# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships takes place at the Olympic Stadium on 7, 8 and 10 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | 1:53.28 | Munich, West Germany | 26 July 1983 |
| European record | Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) | 1:53.28 | Munich, West Germany | 26 July 1983 |
| Championship record | Olga Mineyeva (URS) | 1:55.41 | Athens, Greece | 8 September 1982 |
| World Leading | Caster Semenya (RSA) | 1:54.25 | Paris, France | 30 June 2018 |
| European Leading | Rénelle Lamote (FRA) | 1:58.83 | Monaco | 20 July 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 7 August 2018 | 11:05 | Round 1 |
| 8 August 2018 | 19:55 | Semifinals |
| 10 August 2018 | 21:20 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advanced to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Olha Lyakhova | Ukraine | 2:00.26 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | 8 | Lynsey Sharp | Great Britain | 2:00.32 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | Selina Büchel | Switzerland | 2:00.42 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Angelika Cichocka | Poland | 2:01.01 | q, SB |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Hanna Hermansson | Sweden | 2:01.33 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Rénelle Lamote | France | 2:01.34 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 5 | Christina Hering | Germany | 2:01.57 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | Anna Sabat | Poland | 2:01.67 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Adelle Tracey | Great Britain | 2:01.91 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Charline Mathias | Luxembourg | 2:02.08 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 7 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:02.15 | q |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 2:02.18 | q, SB |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Lore Hoffmann | Switzerland | 2:02.23 | Q, PB |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Cynthia Anaïs | France | 2:02.27 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Yusneysi Santiusti | Italy | 2:02.46 | |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Gabriela Gajanová | Slovakia | 2:02.57 | |
| 17 | 4 | 1 | Sara Kuivisto | Finland | 2:02.62 | |
| 18 | 2 | 8 | Sanne Verstegen | Netherlands | 2:02.72 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Elena Bellò | Italy | 2:02.77 | |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Síofra Cléirigh Büttner | Ireland | 2:02.80 | |
| 21 | 1 | 5 | Natalia Evangelidou | Cyprus | 2:03.38 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | Bianka Kéri | Hungary | 2:03.44 | SB |
| 23 | 3 | 3 | Nataliya Pryshchepa | Ukraine | 2:04.07 | Q |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | Great Britain | 2:04.08 | Q |
| 25 | 2 | 1 | Claire Mooney | Ireland | 2:04.26 | |
| 26 | 3 | 8 | Lovisa Lindh | Sweden | 2:04.28 | Q |
| 27 | 3 | 7 | Claudia Saunders | France | 2:04.46 | |
| 28 | 3 | 2 | Daryia Barysevich | Belarus | 2:04.65 | |
| 29 | 3 | 5 | Līga Velvere | Latvia | 2:05.13 | |
| 30 | 3 | 6 | Yngvild Elvemo | Norway | 2:05.79 | |
| 31 | 4 | 8 | Gresa Bakrraqi | Kosovo | 2:14.22 | |
| 32 | 3 | 4 | Renée Eykens | Belgium | 2:56.24 | |
| | 2 | 6 | Hedda Hynne | Norway | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 3 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Rénelle Lamote | France | 1:59.44 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | Adelle Tracey | Great Britain | 1:59.86 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | Anna Sabat | Poland | 2:00.32 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | Great Britain | 2:00.39 | q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Olha Lyakhova | Ukraine | 2:00.47 | q |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Hanna Hermansson | Sweden | 2:00.52 | SB |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lore Hoffmann | Switzerland | 2:01.67 | PB |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Charline Mathias | Luxembourg | 2:02.01 | |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Nataliya Pryshchepa | Ukraine | 2:02.71 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Lynsey Sharp | Great Britain | 2:02.73 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Selina Büchel | Switzerland | 2:02.84 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Angelika Cichocka | Poland | 2:03.14 | |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Lovisa Lindh | Sweden | 2:03.25 | qR |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Christina Hering | Germany | 2:04.04 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 2:04.60 | |
| | 1 | 8 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | DQ | 163.2 (b) |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 7 | Nataliya Pryshchepa | Ukraine | 2:00.38 | |
| | 6 | Rénelle Lamote | France | 2:00.62 | |
| | 8 | Olha Lyakhova | Ukraine | 2:00.79 | |
| 4 | 4 | Adelle Tracey | Great Britain | 2:00.86 | |
| 5 | 8 | Anna Sabat | Poland | 2:01.26 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lynsey Sharp | Great Britain | 2:01.83 | |
| 7 | 1 | Selina Büchel | Switzerland | 2:02.05 | |
| 8 | 3 | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | Great Britain | 2:02.26 | |
| 9 | 8 | Lovisa Lindh | Sweden | 2:02.36 | SB |