2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres

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Women's 800 metres
at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates7 March 2025 (round 1)
8 March 2025 (semi-finals)
9 March 2025 (final)
Competitors29 from 19 nations
Winning time2:02.09
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
  2023
2027  

The women's 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 7, 8 and 9 March 2025. This will be the 38th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

Contents

Round 1 is scheduled for 7 March during the morning session. The semi-finals are scheduled for 8 March during the evening session. The final is scheduled for 9 March during the evening session.

Background

The women's 800 metres was contested 37 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023). [2] [3] The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. [4] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024. [4]

Jolanda Čeplak is the world and European record holder with a time of 1:55.82, set at the 2002 championships. [5]

Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record [6] Flag of Slovenia.svg  Jolanda Čeplak  (SLO)1:55.82 Vienna, Austria3 March 2002
European record [6]
Championship record [5]
World leading [7] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tsige Duguma  (ETH)1:58.97 Metz, France8 February 2025
European leading [7] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jemma Reekie  (GBR)1:59.72

Qualification

For the women's 800 metres, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. [8] Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 2:02.00 s indoors or 1:59.00 s outdoor, or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. [8] There is a target number of 30 athletes. [8]

Rounds

Round 1

Round 1 was held on 7 March, starting at 10:15 (UTC+1) in the morning. [9] First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 by time (q) qualify for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Eveliina Määttänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:02.73 Q
2 Charlotte Dumas Flag of France.svg  France 2:02.96 Q
3 Erin Wallace Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:03.38
4 Majtie Kolberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:03.38
5 Lorea Ibarzabal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:03.50
6 Georgia-Maria Despollari Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:03.80
[10]

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Anita Horvat Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:08.71 Q
2 Lore Hoffmann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:08.75 Q
3 Grace Vans Agnew Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:08.87
4 Caroline Bredlinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:08.90
5 Aleksandra Formella Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:09.60
6 Bianka Bartha-Kéri Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:09.71
[11]

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Anna Wielgosz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:03.94 Q
2 Rachel Pellaud Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:04.04 Q
3 Léna Kandissounon Flag of France.svg  France 2:04.86
4 Gabriela Gajanová Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:04.95
5 Malin Ingeborg Nyfors Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:06.98
6 Priscilla van Oorschot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:09.07
[12]

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Audrey Werro Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:00.92 Q, AU23R
2 Clara Liberman Flag of France.svg  France 2:01.00 Q, PB
3 Wilma Nielsen Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:02.68 q
4 Daniela García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:02.75 q
Annemarie Nissen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark DNF
[13]

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Angelika Sarna Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:03.91 Q
2 Eloisa Coiro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:04.09 Q
3 Gabija Galvydytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:04.18
4 Isabelle Boffey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:04.28
5 Marta Mitjans Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:05.52
6 Nina Vuković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:05.94
[14]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were held on 8 March, starting at 19:53 (UTC+1) in the evening. [9] First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify for the final.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Audrey Werro Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:01.76 Q
2 Clara Liberman Flag of France.svg  France 2:01.79 Q
3 Eloisa Coiro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:02.02 Q
4 Daniela García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:02.16 PB
5 Angelika Sarna Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:02.54
6 Eveliina Määttänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:03.04
[15]

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Anna Wielgosz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:03.29 Q
2 Anita Horvat Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:03.48 Q
3 Rachel Pellaud Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:03.53 Q
4 Wilma Nielsen Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:03.55
5 Lore Hoffmann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:03.82
6 Charlotte Dumas Flag of France.svg  France 2:05.84
[16]

Final

The final is scheduled for 9 March, starting at 16:33 (UTC+1) in the evening. [9]

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Anna Wielgosz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:02.09
Silver medal icon.svg Clara Liberman Flag of France.svg  France 2:02.32
Bronze medal icon.svg Anita Horvat Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:02.52
4 Eloisa Coiro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:02.59
5 Rachel Pellaud Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:03.87
6 Audrey Werro Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:27.37
[17]

References

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  2. András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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  7. 1 2 "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 800 Metres Short Track women", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
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