2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres explained

The women's 800 metres event at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March at 12:15 (heats), on 7 March at 18:00 (semifinals) and on 8 March at 15:15 (final) local time.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Selina Büchel	Nataliya Lupu	Joanna Jóźwik

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Note
1	1		2:01.44	Q, SB
2	1		2:01.56	Q, AJR, NR
3	2		2:01.95	Q
4	2		2:02.10	Q
5	2		2:02.18	q, SB
6	4		2:02.59	Q
7	1		2:02.69	q, SB
8	4		2:03.25	Q, SB
9	2		2:04.28	q
10	4		2:04.30	q
11	3		2:04.50	Q
12	1		2:04.71	PB
13	3		2:04.92	Q
14	3		2:05.08
15	3		2:05.34
16	4	Eleni Filandra	2:05.52
17	3		2:05.63
18	1		2:05.68
19	4		2:07.16
20	2		2:10.38

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Time	Note
1	1	2:01.92	Q
2	1	2:02.31	Q
3	1	2:02.40	Q
4	1	2:04.24
5	1	2:06.14
6	2	2:08.15	Q
7	2	2:08.47	Q
8	2	2:08.72	Q
9	2	2:09.06
10	2	2:10.25
11	2	2:10.36
	1		R163.2,^[3] R163.4^[4]

Final

^[5]

Rank	Time	Note
	2:01.95
DSQ	~~2:01.99~~	doping^[6]
	2:02.25
	2:02.45
5	2:02.74

Notes and References

Web site: Heats results . 2015-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160821205940/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW008900_C73H.pdf . 2016-08-21 . dead .
Web site: Semifinals results . 2015-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403205957/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW008200_C73H.pdf . 2015-04-03 . dead .
jostling, obstruction on the track
material advantage
Web site: Final results . 2015-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819153116/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW008101_C73G.pdf . 2016-08-19 . dead .
Web site: CAS bans two Russian athletes and two coaches for doping. 7 April 2017.