# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18, 19 and 20 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yelena Afanasyeva Russia |
| Silver | Malin Ewerlöf Sweden |
| Bronze | Stephanie Graf Austria |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### 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 | 1 | Violeta Szekely | Romania | 1:59.98 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia | 1:59.98 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Malin Ewerlöf | Sweden | 2:00.17 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:00.25 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Aleksandra Dereń | Poland | 2:00.31 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Viviane Dorsile | France | 2:00.31 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 2:00.33 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Diane Modahl | Great Britain | 2:00.52 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Natalya Tsyganova | Russia | 2:00.84 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Irina Krakoviak | Lithuania | 2:01.04 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 2:01.13 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Maria Akraka | Sweden | 2:01.32 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Petya Strashilova | Bulgaria | 2:01.42 | q |
| 14 | 3 | Pilar Barreiro | Spain | 2:01.60 | |
| 15 | 2 | Ana Menéndez | Spain | 2:01.63 | |
| 16 | 4 | Larissa Mikhailova | Russia | 2:02.03 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Heike Meißner | Germany | 2:02.20 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | Sandra Stals | Belgium | 2:02.34 | |
| 19 | 3 | Yelena Buzhenko | Ukraine | 2:02.36 | |
| 20 | 4 | Tsvetelina Kirilova | Bulgaria | 2:02.37 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Anita Brägger | Switzerland | 2:02.50 | |
| 22 | 4 | Patricia Djaté-Taillard | France | 2:02.60 | |
| 23 | 2 | Iryna Lishchynska | Ukraine | 2:02.78 | |
| 24 | 4 | Ella Kovacs | Romania | 2:02.85 | |
| 25 | 3 | Judit Varga | Hungary | 2:03.05 | |
| 25 | 4 | Monica Lundgren | Sweden | 2:03.05 | |
| 27 | 2 | Claudia Gesel | Germany | 2:03.20 | |
| 28 | 3 | Elena Buhăianu | Romania | 2:04.01 | |
| 29 | 1 | Brigitte Mühlbacher | Austria | 2:04.02 | |
| 30 | 1 | Virgie Fouquet | France | 2:04.20 | |
| 31 | 1 | Nuria Fernández | Spain | 2:04.89 | |
| | 4 | Stella Jongmans | Netherlands | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia | 1:59.22 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Larissa Mikhailova | Russia | 1:59.33 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Malin Ewerlöf | Sweden | 1:59.44 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 1 | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 1:59.50 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Violeta Szekely | Romania | 1:59.71 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Tsvetelina Kirilova | Bulgaria | 1:59.77 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | Heike Meißner | Germany | 1:59.92 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 1:59.95 | q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | Diane Modahl | Great Britain | 2:00.08 | |
| 10 | 2 | Viviane Dorsile | France | 2:00.26 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 2:00.88 | |
| 12 | 1 | Maria Akraka | Sweden | 2:01.13 | |
| 13 | 2 | Petya Strashilova | Bulgaria | 2:01.54 | |
| 14 | 1 | Natalya Tsyganova | Russia | 2:01.96 | |
| 15 | 2 | Aleksandra Dereń | Poland | 2:02.22 | |
| 16 | 2 | Irina Krakoviak | Lithuania | 2:06.29 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Yelena Afanasyeva | Russia | 1:58.50 |
| | Malin Ewerlöf | Sweden | 1:59.61 |
| | Stephanie Graf | Austria | 2:00.11 |
| 4 | Violeta Szekely | Romania | 2:00.56 |
| 5 | Tsvetelina Kirilova | Bulgaria | 2:00.66 |
| 6 | Heike Meißner | Germany | 2:01.36 |
| 7 | Natalya Dukhnova | Belarus | 2:02.14 |
| 8 | Larissa Mikhailova | Russia | DNF |