1982 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

Events at the 1982 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
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 6, 7 and 8 September 1982.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Olga Mineyeva  Soviet Union
Silver	Lyudmila Veselkova  Soviet Union
Bronze	Margrit Klinger  West Germany

Results

Final

8 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olga Mineyeva	Soviet Union	1:55.41	CR
	Lyudmila Veselkova	Soviet Union	1:55.96
	Margrit Klinger	West Germany	1:57.22
4	Jolanta Januchta	Poland	1:57.92
5	Hildegard Ullrich	East Germany	1:58.19
6	Doina Melinte	Romania	1:59.65
7	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	2:01.77
8	Wanda Stefańska	Poland	2:03.05

Semi-finals

7 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hildegard Ullrich	East Germany	2:02.44	Q
2	Jolanta Januchta	Poland	2:02.50	Q
3	Olga Mineyeva	Soviet Union	2:02.65	Q
4	Doina Melinte	Romania	2:02.71	Q
5	Ravilya Agletdinova	Soviet Union	2:02.82
6	Vanya Gospodinova	Bulgaria	2:03.45
7	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	2:03.53
8	Jill McCabe	Sweden	2:05.43

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lyudmila Veselkova	Soviet Union	1:59.00	Q
2	Margrit Klinger	West Germany	1:59.05	Q
3	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	1:59.28	Q
4	Wanda Stefańska	Poland	1:59.87	Q
5	Anne Clarkson	United Kingdom	2:00.34
6	Zuzana Moravčíková	Czechoslovakia	2:02.48
7	Elly van Hulst	Netherlands	2:02.62
8	Rosine Wallez	Belgium	2:03.70

Heats

6 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Doina Melinte	Romania	2:00.87	Q
2	Lyudmila Veselkova	Soviet Union	2:00.92	Q
3	Wanda Stefańska	Poland	2:01.13	Q
4	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	2:01.36	Q
5	Rosine Wallez	Belgium	2:02.07	Q
6	Randi Bjørn	Norway	2:04.20

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Margrit Klinger	West Germany	2:01.43	Q
2	Ravilya Agletdinova	Soviet Union	2:01.59	Q
3	Anne Clarkson	United Kingdom	2:01.59	Q
4	Vanya Gospodinova	Bulgaria	2:02.00	Q
5	Zuzana Moravčíková	Czechoslovakia	2:03.15	Q
6	Jill McCabe	Sweden	2:03.98	q
7	Bernadetta Louis	France	2:05.76

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hildegard Ullrich	East Germany	2:01.24	Q
2	Olga Mineyeva	Soviet Union	2:01.29	Q
3	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	2:01.50	Q
4	Jolanta Januchta	Poland	2:01.66	Q
5	Elly van Hulst	Netherlands	2:02.37	Q
6	Nathalie Thoumas	France	2:04.99
7	Georgia Troubouki	Greece	2:10.15

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

Belgium (1)  Bulgaria (3)  Czechoslovakia (1)  East Germany (1)

France (2)  Greece (1)  Netherlands (1)  Norway (1)

Poland (2)  Romania (1)  Soviet Union (3)

Sweden (1)  United Kingdom (1)  West Germany (1)

See also

• 1978 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Prague)
• 1980 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Moscow)
• 1983 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Women's European Championships 800 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Rome)
• 1988 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Seoul)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 436–443, retrieved 13 August 2014

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