2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 7, 8 and August 10.

Klyuka was ahead with another athlete already in a medal position, but on the final bend Kotlyarova found herself boxed in. Lyne had already made a dash for home, and Kotlyarova had to push her out the way to start her sprint. Kotlyarova made a great dash and went in front of the other two Russians and an athlete from Ukraine. Lyne started sprinting and overtook the Ukrainian athlete, just pipping her into 3rd place.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Olga Kotlyarova	Svetlana Klyuka	Rebecca Lyne

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 7, 2006	17:50	Round 1
August 8, 2006	17:45	Semifinals
August 10, 2006	20:05	Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			2:01.01	Q
2	3			2:01.08	Q
3	3			2:01.55	Q
4	1			2:01.71	Q
5	1			2:01.82	Q
6	2			2:01.87	Q
6	3			2:01.87	q
8	2			2:01.90	Q
9	1			2:01.94	Q
10	1			2:02.11	q
11	2			2:02.43	Q
12	2			2:02.68	q
13	2			2:02.69	q
14	4			2:02.92	Q
15	4			2:03.04	Q
16	4			2:03.17	Q
17	1			2:03.42
18	3			2:03.53
19	1			2:03.64
20	2			2:04.73
21	3			2:05.62
22	4			2:06.37	q
23	4			2:07.11
24	1			2:11.70
25	4			2:12.32	q
	4

Semifinals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
2	2			1:58.80	Q
3	2			1:59.11	Q
3	2			1:59.45	Q, SB
4	2			1:59.84	q
5	1			2:00.03	Q
6	1			2:00.05	Q
7	2			2:00.42	q, PB
8	1			2:00.59	Q
9	1			2:00.60
10	1			2:00.63	SB
11	1			2:01.12
12	1			2:01.17
13	1			2:01.17
14	2			2:01.25
15	2			2:01.52	SB
16	1			2:02.59
	2
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			1:57.38
			1:57.48
			1:58.45
4			1:58.65
5			1:59.30	SB
6			2:00.00	PB
7			2:00.10
8			2:03.43

External links

• Results