12	2			2:04.20
13	5			2:04.56	Q
14	5	Lorea Ibarzabal		2:04.63	Q
15	1	Charlotte Pizzo		2:04.89
16	5			2:05.06
17	5	Veronika Sadek		2:05.32
18	5			2:05.50
19	4			2:05.60	Q
20	4	Léna Kandissounon		2:05.80	Q
21	4	Margarita Koczanowa		2:06.00
22	5	Julia Nielsen		2:06.33
23	4	Wilma Nielsen		2:06.79
24	1	Jerneja Smonkar		2:06.94
25	4	Patrícia Silva		2:07.58
26	4	Tuğba Toptaş		2:08.14
27	2	Cristina Daniela Balan		2:08.92
28	2	Malin Ingeborg Nyfors		2:14.93

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1			2:00.05	Q
2	1			2:01.19	Q
3	1			2:01.25	Q
4	1			2:01.31	q
5	1			2:01.49	q,
6	1			2:01.70
7	2			2:03.11	Q
8	2			2:03.19	Q
9	2			2:03.31	Q
10	2			2:03.36
11	2			2:03.58
12	2			2:03.94

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
	6			1:58.66
	5			2:00.54
	1			2:00.85
4	3			2:00.87
5	4			2:00.91
6	3			2:01.22
7	2			2:02.80
8	2			2:03.65

Notes and References

1. "Istanbul awarded 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics, 11 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
2. Web site: 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's 800 metres heats results . 2023-03-03 . 2023-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230302182637/https://istanbul23results.european-athletics.com/resIST2023/pdf/IST2023/ATH/IST2023_ATH_C74A_ATHW800M--------------RND1--------.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's 800 metres semifinals results . 2023-03-04 . 2023-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230304163503/https://istanbul23results.european-athletics.com/resIST2023/pdf/IST2023/ATH/IST2023_ATH_C74A_ATHW800M--------------SFNL--------.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Women's 800 metres final results . 2023-03-05 . 2023-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230305181624/https://istanbul23results.european-athletics.com/resIST2023/pdf/IST2023/ATH/IST2023_ATH_C73G_ATHW800M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .