1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 1981 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 21 and 22 February.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hildegard Ullrich East Germany	Svetla Koleva Bulgaria	Nikolina Shtereva Bulgaria

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Svetla Koleva	Bulgaria	2:02.65	Q
2	1	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	2:02.76	Q
3	1	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel	Belgium	2:03.41	q
4	2	Hildegard Ullrich	East Germany	2:03.90	Q
5	1	Kirsty Wade	Great Britain	2:04.15	q
6	2	Montserrat Pujol	Spain	2:04.50	Q
7	1	Bernadette Louis	France	2:04.89
8	2	Betty Van Steenbroeck	Belgium	2:05.27
9	2	Kirsti Voldnes	Norway	2:06.05
10	2	Violeta Tsvetkova	Bulgaria	2:10.56

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Hildegard Ullrich	East Germany	2:00.94
	Svetla Koleva	Bulgaria	2:01.37
	Nikolina Shtereva	Bulgaria	2:02.50
4	Kirsty Wade	Great Britain	2:02.88
5	Anne-Marie Van Nuffel	Belgium	2:05.37
6	Montserrat Pujol	Spain	2:06.13

800 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships
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