# 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The Women's 800 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 16:00 local time.
The original winner, Yevgeniya Zinurova, was later disqualified for doping offences and runner-up Jenny Meadows was promoted to the gold medal position. The original bronze medalist Yuliya Rusanova, who was later elevated to the silver medal position, was subsequently stripped of her medal, due to inconsistencies in her biological passport.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships :
| World record | Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) | 1:55.82 | Vienna, Austria | 3 March 2002 |
| European record | Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) | 1:55.82 | Vienna, Austria | 3 March 2002 |
| Championship record | Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) | 1:55.82 | Vienna, Austria | 3 March 2002 |
| World Leading | Yuliya Rusanova (RUS) | 1:58.14 | Moscow, Russia | 17 February 2011 |
| European Leading | Yuliya Rusanova (RUS) | 1:58.14 | Moscow, Russia | 17 February 2011 |

## Results
### Heat

First 2 in each heat and 4 best performers advanced to the Semifinals. The heats were held at 16:25.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 2 | Yevgeniya Zinurova | Russia | 2:01.07 | Q, Doping |
| 1 | 2 | Linda Marguet | France | 2:02.21 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Jennifer Meadows | Great Britain | 2:02.96 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Yeliz Kurt | Turkey | 2:03.02 | q |
| DQ | 4 | Tetyana Petlyuk | Ukraine | 2:03.02 | Q, Doping |
| 4 | 1 | Tatyana Paliyenko | Russia | 2:03.24 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Élian Périz | Spain | 2:03.56 | q, SB |
| 6 | 4 | Jana Hartmann | Germany | 2:03.58 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 2:03.74 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Marilyn Okoro | Great Britain | 2:03.86 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Eléni Filándra | Greece | 2:03.89 | SB |
| DQ | 3 | Yuliya Rusanova | Russia | 2:05.17 | Q, Doping |
| 10 | 3 | Liliya Lobanova | Ukraine | 2:05.41 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Lenka Masná | Czech Republic | 2:06.65 | |
| 12 | 3 | Mihaela Nunu | Romania | 2:06.67 | |
| 13 | 1 | Teodora Kolarova | Bulgaria | 2:08.21 | |
| 14 | 1 | Luiza Gega | Albania | 2:08.75 | |
| 15 | 2 | Margarita Fuentes-Pila | Spain | 2:09.15 | |
| 16 | 3 | Suvi Selvenius | Finland | 2:10.88 | |
| | 1 | Merve Aydın | Turkey | DNF | |
| | 4 | Mirela Lavric | Romania | DNF | |

### Semifinals

First 3 in each heat advanced to the Final. The semifinals were held at 15:20.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Jennifer Meadows | Great Britain | 2:00.65 | Q |
| DQ | 2 | Yevgeniya Zinurova | Russia | 2:00.93 | Q, Doping |
| 2 | 2 | Linda Marguet | France | 2:01.32 | Q, PB |
| DQ | 2 | Tetyana Petlyuk | Ukraine | 2:02.19 | Doping |
| 3 | 1 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 2:02.44 | Q |
| DQ | 1 | Yuliya Rusanova | Russia | 2:02.48 | Q, Doping |
| 4 | 1 | Marilyn Okoro | Great Britain | 2:02.65 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Jana Hartmann | Germany | 2:02.65 | |
| 6 | 1 | Liliya Lobanova | Ukraine | 2:02.67 | |
| 7 | 1 | Élian Périz | Spain | 2:03.31 | PB |
| 8 | 2 | Yeliz Kurt | Turkey | 2:03.32 | |
| 9 | 1 | Tatyana Paliyenko | Russia | 2:03.41 | |

### Final

The final was held at 16:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 4 | Yevgeniya Zinurova | Russia | 2:00.19 | Doping |
| | 5 | Jennifer Meadows | Great Britain | 2:00.50 | |
| DQ | 3 | Yuliya Rusanova | Russia | 2:00.80 | Doping |
| | 6 | Linda Marguet | France | 2:01.61 | |
| | 1 | Marilyn Okoro | Great Britain | 2:02.46 | SB |
| 4 | 2 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 2:04.86 | |