# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 6–8.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jolanda Čeplak Slovenia | Mayte Martínez Spain | Kelly Holmes Great Britain |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Claudia Gesell | Germany | 2:01.69 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:01.98 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Tsvetelina Kirilova | Bulgaria | 2:02.29 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Natalya Dedkova | Belarus | 2:02.31 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:02.40 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:02.59 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Nédia Semedo | Portugal | 2:02.80 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Joanne Fenn | Great Britain | 2:02.91 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Sandra Stals | Belgium | 2:03.13 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia | 2:03.14 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Aurélie Coulaud | France | 2:03.16 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 2:03.18 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Tanya Blake | Malta | 2:03.22 | q |
| 14 | 3 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:03.23 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 2:03.25 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Heidi Jensen | Denmark | 2:03.41 | |
| 17 | 4 | Helena Fuchsová | Czech Republic | 2:03.71 | |
| 18 | 1 | Olga Raspopova | Russia | 2:03.73 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Virginie Fouquet | France | 2:03.75 | |
| 20 | 4 | Rikke Ronholt | Denmark | 2:03.97 | |
| 21 | 1 | Élisabeth Grousselle | France | 2:04.07 | |
| 22 | 2 | Maria Papadopoulou | Greece | 2:04.52 | |
| 23 | 1 | Suvi Myllymaki | Finland | 2:04.69 | |
| 24 | 3 | Adrienne McIvor | Ireland | 2:05.01 | |
| 25 | 2 | Petra Ptiček | Croatia | 2:05.15 | PB |
| 26 | 1 | Anni Christofidou | Greece | 2:05.82 | |
| 27 | 3 | Irina Mistyukevich | Russia | 2:07.67 | |
| 28 | 1 | Yuliya Gurtovenko | Ukraine | 2:08.04 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:00.37 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 2:00.66 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Claudia Gesell | Germany | 2:00.67 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:00.72 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Nédia Semedo | Portugal | 2:00.85 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 2:01.07 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:01.15 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Natalya Dedkova | Belarus | 2:01.20 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:01.59 | |
| 10 | 2 | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia | 2:02.43 | |
| 11 | 1 | Sandra Stals | Belgium | 2:02.44 | |
| 12 | 2 | Olga Raspopova | Russia | 2:02.53 | |
| 13 | 1 | Joanne Fenn | Great Britain | 2:02.99 | |
| 14 | 1 | Tsvetelina Kirilova | Bulgaria | 2:05.07 | |
| 15 | 1 | Tanya Blake | Malta | 2:10.33 | |
| | 2 | Aurélie Coulaud | France | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 1:57.65 | |
| | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 1:58.86 | PB |
| | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 1:59.83 | SB |
| 4 | Ludmila Formanová | Czech Republic | 2:00.23 | |
| 5 | Claudia Gesell | Germany | 2:00.51 | |
| 6 | Nédia Semedo | Portugal | 2:00.54 | PB |
| 7 | Ivonne Teichmann | Germany | 2:00.87 | |
| 8 | Natalya Dedkova | Belarus | 2:04.24 | |