1982 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

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.

Women's 800 metres at the European Athletics Championships

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	Bernadette 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

• Results