1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 800 metres

Events at the
1997 European
Athletics U23 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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
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

The women's 800 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 12 and 13 July 1997.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Irina Nedelenko
 Ukraine
Silver Dorota Fiut
 Poland
Bronze Lyudmila Goncharova
 Russia

Results

Final

13 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Irina Nedelenko  Ukraine 2:01.72
2nd Dorota Fiut  Poland 2:02.44
3rd Lyudmila Goncharova  Russia 2:02.72
4 Claudia Gesell  Germany 2:03.76
5 Virginie Fouquet  France 2:04.39
6 Judit Varga  Hungary 2:04.78
7 Claudia Salvarani  Italy 2:05.32
8 Irina Krakoviak  Lithuania 2:08.15

Heats

12 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dorota Fiut  Poland 2:05.31 Q
2 Irina Krakoviak  Lithuania 2:05.47 Q
3 Mioara Cosulianu  Romania 2:05.55
4 Jeina Mitchell  Great Britain 2:06.04
5 Jolanda Čeplak  Slovenia 2:06.43
6 Peggy Müller  Germany 2:08.43
7 Eva Kasalová  Czech Republic 2:08.44

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lyudmila Goncharova  Russia 2:03.39 Q
2 Claudia Gesell  Germany 2:03.57 Q
3 Claudia Salvarani  Italy 2:03.88 q
4 Virginie Fouquet  France 2:04.07 q
5 Nuria Fernández  Spain 2:06.05
6 Inna Konovalenko  Belarus 2:08.41

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Irina Nedelenko  Ukraine 2:04.46 Q
2 Judit Varga  Hungary 2:04.79 Q
3 Irina Mistyukevich  Russia 2:04.86
4 Brigitte Mühlbacher  Austria 2:05.09
5 Lara Zulian  Italy 2:09.64
6 Sandra Stals  Belgium DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, retrieved 24 October 2014
  2. ↑ Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, retrieved 24 October 2014
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