2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.

Medalists

Gold	Yvonne Hak Netherlands (NED)
Silver	Jennifer Meadows Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Lucia Klocová Slovakia(SVK)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record		1:53.28	Munich, West Germany	26 July 1983
European record		1:53.28	Munich, West Germany	26 July 1983
Championship record		1:55.41	Athens, Greece	8 September 1982
World Leading		1:57.34		22 July 2010
European Leading		1:57.56		3 July 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 July 2010	20:10	Round 1
28 July 2010	19:25	Semifinals
30 July 2010	21:50	Final

Results

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			1:59.71	Q, Doping
2	2			2:00.35	Q
3	8			2:01.19
4	6			2:01.33	SB
	4			2:02.31	Doping
	1			2:02.74	Doping
5	5			2:03.55
6	3			2:03.58

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			1:58.89	Q, SB, DOping
1	3			1:58.90	Q
2	4			1:59.12	q, SB
3	5			1:59.31	q, SB
4	2			1:59.44
5	8			2:01.19
6	1			2:01.76	PB
7	6			2:01.94

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			1:59.18	Q
2	4			1:59.71	Q, PB
3	8			1:59.80
4	7			2:00.50
5	2	Eléni Filándra		2:00.88	PB
6	3			2:01.17	PB
7	5			2:01.23
8	6			2:01.61	SB

Summary

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			1:58.89	Q, SB, Doping
1	2			1:58.90	Q
2	2			1:59.12	q, SB
3	3			1:59.18	Q
4	2			1:59.31	q, SB
5	2			1:59.44
	1			1:59.71	Q, Doping
6	3			1:59.71	Q, PB
7	3			1:59.80
8	1			2:00.35	Q
9	3			2:00.50
10	3	Eléni Filándra		2:00.88	PB
11	3			2:01.17	PB
12	1			2:01.19
13	2			2:01.19
14	3			2:01.23
15	1			2:01.33	SB
16	3			2:01.61	SB
17	2			2:01.76	PB
18	2			2:01.94
	1			2:02.31	Doping
	1			2:02.74	Doping
19	1			2:03.55
20	1			2:03.58

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			1:58.22	Doping[1]
	7			1:58.85	PB
	6			1:59.39
	2			1:59.48
4	5			1:59.90
5	1			1:59.91
6	8			1:59.97
	3			2:00.15	Doping

References

• Round 1 Results
• Final Results
• Full results

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) imposes four-year period of ineligibility on Russian Athlete Mariya Savinova-Farnosova . Court of Arbitration for Sport . Lausanne . 10 February 2017.