# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yvonne Hak Netherlands (NED) |
| Silver | Jennifer Meadows Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze | Lucia Klocová Slovakia(SVK) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 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 | Alysia Johnson (USA) | 1:57.34 | Monaco | 22 July 2010 |
| European Leading | Mariya Savinova (RUS) | 1:57.56 | Eugene, United States | 3 July 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 27 July 2010 | 20:10 | Round 1 |
| 28 July 2010 | 19:25 | Semifinals |
| 30 July 2010 | 21:50 | Final |

## Results

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

### Round 1
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 7 | Mariya Savinova | Russia (RUS) | 1:59.71 | Q, Doping |
| 2 | 2 | Yvonne Hak | Netherlands (NED) | 2:00.35 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania (LTU) | 2:01.19 | |
| 4 | 6 | Marilyn Okoro | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:01.33 | SB |
| DQ | 4 | Olga Cristea | Moldova (MDA) | 2:02.31 | Doping |
| DQ | 1 | Sviatlana Usovich | Belarus (BLR) | 2:02.74 | Doping |
| 5 | 5 | Élian Périz | Spain (ESP) | 2:03.55 | |
| 6 | 3 | Olha Zavhorodnya | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:03.58 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 7 | Svetlana Klyuka | Russia (RUS) | 1:58.89 | Q, SB, DOping |
| 1 | 3 | Jennifer Meadows | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:58.90 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Mayte Martínez | Spain (ESP) | 1:59.12 | q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | Lucia Klocová | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:59.31 | q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Yuliya Krevsun | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:59.44 | |
| 5 | 8 | Claudia Hoffmann | Germany (GER) | 2:01.19 | |
| 6 | 1 | Rose-Anne Galligan | Ireland (IRL) | 2:01.76 | PB |
| 7 | 6 | Daniela Reina | Italy (ITA) | 2:01.94 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jemma Simpson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:59.18 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Lenka Masná | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:59.71 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 8 | Elisa Cusma Piccione | Italy (ITA) | 1:59.80 | |
| 4 | 7 | Nataliya Lupu | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:00.50 | |
| 5 | 2 | Eléni Filándra | Greece (GRE) | 2:00.88 | PB |
| 6 | 3 | Angelika Cichocka | Poland (POL) | 2:01.17 | PB |
| 7 | 5 | Tatyana Andrianova | Russia (RUS) | 2:01.23 | |
| 8 | 6 | Irene Alfonso | Spain (ESP) | 2:01.61 | SB |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 2 | Svetlana Klyuka | Russia (RUS) | 1:58.89 | Q, SB, Doping |
| 1 | 2 | Jennifer Meadows | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:58.90 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Mayte Martínez | Spain (ESP) | 1:59.12 | q, SB |
| 3 | 3 | Jemma Simpson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:59.18 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Lucia Klocová | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:59.31 | q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Yuliya Krevsun | Ukraine (UKR) | 1:59.44 | |
| DQ | 1 | Mariya Savinova | Russia (RUS) | 1:59.71 | Q, Doping |
| 6 | 3 | Lenka Masná | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:59.71 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 3 | Elisa Cusma Piccione | Italy (ITA) | 1:59.80 | |
| 8 | 1 | Yvonne Hak | Netherlands (NED) | 2:00.35 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Nataliya Lupu | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:00.50 | |
| 10 | 3 | Eléni Filándra | Greece (GRE) | 2:00.88 | PB |
| 11 | 3 | Angelika Cichocka | Poland (POL) | 2:01.17 | PB |
| 12 | 1 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Lithuania (LTU) | 2:01.19 | |
| 13 | 2 | Claudia Hoffmann | Germany (GER) | 2:01.19 | |
| 14 | 3 | Tatyana Andrianova | Russia (RUS) | 2:01.23 | |
| 15 | 1 | Marilyn Okoro | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 2:01.33 | SB |
| 16 | 3 | Irene Alfonso | Spain (ESP) | 2:01.61 | SB |
| 17 | 2 | Rose-Anne Galligan | Ireland (IRL) | 2:01.76 | PB |
| 18 | 2 | Daniela Reina | Italy (ITA) | 2:01.94 | |
| DQ | 1 | Olga Cristea | Moldova (MDA) | 2:02.31 | Doping |
| DQ | 1 | Sviatlana Usovich | Belarus (BLR) | 2:02.74 | Doping |
| 19 | 1 | Élian Périz | Spain (ESP) | 2:03.55 | |
| 20 | 1 | Olha Zavhorodnya | Ukraine (UKR) | 2:03.58 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 4 | Mariya Savinova | Russia (RUS) | 1:58.22 | Doping |
| | 7 | Yvonne Hak | Netherlands (NED) | 1:58.85 | PB |
| | 6 | Jennifer Meadows | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:59.39 | |
| | 2 | Lucia Klocová | Slovakia (SVK) | 1:59.48 | |
| 4 | 5 | Jemma Simpson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 1:59.90 | |
| 5 | 1 | Lenka Masná | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1:59.91 | |
| 6 | 8 | Mayte Martínez | Spain (ESP) | 1:59.97 | |
| DQ | 3 | Svetlana Klyuka | Russia (RUS) | 2:00.15 | Doping |