2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

The Women's 800 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 4–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 16:00 local time.[1]

The original winner, Yevgeniya Zinurova, was later disqualified for doping offences and runner-up Jenny Meadows was promoted to the gold medal position.[2] The original bronze medalist Yuliya Rusanova, who was later elevated to the silver medal position, was subsequently stripped of her medal, due to inconsistencies in her biological passport.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record  Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) 1:55.82 Vienna, Austria 3 March 2002
European record  Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) 1:55.82 Vienna, Austria 3 March 2002
Championship record  Jolanda Čeplak (SLO) 1:55.82 Vienna, Austria 3 March 2002
World Leading  Yuliya Rusanova (RUS) 1:58.14 Moscow, Russia 17 February 2011
European Leading  Yuliya Rusanova (RUS) 1:58.14 Moscow, Russia 17 February 2011

Results

Heat

First 2 in each heat and 4 best performers advanced to the Semifinals. The heats were held at 16:25.[3]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
DQ 2 Yevgeniya Zinurova Russia 2:01.07 Q, Doping
1 2 Linda Marguet France 2:02.21 Q
2 4 Jennifer Meadows Great Britain 2:02.96 Q
3 2 Yeliz Kurt Turkey 2:03.02 q
DQ 4 Tetyana Petlyuk Ukraine 2:03.02 Q, Doping
4 1 Tatyana Paliyenko Russia 2:03.24 Q
5 4 Élian Périz Spain 2:03.56 q, SB
6 4 Jana Hartmann Germany 2:03.58 q
7 1 Eglė Balčiūnaitė Lithuania 2:03.74 Q
8 1 Marilyn Okoro Great Britain 2:03.86 q
9 2 Eléni Filándra Greece 2:03.89 SB
DQ 3 Yuliya Rusanova Russia 2:05.17 Q, Doping
10 3 Liliya Lobanova Ukraine 2:05.41 Q
11 3 Lenka Masná Czech Republic 2:06.65
12 3 Mihaela Nunu Romania 2:06.67
13 1 Teodora Kolarova Bulgaria 2:08.21
14 1 Luiza Gega Albania 2:08.75
15 2 Margarita Fuentes-Pila Spain 2:09.15
16 3 Suvi Selvenius Finland 2:10.88
1 Merve Aydın Turkey DNF
4 Mirela Lavric Romania DNF

Semifinals

First 3 in each heat advanced to the Final. The semifinals were held at 15:20.[4]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Jennifer Meadows Great Britain 2:00.65 Q
DQ 2 Yevgeniya Zinurova Russia 2:00.93 Q, Doping
2 2 Linda Marguet France 2:01.32 Q, PB
DQ 2 Tetyana Petlyuk Ukraine 2:02.19 Doping
3 1 Eglė Balčiūnaitė Lithuania 2:02.44 Q
DQ 1 Yuliya Rusanova Russia 2:02.48 Q, Doping
4 1 Marilyn Okoro Great Britain 2:02.65 Q, SB
5 2 Jana Hartmann Germany 2:02.65
6 1 Liliya Lobanova Ukraine 2:02.67
7 1 Élian Périz Spain 2:03.31 PB
8 2 Yeliz Kurt Turkey 2:03.32
9 1 Tatyana Paliyenko Russia 2:03.41

Final

The final was held at 16:00.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
DQ 4 Yevgeniya Zinurova Russia 2:00.19 Doping
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Jennifer Meadows Great Britain 2:00.50
DQ 3 Yuliya Rusanova Russia 2:00.80 Doping
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Linda Marguet France 2:01.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Marilyn Okoro Great Britain 2:02.46 SB
4 2 Eglė Balčiūnaitė Lithuania 2:04.86

References

  1. ^ "Women's 800 m start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  2. ^ London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences. Daily Telegraph (2012-07-03). Retrieved on 2012-07-07.
  3. ^ "Round 1 Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  4. ^ "Semifinal Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  5. ^ "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2011-03-06.