2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

Event:	Women's 800 metres
Competition:	2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates:	13 July (heats) 14 July (final)
Competitors:	20
Nations:	15
Goldnoc:	ESP
Silvernoc:	FIN
Bronze:	Georgia-Maria Despollari
Bronzenoc:	GRE
Prev:	2021
Next:	2025

The women's 800 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 13 and 14 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record		1:55.77	Paris, France	9 June 2023
Championship U23 record		1:58.94	Kaunas, Lithuania	18 July 2009

Results

Heats

Qualification rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) will qualify for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	2			2:04.53	Q
2	2			2:04.66	Q,
3	2			2:04.71	Q
4	2			2:04.90	q
5	2			2:04.93	q,
6	2			2:05.09
7	1			2:06.08	Q
8	2			2:06.14
9	1			2:06.29	Q
10	1			2:06.30	Q
11	1			2:06.56
12	1			2:07.14
13	2			2:07.57
14	1			2:07.74
15	1			2:08.40
16	1			2:08.65
17	2			2:09.75
18	2			2:12.55
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Final

^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	3			2:02.96
	7			2:03.14
	4			2:04.14
4	5			2:04.58
5	2			2:04.60
6	6			2:04.66
7	8			2:05.11
8	1			2:06.92

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event Schedule: European Athletics U23 Championships 2023 . Watch Athletics . 6 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128204031/https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4422/event-schedule-european-athletics-u23-championships-2023 . 28 November 2023 . live.
2. Web site: 12 July 2023 . 800m Women Round 1 Start List . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230712105837/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C51B_ATHW800M--------------RND1--------.pdf . 12 July 2023 . European Athletics.
3. Web site: 14 July 2023 . 800m Women Final Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716135936/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C73G_ATHW800M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf . 16 July 2023 . European Athletics.