# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6, 7, and 9 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 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) | 1:56.64 | Rabat, Morocco | 22 May 2016 |
| European Leading | Rénelle Lamote (FRA) | 1:58.01 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 5 June 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 July 2016 | 18:25 | Round 1 |
| 7 July 2016 | 18:50 | Semifinals |
| 9 July 2016 | 21:40 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Rénelle Lamote | France | 2:01.60 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Lovisa Lindh | Sweden | 2:01.77 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Hedda Hynne | Norway | 2:01.85 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:02.44 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Nataliya Pryshchepa | Ukraine | 2:02.57 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | Renée Eykens | Belgium | 2:02.76 | q |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Jenny Meadows | Great Britain | 2:03.10 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 5 | Trine Mjåland | Norway | 2:03.13 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 8 | Alison Leonard | Great Britain | 2:03.64 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Esther Guerrero | Spain | 2:03.72 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Yuliya Karol | Belarus | 2:03.78 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Anastasiya Tkachuk | Ukraine | 2:03.80 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 4 | Anna Silvander | Sweden | 2:03.95 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Florina Pierdevara | Romania | 2:04.28 | q |
| 15 | 2 | 4 | Selina Büchel | Switzerland | 2:04.50 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | Nataliya Lupu | Ukraine | 2:04.53 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Yusneysi Santiusti | Italy | 2:04.53 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Alexandra Štuková | Slovakia | 2:04.58 | q |
| 19 | 5 | 4 | Anastasiya Komarova | Azerbaijan | 2:04.60 | q, SB |
| 20 | 4 | 8 | Joanna Jóźwik | Poland | 2:04.62 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | 3 | Sanne Verstegen | Netherlands | 2:04.69 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | 6 | Bianka Kéri | Hungary | 2:04.90 | Q |
| 23 | 4 | 3 | Síofra Cléirigh Büttner | Ireland | 2:04.97 | |
| 24 | 4 | 4 | Adelle Tracey | Great Britain | 2:05.41 | |
| 25 | 3 | 6 | Fabienne Kohlmann | Germany | 2:05.54 | |
| 26 | 1 | 3 | Katia Hristova | Bulgaria | 2:05.72 | |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Natalia Evangelidou | Cyprus | 2:05.73 | Q |
| 28 | 2 | 1 | Christina Hering | Germany | 2:05.78 | Q |
| 29 | 2 | 5 | Yngvild Elvemo | Norway | 2:05.78 | |
| 30 | 1 | 6 | Irene Baldessari | Italy | 2:06.15 | |
| 31 | 2 | 8 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania | 2:08.14 | |
| | 2 | 2 | Yuliya Stepanova | EAA | DQ | R163.3a |
| | 4 | 2 | Claudia Bobocea | Romania | DNF | |
| | 2 | 7 | Angelika Cichocka | Poland | DNS | |
| | 5 | 7 | Sofia Ennaoui | Poland | DNS | |
| | 5 | 8 | Justine Fedronic | France | DNS | |
* EAA : Independent athlete competing under European Athletics Association flag.

### Semifinal

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Rénelle Lamote | France | 1:59.87 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Selina Büchel | Switzerland | 2:00.30 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Lovisa Lindh | Sweden | 2:00.66 | q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:01.41 | q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Joanna Jóźwik | Poland | 2:01.52 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Hedda Hynne | Norway | 2:01.57 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Esther Guerrero | Spain | 2:01.62 | |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Trine Mjåland | Norway | 2:01.73 | SB |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Nataliya Lupu | Ukraine | 2:01.74 | |
| 10 | 3 | 4 | Nataliya Pryshchepa | Ukraine | 2:01.75 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Anastasiya Tkachuk | Ukraine | 2:01.91 | |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | Yusneysi Santiusti | Italy | 2:02.21 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Alison Leonard | Great Britain | 2:02.31 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Renée Eykens | Belgium | 2:02.38 | |
| 15 | 1 | 3 | Christina Hering | Germany | 2:02.56 | |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Florina Pierdevara | Romania | 2:02.75 | |
| 17 | 1 | 5 | Jenny Meadows | Great Britain | 2:03.13 | |
| 18 | 3 | 8 | Yuliya Karol | Belarus | 2:03.17 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | Alexandra Štuková | Slovakia | 2:03.27 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Anastasiya Komarova | Azerbaijan | 2:03.32 | SB |
| 21 | 3 | 6 | Sanne Verstegen | Netherlands | 2:03.33 | |
| 22 | 1 | 2 | Anna Silvander | Sweden | 2:03.37 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Bianka Kéri | Hungary | 2:03.47 | |
| 24 | 3 | 2 | Natalia Evangelidou | Cyprus | 2:03.99 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 3 | Nataliya Pryshchepa | Ukraine | 1:59.70 | |
| | 5 | Rénelle Lamote | France | 2:00.19 | |
| | 7 | Lovisa Lindh | Sweden | 2:00.37 | PB |
| 4 | 4 | Selina Büchel | Switzerland | 2:00.47 | |
| 5 | 6 | Yusneysi Santiusti | Italy | 2:00.53 | |
| 6 | 2 | Joanna Jóźwik | Poland | 2:00.57 | SB |
| 7 | 1 | Hedda Hynne | Norway | 2:00.94 | PB |
| 8 | 8 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:02.55 | |