# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

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

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Olga Kotlyarova Russia | Svetlana Klyuka Russia | Rebecca Lyne Great Britain |

## Schedule

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

## 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 | 3 | Olga Kotlyarova | Russia | 2:01.01 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:01.08 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Jemma Simpson | Great Britain | 2:01.55 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:01.71 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:01.82 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Rebecca Lyne | Great Britain | 2:01.87 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Liliana Barbulescu-Popescu | Romania | 2:01.87 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Tetiana Petlyuk | Ukraine | 2:01.90 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Teodora Kolarova | Bulgaria | 2:01.94 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Aneta Lemiesz | Poland | 2:02.11 | q |
| 11 | 2 | Ewelina Sętowska | Poland | 2:02.43 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Rikke Rønholt | Denmark | 2:02.68 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Élisabeth Grousselle | France | 2:02.69 | q |
| 14 | 4 | Svetlana Klyuka | Russia | 2:02.92 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia | 2:03.04 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Lucia Klocová | Slovakia | 2:03.17 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Mihaela Neacsu | Romania | 2:03.42 | |
| 18 | 3 | Vanja Perišić | Croatia | 2:03.53 | |
| 19 | 1 | Monika Gradzki | Germany | 2:03.64 | |
| 20 | 2 | Sandra Teixeira | Portugal | 2:04.73 | |
| 21 | 3 | Virginie Fouquet | France | 2:05.62 | |
| 22 | 4 | Elisa Cusma | Italy | 2:06.37 | q |
| 23 | 4 | Esther Desviat | Spain | 2:07.11 | |
| 24 | 1 | Anny Christofidou | Cyprus | 2:11.70 | |
| 25 | 4 | Amanda Pritchard | Great Britain | 2:12.32 | q |
| | 4 | Maria do Carmo Tavares | Portugal | DQ | |

### 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 | Svetlana Klyuka | Russia | 1:58.80 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Rebecca Lyne | Great Britain | 1:59.11 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia | 1:59.45 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Tetiana Petlyuk | Ukraine | 1:59.84 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Olga Kotlyarova | Russia | 2:00.03 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:00.05 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Teodora Kolarova | Bulgaria | 2:00.42 | q, PB |
| 8 | 1 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:00.59 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Ewelina Sętowska | Poland | 2:00.60 | |
| 10 | 1 | Lucia Klocová | Slovakia | 2:00.63 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | Jemma Simpson | Great Britain | 2:01.12 | |
| 12 | 1 | Elisa Cusma | Italy | 2:01.17 | |
| 13 | 1 | Rikke Rønholt | Denmark | 2:01.17 | |
| 14 | 2 | Aneta Lemiesz | Poland | 2:01.25 | |
| 15 | 2 | Liliana Barbulescu-Popescu | Romania | 2:01.52 | SB |
| 16 | 1 | Jolanda Čeplak | Slovenia | 2:02.59 | |
| | 2 | Élisabeth Grousselle | France | DNF | |
| | 2 | Amanda Pritchard | Great Britain | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Olga Kotlyarova | Russia | 1:57.38 | |
| | Svetlana Klyuka | Russia | 1:57.48 | |
| | Rebecca Lyne | Great Britain | 1:58.45 | |
| 4 | Tetiana Petlyuk | Ukraine | 1:58.65 | |
| 5 | Brigita Langerholc | Slovenia | 1:59.30 | SB |
| 6 | Teodora Kolarova | Bulgaria | 2:00.00 | PB |
| 7 | Mayte Martínez | Spain | 2:00.10 | |
| 8 | Svetlana Cherkasova | Russia | 2:03.43 | |