1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 800 metres

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
	Irina Nedelenko	Ukraine	2:01.72
	Dorota Fiut	Poland	2:02.44
	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
	Sandra Stals	Belgium	DNF

Participation

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

•  Austria (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Great Britain (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  Ukraine (1)

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, archived from the original on 12 November 2007, retrieved 24 October 2014