# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 13, 14, and 16 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Maryna Arzamasava Belarus |
| Silver | Lynsey Sharp Great Britain |
| Bronze | Joanna Jóźwik Poland |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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 | Ajee' Wilson (USA) | 1:57.67 | Fontvieille, Monaco | 18 July 2014 |
| European Leading | Yekaterina Poistogova (RUS) | 1:58.55 | Sochi, Russia | 30 May 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 13 August 2014 | 12:20 | Round 1 |
| 14 August 2014 | 18:38 | Semifinals |
| 16 August 2014 | 16:05 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Alison Leonard | Great Britain | 2:01.47 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Lynsey Sharp | Great Britain | 2:01.55 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Maryna Arzamasava | Belarus | 2:01.56 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Vania Stambolova | Bulgaria | 2:01.60 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 8 | Joanna Jóźwik | Poland | 2:01.61 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Yekaterina Poistogova | Russia | 2:01.61 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Lovisa Lindh | Sweden | 2:01.73 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lenka Masná | Czech Republic | 2:01.73 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Justine Fedronic | France | 2:02.01 | q |
| 10 | 1 | 4 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:02.12 | q, SB |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Selina Büchel | Switzerland | 2:02.14 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain | 2:02.30 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Trine Mjåland | Norway | 2:02.62 | q |
| 14 | 2 | 6 | Sanne Verstegen | Netherlands | 2:02.73 | |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | Mihaela Nunu | Romania | 2:03.27 | |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Charline Mathias | Luxembourg | 2:03.43 | |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Svetlana Rogozina | Russia | 2:03.80 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 4 | Rénelle Lamote | France | 2:03.92 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 5 | Florina Pierdevara | Romania | 2:03.99 | |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | Mirela Lavric | Romania | 2:04.06 | Q |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Angelika Cichocka | Poland | 2:04.41 | |
| 22 | 1 | 8 | Hedda Hynne | Norway | 2:05.08 | |
| 23 | 3 | 5 | Marta Milani | Italy | 2:05.64 | |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Anastasiya Tkachuk | Ukraine | 2:06.89 | |
| 25 | 2 | 1 | Liina Tšernov | Estonia | 2:07.95 | |
| 26 | 4 | 7 | Egle Balciunaite | Lithuania | 2:08.05 | |
| 27 | 3 | 6 | Khadija Rahmouni | Spain | 2:08.09 | |
| 28 | 4 | 3 | Tugba Koyuncu | Turkey | 2:09.05 | |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Kim Baglietto | Gibraltar | 2:24.47 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Federica Del Buono | Italy | DNS | |

### Semifinal

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Maryna Arzamasava | Belarus | 2:00.36 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | Joanna Jóźwik | Poland | 2:00.58 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Svetlana Rogozina | Russia | 2:00.83 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Mirela Lavric | Romania | 2:01.24 | q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Lynsey Sharp | Great Britain | 2:01.32 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Yekaterina Poistogova | Russia | 2:01.45 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain | 2:01.53 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 8 | Vania Stambolova | Bulgaria | 2:01.59 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Selina Büchel | Switzerland | 2:01.80 | |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Lenka Masná | Czech Republic | 2:01.80 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Iceland | 2:02.45 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Lovisa Lindh | Sweden | 2:02.60 | |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Rénelle Lamote | France | 2:03.90 | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Trine Mjåland | Norway | 2:03.92 | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Justine Fedronic | France | 2:04.39 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Alison Leonard | Great Britain | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 5 | Maryna Arzamasava | Belarus | 1:58.15 | EL |
| | 6 | Lynsey Sharp | Great Britain | 1:58.80 | PB |
| | 8 | Joanna Jóźwik | Poland | 1:59.63 | PB |
| 4 | 3 | Yekaterina Poistogova | Russia | 1:59.69 | |
| 5 | 4 | Svetlana Rogozina | Russia | 2:00.76 | |
| 6 | 1 | Vania Stambolova | Bulgaria | 2:00.91 | PB |
| 7 | 7 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain | 2:01.65 | |
| 8 | 2 | Mirela Lavric | Romania | 2:09.25 | |