1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m walk		women
5000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women

The women's 800 metres event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 and 6 March.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sabine Zwiener  West Germany	Olga Nelyubova  Soviet Union	Gabi Lesch  West Germany

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Olga Nelyubova	Soviet Union	2:04.95	Q
2	3	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:05.50	Q
3	3	Rosa-María Colorado	Spain	2:05.51	q
4	2	Montserrat Pujol	Spain	2:05.61	Q
5	4	Gabi Lesch	West Germany	2:05.88	Q
6	4	Mónika Balint	Hungary	2:06.04	Q
7	4	Janet Bell	Great Britain	2:06.08	q
8	2	Dawn Gandy	Great Britain	2:06.38	Q
9	4	Desireé de Leeuw	Netherlands	2:07.16	q
10	1	Sabine Zwiener	West Germany	2:07.26	Q
11	2	Giuseppina Cirulli	Italy	2:07.47	q
12	1	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	2:07.48	Q
13	3	Nicoleta Tozzi	Italy	2:07.64
14	1	Yvonne van der Kolk	Netherlands	2:07.66
15	1	Anushka Dimitrova	Bulgaria	2:07.69
16	1	Erika Rossi	Italy	2:10.99

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Sabine Zwiener	West Germany	2:03.20	Q
2	2	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:03.40	Q
3	1	Olga Nelyubova	Soviet Union	2:03.93	Q
4	1	Gabi Lesch	West Germany	2:04.02	Q
5	2	Janet Bell	Great Britain	2:04.28	Q
6	1	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	2:04.35	Q
7	1	Montserrat Pujol	Spain	2:04.49
8	1	Dawn Gandy	Great Britain	2:04.50
8	2	Rosa-María Colorado	Spain	2:04.50
10	2	Giuseppina Cirulli	Italy	2:04.95
11	2	Mónika Balint	Hungary	2:05.12
12	1	Desireé de Leeuw	Netherlands	2:08.96

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sabine Zwiener	West Germany	2:01.19	PB
	Olga Nelyubova	Soviet Union	2:01.61
	Gabi Lesch	West Germany	2:01.85
4	Slobodanka Čolović	Yugoslavia	2:02.34
5	Janet Bell	Great Britain	2:02.70
6	Gabriela Sedláková	Czechoslovakia	2:05.59