Women's 800 metres at the2016 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	July 6 (heats) July 7 (semifinals) July 9 (final)
Competitors	36 from 23 nations
Winning time	1:59.70
Medalists
Nataliya Pryshchepa   Ukraine   Rénelle Lamote   France   Lovisa Lindh   Sweden
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2016 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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Thewomen's800 metres at the2016 European Athletics Championships took place at theOlympic Stadium on 6, 7, and 9 July.^[1]

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

All times are local times (UTC+2)

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

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[3]
	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.

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[4]

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

^[5]

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

• amsterdam2016.org, official championship site.

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