2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The Women's 800 metres event at the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4–6.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Larisa Chzhao Larisa Chzhao Larisa Chzhao is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.In 2005 she won the European Indoor Championships, finished sixth at the World Championships and fifth at the World Athletics Final. She also achieved a personal best time with 1:57.33 minutes from Tula in...	Maite Martínez	Natalya Tsyganova Natalya Tsyganova Natalya Tsyganova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She competed for Ukraine until 1994.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 52.02 s...

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
	4	Maite Martínez	2:03.06	Q
	4	Ewelina Sętowska Ewelina Setowska Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished fifth at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir and sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, the latter in an indoor personal best indoor time of 2:02.39 minutes...	2:03.11	Q, PB
	4	Sandra Stals Sandra Stals Sandra Stals is a Belgian middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.She won the bronze medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships and finished sixth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships....	2:03.16	q
	2	Larisa Chzhao Larisa Chzhao Larisa Chzhao is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.In 2005 she won the European Indoor Championships, finished sixth at the World Championships and fifth at the World Athletics Final. She also achieved a personal best time with 1:57.33 minutes from Tula in...	2:03.41	Q
	4	Maria Carmo Tavares	2:03.47	q, PB
	2	Monika Gradzki Monika Gradzki Monika Merl is a German 800 metres runner.She finished fifth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, 2005 World Championships and the 2006 European Championships without reaching the finals.Her personal best time is 2:00.16 minutes, achieved...	2:03.75	Q
	2	Nédia Semedo	2:03.77	q, SB
	2	Tatyana Petlyuk	2:03.85	q
	1	Irina Vashentseva	2:04.02	Q
10	1	Claudia Gesell Claudia Gesell Claudia Gesell is a German middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...	2:04.31	Q
11	4	Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc Brigita Langerholc is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in a personal best time of 1:58.51 minutes, which still stands. In 2001 she won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the Universiade...	2:04.54
12	3	Natalya Tsyganova Natalya Tsyganova Natalya Tsyganova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She competed for Ukraine until 1994.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 52.02 s...	2:04.57	Q
13	3	Laetitia Valdonado	2:04.95	Q
14	2	Alexia Oberstolz	2:05.06
15	3	Jolanda Čeplak Jolanda Ceplak Jolanda Čeplak is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until moving to Monaco.-Running career:...	2:05.27
16	1	Virginie Fouquet	2:05.30
17	1	Esther Desviat	2:05.48
18	3	Janina Goldfuß	2:05.64
19	1	Rikke Rønholt Rikke Rønholt Rikke Rønholt is a Danish athlete. She is a part of Sparta Athletics team. She started doing athletics when she was 12 years old. Back then she participated in events from 60 metres to heptathlon and shot put. When she ran her first 400 metres hurdles she was less than a second from qualifying for...	2:05.69
20	3	Anny Christofidou	2:06.81	NR Cypriot records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Cyprus maintained by its national athletics federation: The Amateur Athletic Association of Cyprus .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified-External links:*...
21	3	Maria Papadopoulou	2:08.63

Semifinals

First 3 of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
	1	Larisa Chzhao Larisa Chzhao Larisa Chzhao is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.In 2005 she won the European Indoor Championships, finished sixth at the World Championships and fifth at the World Athletics Final. She also achieved a personal best time with 1:57.33 minutes from Tula in...	2:03.47	Q
	1	Natalya Tsyganova Natalya Tsyganova Natalya Tsyganova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She competed for Ukraine until 1994.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 52.02 s...	2:03.75	Q
	1	Monika Gradzki Monika Gradzki Monika Merl is a German 800 metres runner.She finished fifth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, 2005 World Championships and the 2006 European Championships without reaching the finals.Her personal best time is 2:00.16 minutes, achieved...	2:03.79	Q
	1	Nédia Semedo	2:04.35
	1	Sandra Stals Sandra Stals Sandra Stals is a Belgian middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.She won the bronze medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships and finished sixth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships....	2:08.46
	1	Laetitia Valdonado	2:09.73
	2	Irina Vashentseva	2:10.40	Q
	2	Claudia Gesell Claudia Gesell Claudia Gesell is a German middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...	2:10.51	Q
	2	Maite Martínez	2:10.66	Q
10	2	Maria Carmo Tavares	2:10.94
11	2	Tatyana Petlyuk	2:11.09
12	2	Ewelina Sętowska Ewelina Setowska Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished fifth at the 2005 Summer Universiade in Izmir and sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, the latter in an indoor personal best indoor time of 2:02.39 minutes...	2:11.43

Final

Rank	Name	Time
	Larisa Chzhao Larisa Chzhao Larisa Chzhao is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.In 2005 she won the European Indoor Championships, finished sixth at the World Championships and fifth at the World Athletics Final. She also achieved a personal best time with 1:57.33 minutes from Tula in...	1:59.97
	Maite Martínez	2:00.52
	Natalya Tsyganova Natalya Tsyganova Natalya Tsyganova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She competed for Ukraine until 1994.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 52.02 s...	2:01.62
4	Irina Vashentseva	2:01.84
5	Monika Gradzki Monika Gradzki Monika Merl is a German 800 metres runner.She finished fifth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, 2005 World Championships and the 2006 European Championships without reaching the finals.Her personal best time is 2:00.16 minutes, achieved...	2:02.53
6	Claudia Gesell Claudia Gesell Claudia Gesell is a German middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...	2:04.06

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