# 1982 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 6, 7 and 8 September 1982.

## Medalists

| Gold | Olga Mineyeva Soviet Union |
| Silver | Lyudmila Veselkova Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Margrit Klinger West Germany |

## Results
### Final

8 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Olga Mineyeva | Soviet Union | 1:55.41 | CR |
| | Lyudmila Veselkova | Soviet Union | 1:55.96 | |
| | Margrit Klinger | West Germany | 1:57.22 | |
| 4 | Jolanta Januchta | Poland | 1:57.92 | |
| 5 | Hildegard Ullrich | East Germany | 1:58.19 | |
| 6 | Doina Melinte | Romania | 1:59.65 | |
| 7 | Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 2:01.77 | |
| 8 | Wanda Stefańska | Poland | 2:03.05 | |

### Semi-finals

7 September

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hildegard Ullrich | East Germany | 2:02.44 | Q |
| 2 | Jolanta Januchta | Poland | 2:02.50 | Q |
| 3 | Olga Mineyeva | Soviet Union | 2:02.65 | Q |
| 4 | Doina Melinte | Romania | 2:02.71 | Q |
| 5 | Ravilya Agletdinova | Soviet Union | 2:02.82 | |
| 6 | Vanya Gospodinova | Bulgaria | 2:03.45 | |
| 7 | Totka Petrova | Bulgaria | 2:03.53 | |
| 8 | Jill McCabe | Sweden | 2:05.43 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lyudmila Veselkova | Soviet Union | 1:59.00 | Q |
| 2 | Margrit Klinger | West Germany | 1:59.05 | Q |
| 3 | Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 1:59.28 | Q |
| 4 | Wanda Stefańska | Poland | 1:59.87 | Q |
| 5 | Anne Clarkson | United Kingdom | 2:00.34 | |
| 6 | Zuzana Moravčíková | Czechoslovakia | 2:02.48 | |
| 7 | Elly van Hulst | Netherlands | 2:02.62 | |
| 8 | Rosine Wallez | Belgium | 2:03.70 | |

### Heats

6 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Doina Melinte | Romania | 2:00.87 | Q |
| 2 | Lyudmila Veselkova | Soviet Union | 2:00.92 | Q |
| 3 | Wanda Stefańska | Poland | 2:01.13 | Q |
| 4 | Nikolina Shtereva | Bulgaria | 2:01.36 | Q |
| 5 | Rosine Wallez | Belgium | 2:02.07 | Q |
| 6 | Randi Bjørn | Norway | 2:04.20 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Margrit Klinger | West Germany | 2:01.43 | Q |
| 2 | Ravilya Agletdinova | Soviet Union | 2:01.59 | Q |
| 3 | Anne Clarkson | United Kingdom | 2:01.59 | Q |
| 4 | Vanya Gospodinova | Bulgaria | 2:02.00 | Q |
| 5 | Zuzana Moravčíková | Czechoslovakia | 2:03.15 | Q |
| 6 | Jill McCabe | Sweden | 2:03.98 | q |
| 7 | Bernadette Louis | France | 2:05.76 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hildegard Ullrich | East Germany | 2:01.24 | Q |
| 2 | Olga Mineyeva | Soviet Union | 2:01.29 | Q |
| 3 | Totka Petrova | Bulgaria | 2:01.50 | Q |
| 4 | Jolanta Januchta | Poland | 2:01.66 | Q |
| 5 | Elly van Hulst | Netherlands | 2:02.37 | Q |
| 6 | Nathalie Thoumas | France | 2:04.99 | |
| 7 | Georgia Troubouki | Greece | 2:10.15 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* East Germany (1)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (2)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* West Germany (1)